Nils Lofgren – “No Mercy” And “Keith Don’t Go”

I don’t know a lot from Nils Lofgren, just two songs really, “No Mercy” and “Keith Don’t Go”. Nils Lofgren, who has had a long solo career, also worked with Neil Young in the Seventies, as well as playing in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band for 25 years. But I didn’t know that until just […]

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Little River Band – “Help Is On Its Way”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Reminiscing”, “Lady”, “Lonesome Loser” and “Cool Change”

Probably one of the most successful Australian bands of the Seventies – or since – was the Little River Band, whose string of hits in the USA included “Help Is On Its Way”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Reminiscing”, “Lady”, “Lonesome Loser” and “Cool Change”. Can anyone say “harmonies”…. And one of their most successful albums was “Diamantina […]

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Janis Joplin – “Cry Baby”

“Cry Baby” was one of Janis Joplin’s iconic numbers, full of the energy and passion that characterised all her music.

Janis Joplin only just made it into the Seventies – she died 40 years ago in 1970.

But her music kept her name alive nevertheless.

Here’s a live clip from that year, “Cry Baby”, filmed in 1979 in Toronto:

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