A quick, righteous flare of conscience—Fogerty’s working-class compass railing against empty celebrity and excess. “It Ain’t Right” arrived in 2007 as track nine on John Fogerty’s comeback-spirited album Revival—a bracing,…
A late-career confession about love’s safe harbor—even when the harbor is gone. “Sheltered In Your Arms” is one of those latter-day David Cassidy songs that quietly took on a life…
A Smoky Whisper of Longing, Reimagined with Elegance and Ache When Linda Ronstadt released her interpretation of “Ooh Baby Baby” in 1978 on the Grammy-winning album Living in the USA,…
A Ballad of Desperation and Desire on the Fringes of Society First released on Linda Ronstadt’s 1977 album Simple Dreams, “Carmelita” stands as one of the most poignant and emotionally…
A short, bittersweet snapshot — “Blue Love” is a tiny, aching country vignette that catches Buck Owens at the very beginning of his career, sounding like a memory folded into…
A small, aching confession of sudden love — “Fallin’ for You” is Buck Owens’ brief, bright vignette about the quiet shock of giving your heart away. When Buck Owens lets…
A Hymn for the Forgotten Laborer, Set Beneath a Sweltering Southern Sun Released in 1997 as part of John Fogerty’s evocative album Blue Moon Swamp, “A Hundred and Ten in…
A Faded Anthem for Idealism Lost Beneath Psychedelic Skies Released in 1997 as part of John Fogerty’s third solo album, Blue Moon Swamp, the song “Summer of Love” did not…
A Bittersweet Ode to Obscurity and Longing in a Late-Night America In 1994, tucked away in the unlikeliest of places—a television sitcom’s closing credits—David Cassidy delivered one of the most…
A Furious Cry of Longing Drenched in New Wave Urgency When Linda Ronstadt released “How Do I Make You” in early 1980, the song roared onto the airwaves like a…
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