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Edward Bear was a Canadian group that was nearly a one hit wonder in America in 1972 but they were popular in their native land and had a string of hits. Their biggest chart success in both countries was "Last Song (I'll Ever Write For You)." It went to #1 up North and #3 here in America. Their only other song to crack the top forty in the USA was "Close Your Eyes" (#37) the following year. "Last Song" is a sad tune about a man who hasn't seen the girl he loves in two years and is writing a song about it. Larry Evoy was a fine lead singer for a band aligned with the very popular, soft-rock sub-genre that was huge in the 1970s and he was the only member who was in the lineup throughout their entire history (1966 - 1974). Edward Bear was not the kind of outfit to earn respect from critics. Their music was too sweet sounding and their their image was even more of a problem (They took their name from Winnie The Pooh's proper name). Neverthele...

Back in 2005, Al Kooper, one of the lesser known but one of the more important 1960s classic rockers, released Black Coffee , his first solo album in thirty years. The founder of Blood, Sweat, & Tears gave us a very full, fourteen song album that clocks in at over an hour but it doesn't feel too long because Kooper's eclectic talents demand your attention. The veteran rocker and his backup band of music professors he dubbed The Funky Faculty deliver a set of tunes that don't sound like BS&T or his famous Super Session LP with Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills but he connects with his listeners anyway. Not every song is blessed with horns but there are enough of them to satisfy fans who were hoping he would give us something similar. Kooper plays many instruments and he often recorded tracks all by himself. His one-man band outings are often looser than one would normally expect from such a dynamic. The best of these is a robust cover of The Temptations' ...

Here are a few musical links you may find interesting. A really fine, young band from Austin, The Wild Feathers, gave The Vinyl District an interview in January 2014. You can read it here . 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair have teamed together to come out with their 2014 music poll. It covers everything from how good or bad today's music is (Guess what? It stinks), to which band you would want to go back in time to see, to the sexiest musical instrument to play. Here are the results . A very intelligent music blog, Any Major Dude With Half A Heart , posts a monthly In Memoriam series that is so popular that when it's publisher tried to end it a couple of years back due to time constraints his readers begged him to carry on. The blog compiles and honors anyone in the music business who passed away the month before, from the most famous to the very obscure. It's a must read. In 2007, recent Rock Hall of Fame inductee, Daryl Hall, began recording full length concerts ...