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It is now also available online.</p> </div> </div> <p>122 articles</p> <h2>List of articles in the library</h2> <p class="order-options"> <span>By date</span> <span>|</span> <a href="/Library/Publication/goldmine?orderBy=Artist">By artist</a> <span>|</span> <a href="/Library/Publication/goldmine?orderBy=Id">Most recently added</a> </p> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/modern-ists-the-bihari-brothers">Modern-ists: The Bihari Brothers</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, <i>Goldmine</i>, May 1979</p> <p class="excerpt">TWO FACTORS combined to make the years of the Second World War uniquely fertile for Rhythm and Blues. One, strangely enough, was the shortage of ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/j-geils-band-exclusive-interview-with-peter-wolf">J. Geils Band: Exclusive Interview with Peter Wolf</a></p> <p>Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1 October 1983</p> <p class="excerpt">1967 HAS GONE down in history as the Summer of Love, not as the year for great white R&B bands forming. But it was during ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-animals">The Animals</a></p> <p>Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1 October 1983</p> <p class="excerpt">GOLDMINE: What was the impetus behind this reunion album and tour? The last time the original group was together was for the 1977 album, Before ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/roy-hall-tracks-of-the-hound">Roy Hall: Tracks of 'The Hound'</a></p> <p>Profile by Martin Hawkins, <i>Goldmine</i>, 30 March 1984</p> <p class="excerpt">IF YOU think Commander Cody invented the country-boogie piano solo as a filler for his albums, then you never heard Roy Hall. This man was ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/john-prine-another-diamond-in-the-rough">John Prine: Another Diamond In The Rough</a></p> <p>Profile by Martin Hawkins, <i>Goldmine</i>, 27 April 1984</p> <p class="excerpt">IT SEEMED strange to be tracking down John Prine recently to find out why there hasn't been a John Prine album release in four years. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/faye-adams">Faye Adams</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, <i>Goldmine</i>, 23 October 1987</p> <p class="excerpt">SHE HAS A TRANSLUCENT, flawless complexion, and her facial features are doll-like, suffused with an inner glow. Barely over five-feet tall, she holds herself oddly ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/phil-spector-jack-nitzsche-remembers-the-wall-of-sound">Jack Nitzsche, Phil Spector: Phil Spector: Jack Nitzsche remembers the Wall of Sound</a></p> <p>Interview by Harvey Kubernik, <i>Goldmine</i>, 17 June 1988</p> <p class="excerpt">NOW IN HIS 30th year in the music industry, Jack Nitzsche is one of the great composers and arrangers of our time. In this decade ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/hank-ballard--the-royals">Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Hank Ballard & The Royals</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, <i>Goldmine</i>, 12 August 1988</p> <p class="excerpt">THE ROYALS HAD a brief but important part to play in the development of rock 'n' roll. They were door-openers much like the Chords and ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bill-justis-raunchy-by-choice">Bill Justis: Raunchy By Choice</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Colin Escott, <i>Goldmine</i>, 15 June 1990</p> <p class="excerpt">THE ONSLAUGHT of rock 'n' roll and its impact on the music scene brought forth some strange new converts. Few stranger than Bill Justis. Few ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/dick-clark-the-beat-goes-on">Dick Clark: The Beat Goes On</a></p> <p>Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 December 1990</p> <p class="excerpt">THE MOST AMAZING thing about Dick Clark is not that "America's Oldest Living Teenager" still fits that role at age 61. It's not that he's ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-clovers">The Clovers</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, <i>Goldmine</i>, 8 February 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">"WE PAID OUR dues, singing on corners, at parties, driving all over the country, sleeping in cubbyholes where we had to take turns. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/pat-boone-boone-in-the-usa">Pat Boone: Boone In The USA</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 19 February 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">LET'S PLAY the numbers game. According to Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1986, Pat Boone is the fifth highest-ranking artist in the history of the ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bill-haley--his-comets-ithe-decca-years-and-morei">Bill Haley & His Comets: <i>The Decca Years And More</i></a></p> <p>Review by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 19 April 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">TO A CONTEMPORARY listener already mystified by '50s rock 'n' roll. Bill Haley might be the greatest mystery of all. Elvis's success is easy to ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bill-haley-indisputably-the-first">Bill Haley: Indisputably The First</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Colin Escott, <i>Goldmine</i>, 19 April 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">It was, as writer Nick Tosches observed, "one of the first instances of a white boy really getting down to the art of hep." ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/gene-clarks-last-stand">Gene Clark's Last Stand</a></p> <p>Memoir by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 June 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">GENE CLARK'S last performance took place about a mile or so from the spot where the Byrds took off from 27 years ago – Ciro's ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-band-life-is-a-carnival">The Band: Life Is A Carnival</a></p> <p>Essay by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 26 July 1991</p> <p class="excerpt">THE QUINTET KNOWN as the Band never did get back together in that same, familiar aggregation. To this day, however, there is a band called ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-damned-3">The Damned</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 7 February 1992</p> <p class="excerpt">NO ONE could ever have predicted it, but the Damned are the great survivors of punk. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-del-vikings-">The Del-Vikings </a></p> <p>Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, <i>Goldmine</i>, 21 February 1992</p> <p class="excerpt">THE GOLDEN DREAM of rock 'n' roll goes like this: a few guys or girls get together, work out some songs, are discovered and recorded, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/earl-palmer-the-earl-of-drums">Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey, Dr. John, Little Richard, Earl Palmer, Phil Spector, Ritchie Valens: Earl Palmer: The Earl Of Drums</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1 October 1993</p> <p class="excerpt">"Keep on, Keep on thrillin' me/Keep on, till Nineteen-ninety-three" — from 'Keep On' by Shirley and Lee, recorded May 19, 1954 at J&M Studios, New ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/kim-fowley-living-and-dying-in-la">Kim Fowley: Living and Dying in L.A.</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 26 November 1993</p> <p class="excerpt">IT'S A NAME (and yes, it's a man's name) that's been popping up around the music scene for roughly the past 35 years. And every ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/al-kooper-the-adventures-of-kooperman">Blood, Sweat & Tears, Al Kooper: Al Kooper: The Adventures Of Kooperman</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 18 February 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">THE COVER of Rekooperation, Al Kooper's new album, his first in 12 years, is divided into 16 postage stamp-sized photographic portraits of the artist as ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bill-medley-and-darlene-love-righteous-brother-and-sister">Darlene Love, The Righteous Brothers: Bill Medley and Darlene Love: Righteous Brother and Sister</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 4 March 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE'S A point during Darlene Love's one-woman show, Portrait Of A Singer, where she's talking about singing background vocals on the Righteous Brothers' 1966 #1 ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/morrissey-and-the-smiths-theres-a-place-in-hell-for-me-and-my-friends">Morrissey, The Smiths: Morrissey and The Smiths: There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 4 March 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">IN JUNE 1984, Rolling Stone journalist James Henke asked Britain's latest rising superstar, Smiths vocalist Morrissey, for his opinions on the British Prime Minister, Margaret ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/lulu-back-for-more">Lulu: Back For More</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1 April 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">SHE DOESN'T do it deliberately, she says, but you can set your watch by Lulu, and the most surprising thing is, she still takes everyone ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bb-king-the-fortunate-son">B.B. King: The Fortunate Son</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Colin Escott, <i>Goldmine</i>, 29 April 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">B.B. KING'S misfortune is that we too often take him for granted. He has been there as long as most of us can remember, and ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/depeche-mode-faith-and-devotion">Depeche Mode: Faith And Devotion</a></p> <p>Discography by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 27 May 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">DEPECHE MODE emerged from within one of the most confused periods British pop has ever undergone, a period during which punk's predatory napalm was still ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/tim-hardin-poet-of-the-interior">Tim Hardin: Poet Of The Interior</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Colin Escott, <i>Goldmine</i>, 24 June 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE'S BEEN a miniature Tim Hardin revival lately. Rod Stewart did 'Reason To Believe' on his Unplugged set, Robert Plant did 'If I Were A ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/aretha-franklin-the-columbia-years">Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years</a></p> <p>Discography by David Nathan, <i>Goldmine</i>, 8 July 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">IN AN EFFORT to glorify the outstanding work that she did at Atlantic Records (1967-1979), musicologists and music industry pundits frequently refer to Aretha Franklin's ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/ian-and-sylvia-northern-journey">Ian and Sylvia: Northern Journey</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Colin Escott, <i>Goldmine</i>, 8 July 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">IF YOU came through the '60s intact, you remember at least one Ian and Sylvia song, 'Four Strong Winds', even if you don't remember it ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/sonic-youth-way-downtown-way-kool">Sonic Youth: Way Downtown Way Kool</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 16 September 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE ARE four of them, and they're definitely fab, but nobody (to our knowledge, anyway) has ever compared Sonic Youth to the Beatles. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-beatles-in-hamburg">The Beatles in Hamburg</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, <i>Goldmine</i>, 25 November 1994</p> <p class="excerpt">ON DECEMBER 27, 1960, the Beatles appeared at the Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool in a performance widely regarded as being a turning point ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/willie-nelson-funny-how-time-slips-away-">Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away </a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 6 January 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">WITH HIS beatific smile and twinkling bright eyes, Willie Nelson looks like the most serene and centered man on the planet. When he's wearing a ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/berry-gordy-a-conversation-with-mr-motown">Berry Gordy: A Conversation With Mr Motown</a></p> <p>Interview by Harvey Kubernik, <i>Goldmine</i>, 3 March 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">DIANA ROSS and the Supremes. Stevie Wonder. Marvin Gaye. The Temptations. The Four Tops. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. The Marvelettes. Michael Jackson and the ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/blues-traveler-road-warriors">Blues Traveler: Road Warriors</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 17 March 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">IT'S AN unseasonably warm Halloween weekend outside the Hollywood Palladium, as tens of thousands slowly stream by in a typical Friday night procession of Sunset ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/candi-staton-journey-from-sensuality-to-salvation">Candi Staton: Journey From Sensuality to Salvation</a></p> <p>Discography by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 17 March 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">When you get that old yearningTo come around knocking on my doorYou know I'm gonna let you inBaby just as sure as sin, as sure ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/brian-auger-back-from-oblivion">Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll: Brian Auger: Back From Oblivion</a></p> <p>Discography by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 14 April 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">BRING UP the subject of jazz-rock fusion, and for sure Brian Auger will be one of the first names you think of. Over the past ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/mary-hopkin-shes-a-joan-baez-type-but-well-soon-alter-that">Mary Hopkin: 'She's A Joan Baez Type, But We'll Soon Alter That'</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 14 April 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">MARY HOPKIN is surprised and flattered to learn that she is something of a mythical figure in America. In the States, general knowledge of Hopkin ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/time-of-the-zombies">The Zombies: Time Of The Zombies</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Robin Platts, <i>Goldmine</i>, 14 April 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">IT WAS JUST for fun, really. They weren't planning on becoming pop stars, yet the Zombies came close to reaching the top of the American ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/leiber-and-stoller-a-yakety-yak">Leiber and Stoller: A Yakety Yak</a></p> <p>Interview by Harvey Kubernik, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 April 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">IF THEY'D only written, say, 'Hound Dog', 'Kansas City' and 'Stand By Me', they would already deserve their place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/meat-puppets-swimming-in-a-lake-of-fire">Meat Puppets: Swimming In A Lake Of Fire</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 April 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">"Where do bad folks go when they die?They don't go to heaven where the angels flyThey go down to the lake of fire and fry ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/warren-zevon-left-jabs-and-roundhouse-rights">Warren Zevon: Left Jabs and Roundhouse Rights</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 18 August 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">NEVER UNDERESTIMATE a romantic. These might be the words of wisdom for those who have ever counted themselves fans of singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, especially the ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bobby-darin-beyond-the-seabeyond-the-music">Bobby Darin: Beyond the Sea...Beyond the Music</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 27 October 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">HE WAS born a year after Elvis, and died four years before Presley breathed his last. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/andrew-loog-oldham-the-rolling-stones-first-manager-and-producer">Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones: Andrew Loog Oldham: The Rolling Stones' First Manager And Producer</a></p> <p>Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 24 November 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE ARE only a handful of rock managers who truly deserve the epithet great, those whose reputations have lived on long after the sell-by date ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/jefferson-airplanes-joey-covington">Jefferson Airplane's Joey Covington</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, <i>Goldmine</i>, 22 December 1995</p> <p class="excerpt">BORN IN EAST Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, Covington moved to Los Angeles, where he played in a band called Tsong before meeting the Airplane's male lead singer, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/discover-van-dyke-parks">Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks: Discover Van Dyke Parks</a></p> <p>Interview by Robin Platts, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2 February 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">AFTER 30 YEARS in the music business, Van Dyke Parks is not a household name. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/we-just-disagree-the-story-of-dave-mason">Dave Mason: We Just Disagree: The Story Of Dave Mason</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 16 February 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">IN ROCK 'N' ROLL, the road may go on forever, but the shoulders are littered with carcasses. To be a survivor, a rock musician has ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bad-company-till-the-day-i-die">Bad Company: 'Till The Day I Die'</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 15 March 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">THE '90S REUNION of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, resulting so far in an album and a tour, is no doubt an invigorating development for ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/aint-nobodys-business-the-no-rollin-blues-of-jimmy-witherspoon">Jimmy Witherspoon: 'Ain't Nobody's Business': The No Rollin' Blues of Jimmy Witherspoon</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 24 May 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">"I'D RATHER open up a show than to close it," Jimmy Witherspoon said emphatically. "'Cause I know whoever follows me is gonna have to sing." ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/emmylou-harris-the-sweetheart-of-the-rodeo">Emmylou Harris: The Sweetheart of the Rodeo</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2 August 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">SERENDIPITY, WHAT Webster loosely defines as "dumb luck," is an important concept for Emmylou Harris. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/linda-ronstadt-on-emmylou-and-then-there-were-two-">Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt: Linda Ronstadt on Emmylou: And Then There Were Two… </a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2 August 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">CHRIS HILLMAN, who'd introduced Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons, played matchmaker another time: Backstage at a concert in Texas, he put the newcomer together with ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-staple-singers-gods-greatest-hitmakers">The Staple Singers, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples: The Staple Singers: God's Greatest Hitmakers</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 30 August 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE'S NO question about it. Forget the Winans or the Hawkins Family, the Staple Singers are the most widely known, best-selling gospel group of all ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/kirsty-maccoll-they-dont-know-yet">Kirsty MacColl: They Don't Know (Yet)</a></p> <p>Discography by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 13 September 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">SHE'S BEEN AROUND for such a long time now, she admits she's a part of the furniture, "part of the rock 'n' roll consciousness." ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/a-conversation-with-anthony-kiedis">The Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Conversation with Anthony Kiedis</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, November 1996</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE'S A PARTICULAR high school campus in Los Angeles, in a section of that sprawling city where the California 5 freeway cuts through an area ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/down-so-low-tracy-nelsons-long-hard-climb-into-obscurity">Mother Earth, Tracy Nelson: Down So Low: Tracy Nelson's Long Hard Climb Into Obscurity</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">EVERYTHING ONE should do to get a big name in showbiz seems to be the opposite of what Tracy Nelson does. No fancy duds to ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/verse-chorus-verse-the-recording-history-of-nirvana">Foo Fighters, Nirvana: Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana</a></p> <p>Special Feature by Gillian G. Gaar, <i>Goldmine</i>, 14 February 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">NEARLY THREE years after Kurt Cobain's death in April 1994, interest in his group, Nirvana, remains strong. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/bo-diddley-still-rockin">Bo Diddley: Still Rockin'</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 February 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">ELLAS BATES McDaniel, a.k.a. Bo Diddley, has lived the life of a rural squire in North Florida since 1983, when a dentist, making small talk, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-sweet-as-sweet-as-it-was">Sweet: The Sweet: As Sweet As It Was</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 February 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">FEW BANDS ever led a life full of as many personalities as The Sweet. In their British homeland, they were as unfashionable as last year's ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/dorothy-moore-giving-it-straight-to-you">Dorothy Moore: Giving It Straight To You</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 14 March 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">MISSISSIPPI HAS probably been trashed more than any other darn state in the union. It's been called the poorest state (which sho' ain't a crime, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/curtis-mayfield-2">Curtis Mayfield</a></p> <p>Interview by Craig Werner, <i>Goldmine</i>, 4 July 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">CURTIS MAYFIELDS voice sinks to a whisper as he recalls the lyrics from one of his greatest songs: "Ive got my strength and it dont ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/john-fogerty-3">Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty: John Fogerty</a></p> <p>Interview by Craig Werner, <i>Goldmine</i>, 18 July 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">THE HISTORY of rock'n'roll bears witness to the power of the unmistakably individual voice bubbling up from subterranean reservoirs of the blues, gospel, and country ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/inez-and-charlie-foxx-a-family-affair">Inez & Charlie Foxx: Inez and Charlie Foxx: A Family Affair</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1 August 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">A LOT of recording artists can say they've had hits, but few can say they've had a hit almost everyone knows the words to even ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-long-road-of-john-kay-and-steppenwolf">John Kay, Steppenwolf: The Long Road Of John Kay and Steppenwolf</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 29 August 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">IT IS GETTING tougher and tougher to recall, much less try and relive, those days of the late 1960s when FM radio was new and ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-adverts-bored-teenagers">The Adverts: Bored Teenagers</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, September 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">ANYONE PAYING attention to the British music scene in recent years cannot help but have noticed T.V. Smith. Across three superlative albums, 1991's RIP: Everything ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/steve-marriott-the-lost-interview">The Small Faces: Steve Marriott: The Lost Interview</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 12 September 1997</p> <p class="excerpt">(With the exception of the Peter Frampton quote, the following interviews were carried out in London in early 1982 for a projected biography of John's ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/dr-john-black-or-white---dr-johns-shady-past">Dr. John: Dr John: Black Or White - Dr John's Shady Past</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 10 April 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">DR. JOHN IS as much identified with New Orleans as gumbo is. In a May '97 interview with FI magazine, Dr. John, "Mac" to his ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/ozzy-osbourne-the-godfather-of-metal-lands-on-the-good-foot">Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne: Ozzy Osbourne: The Godfather Of Metal Lands On The Good Foot</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 5 June 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">Nearly 30 Years After Founding Black Sabbath, The Godfather Of Metal Lands On The Good Foot ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/john-fogerty">John Fogerty</a></p> <p>Interview by Craig Werner, <i>Goldmine</i>, 3 July 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">Just before he embarked on last summer's Blue Moon Swamp tour, John Fogerty told Goldmine that "the new John and the old John are the ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/on-stoney-ground-with-bernard-fowler">Bernard Fowler, The Rolling Stones: On Stoney Ground with Bernard Fowler</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 31 July 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">ROCKERS CAN BE free spirits and generous souls, and many of them are – often surprisingly so. Nevertheless, they can also be susceptible to feelings ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/neil-finn-former-crowded-house-frontman">Crowded House, Neil Finn: Neil Finn: Former Crowded House Frontman</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, August 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE'S A lush, green exotic-ness to Neil Finn's songs, as if they were created in some kind of hothouse rain forest where only the most ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/robbie-robertson-the-underworld-of-redboy">The Band, Robbie Robertson: Robbie Robertson: The Underworld of Redboy</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 28 August 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">TWENTY YEARS ago, a Martin Scorsese film called The Last Waltz was released in theaters. As rock fans easily recall, this star-studded musical event  ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/even-under-the-guise-of-hank-wilson-leon-russell-is-a-legend-in-his-time">Leon Russell: Even Under the Guise of Hank Wilson, Leon Russell is a Legend in his Time</a></p> <p>Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 11 September 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">"How many days has it been since I was born/How many days until I die/Do I know any ways that I can make you laugh/Or ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/big-brother--the-holding-company-ido-what-you-lovei">Big Brother & The Holding Company: <I>Do What You Love</I></a></p> <p>Review by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 25 September 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">THIS IS an album that's been a mighty long time comin', and one which you may have to attend the band's live show to readily ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/big-brother--the-holding-company-do-what-you-love">Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin: Big Brother & The Holding Company: Do What You Love</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 25 September 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">"All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/jd-souther">J. D. Souther: J.D. Souther</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Debbie Kruger, <i>Goldmine</i>, 9 October 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">JOHN DAVID Souther is a wary man. For most of his 30-year career the Los Angeles-based songwriter and performer, whose musical compeers include the Eagles, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/marvin-gaye-ed-townsend-remembers-marvin-gaye">Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye: Marvin Gaye: Ed Townsend Remembers Marvin Gaye</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 23 October 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">MOTOWN'S MARVIN GAYE more so than any other male soul singer, represented the essence of the seventies. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/millie-jackson-talk-talk">Millie Jackson: Talk Talk</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill Carpenter, <i>Goldmine</i>, 23 October 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">MILLIE JACKSON'S name means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Pioneer or profiteer? ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/record-producer-nik-venet-1936-1998">The Beach Boys: Record Producer Nik Venet: 1936-1998</a></p> <p>Obituary by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, Spring 1998</p> <p class="excerpt">NIK VENET, an East Coast friend and mid-Fifties music scene contemporary of Bobby Darin who came to Los Angeles to become one of the key ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/a-record-collectors-guide-to-gene-vincent">Gene Vincent: A Record Collector's Guide To Gene Vincent</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 1999</p> <p class="excerpt">IT WAS IAN DURY, himself the creator of some of the greatest records of his era, who hit the nail on the head, in one ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/up-up-and-away-jimmy-webb-and-the-5th-dimension">The 5th Dimension, Jimmy Webb: Up Up and Away Jimmy Webb and The 5th Dimension</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 10 September 1999</p> <p class="excerpt">ONE OF the most respected songwriters of the modern era, Jimmy Webb was just 18 years old when he struck up a friendship with Marc ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-everly-sisters-emmylou-harris-and-linda-ronstadt-">Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt: The Everly Sisters: Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt </a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 24 September 1999</p> <p class="excerpt">IT TOOK more than 25 years, two divergent careers and plenty of false starts, near-misses and might-have-beens, but Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have finally ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/stevie-wonder-singing-in-the-key-of-life">Stevie Wonder: Singing in the Key of Life</a></p> <p>Overview by Craig Werner, <i>Goldmine</i>, 8 October 1999</p> <p class="excerpt">IT WAS THE fall of 1974 and signs of confusion were everywhere. President Richard Nixon had fled from office in disgrace, only to receive a ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-chad-and-jeremy-story">Chad & Jeremy: The Chad and Jeremy Story</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2000</p> <p class="excerpt">WHEN CHAD AND JEREMY were first invited to re-group, back in 1986 for the following year's British Invasion II tour, their first response was, "Hmmm, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/chicago-34-years-and-counting">Chicago: 34 years and Counting</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Debbie Kruger, <i>Goldmine</i>, 16 June 2000</p> <p class="excerpt">"With this album, we dedicate ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution... And the revolution in all of its forms."So ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/johnny-warman">Johnny Warman</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2001</p> <p class="excerpt">ANYONE ABSORBING the Australian airwaves back in 1981 will have encountered any number of strange and wonderful things. Few, however, have stood the test ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/andrew-loog-oldham-and-the-salty-tale-of-sandy-beach">Andrew Loog Oldham… And The Salty Tale Of Sandy Beach</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2002</p> <p class="excerpt">POP STARDOM is about creating myths and sticking to them. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/flo-and-eddie-and-marc-frank-and-more">Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa, T. Rex: Flo and Eddie and Marc, Frank and More</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2002</p> <p class="excerpt">THEY WERE THE VOICE of the American 1960s, sainted providers of the angelic harmonies and grooved-out choruses that served up the most innocent psychedelia your ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/zappa-and-the-mothers--the-flo-and-eddie-years">Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa: Zappa And The Mothers – The Flo And Eddie Years</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2002</p> <p class="excerpt">BETWEEN MID-1970 and the end of 1971, Frank Zappa was at his peak as rocks premier satirist and spokesman, an 18-month period during which he ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/larry-wallis-the-importance-of-being-stiff">Motörhead, The Pink Fairies, Larry Wallis: Larry Wallis: The Importance Of Being Stiff</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, July 2002</p> <p class="excerpt">IF YOU KNOW anything about Stiff Records, the first great maverick Indy label of the punk-era British 1970s, you’ll know Larry Wallis. Author of one ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/steve-ashley-passes-the-test-of-time">Steve Ashley Passes The Test Of Time</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2003</p> <p class="excerpt">AMID THE MYRIAD names thrown up by the English Folk-Rock boom of the early 1970s, the era most succinctly summarised by the legendary Electric Muse ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-jooks-on-you">The Jook's On You</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2003</p> <p class="excerpt">MENTION THE NAME of the Jook a decade or so ago, and chances are, you'd be met with a blank gaze from anybody outside of ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/home-at-last-the-journey-of-linda-ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt: Home At Last: The Journey of Linda Ronstadt</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 21 February 2003</p> <p class="excerpt">THERE ARE many things about her career that Linda Ronstadt wishes she'd done differently. Still, the most successful female singer of the rock 'n' roll ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-last-days-of-the-velvet-underground-">The Velvet Underground: The Last Days of the Velvet Underground </a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">ON AUGUST 23, 1970, Lou Reed played his last ever show with the Velvet Underground, the band he had led since its formation as psychotic ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/elvis-presley-i2nd-to-nonei">Elvis Presley: <i>2nd To None</i></a></p> <p>Review by Gillian G. Gaar, <i>Goldmine</i>, 9 January 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">THE UNDERLYING theme of 2nd To None, the 'sequel' to 2002's wildly successful 30 #1 Hits, is a bit hard to pin down. #1 Hits ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/elvis-presley-how-1968-bought-elvis-a-king-sized-comeback">Elvis Presley: How 1968 Bought Elvis a King Sized Comeback</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, <i>Goldmine</i>, 9 January 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">AS 1968 BEGAN, Elvis Presley's career was in trouble, the result of too many formulaic films and equally uninspired soundtracks. But by the year's end, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-spencer-davis-group-">Spencer Davis Group: The Spencer Davis Group </a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 2 April 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">ALTHOUGH THE Spencer Davis Group are best remembered for propelling the young Stevie Winwood to prominence, paving the way for Traffic, Blind Faith and, of ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/john-fiddler-recalls-medicine-head-">Medicine Head: John Fiddler Recalls… Medicine Head </a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, July 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">ITS ONE OF THE modern collectors last remaining joys, compiling long and bitter lists of the albums wed most like to see released on CD, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/vodka-collins-glam-rock-japanese-style">Vodka Collins: Glam Rock, Japanese Style</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, November 2004</p> <p class="excerpt">THINK OF '70s Glam Rock and you will inevitably find yourself transported to the United Kingdom and the brief, but brilliant couple of years during ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/fleetwood-mac-what-happened-before-all-that-happened-later-on">Fleetwood Mac: What Happened Before All That Happened Later On…</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, February 2005</p> <p class="excerpt">THEY ARE Fleetwood Mac's forgotten years. Mick Fleetwood's Fleetwood autobiography dedicates just thirty pages to them, Peter Lewry's The Complete Recording Sessions turns ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/footnote-archives-999">999: Footnote Archives: 999</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 17 May 2006</p> <p class="excerpt">THE ODD thing about the history of punk is, it's very easy to forget some of its best progenitors. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/earth-wind-and-fire-the-way-of-the-world">Earth Wind and Fire: Earth, Wind and Fire: The Way of the World</a></p> <p>Profile and Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, July 2006</p> <p class="excerpt">WITHOUT MAURICE WHITE, the 1970s wouldn't have been nearly as interesting. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/footnote-archives-roogalator">Roogalator: Footnote Archives: Roogalator</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, September 2006</p> <p class="excerpt">IT'S EARLY morning on regional breakfast television, and the morning's entertainment includes a local performer who, with close to 40 years of experience behind him, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/asia">Asia</a></p> <p>Discography by Steven Rosen, <i>Goldmine</i>, 13 October 2006</p> <p class="excerpt">ASIA WAS the hybrid formed when ELP and Yes both imploded and sent members scurrying about in search of a new band. ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/a-tale-of-two-springsteens-ithe-riveri-vs-ithe-risingi">Bruce Springsteen: A Tale Of Two Springsteens: <i>The River</i> vs. <i>The Rising</i></a></p> <p>Retrospective by Steve Roeser, <i>Goldmine</i>, 19 January 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">"You've got my love/Through the wind, through the rain, the snow You've got my love, heart and soul" — lyrics from the song 'Drive All ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/robert-plant-inine-livesi">Robert Plant: <i>Nine Lives</i></a></p> <p>Review by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 19 January 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">IT'S BEEN 27 YEARS since Robert Plant last sang with Led Zeppelin… a lifetime for the likes of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain; ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/tommy-james">Tommy James & the Shondells: Tommy James</a></p> <p>Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, <i>Goldmine</i>, 16 March 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">TOMMY JAMES' first job in show business was as child model, when he appeared in an ad in Life magazine in 1951, dressed as a ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/andy-partridge">XTC: Andy Partridge</a></p> <p>Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, May 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">OF ALL THE bands thrown up by the Punk insurgency of 1977 (30 years ago today, folks! Get your Sergeant Leper facemasks here!), XTC were ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/julie-driscoll-brian-auger--the-trinity">Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll: Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, July 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">IT WAS ONE of the most memorable hit singles of the late 1960s, an hypnotic, walking bass led swirl through an unreleased Bob Dylan song, ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/led-zeppelin-pre-flyte">Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds: Led Zeppelin: Pre-Flyte</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, July 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">THE YARDBIRDS were no more. After five years, four guitarists, and more legends than you could stuff inside a shoe shop, the band had finally ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-doors-in-1967-from-zeroes-to-heroes-in-six-months-flat-">The Doors In 1967: From Zeroes To Heroes In Six Months Flat </a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, August 2007</p> <p class="excerpt">"I've always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt against authority. When you make your peace with authority, you become an authority. I like ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/dont-fear-the-blue-oyster-cult">Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Blue Oyster Cult</a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. 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The 7 p.m. show was respectable enough, beginning with ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/whatever-happened-to-the-driscoll-auger-trinity-">Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll: Whatever happened to the Driscoll-Auger Trinity? </a></p> <p>Retrospective and Interview by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 24 April 2008</p> <p class="excerpt">IN AN AGE awash with supergroups, the 1960s combination of singer Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and his Trinity was poised to become the most ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/the-beach-boys-friends-the-beach-boys-feel-good-record">The Beach Boys: <i>Friends</i>: The Beach Boys' Feel-good Record</a></p> <p>Retrospective by Various Writers, <i>Goldmine</i>, 18 July 2008</p> <p class="excerpt">IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – during the summer of 1968 – Brian Wilson created a song cycle out of love and inner peace with the Friends ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/pink-floyd-see-you-on-ithe-dark-side-of-the-mooni">Pink Floyd: See You On <I>The Dark Side Of The Moon</I></a></p> <p>Retrospective by Dave Thompson, <i>Goldmine</i>, 7 August 2008</p> <p class="excerpt">THE STATISTICS, as Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason puts it, "make staggering reading." ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/wild-tales-a-candid-conversation-with-graham-nash">Crosby and Nash, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Graham Nash: Wild Tales: A Candid Conversation with Graham Nash</a></p> <p>Interview by Bill DeYoung, <i>Goldmine</i>, 16 January 2009</p> <p class="excerpt">"I knew that I would have to spend years with these guys" – Graham Nash  ...</p> </div> <div class="article-listing"> <p><a href="/Library/Article/rip-buffalo-springfields-dewey-martin">Buffalo Springfield: R.I.P. 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