“Peaceful Easy Feeling” as told by Jack Tempchin

Written by Jack Tempchin.  Recorded by the Eagles.  Released as a single on Asylum Records 12/1/72

“I was…

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Got the email from a musician you know who’s played and recorded with everyone you love. Known him so long I don’t remember when I didn’t. He was always there, always tasty, always someone whose taste was incomparable. Somewhere in the folds and wrinkles of all that life and music, intersections and overlaps happen. He had a friend who produced a record on a songwriter who was good.



Yeah, who didn’t? But Kevin McCormick plays with the very best songwriters. Jackson Browne, Melissa…

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The sweetly melodic folk-pop of Washington, D.C.-based singer/songwriter Tom Nichols delivers an emotionally uplifting alternative to much of the cynicism in the indie scene these days. On his latest album, Trust, Nichols writes straightforward, gently moving songs of life and loss. On “Every Now and Then,” Nichols seems to be singing about the death of a loved one, reflecting on old memories that are tinged with regret and puzzlement. This theme is further reflected on…

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Jack Tempchin  Artist Spotlight by Daniel Codella- Sonoma Wireworks Artist Spotlight Page Story Link A relatively small group of musicians have had top 10 singles in their careers. An even smaller group have written platinum selling albums. …

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One of the surprise benefits of an underground music scene taking off on a mainstream level is the rediscovery of pioneers that have been somewhat forgotten. These are artists who, for one reason or another, simply were not able find massive success in the active days of their youth. For example, in the ‘80s as alternative rock began to stir interest on a commercial level, the genre’s late ‘60s godfathers the Velvet Underground found their discography reissued to a collegiate and more… Continue

1.0 – How would you compare your new disc Bright Light (September 20th release) to your debut Ultrasounds back in 2000? 

 

Ultrasounds is collection of recordings I made here, there and everywhere I could over five years. I was experimenting – trying all kinds of sounds and recording techniques with friends of mine. At the time I didn’t imagine they would come…

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The cream doesn’t always rise to the top. The easier access that musicians have in producing and releasing their own records has saturated the market with countless garbage – amateur-hour replications of major-label hit-makers, cookie-cutter indie rock, well-meaning but unpolished talent – with the most edible sprouts sometimes lost in the shuffle. Such is the case with Kansas City-based singer/songwriter Dave Ford (…

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by Terry Roland



“Country-rock music is not a fad. It was a created sound during the late 60’s and early 70’s that put the best of two worlds together, two elements of solid music. We were pioneers in doing that.”

Richie Furay



At a May 22, 2010 Eagles… Continue

JACK TEMPCHIN: FOR THE WRITER OF THE EAGLES' CLASSIC, 'PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING,' IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SONG



by Terry Roland



Artist Website: www.tempchin.com



How many songs from the last 50 years are there mainstream music lovers can recognize just by name and even sing a bar or two with the words? Surprisingly, I've found, not many. Then, there's "Peaceful, Easy Feeling." The… Continue

I'm Chris Price. My friend Joe and I go by the name of Missing Parsons. We blog about our experiences on the road in search of the roots of our favourite American songs - a coast-to-coast road trip searching for the spirit of rock and roll America. It was kind of a sixtieth birthday present to Gram Parsons.



The blogs have become a book - Live Fast, Die Young: Misadventures in Rock &… Continue

Last night, during one of the hours in which parenthood trumps the chime of the phone, my friend Tom Gillam called to share a rant.



I will paraphrase: "I keep hearing these bands being compared to the Eagles," his message said, knowing that mentioning the Eagles at all trods dangerously toward one or several of my rants. "Or some other band from the '70s. But I've been listening, and they don't have any hits, they don't have any hooks."



Now, Tom has a new album out, called… Continue

I remember being introduced to Wilco about ten years ago by my friend Mark in the basement of a house we shared in Seattle. And, the first album I ever possessed was Being There, given to me by my brother-in-law shortly after I got married. Yet, Wilco never really struck a chord with me until I was given the gift of a lifetime last fall: Sky Blue Sky.



Since then, I have probably listened to Sky Blue Sky in it's entirety three times a week. I… Continue