Guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada has included a dazzling cover of Hungarian jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo’s 1968 song “The Divided City” on his latest solo album, Trio Asesino (2026). Although Quesada has produced and fronted a number of eclectic albums of his own, he is best known for being a member of the Grammy Award-winning…
“Hey, Candy Man” – Gloria Lynne (1966): A Lost Gary McFarland Song
Well, it happened again. Searching for one thing, I discovered something altogether different – and even better. In tracking down the origins of a little-known Bobby Scott song called “Happy Shoes” – which I first heard on guitarist Joe Beck’s 1977 Watch the Time album – I found out the song had its first reading…
Flashback: “I Do the Rock” & “Paradise Garage” – Tim Curry (1979)
Before he was Lemony Snicket, Pennywise the Clown, Wadsworth the Butler or Annie’s nemesis Rooster, but after he had become known as that “sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania” and midnight-movie sensation Dr. Frank-N-Furter, actor Tim Curry launched an equally provocative, though all-too short-lived singing career. Curry had already been featured on record as part of…