Joni Mitchell Seems Destined To Remain In

Bob Dylan Has Always Sealed His Decisions With The Unexplainable. His Motives For Withholding The Release Of The Magnificent 'basement Tapes' Will Be As Forever Obscure As Brian Wilson's Reasons For The Destruction Of The Tapes For 'smile.'

Ringo Starr May Not Have Much Of A Voice, But When He Sang A Song On A Beatle Album, It Had Its Own Special Charm.

The Early Stones Were Adolescent Rockers. They Were Self-conscious In An Obvious And Unpretentious Way. And They Were Committed To A Musical Style That Needed No Justification Because It Came So Naturally To Them. As They Grew Musically The Mere Repetition Of Old Rock And Blues Tunes Became Increasingly Less Satisfying.

James Taylor Is The Kind Of Person I Always Thought The Word 'folksinger' Referred To. He Writes And Sings Songs That Are Reflections Of His Own Life, And Performs In Them In His Own Style. All Of His Performances Are Marked By An Eloquent Simplicity.

Barry White Seemed So Filled With Self-parody At First That It Was Easy To Dismiss Him. But It Is Becoming Increasingly Obvious With Every Additional Release That He Is A Very Talented Man.