J17: The unreleased Howie Jefferson session
In his 18 years at Long View Farm recording studios in North Brookfield, MA, owner and founder Gil Markle amassed a recorded library of music that has become literally the sound of the generation. Between the years of 1973 and 1991, he hosted such seminal artists and acts as Aerosmith, the J. Geils Band, Arlo […]
J16: The rediscovered radio days of Dol Brissette
A trumpeting brass section enters with great fanfare. After four bars they stop on count and an announcer’s voice bellows: “SYNCOPATION FOR THE NATION.” The orchestra then skates into its theme song. A couple of bars into it, the disembodied voice returns confidently to proclaim: “From deep in the heart of New England, that’s Worcester, […]