by James Hales | Mar 23, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
I am excited about this weeks’ album, “Wanted Live”, as this is truly one of the greatest albums of all time! The 70s and 80s was the golden age of the live album, and this iconic live album was one of the first great live albums of the 70s. This album featured the...
by James Hales | Mar 16, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Following the success of “This Happy House”, the Goodmans began to take more of an active role in the production aspects of their music. Since their relationship with Canaan Records began, Canaan head, Marvin Norcross, was always listed as the sole producer. With...
by James Hales | Mar 9, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Well, here we are…1969. A year filled with Woodstock, the first man on the moon, Hurricane Camille, the Vietnam War, social unrest and peace signs…it was a year of so much trouble and uncertainty for our country and the world…but it was also a year of so much hope for...
by James Hales | Mar 2, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
I am exceptionally excited about this week’s review because this is one of my all-time favorite records. It’s one of the records I found in the bottom of my dad’s closet that introduced me to the Happy Goodman Family. These songs are part of my earliest musical...
by James Hales | Feb 23, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
As we begin this week, for those who may be unfamiliar with the group and their history prior to 1963, I want to take a moment and give a very brief history and catch us up to where we are now. The group started as a large family unit in the Sand Mountain area of...
by James Hales | Feb 16, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Still riding off the hugely successful “What a Happy Time” album (which had only been released a year earlier), the Happy Goodmans released their 3rd Canaan album sometime in the latter half of 1967. On this release, Canaan Records and the Goodmans did a play on the...
