Author: Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson’s Blasts From My Past: The Kinks – “Everybody’s In Show Biz”

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Pete Johnson’s Blasts From My Past: The Kinks – “Everybody’s In Show Biz”

In honor of the fabulous news that Ray and Dave, may do the Kinks again, I decided to add a Kinks record to my list of favorite music memories. When a band has so many releases like the Kinks, many times it takes years to fully appreciate an album’s strengths. Especially, when time separates the wheat artists from the chaff artists at any moment of release. I cannot say that this is the record that…

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Pete Johnson’s Blasts From My Past: Booker T. & the M.G.’s “The Best Of” (Stax/Rhino)

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Pete Johnson’s Blasts From My Past: Booker T. & the M.G.’s “The Best Of” (Stax/Rhino)

I love instrumentals in music. One of the saddest phenomenon’s in music is that there has not been a instrumental hit of any note (in my opinion) since Harold Faltermeyer did Axel F. for the “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack in the 1980s. As, I have stated before, I love history and learning. Reading liner notes have always been a passion of mine. I always like to know who does what, and why. So, across the…

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