Jeff Burger

1 week ago | americanahighways.org | Jeff Burger

Gene and Eunice, From Ko Ko Mo to Poco Loco: The Singles Collection 1954–62. If Gene and Eunice and the songs referenced in this anthology’s title ring no bells for you, you’re not alone. Gene Wilson (aka Gene Forrest) and Eunice Levy, a married couple, scored several hits in the 1950s but dented the pop charts only once, with “Poco Loco,” which reached No. 48 in 1959. Their career petered out after that, and today the work of these Texas natives is largely forgotten.

2 weeks ago | theaquarian.com | Jeff Burger

Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention, were riding high in June 1974. They’d just completed a 10th anniversary tour and, only three months earlier, had released Apostrophe (’), their first and only Top 10 album. Energized by those successes, they filmed a two-hour concert for a small, invited audience on June 21 in their Hollywood, California rehearsal hall.

2 weeks ago | blogcritics.org | Jeff Burger

Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention, were riding high in June 1974. They’d just completed a 10th-anniversary tour and, only three months earlier, had released Apostrophe (’), their first and only Top 10 album. Energized by those successes, they filmed a two-hour concert for a small, invited audience on June 21 in their Hollywood, California rehearsal hall.

2 weeks ago | americanahighways.org | Jeff Burger

Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention, were riding high in June 1974. They’d just completed a 10th-anniversary tour and, only three months earlier, had released Apostrophe (’), their first and only Top 10 album. Energized by those successes, they filmed a two-hour concert for a small, invited audience on June 21 in their Hollywood, California rehearsal hall.

3 weeks ago | theaquarian.com | Jeff Burger

Pink Floyd conquered the world with its eighth LP, 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, which became one of the bestselling albums of all time. Its music is certainly adventurous, but to these ears, not quite as experimental – or exciting – as much of what the band released before the masses took notice. You can find performances of some of the best of that earlier work in Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII, a concert film that Pink Floyd first released in 1972.