Tag Archives: Stanley Clarke

CULT CLASSIC: ANDY BEY-BALLADS, BLUE AND BEY.

♦ January 1, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Cult Classic: Andy Bey-Ballads, Blue and Bey. By the time Andy Bey released Ballads, Blue and Bey in 1996, his career had already spanned four decades. His career began in 1959 when he worked on the Startime television show with Connie Francis. This continued until 1960, and by then, he had also sang for legendary …

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ANDY BEY-BALLADS, BLUE AND BEY-VINYL.

♦ February 27, 2020 ♦ Leave a comment

Andy Bey-Ballads, Blue and Bey-Vinyl. Label: Ko Ko Music. By the time Andy Bey released Ballads, Blue and Bey in 1996, his career had already spanned four decades. His career began in 1959 when he worked on the Startime television show with Connie Francis. This continued until 1960, and by then, he had also sang …

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CULT CLASSIC: ROY BUCHANAN- YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

♦ February 16, 2020 ♦ 1 Comment

Cult Classic: Roy Buchanan-You’re Not Alone. In 1976,  guitarist Roy Buchanan signs to Atlantic Records and over the next two years, recorded a trio of albums. This included 1978s You’re Not Alone, proved to be the thirty-nine old’s Atlantic Records’ swan-song. By then, Roy Buchanan was an experienced musician whose career began when he was just fifteen. That was when he joined Johnny Otis Rhythm …

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ROY BUCHANAN-LOADING ZONE AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

♦ May 3, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments

Roy Buchanan-Loading Zone and You’re Not Alone. In 1977, Roy Buchanan was thirty-eight, and about to record his second album for Atlantic Records, Loading Zone. Roy Buchanan had been paired with Stanley Clarke, the classically trained pioneer of fusion. Roy Buchanan and Stanley Clarke looked like an unlikely partnership, but one that ultimately got results. Proof of …

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