Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Poco - Call It Love

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Casual music fans may view Poco as an answer to the trivia question: What group did The Eagles raid for their bass players?  In truth, Poco ...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Rick James - Give It To Me Baby

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Although he was a funk artist, Rick James lived like a rock star. Huge highs, crashing lows, drugs, and horrific personal behavior defined m...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

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"Live It Up" is an upbeat song with an interesting history from a cool, quirky band from Australia.  Mental As Anything were an ar...
Monday, May 10, 2021

The Cult - Lil' Devil

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Long time readers may recall that we have previously featured The Cult on ERV (twice), with " She Sells Sanctuary " and " Rai...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive?

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Los Lobos were an unlikely and underrated success story in the 1980s.  The group's roots date back to 1973, and they were originally nam...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

Cutting Crew - One for the Mockingbird

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Many ERV readers will recognize Cutting Crew as the band behind "(I Just) Died in Your Arms," a #1 song from 1987.  In typical Eig...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Duke Jupiter - I'll Drink To You

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Here at ERV, we have a particular soft spot for the bar band.  In the 1980s it seemed as though every city had a few of these groups - compr...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha

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MC Lyte was a female trailblazer in hip hop and is the answer to a trivia question: who is the first solo female artist to release a rap rec...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Little Feat - Let It Roll

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This one goes out to D, the biggest Little Feat fan that we know. For all intensive purposes, there were two Little Feats.  The first versio...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Laura Branigan - Gloria

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Long time ERV readers will know that we love to feature covers, especially when the remake is a big hit.  For instance, we have previously p...
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