Thunderclap Newman
What starts as a meandering, sunny afternoon, ends in a smoky, whiskey-soaked basement bar replete with fuzz guitars and blues harmonica
Thunderclap Newman is famous for their song, “Something in the Air,” a late sixties, hippie anthem. Included on the same album is, “The Reason.” The thing that stands out about this song, is its ability to effortlessly shift back and forth between channeling the gloriously eay-going revolution in progress at the time of its 1970 release, and the gritty, bluesy styles that would inform rock’s progression into the next decade. What starts as a meandering, sunny afternoon, ends in a smoky, whiskey-soaked basement bar replete with fuzz guitars and blues harmonica. This is a best of both worlds scenario that’s rarely done this well; give it a spin.
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