Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Part 3 - 15 Albums that Greatly Influenced My Musical Tastes with Brief Explanations

This album represents Crosby, Stills, and Nash with and without Neil Young in their various permutations. There were Crosby-Nash and Stills-Young. But each of the four had outstanding solo careers.

There was another album cover which was showed a nude adolescent. It was a shame that this supergroup had only this one release. This entry represents Cream, Traffic, Eric Clapton, and Steve Winwood.

The musical career of George Harrison was stifled by being in the Beatles. He had an outstanding solo career from 1970 until his untimely death in 2001. This entry also represents the solo worlds of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr.

This entry is dedicated to Lee who turned the family on to Johnny Cash. We fondly remember our visit to the Johnny Cash Museum in 2015.

Carole King is Karen's favorite recording artist. Carole has written numerous hit songs for other artists. We saw the musical Beautiful on Broadway when it first opened.