Released in 1973, this album was a commercial failure, but some of the songs made it into later Fleetwood Mac live shows. Buckingham Nicks has yet to be re-released on CD and has attained stratospheric cult status. But it’s all here on Youtube, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFDxIX_T8jU
….Yes some of us still like classic U2, and they do this great song as well as anybody…. – Marc Marshall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naVGwgHDtQ From the tune’s Wikipedia entry: “In 1955, Alex North and lyricist Hy Zaret were contracted to write a song as a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained, and their song eventually became …
The Sweet Inspirations were founded by Emily “Cissy” Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, and sister of Lee Warrick (herself the mother of sisters Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick). on March 28, 1967, The Sweet Inspirations sang the backing vocals for Van Morrison on “Brown Eyed Girl”. In 1968, the group recorded with Hendrix on his …
Right about now, I could use a “cold wind in August” – it’s fairly warm in LA. August 31 is Van the Man’s birthday, I thought I’d celebrate with Van, joined by Dr. John on keys, and Mick Ronson on guitar, (one of my favorite power trios ever) filmed on Dutch TV in ’77. – …
Paul Simon seems to enjoy this version of his song. I don’t love it, but the Swedish kids make a game of it, and manage to infuse the song with some polar touches:
“Michigan seems like a dream to me now…” Are there any Swedes in the US who would like to write something about searching for America in East Portland Blog? Certainly there’s much to be said. Here’s one of the early Youtube descriptions for this video, “First Aid Kit perform for Paul Simon at the Polar …
This is a hit vid in the UK at the moment. It looks nothing like Benny Hill, but something about the speed, costumes and humor reminds this American of Benny Hill and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:
Here’s a sexy, over-the-top video from Russia. The artist is Алина Артц or Alina Ascent. The song title is “Со мной по-другому нельзя! (ПРЕМЬЕРА!)” which means, “To Me in No Other Way! (PREMERA!).”
Hi Marc: As the Creator, Curator, and Avatar of “Eff Clapton”, surely one of the most inspiring ongoing features on Facebook, I thought you’d enjoy this mini-rant, excerpted from the highly entertaining Salon article linked below— 5. Eric Clapton Not Cream, not Blind Faith, not even Derek and the Dominoes. They all get a pass. No, it’s solo Clap …
I don’t have much to say… not a huge fan of this Bryan Ferry album, and I’ve avoided Bob Dylan my entire life. I will say this live version is amazing, as Bryan’s voice has aged remarkably well. The song remains reverential of its author, while simultaneously being very much a great Ferry performance. Bryan …
Now THIS is a fascinating anecdote (via Wikipedia, though suspiciously unsourced), particularly in this year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, though I’d prefer to have a little more documentation re: that parking business, as no one from The Pistols likely possessed a driver’s license at the time, much less ever had any opportunity to park …
This is one of those Dylan songs full of bizarre imagery, like “Desolation Row” and “Gates of Eden.” The horn section on this version is awesome, and that organ player is better than Al Kooper. I’m beginning to like this more than Dylan’s own version. – Randy Rendfeld
I love “Route 66” (the road, the song and the TV series), I love Brian Setzer, and I love the sound of a Gretsch guitar. It all works here. – Rich Horton http://youtu.be/Ck6sGWn99jQ
Saw Bob Dylan perform tonight at White River Amphitheatre in Indianapolis. His voice sounds like Jimmy Durante chewing rocks. That 60s Dylan is the stuff I always go back to: The Gaslight Tapes, Blonde on Blonde, Another Side of Bob Dylan, Freewheelin’, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, The Times They Are A-Changin’, …
I’ve just been informed that horn player Byard Lancaster has left the building. I produced this reissue of his 1968 Vortex/Atlantic Records album (which featured Sonny Sharrock on some tracks). This song “John’s Children” was NOT named in tribute to Marc Bolan’s first band, but for the musical off-spring of John Coltrane. I didn’t know …
At the Tea Lounge this morning, I sat next to an empty table with a pronounced slant. I wondered if two people were to sit at that table and play a chess game, would the advantage go to the person playing downhill (the white pieces), or might it fall to the person playing black, who …
From: cory davis Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:56 AM To: Kipp, Thomas J Subject: Mock Rock? Hi TK. What would you recommend for anyone who likes Weird Al? What’s out there that’s better? What’s the name of that one group that was two guys just sorta spewing stream-of-consciousness about celebrities of the time? Thanks!! ~FC Hi FC: …
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had been officially broken up for more than ten years before reuniting for this 1981 concert in Central Park. The concert video was the first time I’d ever seen anyone play an Ovation guitar on stage. Simon’s use of the same instantly popularized that plasticene bowl-backed six-string, the distinctive strummed …
Click HERE to download “Seashore.” It’s an awesome Future RnB tune. There is always that one that got away and Steven A. Clark’s soul-filled track “Seashore” off his upcoming album Fornication Under the Consent of the King (September 11th, on L&E Media Co. & BloodyGround USA) is about that. Clark tells Rolling Stone, who just …
Going on three years now, my favourite band has been The Joy Formidable and I have done little to hide that fact. They are easily one of the highest energy and emotionally satisfying acts on tour and the gigs are mounting, each one better than the last. One hardly notices that their debut album is …
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is not a flash-in-the-pan outfit, of course – but I’ve long wondered why Greg Lake isn’t a huge star. Enormous talent. – Steve Stav shares his wisdom here and at SteveStav.com.
Holey Moley, I can’t believe I didn’t know that Whipped Cream had a Seattle connection…. the model being a former “Miss Greenwood” and all. Now 77! – Steve Stav shares his wisdom here and at SteveStav.com. Here’s an article from SeattlePI.com which will explain it all.
Killer version — check out the 5:20 mark when the drums kick in! – John Petkovic and his band, Cobra Verde, enjoy life to the fullest in Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday, August 17th, 2012 was the hottest day of the summer. It was even hotter inside The Funhouse where The Swinging Utters headlined. The Swinging Utters, based out of San Fran, are led by Johnny Bonnel who struts around the stage like an out of control marionette. Wearing shredded jeans and a plaid shirt, he …
…Once upon a time country music sounded like this, some of the most honest and heartfelt music you could ever hear. Of course this was before “country” artists were co-opted by NASCAR, the NRA and American right wing political groups like Focus on the Family…… – Marc Marshall
My only thought is that I loved the first two Big Country albums, The Crossing and Steeltown. Legendary producer Steve Lilywhite is said to have preferred their first album, The Crossing, which he produced, over any other record by any band which he produced. This is high praise, given Lilywhite’s long-career and impressive output. I …
Excellent, my suspicions are confirmed, Mr Revo Ziganda does in fact have a real name. But I’ll keep that to myself, he’s earned the right to a nom de guerre, and to congratulations for the solid impact he is having on live music in Liverpool. It is regularly tempting me away from that (not so) …
Scott McKenzie died yesterday at age 73. My central 1980s memory of this song is of a colorful hardcore politico of the 1960s ironically claiming it to be his favorite song and then being befuddled that, due to our late– more punk than boomer– births, we failed to grasp the irony. And in those days …
In 1996 Steve Earle was clean for the first time in his life and his shows were better than ever, even though here he looks like a bad Elvis impersonator. I was lucky enough to see this tour, his first electric tour after being released from prison. The first thing he said from the stage …