One year ago today, the music world lost a little known Big Star. Alex Chilton was a renaissance man of the music world, starting out as the teen vocalist of the Box Tops, well-known for songs such as The Letter, Neon Rainbow, and A Whiter Shade of Pale. Interestingly, the Vietnam Conflict was at least [...]
Happy Birthday Townes Van Zandt
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZrAy6iXj7o”>Pancho
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), best-known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Many of his songs, including “If I Needed You,” “To Live is to Fly,” and “No Place to Fall” are considered standards of their genre. AllMusic has called him “one [...]
Flashback Alert: Backwater
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5847M3MF1g[/youtube]
The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group’s original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. The three then moved to Tempe, Arizona (a Phoenix [...]
Avoid trends and cliches
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLzxvKCK-v8[/youtube]
The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip by radio, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar, known as Bobby Baker until 1994), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). Since their formation in 1983 they have released [...]
Stones – 2000 Light Years from Home Live
September 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVy-Bbn1II[/youtube]
The Rolling Stones live in concert, performing 2000 Light Years from Home, the b-side to “She’s a Rainbow” and a deep cut from their first psychedelic album which was despised by many fans at the time but later seen as one of many great concept albums of its era. “2000 Light Years From Home” is [...]
1 More From The Vaults: Townes
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ResLOFXJAhA[/youtube]
Townes Van Zandt performing Dead Flowers live: Lyrics: (M. Jagger/K. Richards) Well when you’re sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talkin’ to some rich folk that you know Well I hope you won’t see me in my ragged company Well, you know I could never be alone Take me down little Susie, take me [...]
Happy Birthday Herb Alpert!
March 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-_2QpbXMbw&feature=PlayList&p=EEDC2E331928E122&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=40[/youtube]
Cover of Definitive Hits A very happy birthday to legendary musician and recording industry executive Herb Alpert, founder of the Tijuana Brass Brand, the “A” in A&M Records, and composer of “Spanish Flea”, which many people also call the theme to the Chuck Barris game show, “The Dating Game”. One internet chronicler put it best [...]
In Memoriam: Jeff Healey
March 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw[/youtube]
Cover of See the Light Jeff Healey was born on this day in 1966. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lost his eyesight at the age of eight months due to a rare form of cancer. He persevered to become an acclaimed musician, sharing his beautiful talent with the world. Healey actually started playing the guitar [...]
iThis and iThat
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
mmmm KoolAid…. how much for a ticket to Jonestown? Related articles by Zemanta “iPad About” and related posts (stephenfry.com) “Osama Bin Laden Worried About Global Warming, Suggests Solution” and related posts (disinfo.com) “JD Salinger Dead: ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Author Dies At 91″ and related posts (huffingtonpost.com) “President Obama Smacks Down GOP at House Republican [...]