Star Maker Machine
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Star Maker Machine ❤ Dale Hawkins: LA-Memphis-Tyler [purchase ]Dale Hawkins hit it big in '59 with Suzie Q, but created his roots rock masterpiece 10 years later. Recorded in three cities, the album title… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Two Cow Garage - Mediocre [purchase ]Well, I guess since the owner's of The Star Maker Machine went and made me an "official" contributor I could make an effort to… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Harry Belafonte : Jump in the Line [purchase ]Like my first post this week, this song is just pure joy. It's one of the first songs I reach for when… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ The Who: Cobwebs And Strange [purchase ]If you're looking for some horns, here's John Entwistle on trumpet, Roger Daltrey on trombone, Pete Townshend on penny-whistle, and Keith Moon on drums.… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Cheap Trick: Oo La La La [purchase ]So, whaddya do when your career is on the slide, your bass player quits, and you've just blown two great songs on a… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ David Wilcox: Chet Baker's Swan Song [purchase ]Sheryl Crown: We Do What We Can [purchase ] Two smooth, moody bittersweet ballads of talent lost to the ages -- one nominally… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Considering this is a 1988 reggae version of one of the most overplayed songs of all time, this must be my most uncharacteristic post ever. But for this week's theme… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Otis Redding: Try A Little Tenderness [purchase ]This song begins with one of my favorite horn parts in all of pop music. Then, as the song slowly builds up into… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Bob Dylan: Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) [purchase ]In addition to being one of the many superbly verbose Dylan titles, “Most Likely You Go Your… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ I like to try and approach things from a slightly different angle. I think from my few contributions on this site you can tell one of my favorite things to… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Back in Cars week, in my Cadillac post, I mentioned that Joni Mitchell had taken a dive deep into the heart of jazz. Now, It's time to tell that story.… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Tied & Tickled Trio : The Long Tomorrow [purchase ]In the late 90s, to talk about the many bands operating in Chicago was really to talk about maybe ten guys… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Camp Lo: Luchini AKA This Is It [purchase ]Who'd have thought that Horn Week would turn SMM into a hip hop blog? This is the third post in two days… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Mandible: Emerald City Hall [ purchase ]Figuring that most people would be posting jazz, jazz samples, and jazz-influenced rock, I wanted to go in another direction. Mandible uses the trumpet,… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Digable Planets : Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) [purchase ]Matt broke the Hip Hop barrier before I could get to this track, and it's hard to top any song… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Blood, Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel [purchase ]Yet another Grammy-winning Jazz-influenced hybrid from NYC, this time from a band which fused pop, rock, blues and jazz instrumentation and style to… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Chet Baker: I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face I'm not going to offer anything new from when I first posted this. It's out of print and full of scratchy-ness... If… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Blood, Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel [purchase ]Yet another Grammy-winning Jazz-influenced hybrid from NYC, this time from a band which fused pop, rock, blues and jazz instrumentation and style to… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ William S. Burroughs: The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane) [purchase ]Before Spearhead , Michael Franti was a member of The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy . Stepping away… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ The first thing I thought of when I saw this week's theme was, "Time for some ska". My first introduction to ska music came in 1979. It sounded like this:… Read full post »
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