Songlines: ‘Long Tall Sally’

Songlines: ‘Long Tall Sally’

Little Richard / The Merseybeats / The Beatles / Fleetwood Mac (Live) Little Richard was born December 05, 1932. He made his recorded debut in 1951, releasing four 45’s on the RCA Victor label from November 1951 to November of ’52. He went to Don Robey’s Peacock label the next year and was teamed with […]

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Songlines: ‘Too Much Monkey Business’

Songlines: ‘Too Much Monkey Business’

Chuck Berry didn’t tour England until May of 1964, but his songs had been in the repertoires of countless British bands for years by then, including the two biggest, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Surprisingly, ‘Too Much Monkey Business’ proved to be particular favorite. I say “surprisingly” as the song was not released in […]

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Guest Blog – Musician Andrew Kastner: his early years / his friendship with Peter Green and the up-coming release of “The Act Featuring Peter Green – Live from the Boston Tea Party 1970”

Richard Orlando: As for so many musicians, The Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show put Andrew Kastner on the path to a career in music Andrew Kastner: My mom came from a musical creative family in Germany and so I think it was in my DNA.  I played Piano for a year in […]

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