Whats on your turntable tonight?

The Rainmakers - S/T

I saw The Music Machine live in ’66, and they were really "tough". When I moved to L.A, in ’79, the first place I visited was Forest Lawn Cemetery, to pay my respects to Bobby Fuller (if you do the same, he is listed under his given name, Robert). In ’69 I had met his brother (and bassist in The Bobby Fuller 4) Randy when my teen combo opened for The New Buffalo (Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin on drums and vocals, Randy on bass, and two guitarists/singers) at a local High School in Monte Vista, California (a suburb of San Jose). Seeing and hearing them live taught me what a really good band sounds like. Sorry Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (whom I had see live in ’67 and ’68), you lose .-) .

It's Immaterial - Life's Hard and Then You Die
Timbuk3 - Greetings From
Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park to Memphis

Had a buddy come by for a visit and we listened to a few of my records at his selection:

Elba Ramalho - Coração   (Great forro classic)
Willie Nelson - Yesterday’s Wine
Soul Stirrers - The Golden Gospel

Robert Calvert - Hype, The Songs of Tom Mahler
Melanie Safka - My First Album
(musty old cover for $1. Turned out to be Near Mint and a great recording.)