If you grew up in the late 60s or early 70s, this was THE drum solo. One of first long drum solos in an album. Every drummer knew this song and we all measured ourselves by whether we could play.

“In a Gadda da vida, honey/Don’t you know that I’m lovin’ you/In a gadda da vida, baby/don’t you know that I’ll always be true.” That’s the opening line from Iron Butterfly’s ground-breaking opus ...

Any teenager growing up during the late 1960s, who had even a mild interest in rock music, most likely had a copy of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida somewhere around the house. Several years later it was still a ...