2013-09-16 16:29
by Will RigbyI started getting serious about listening to music (i.e., reading about it and listening to more than just what was on AM radio) around the age of 14, in 1970. One of the earlie… Read More
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2013-05-26 05:20
When Bob Dylan famously "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival in July of 1965, he debuted his rock and roll self with a barnstorming version of "Maggie's Farm." Recorded and released… Read More
2013-03-18 11:59
Today, St. Patrick's Day, marks three years since Alex Chilton's unexpected death. In his memory, I'm posting a record, that until very recently I had never heard. Earth Man Blues by the s… Read More
2013-01-09 14:51
Editors Note: Today is the 6th Anniversary of the Boogie Woogie Flu. I'd like to thank all of the talented contributors for helping me limp into another year as I continue to personally have… Read More
2012-12-17 18:20
by Sharyn FelderMy father, Jerome Solon Felder (aka Doc Pomus) was a super Jew to his core, but not at all religious. His rabbi died a week before he was to be Bar Mitzvahed, which he took a… Read More
2012-12-17 05:06
by Andy Schwartz“Okay…so you scratch your head, you look at the guy who represents the company and he’s dead serious. Furthermore, he’s telling you all the sweet thi… Read More
2012-12-17 04:00
"Stan Getz is bunch of nice guys" –Zoot Simsby Joe Schwab Being a teenage dope-fiend and a raging alcoholic on a bender streching out over three decades can take a toll on a man. Despi… Read More
2012-12-15 05:31
by Ariella StokThere is not much talk of fire and brimstone in Judaism, nor gruesome landscapes of eternal damnation and demonic torture. A vague concept of the afterlife was appended to the… Read More
2012-12-14 02:22
by Polly Bresnick In Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good," she laments in her signature seductive contralto:I cheated myself like I knew I would. I told you, that I was trouble.Y… Read More
2012-12-11 00:07
by Ben Greenman1.How do you know that a band has Jewish roots? Maybe if they assimilate into the world around them without losing sight of the strands that resist assimilation: political exp… Read More
2012-12-10 21:23
by Jesse JarnowNo matter his status as fifth, sixth, or twelfth Beatle, pretty much all involved would later acknowledge Brian Epstein's August 1967 death as the beginning of the end for the… Read More
2012-12-08 21:28
by Alex Abramovich Friends of mine were marrying shiksas. Kristins, Cristinas, (both with and without the “h”), a Ceridwen in the mix.Tevya, the milkman, would not have approved… Read More
2012-07-10 05:42
After the Stones released their first LP, they set out for the US in the summer in 1964. They didn't exactly conquer America. On the heels of the Beatles success here before them, they… Read More
2012-04-04 04:55
Say hey, it's opening day.Download:"Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)" mp3by The Treniers, 1955.available on Best of the Treniers: They Rock They Roll Read More
2012-03-30 03:31
Rest in Peace, Boogie."My Next Door Neighbor" mp3by Jerry McCain and His Upstarts, 1957.available on Excello Blues: House Rockin' & Hip Shakin'"Trying To Please" mp3by Jerry McCain and H… Read More
2012-03-17 06:40
Today is the second anniversary of Alex Chilton's untimely passing. Last year I posted a handful of the records that Alex covered. Today, I offer a few more of those songs that he loving… Read More
2012-02-01 03:50
Folks, I'm thrilled to announce that I'm now doing a weekly show on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban. It streams to your computer, mobile device, internet radio, as well as the tinfoil you've a… Read More
2012-01-27 05:07
by Polly BresnickEtta James, who passed away last week, could not only sing with searing soul that simultaneously strikes fear and sorrow and strength into the hearts of anyone who hears her… Read More
2012-01-09 06:51
Today we celebrate five years of the Boogie Woogie Flu, and while this strange endeavor may be limping along at a limited capacity, we are, still here. And, what better way to celebrate this… Read More
2012-01-04 15:53
by Nicole Audrey SpectorHow a guy who once pulled over the car upon espying a black glitter rosary on my neck (I was 12 and the rosary was from Claire's Accessories) was ever impelled to giv… Read More
2011-12-29 05:08
by Dave the Spazz“Don’t ever let them operate on your back. That’s how we lost Jeff Chandler.”--Don Van Vliet 1Today’s Hanukkah’s Jew answers to the name… Read More
2011-12-28 15:51
by Andy SchwartzWhen Howard Tate died on December 2, 2011, most obituaries for the great soul singer mentioned the name of another man who’d passed on in July of this year. Jerry Ragov… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Today would have been Elvis's birthday, but he's dead.Today is also the Boogie Woogie Flu's birthday and it's nearly dead.I am here tonight to help this long neglected enterprise limp into a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
by Paul LukasMusical comedy usually ends up failing on both the musical and comedic fronts. Once you learn all the words, there's rarely any need to listen again -- and that's assuming there… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
by Jesse JarnowI can't really put a finger on my earliest memories of hearing Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant Thanksgiving Day Massacree" the same way I can sometimes conjure the primal t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
by Mike DeCapiteMy conversion experience came when I was about sixteen, I guess. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard Lou Reed——I’d bought Coney Island Baby when… Read More
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