Allen Epley is surrounded by music. The Chicago resident is a member of the Blue Moon Group, known for his work with Shiner and The Life and Times, as well as his music-centric podcast Third Gear Scratch.  Not to be outdone, he found the time to cut a nine-song solo LP for Spartan called Everything. We wanted to dive into the approach to this solo outing, especially given Epley’s love and admiration of the AM Gold he grew up on in the 1970s. From Bread to Carole King to James Taylor, what was cheese to angsty teenagers and 20-somethings at...