Psychomusiclyricology

04/13/2025

Glasses Up! Happy Born Day shots at my other other brother...my play 1st cousin...my road dawg...

All Day Long!

03/03/2025

What makes a great song? Naturally, a song needs compelling production and sweet melodies, but the most important (and sometimes most underrated) factor is the lyrics.

02/14/2025

“SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes wit...

09/25/2024

Fire.

09/11/2024

The Voice of a generation of soul music...
..the silky, silky soul singer...
..enjoy your Golden Time of the Day...

09/04/2024

08/04/2024

In 2017, we needed an opening song for the Psychomusiclyricology Podcast and reached out to , asking if we could use “Lotus” from his debut solo album, Seven Summers. He responded with a resounding “Absolutely.” We want to express our sincere gratitude for letting us share your music with listeners around the globe.

07/27/2024

05/13/2024

Just like any other proclaimed music lover, I consume a lot of music. And just like any other music lover, some artists will remain in my favorites category for life. Enter DAVID SANBORN. I spent the most active years of my matriculation through elementary, middle, and high school playing Alto Saxophone. Though I don’t credit SANBORN for me wanting to play saxophone, I credit him for giving me a tone to aspire to….I just wanted to sound like DAVID. I changed mouthpieces, reeds, and my embouchure…you know…everything except PRACTICE enough to sound like Sanborn.
The name of the album is BACKSTREET.
Two things I remember most about that record, are all the names I was familiar with from other of my favorite albums like Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Tiwanna Agee, and Hiriam Bulluck. The other are the instruments that got so much shine as they were becoming staples, like the MOOG, DX-7, Oberheims, and Jupiter 8s. I miss liner notes.
Though I have an opinion on every tune, the one that sits with me is the cover of NEITHER ONE OF US…simply because when the bridge crescendos, David reaches a note that the cherubs sing when the face of God is present.
David Sanborn name rarely comes up in my circles as a bad ass sax man…but he will forever hold that title in my canon of Musicians, Instrumentalists and all-around Bad Ass Saxophone players.

04/08/2024

I was looking thru some of my records today and hit me that up until the maybe the late 80s, vinyl 45s, 12in, even cassette singles, would come with more than 1 song.

Then I remembered this 45 I have...with 4 songs..of course...Stevie was different.