By Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor For three dates in February of 1963, Sam Cooke gathered up a group of musicians and held some late night recording sessions to make a record he really wanted to make. Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, Cooke, brought in pianist Ray Johnson, lead guitarist Barney Kessel, bassists […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor After parting ways with Genesis in 1975, vocalist Peter Gabriel anxiously set off on his own path. Many critics, and some fans, assumed the band would fail without Gabriel, but for most fans there wa a sense of excitement wondering what each camp would come up with. While […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor The Sex Pistols were a shooting star -- a momentary flash of lightning -- however you wish to analogize them. They appeared, exploded, imploded, and were gone. Obviously, the aftershocks have been felt ever since to varying degrees. Despite any cliché’s the band were wrapped in (assembled by […]
Read MoreBy Brad Savage - Summit FM Program Director Our program "Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" is truly a labour of love. It forces me to do a deep dive into music history and appreciation, every week. I have discovered so much amazing music from this program. I am incredibly tickled that it […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Americana is certainly a crowded field. It has come to represent everything from Alt. Country, to folk, to blues, to throwback rock and roll and seemingly every hybrid in between. At the core, however, is the song and the emotion. Those who can deliver that one-two punch of […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor After several years of haunting the clubs of the world and issuing a variety of albums, in September of 1983, Tom Waits found his true voice with the release of his eighth album, 'Swordfishtrombones.' He began his professional musical journey in as the '60s wove into the '70s. […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Television - a device that allows a variety of entertainment into one's living room day after day after night after night. What a concept! From the earliest days of family entertainment up through cable and the countless streaming services and 'plus' programming, there is a lot to pick […]
Read More'Variations In Fab Minor' – A Look At Some Interesting Takes On The Songs of The Beatles – Part 1
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By Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor When the Beatles burst into American living rooms on Feb. 9, 1964 via the Ed Sullivan Show, they altered the direction of the universe. That's no exaggeration! There was the world before the Beatles, and the world after. What we have now is the world after the world […]
Read MoreBy Brad Savage - Summit FM Program Director On The Summit FM, you hear "Cruisin' The Decades - 100 Years of Music" each Friday at 5:00 pm! It has become a major "labour of love" for me to find and select the songs, as well as host this show. In fact, in many ways this […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor I've been listening to music probably every day since 1967. From transistor AM radio all the way to streaming audio, it's been a long strange trip of sounds to say the least. Countless 45's, albums and cds obtained over the decades, a laundry list of concerts attended, promoted […]
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