As bassist and vocalist for New Orleans legends The Meters, George Porter Jr.’s fat grooves not only shaped the sound of New Orleans but pioneered funk.
It seems that there’s a Randy Newman for all sorts of music listeners. Like acerbic/satirical/edgy/intelligent pop songs? He’s the guy who wrote tunes from the POV of a slave ship captain pitching an ...
“Problem Child” was issued as an advance picture sleeve single on September 28 th, 1977, backed with “You Take My Money ... which is an eternity for The Damned—to be sure, there are a couple other ...