by Kevin Burton Musical eras, like chocolate bars or ice cubes, are fluid before they are solid, shaped by the temperature of the times. We can’t always distinguish them day to day. Historians declare them later, according to their differing standards. But for me there is something momentous about looking at the …
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“Eleanor Rigby” Sprang From Genius
by Kevin Burton Since there won’t be any more Lennon/McCartney songs, the next best thing is a Lennon/McCartney story. That is what we got Oct. 18 in a New Yorker piece by Paul McCartney about the song “Eleanor Rigby.” It starts with this tidbit: “My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and …
Little Susie Was Not That Kind Of Girl
by Kevin Burton “Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly brothersis the focus of our usual Tuesday music post on Page 7. This is my answer to the musical questions: What are we gonna tell your Mama? What are we gonna tell your Pa? In short, the truth shall set you free! …
Fifty Years On, Wings Has Mixed Legacy
by Kevin Burton Fifty years ago today Paul McCartney announced the formation of Paul McCartney and Wings. The move was a guaranteed winner and a guaranteed loser. A winner because any piece of music with McCartney’s name on it was going to get a listen. It was going to sell at least …
Letters From Hamburg: Sophomore Studies
by Kevin Burton Well here it is, go day for me, a musical milestone of sorts, at least I hope. This is the day I get into a local studio for an assessment of sixteen of my original songs. Publishing this post is one of the final things I will do before heading …
Letters From Hamburg: Road Trip Feeling
by Kevin Burton Some of my best memories are of road trips as a child, headed to track and wrestling meets. This was at the Ohio State School for the Blind. Those trips were a lifting of the ordinary into something special. My friends were there. We were sewing life fragments into a …
Salute To John Lennon, Beatles Leader
by Tracy Duffy (Tracy Duffy is more than a keen observer of music, she plays guitar herself. She is a close friend and schoolmate of mine from the Ohio State School for the Blind.) John Lennon is my number one Beatle because he is the one who put the group together from the …
McCartney Was The Most Fab Beatle
by Kevin Burton As discussed last week, I have declared for Paul McCartney in the great “John or Paul” Beatles debate (John Or Paul? A Fun, Silly Beatles Question, April 6). There are those who favor one or the other who are quite hostile about it and say derogatory things about the other. …
John Or Paul? A Fun, Silly Beatles Question
by Kevin Burton If you’ve ever talked Beatles with me or even read some of my music posts, you know I’m a McCartney guy. So to show you Lennon people my heart is in the right place, I’m going to tell you the great things about John that stand out to me before …
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Letters From Hamburg: Next Step, Studio
by Kevin Burton Hamburg is a city in Germany about twice the size of Columbus, Ohio. Don’t know too much else about it. Except that it was the proving ground that turned the Beatles from a pretty good club band to the best band of the rock and roll era. Best band …
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