Posts From Jeff Tamarkin

Jeff Tamarkin

Jeff Tamarkin

Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for nearly five decades. He is formerly the editor of Goldmine, CMJ and Relix magazines, has written for dozens of other publications and has authored liner notes for more than 80 CDs. Jeff has also served on the Nominating Committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and as a consultant to the Grammys. His first book was 'Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane.' He is also the co-author of 'Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.,' with Howard Kaylan, and 'Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender: The Illustrated Story of Santana's Musical Journey.'

The Cowsills—How Their Obscure ’90s ‘Global’ LP Found its Way Back to Life

“We were under the radar for 20 years. And then we’re in a serious recording studio making serious music with these songs.”—Bob Cowsill

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Linda LaFlamme, Who Co-Wrote ‘White Bird’ for It’s a Beautiful Day, Dies

“White Bird” was inspired by the experiences David and Linda LaFlamme had while living in Seattle.

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And the Jukebox Kept on Playing…Johnny Rivers

A constant presence on the radio in the ’60s, his hits included “Secret Agent Man,” “Poor Side of Town,” “Memphis,” “Summer Rain” and many more.

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Author David Browne on His New Book on the Greenwich Village Music Scene

Everyone thinks it all started with Dylan at Newport in the summer of ’65, but in fact, Village folkies had already started plugging in months before that.

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Peter Noone on Life With and After Herman’s Hermits

“When we got to America, it went from 2 to 20 to 200 to 2,000 to 20,000 screaming girls in weeks. It was the power of radio”

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Grateful Dead ‘Long Strange Trip’ Documentary: Review

A sprawling collection of transcendent highs and the occasional free-falling low, much like a Dead concert. We review the 4-hour film

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Jack Bruce Talks Cream in Archival Interview

Two years before his death, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend looked back on the game-changing trio and discussed his future plans.

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Libby Titus—Singer-Songwriter & Wife of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen—Dies at 77

She is best known as the co-composer of “Love Has No Pride,” recorded by Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt.

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When the Chambers Brothers’ ‘Time’ Had Come

They started out as a gospel quartet, then their souls were psychedelicized. The story of the group behind “Time Has Come Today.”

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12 ‘Lost’ British Invasion Hits of the ’60s

It wasn’t all about the Beatles, Stones, Who and Kinks. We look back at a dozen other great British Invasion hits that you may have forgotten.

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