January 2011
3 posts
Lefsetz letter 1.11.11
THE BLACK KEYS This Greg Kot story is full of nuggets. 1. The band intentionally tried to create a radio single. In other words, you can follow your muse all you want, maybe create some great shit, but there are rules for radio, and if you follow them, you’ll have more success. A great track is not necessarily a hit. A hit is something infectious, that people need to hear again and again,...
From Lefsetz
It was on Asylum.
That’s one of the main reasons I purchased the Souther, Hillman, Furay Band’s debut. Richie Furay had been in not only Buffalo Springfield, but Poco. Stephen Stills and Neil Young had gone on to triumph in later incarnations, but Richie struggled. This supergroup was his last great hope. J.D. Souther wrote those great Eagles and Linda Ronstadt songs and Chris...