Check this out. The stereo we had at my house in the early seventies was made up of the inner workings of a jukebox that my grandfather absconded from a work site restoration of a closed-down restaurant (they’d found dead dogs buried in the back of the property). Dad made some beautiful wooden cabinets […]

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I learned to play guitar when I was 12, and still play to this day. I’ve learned to play drums in my old age, and some piano. I did play in two talent shows in high school, and let me tell you, it is a great experience to perform in front of an […]

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Time Life list of Top 1970s Albums
London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979
One Nation Under a Groove […]

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Here’s an excerpt from Billboard’s lists of top Pop/Rock songs of the 70s
1970

1. Simon/Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water

2. Carpenters
(They Long To Be) Close To You

3. Guess Who
American Woman/No Sugar Tonight

4. B.J. Thomas
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head

5. Edwin Starr
War

1971

1.Three Dog Night
Joy To The World

2.Rod Stewart
Maggie May/Reason To Believe

3.Carole King
It’s Too […]

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The seventies were a time when a new generation of young people were exposed to new media and hence newer ideas in almost every field. TV and motion picture brought to varied audiences images, lifestyles and music from diverse regions and peoples. This led to the emergence of a new vocabulary and experimentation in music. […]

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