Sun Spin: Mahavishnu Orchestra

OUR CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHTSHINES ON A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN MUSC This week in 1985, the theme song to Miami Vice was the No. 1 song in the U.S. and a whole generation got to see one of the last truly homely people to ever grace MTV as Jan Hammer briefly rose to the top of the pop culture cesspool. It was like seeing one's Dungeon Master or beloved video store clerk walking the red carpet. But, for some of us it was a bittersweet victory for geekdom. For you see, Hammer had long been rev...

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