“I love OffBeat,” legendary record producer and executive Jerry Wexler rasped in heavy New Yorkese over the phone several years ago to OffBeat management. “But can’t cha do something about the small type?”
Wexler, who died from congestive heart failure on August 15 at the age of 91, was an OffBeat subscriber. He wasn’t afraid to [...]
It may seem odd, and rather unlikely to more than a few New Orleans Jazz Festival aficionados that Brian Wilson, the founder and creative force behind the legendary Beach Boys, is a featured performer at the Fair Grounds this year.
Beach Boys? Surfing? Songs about romance in the sand, fast cars and [...]
Burke, who turns 65 this month, proves once again that his reengineered fusion of classic rock and soul is essential listening.
Produced by Don Was, and ably backed by such stalwart musicians as guitarist Ray Parker, Jr. (“Ghostbusters”), the ten songs on Make Do… draw once again from Burke’s deep list of admirers and famous friends. [...]
