Elvis Costello 'too slow'

 I remember when I was a youth Henry of the Bad Detectives was trying to get me into Elvis Costello and me in my 17 year old self thinking it was too slow. Everything had to be fast. I quite liked a b-side called Mystery Dance but that was as far as it got. I can enjoy now in my old age. Saw him in the 70s but was for the support band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I think the first of his records we bought was I don't want to go to Chelsea.

Runaround Sue - Dion 1961

Runaround Sue wiki

Saturday night selection. 

Dion says of this clip

'' I recorded Runaround Sue with “The Del-Satins” and black musicians from the Apollo theater, Buddy Lucas on Sax, Sticks Evans on drums, Panama Francis on percussion, Teacho Wilshire on piano, Milt Hinton on bass, and Mickey “Guitar” Baker. ~ When Hollywood filmed this rendition they use all white actors playing musicians behind me, knowing the film wouldn't get played in the South at that time.''

DIONNE WARWICK - YOU CAN HAVE HIM. HULLABALOO SHOW MARCH 30TH 1965.

 Great song. Carmel did a version.

Train To Nowhere · Savoy Brown 1968

 Heard this on the radio last night - don't really know much about it.  Savoy Brown

Dizzy - Tommy Roe (1969)

 One of Susan's early musical likes was this hit. 

Buddy Guy ~ ''Stone Crazy'' 1961

 Happy birthday Buddy Guy. 

Little Walter - Muskadine Blues

 Little Walter Trio - Muskadine Blues (Take A Walk With Me)

The Fall - Interview, Bombast and Cruiser's Creek

 The Fall - Interview, Bombast and Cruiser's Creek

The Tube, Channel 4 TV, 8th November 1985

Susan and the IRA bomb at Bath

 1974 Susan was a trainee nurse in Bath staying in nurses lodgings in Trim Street. 9 O'clock in the morning that day Susan finished her shift and went to have a look at the record shop in the Corridor and a 5lb bomb went off. Narrowly avoided the blast. See pictures of the damage here.  Just a small incident that got revived when we were listening to an Eno album.

dEUS - Suds & Soda (1994)

 Susan likes this one. From Antwerp. Deus

Dusty Springfield - Every Day I Have To Cry (Ready Steady Go)

 Today's earworm. 

Gene Davis - Cruisin For A Bruisin

 Just heard this on Steve Stack O Wax's Wednesday night rocking party.

My Back Scratcher · Frank Frost

 Bit of  a classic. Frank Frost

Dusty Hill has died

 Susan loved ZZ top and is insisting we play the Eliminator album. Article

Ex Lion Tamer · Wire 1977

 Fishfingers all in a line

Cry-Baby 1990

 Midsomer Norton has a few charity shops which we browse for books and other media. Picked up this DVD today for 50p. I hadn't seen it since the 90s when it came out. I am enjoying it - worth looking out for. WIki

T.Rex Marc Show - Celebrate Summer 1977

 Hey little punk forget all that junk

Dean Martin - Houston

 The Fall did a cover of this. 

Fats Domino - Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better - early May 1968

 Great pop song

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - New Amsterdam 1980

 Wiki

"I Hear You Knockin'" Lazy Lester 1958

 This is a really good one. Lazy Lester

Concert in Midsomer Norton park 6 August

 

The Teardrop Explodes - Reward (Original Promo) (1981)

 Liverpool band Teardrop Explodes. Not a fan but I like this. 

The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow 1967

 Song information

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down

 No words needed. 

Short Peter Green Fleetwood Mac playlist

 It's a whole year since we lost Peter Green. Here is a short playlist,

The Seeds Can't seem to make you mine

 Classic hit. Their first single.  The Seeds

Dick Dale & The Del Tones "Misirlou" 1963

Saturday night selection. Taken from the film "A Swingin Affair" released in 1963..Hope you have a great weekend. John Peel was a big Dick Dale fan - not sure how many sessions he did but at the time it seemed a lot though we weren't complaining.  

Dave Clark Five - When 1965

 There are many reasons to like this Dave Clark Five clip. It's from an ace film called Catch Us If You Can and it's partly filmed in Bath and the West. This is the Mendips. It also is a really great song. 

Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (1971)

 I remember this from my childhood. On Fridays at Junior school they let us bring records in. Somebody brought this in. Ashton Gardner Dyke wiki

Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula 1949

 Wiki Some Zydeco roots

THE LAST DUEL Official Trailer (2021)

From the wiki The Last Duel is an upcoming American-British historical drama based on the book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager. Directed by Ridley Scott, the screenplay is written by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon. Damon stars as Jean de Carrouges, a 14th-century knight who challenges his squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) to a duel after his wife (Jodie Comer) accuses Le Gris of raping her. Affleck, Harriet Walter, Nathaniel Parker, Sam Hazeldine, Michael McElhatton, and Alex Lawther also star.

Mississippi Fred McDowell plays "Louise"

 Biography

 "I do not play no rock and roll,"

In the Sun - Blondie

 Just heard on the radio and enjoyed. 

Meet Jaсqueline - the Troggs 1967

 Classic Troggs action. 

Battle of the Spurs 1513

 Zoomable image here

I am currently reading a book called The Tudor Arte of Warre volume 1 by Jonathan Davies. I shall take a while. Read about this battle here

The Castaways - Liar, Liar. It's A Bikini World

 The Castaways. I've always liked this song despite not being able to tell what they are singing. It's a Bikini World (1967)

SHE- "OUTTA REACH" (1970)

 Garage girls from Sacramento. Read about them

Little Walter - Me and Piney Brown 1960

 

Ooh You Bring Out the Wolf In Me 1953 - Piney Brown

 This is a good one. Piney Brown wiki

Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good 2006

 10 years since we lost Amy Winehouse. 

ONE NIGHT / SMILEY LEWIS [IMPERIAL 5380]

 IMPERIAL 5380 [IM-942] ONE NIGHT (D. Bartholomew & P. King)

SMILEY LEWIS New Orleans, 25 October 1955

The Draughtsman's Contract - trailer 1982

 This is a great film with a brilliant soundtrack by Michael Nyman.  

Game of Thrones pinball at Weston Super-Mare

  On a different theme my daughter Celia just sent us a picture of a Game of Thrones table in Weston Super Mare. On the subject of pinball if you search this blog you will see a lot of posts about it.

House of Frankenstein Bath

 

There is a new attraction in Bath on the theme of Mary Shelley and her famous creation.She wrote it in Bath.  Webpage. 

I have heard there is a pinball there. I will try and find out for definite. Probably in their popular culture room.

Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61

Killer harmonica

 Cobra Records 1957 B/W It's You Baby

Sunnyland Slim (Voc/Piano),Big Walter Horton (Hca),Jimmy Rogers/Bob Woodfork (Guitar),Willie Dixon (Bass),S.P.Leary (Drums)

Floyd Jones - On the Road Again 1953

  Drums – Elgin Edmonds* Guitar – Moody Jones. Piano – Sunnyland Slim. Vocals, Guitar – Floyd Jones

Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teardrops"

 Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. March 21, 1959

Little Diane - Dion 1962

 The only song with a kazoo that you need. Classic

The Old Duke Bristol.

 Pub where Susan and I were introduced to each other. Webpage. Specialists in Jazz there was live music that night. We had gone to a venue over the road hoping to see Wire and Adam and the Ants but it didn't happen. In the queue was Bristol punk star Johnny Britton who talked to us about knowing Stella McCartney. 

Faces "Stay With Me" 1971

 50 years ago the Faces were recording their Nods as good as a wink lp which is released later this year. They were pretty popular at this time.

BABY BOY WARREN - Sanafee [aka Not Welcome Any More]

 rec. c. 1954 in Detroit;

Guitar – Calvin Frazier

Harmonica – Sonny Boy Williamson (2) Piano – Boogie Woogie Red Vocals, Guitar – Baby Boy Warren

Washboard – Washboard Willie

Weekend - The Leaves of Spring 1982

 On Rough Trade -a B-side. It's very hot here so things like Weekend get put in the mix.

Inspiral Carpets ft Mark E Smith - I Want You (TOTP) 1994

 The only time Mark E Smith was on Top of the Pops. Recall reading he was manically cleaning the dressing room before. I remember seeing this like it was yesterday. 

Baby Boy Warren - Hello Stranger 1953

Love this - just perfect. I have a few songs from this line up. Baby Boy Warren wiki

 Baby Boy Warren: vocals & guitar

Sonny Boy Williamson: harp Boogie Woogie Red: piano Calvin Frazier: guitar Washboard Willie: washboard. Recorded in Detroit, 1953.

FALLING RAIN / WILLIE LOVE AND HIS THREE ACES [TRUMPET 172]

WILLIE LOVE AND HIS THREE ACES

Jackson, 1 December 1951 Willie Love(v/p), Little Milton Campbell(g), T. J. Green(b), Junior Blackmon(d)

Beatles 60 years ago

 Mathew street outside the Cavern

Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. 1968

 This is worth listening to it you don't know it. 

Gainsbourg (2010) trailer

 We don't go to the cinema much but we went to see this. My daughter won the tickets and thought it was more our bag and it was. We enjoyed it and if you haven't seen it then give it a whirl. Wiki

Richard Berry & The Cadets - JELLY ROLL - 1955

 

XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 1979

 Any XTC fans reading this? The WFMU show Atlantic Tunnel had an interview and special (2 hours) with Colin Moulding of XTC - a band from Swindon England. Listen to it here.  I am not a huge fan but I found it interesting.

Our ex rehearsal room is up for auction

Sad to see. This was a great space but there weren't many takers other than us. Midsomer Norton. Read about it here
 

Joe 90!

 In 1980 Animals and men did our biggest gig to about 3000 people. Backstage I wondered whether to wear my specs and decided to wear them and be damned. As we walked on stage someone shouted from the crowd 'Joe 90!' which hit a nerve. Around the time of the original series I had to wear corrective specs and I got the nickname then.  People can be cruel. Opening titles and theme.

Sonny Boy Williamson (II)

 Wiki

Straight 8 Pontiac

 She likes a whole lotta lovin in that straight-8 Pontiac' 

Sonny Boy Williamson Pontiac Blues 1951

Trumpet Records 1951 Alex "Rice" Miller (sonny boy williamson ll ) - Voc/harmonica Willie love - Piano Elmore James & Joe "willie" wilkins - Guitar Leonard Ware - bass

The Monkees - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" -

 Susan was a Monkees fan as a kid. As it's very sunny here. 

Downliner Sect - I want my Baby back

 Downliner Sect - 'I want my Baby back' taken from the Ep "The Sect Sing Sick Songs" 1965

This was popular with our kids when they were growing up.

Stereolab - Wow and Flutter (Official Video) 1994

 

Alright Alright Alright Mungo Jerry 1973

 Who remembers this? Heard on he radio last night. 

Link Wray The Swag 1958

 This was used in a commercial fairly recently. Very simple style I like it. 

Bruton Somerset

This small town has got very trendy. Country Life dubbed it the new Notting Hill. I went to school there for two years so I have a lot of memories of that place. There are some great buildings and the famous medieval Pack Horse bridge. Wiki
 

Echo and the Bunnymen - the Cutter 1983

 Good single. We weren't fans at the time - I think we bought the first single and that was it but I like this.

Little Walter and Othum Brown Ora Nelle Blues

 Classic

Beatles 60 years ago

 Back from Hamburg and getting an unheard of £15 a gig. McCartney has taken up bass. Stuart Sutcliffe has left. 

NANCY SINATRA - How Does That Grab You? 1966

 Just heard on the radio Marc Riley. Also look at this. Written by Lee Hazelwood. Wiki on the album.

Buckland Dinham village

 When I was a young teen I used to hang out at Buckland quite a lot. I had a mate Tom who lived in a converted schoolhouse there. Another friend lived in one of the estate cottages at Orchardleigh house and we used to do haymaking on the local farm for money. Hard work but bought me my first Levis. Of course there was the Fountain inn - read about it here - but we used to frequent the youth club and did fence erecting and babysitting around the village too. We used to cycle everywhere and Frome was only 3 miles from Buckland Dinham. One interesting fact about Buckland - it had in the 19th century an incident where a farmer auctioned his wife which was the basis of a plotline in Thomas Hardy's book Mayor of Casterbridge. There is a good pub still in the village the Bell which has all manner of interesting events to enjoy. There is a single standing stone near the Orchardleigh estate.

Muddy Waters - Walking Thru the Park (Walking in the Park) (1970)

James Cotton on harmonica. 

Me at Midsomer Norton town park

 Pic by Susan. Not too many people use this park as it's fairly new. There is an outdoor terrace for events and a sensory garden. Skate park and toddler area nearby. 

Little Johnny Guitar - the terraplanes (Animals & Men) 2018

You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory New York Dolls

 Johnny Thunders birthday. Here is an early version of this song.

Buzzcocks - Everybody's happy nowadays 1979

 Buzzcocks in matching leather jackets. I had stopped buying Buzzcocks records by the time this came out but I like it now.

Adam & The Ants - Rome 1978

 Adam & The Ants performing at the Titan Club in Rome on October 20th, 1978 :

1. Plastic Surgery - 0:00 2. Bathroom Function - 5:38 3. Il Duce - 7:54 4. Physical (You're So) - 10:22 5. B-Side Baby - 13:58 6. Cleopatra - 16:16 7. Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face) - 19:57 8. Zerox - 23:05 9. Catholic Day - 26:06 10. Lady - 29:09 11. Puerto Rican - 30:56 12. Red Scab - 33:15 13. Beat My Guest - 37:43 14. Fall In - 39:12 15. Interview - 40:54

This is good. A transitional set with Matthew Ashman on guitar but still doing a lot of the old punk set plus new ones like Zerox.

Adam And The Ants Hampstead (1977 Jubilee Demo)

 You're deprived of being deprived. 

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - 1977

 The only Talking Heads record I own is this one - possibly my first ever 12 inch single. 

Hannover VW factory in the mid 70s

 When I was a young teenager I participated against my wishes in a German exchange. My 'friend' and I didn't get on in fact we had a fight at Hanover zoo and I fractured my wrist punching him in the head. But we did do some organised trips as there was a quite large amount of us. One trip I remember was a visit to where they made the VW campers and vans. Here are some photos I found on the web. More on my German exchange here

Buddy Guy - The Blues Chase The Blues Away (Official Trailer) 2021

 ‘American Masters — Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away’ premieres Tuesday, July 27 at 9 p.m. on @PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/americanmasters and the PBS Video app.

This brand new documentary features unseen performance footage and new interviews with Buddy, Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Kingfish and more. The film screens this weekend, Sunday June 13 at 2PM ET at the Tribeca Film Festival online: https://tribecafilm.com/films/buddy-g...

J B Hutto and The New Hawks - TV Boston (1981) Part 1

 I am a J B Hutto fan.  He was raw but in a good way. If you like Elmore James style vocals and slide J B  is worth tracking down. 

Cup Fever 1965 full movie - only 53 minutes

 A very good children's film which includes cameos from George Best and the Man United team. A young Susan George is in this, as well as Bernard Cribbins. Wiki

Watching the Euros

Here we are at Bea and Shane's house to watch the footie. We don't usually bother with football but Susan likes the big internationals. Daughter Bea couldn't watch the penalties and left the room. An entertaining week or two and thanks to all the squad for doing so well.  

Wilko Johnson - Solid Senders (1979) - Paradise

 Happy birthday Wilko. "Paradise", a song Wilko wrote about his wife, Irene.

No Coming Back Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm

 Great solo by Ike Turner where he hits the whammy bar about. 

SANFORD CLARK The Fool 1956

 Passed away recently. Biography

John Lee Hooker - No More Doggin'

 this is good

Market Hall Frome

 This is now the music venue the Cheese and Grain. In my time in Frome this was derelict and what was known as the Market Hall was a smaller prefab type of hut now no longer there. Seen Adam Ant and the Fall at the Cheese and Grain which was strange for an old Fromie like me. Bo Diddley was due to play there near my birthday but he had a stroke which sadly ended his life. Biggest band to play there to date must be the Foo fighters. Not my cup of tea but a big group.

"Devil Got My Woman" by Skip James 1966

 In this clip from the Newport Folk Festival of 1966, delta blues legend Skip James performs his haunting "Devil Got My Woman" for an audience that includes Son House and Howlin' Wolf. From the DVD "Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966."

Allihies County Cork Ireland

 Photo of our old car - a 1981 VW Passat and two dome tents. Notice the pushchair. Allihies is a great place on the Beara peninsula in County Cork. Sue's mothers family came from Cork so we visited a few times. 

Frome's Trinity area aka Chinatown

 

Thought I would write about this part of Frome. A warren of small streets dating from around 1700. Weavers dwellings mostly they are reckoned to be one of the first purpose built artisan housing in the UK. Some of them were connected by the top floor so cloth could move from house to house. There were pubs and corner shops. Most got demolished in the 1960s but a few streets remained. During the war the black US troops were confined locally to Chinatown's pubs.  Some of the houses had cellars and tunnels that went under some of it. One old style pub still survives: the Lamb and Fountain visit it while it lasts Fromies. 

King Biscuit Time - Sonny Boy Williamson

 This is a great album. Comprising SBW's earliest recordings for the Trumpet label which includes some of his best songs. Also as bonus tracks are SBW in the King Biscuit Time radio show studio performing a few songs at the end of his life and very interesting it is too. 

Willie Love - Everybody's Fishing 1951

 Willie Love And His Three Aces Trumpet Records 1951 B/W My Own Boogie

Willie Love (Piano/Voc),Elmore James/Joe Willie Wilkins (Guitars),Alex Wallace (Drums)

Wet Leg - Chaise Longue (Official Video)

 This is good. Check it out. Susan likes this. I think they are from the Isle of Wight.

Dj Tom Hanks on Boss radio 66

 Today we listened to this - an hour long set by Tom Hanks. Now uploaded to Mixcloud. Very good.

Silk Cut cigarettes cinema commercial 1979

 I remember this ad very well as this was a time when I used to go to the cinema a lot. It is very archaic for nowadays - blackface and all the other crimes. But interesting as a period piece. 

Rocket From The Tombs - Sonic Reducer

 Much better version than the Dead Boys is the original by Rocket from the Tombs. 

From the Day the Earth met Rocket from the Tombs which is a great collection of lo-fi recordings from around 75. 

Dead Boys - All This And More Live at CBGB 1977

 I find the Dead Boys pretty funny - they are like a punk Spinal Tap. I mean who starts a song with?

Can I describe what it's like
To have sex with the lights on?
And would ya feel right if I did ya tonight?
And put the bite on?

All this and more little girl
How bout on the floor little girl
No time to implore ya girl
I'm just a dead boy
You know that I'm just a dead boy
I wanna be a dead boy
I'll die for you, if you want me to

Wire - Lowdown 1977

From the album Pink Flag

Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard 1958

 The weekend starts here. I loved this as a young teenager. 

Only Ones - Lovers Of Today 1977

 Great single. We had it. And saw them live. The Only Ones

The Kills - The Good Ones 2010

 This is good I think. 

Win or Lose Lew Lewis Reformer 1979

 Catchy rhythm and blues record that we bought. 

Billy 'the Kid' Emerson - When it rains, it really pours 1957

Wikipedia

Pere Ubu - Oh Catherine 1991

 From the Worlds in Collision l.p. which we have. Good song.

The Jesus & Mary Chain- Sidewalking 1988

 

Dry Cleaning: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert 2021

 New upload. Celia found this. She has got tickets for Susan to see them in Bristol 2022.

SET LIST "Her Hippo" "Unsmart Lady" "Leafy" "Viking Hair"

Sedgemoor 1685

 

Pic by Sean O'Brogain

This disastrous battle was fought this day in 1685. The last pitched battle on English soil. 

Whiskey, Beer And Reefer · Billy Boy Arnold 1993

 Looking forward to Billy Boy Arnold's autobiography out soon.

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 1960

 Read about it here.

Adam Ant letter 1982

 Letter from Adam. He rang us up once but his PA used to ring me up at work quite a bit. 

Jackdaw summer

 One summer we raised some Jackdaws. One was named Tizzy by our son. They joined the locals when they got old enough but would often come and see us. At one stage they would wake us up by sitting on the phone wires calling out til we got up and fed them.

Howlin' Wolf - My Mind Is Ramblin' - 1966

 This is a little known song by the Wolf but I love it. Partly about a Rocket Oldsmobile car. We used to do this in the Mud Dogs. 

Rocket 88 ad from 1950

 

Junior Wells - The Hoodoo Man (1966)

 

JUNIOR WELLS - Lovey Dovey Lovey One [U.S.A. 790] 1964

 Starting the week off. This is Junior Wells at his best creating a soul blues. 

37°2 Le Matin piano scene 1986

 Great music in this film. 

Flamin' Groovies

 Fans of this 70s band may be interested in this episode of Atlantic tunnel on WFMU which is songs plus an interview with Cyril Jordan plus lots of music in 2 hours. Here they are doing Slow Death,

Death of Jim Morrison 50th

 Forgot to post this on the on the 3rd July. 1971 Jim Morrison dies aged 27 in Paris France. Biog

The Who - So Sad About Us - LIVE (1967)

 Always got time for a bit of 60s Who. Entwistle is such  good bass man and Moon is a fine drummer. 

SHAKEY JAKE - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502] 1958

 This is a great record. Magic Sam and Syl Johnson on guitar. Shakey Jake was Magic Sam's uncle. 

Funnel of Love Wanda Jackson 1961

 Cracking song with ace guitar - the Fall did a cover of this. Song Wiki

Have Love Will Travel · The Sonics 1965

 Great version of the Richard Berry classic.  The Sonics

You Gotta Lose - Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1976)

 One of my favourites from Richard Hell & the Voidoids.

I hope I don't seem immodest when I tell you that my, my

mother was a pinhead and my father was a fly. That's why I love you darling with a love that's so unique: Your glistening wings they complement your head's exquisite peak.