Rire
June 30, 2009
Ah those were the best times back in the late sixties early seventies. Everybody was laugh-in and laughing.
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In Blooper and Gag Reel – circa 1968 YT post by lumyaire
The Guess Who – Laughing – 1968 YT post by kheisler08
It’s Great To Have Friends
June 28, 2009
Top row l – r. : Delaney and Bonnie, Gregg and Duane Allman, King Curtis, Bottom row l – r : Kenny Gradney (Little Feat bassist), Richie Hayward drummer Little Feat, and Sam Clayton.
Below, just a terrific YouTube post by unstoppable3rd. DB & F performing live on WABC-FM NYC. King’s sax is so sweet ooooweee!
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends – Only You Know And I Know (with Duane and Gregg Allman) – 1970
YT post by unstoppable3rd
There are two interviews that stand head and shoulders above all the rest that I have heard/seen/done in my life. And one of them was with Delaney and Bonnie when they came to town back around 197o. Just real good musically inclined people.
In memory of Delaney Bramlett credit and site
Ritchie Hayward image credit
Sam Clayton image credit
Rock n Roll (Pop & Hollywood) is a Vicious Game
June 26, 2009
The “cute” Michael Jackson fronting The Jackson 5 in 1970. Introduction by Bill Cosby as the boys work their way back to Gary.
YT post by babyb5
There’s something about the smiles on his face at this young an age….he’s enjoying himself but at the same time is being robbed of his childhood. Tragic. And Vicious.
I’m gonna Wash Your Mouth Out With Soap
June 24, 2009
Isa & The Filfthy Tongues newest single is driving me back to a time in the 80’s when the music industry was just started to get real complicated.
They are a Scottish band (sort of) that uses available technology more than most acts. I like their stuff.
New Town Killers (theme Song) – Isa & the Filthy Tongues 2009 YT post by filfthytongues
check out their myspace site
Soiled Charge
June 20, 2009
Levon Helm. He’s been called the best singing drummer in music. What do you think of when you think of Levon? Probably the singing drummer of one of the tightest bands ever, “The Band”.
I got a sneak peek at Mr. Helm’s newest CD – Electric Dirt recorded at the man’s Woodstock NY studio – thanks Sue Mc. The music of this piece of work is blended. It’s a melange. I mean you can hear bits of The Band, some Cajun stuff definitely makes its appearance here and there. New Orleans is also present. And sure enough there is some mountain blue, R & R and blues are all in there too. But the end result is pure Levon. And you know it is Levon by his voice. By his musical presence. Oh yeah, he’s still got it.
Electric Dirt is ours to discover.
“Levon Helm: The Making of Electric Dirt” 2009 YT post by dirtfarmermusic
I still drool in my sleep when I think of the best concert I have ever been to. Bob Dylan and The Band on tour at the height of disco fever. And Levon was a huge part of that very special night at The Forum.
Levon’s Site
Ry and Seven
June 17, 2009
Ry Cooder. Great player. And this is a good rendition of the song….Oh yeah, his career has taken him into studios with numerous rich and famous musicians including playing mandolin on yesterday’s entry “Let It Bleed” (Love in Vain).
Ry Cooder with The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces – The Very Thing That Makes Her Rich - 1987
YT post by mbroders
Covers of the Rolling Stones
June 14, 2009
The Stones have given us so many memorable hits over the past (almost) 50 years. Of course, many people have covered Stones material – too many to even contemplate.
But there is one song from 1969’s Let it Bleed. In fact, it is song number one. And Gimmie Shelter, the song inspired by Altamont, remains to this day one of my favourite Stone’s tunes. But even The Stones themselves seldom live up to my expectations when they play it in concert ’cause not only does it have to be one of the ‘ballsiest’ songs ever but I prefer it with Merry Clayton’s dynamic female vocal heard on the original studio track. Who wouldn’t?
Here’s two covers of Shelter. In the first you gotta love Ash’s rough’Nready voice and the “ballsey” performance by her band. The second is another good one by none other than Detroit’s Mitch Ryder.
Gimmie Shelter – Ashley Cleveland - 1997 YT post by ashleyclevelandmusic
Gimme Shelter – Mitch Ryder audio only slides – first release 1972 then re-released 1995. Yeah, this one is a joy to listen to too.
YT post by awhistler86
Amelia Amnesia Ἀμνησία
June 8, 2009
One of the most enduring stories of our time has been the story of Amelia Earhart. The Handsome Family captures this in song and imagery.
Call their music what you like (alternative country?) but you gotta like their stuff!
Amelia Earhart – The Handsome Family 1996 from the album Milk and Scissors
YT post by blindlemonlemonhead
lyrics
Amelia, Amelia Earhart, after her plane was torn apart and bursting through the trees
She remembered picking lemons with William Randolph Hearst and how a spinning plane propeller turned liquid in the sun.
And as the cockpit burned, her hair filled with sparks, but when the glass exploded in, everything went dark.
She remembered sipping consommé with William Howard Taft and a boy with perfect skin who smelled like mustard gas. And as the cockpit burned, she couldn’t help but smile, recalling a dancing bear she’d seen as a child.
Amelia Earhart official site
Handsome Family myspace site
image credit
Grey Day
June 5, 2009
image from knarkiller91
I was watching this YT video today. Grateful Dead was lamenting about how it had been 20 years since they were at the top of their game. It was recorded in 1991 – almost 20 years ago. The Dead were playing to the “Deadheads” 40 years ago for crying out loud. Think I’ll run out back and cry out loud…..
Grateful Dead – Touch of Grey 11-3-91 YT post by splaif
Long Way Home
June 1, 2009
I like this version of “500 Miles” so much I think I’ll post it (followed by one of the first versions of the old classic folk song). The Journeymen released it in 1961 and Bobby Bare relesed his in ‘63. It was also recorded by Peter Paul et Mary, The Kingston Trio and a host of other folkies in the mid-sixties. Trouble is, nobody seems to know for certain who wrote it, coulda bin Bare, West, Phillips, Williams, me….it’s a mystery.
The Hooters – 500 Miles YT post by ValorOfSoul
from the album: Hooterization A Retrospective – 1996
The Generally accepted “Original” version – The Journeymen – 1961
YT post by PCMusic75
Journeymen = John Phillips, Scott McKenzie and good ole Dick Weissman
Go Ahead – play it….live a little: Chords and lyrics from this here site:
Gm | Bb | Cm | Eb x2
Gm | F/D | Gm | F x2
Gm Bb Cm Eb
If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone
F Eb F F
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Gm Bb
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Cm Eb
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
F Eb Gm F Gm F
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Gm
Not a shirt on my back not a penny to my name,
And the land that I once left is not my own.
Lord, I’m one, Lord, I’m two, Lord, I’m three, Lord, I’m four,
Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home.
Solo
A hundred tanks along the square, one man stands and stops them there,
Some day soon the tide will turn and I’ll be free.
Ill be free, I’ll be free, I’ll come home to my country,
Some day soon the tide will turn and I’ll be free.
If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Lord, I’m one, Lord, I’m two, Lord, I’m three, Lord, I’m four,
Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home.
Solo
I’ll be free, I’ll be free, I’ll come home to my country,
Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home.
Ooooh, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles …
