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’, …
If that new smell car is calling to you, then you may be feeling overwhelmed with all the options now available on the market. Should you get a sleek sports car? Maybe you should consider a family minivan. Do you want all the bells and whistles? Here are a few things to consider before you …
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.
The best part of having a camper is the ability to pick up and go whenever the mood strikes. If your camper isn’t as ready as you are, your spontaneity can be severely interrupted. If you and your family are the types that like to pick up and go at a moment’s notice, it’s important …
10 yrs ago my dad wrote me this note and hid it my stuff, I’m just seeing it now for the first time. Aren’t my parents wonderful, loving people? They are completely unlike this close-minded fellow, Victor Lundberg, who had a top ten hit in 1967 with this recitation record below… – Pat Thomas is …
The business world is incredibly complex, and good leadership goes a long way toward ensuring success. However, good leadership is difficult to define, especially since every organization has unique needs. That’s why strategy plays an important role in the long-term success of any enterprise whether it’s large or small. Every leader needs to be able …
For the sole proprietor, knowing when to take on an employee can be difficult. Not only will you have to start paying someone a salary, but you may feel as though you’re giving up some of the control that you’ve enjoyed. Having to rely on someone else to complete the work that you’ve been doing …
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
Neither Paul Ryan nor almost any other spending ‘hawks’ — dem or repub — talk about cutting military spending. Which accounts for 20% of the budget and has increased 14 years in a row (a feat we didn’t even see during the Cold War). Mindboggling, when you look at this list of spending per country …
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 …
It was my birthday on August 16th, the same day that Elvis died by chance, and also the day of a friend’s memorial service. Unable to take the day off from work, I did somehow manage to attend the funeral and as I sat down for the service, all I could think was that I …