Like Gene Vincent, Little Richard did some great records in the 60s. This is one I like. I notice it is written by Larry Williams.
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
The Electric Prunes Get Me To the World On Time 1967
We tried covering this in Animals & Men in the 70s.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Billy Fury - Just Because 1961
Still very popular among those a little older than us. This is a great clip. Billy Fury
THE WHO - Long Live Rock (1973 UK TV Appearance)
This song was in That'll be the Day movie sung by Billy Fury. This was also on Odds and Sods a Who album of rarities. Released as a single in 1979 which I bought.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Rock On David Essex 1973
(a bass player) made many hits in the 70s but 2 hits stand out as being made by the bass playing. One was Walk on the Wild side Lou Reed and this one which similarly features double tracked bass and little else. I didn't like it at the time but now I appreciate it. It was on the That'll be the Day soundtrack double album but it seemed incongruous to me who wanted rock'n'roll which it ain't although it namechecks some like Summertime Blues. To read about the writing and recording of this minimalist classic go here. Listen to it here
The Waltons online
60 years ago today the Beatles debut in their new suits
In the world of the Beatles 60 years ago saw them appearing for the first time in suits. Previously in leathers. It divided fans and was the influence of the manager Brian Epstein. You can follow Beatles history in increments by searching Facebook for #Beatles60
Hellzapoppin' (1941) Full movie
I thought I would post this - if you never seen it it is quite brilliant - crazy and funny still to this day. Wiki
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Radstock cinema service cards
This is something Joseph Simons picked up at an auction, Radstock's cinema now a carpet warehouse. They presumably are slides for inserting between the performances. Shame there wasn't one saying 'Stinky Miller Go' home as in my Dads favourite film Hellzapoppin. My Dad told me after they showed a film in Radstock someone used to cycle up to Midsomer Norton with the used reels. Norton's cinema is now a Wetherspoons. If anyone wants these cards get in touch with me.
Monday, March 28, 2022
The Mamas & The Papas - Somebody Groovy 1965
I like this song. Simple but that is what I like about it.
Frank Gorshin - The Riddler - 1966
Another Ichiban classic which is now on Boss Radio 66 is this song.
Buster Brown - Fannie Mae (1959)
Great song, great riff. Used by the Stones in their Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion man song.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Celebrate Your Mother 2002
It's Mothers Day in the UK so I thought I ought to play this - Susan was a fan of these and saw them a good few times. Band wiki
Ain't that too much - The Complete Challenge Sessions 1966-1967 Gene Vincent
This is a good selection of songs recorded on the Challenge label in the 60s. Allmusic write up on the album.
Sunshine · Gene Vincent Originally released 1970.
Gene singing Country and nailing it as he always does.
IAN DURY Sweet Gene Vincent 1979
This is the only record of his we bought. I remember I used to skip the beginning getting straight to the action. I enjoyed the biopic about him. Released in 1977.
IAN DURY
12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000
Beatnik Daddy - Barbara Evans 1960
We do love Boss Radio 66. Anytime you want good music They are there 24/7. They just had this classic on it.
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Foo Fighters @ Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK (Complete show in HD)
Sad news about the Foo Fighters. They have a special connection to Frome having played a secret warm up gig there.
Foo Fighters Live @ Cheese and Grain [February 24, 2017] Frome, UK
HTV start up films
My brother sent me this. It's film of the West Country about 40 years ago. I think they call them idents now. Read about HTV here
Friday, March 25, 2022
5,500 posts
So I have done about that amount of posts. Some are pretty dead as the YouTube clips are constantly changing. I started about 2006. My most popular post is one I did on Jacko monkeys which has had nearly 3000 hits.
Pixies - Gigantic 1988
I don't remember how I first heard the Pixies probably John Peel but we bought some of their albums. Our kids got to like them.
"Salamanda Palaganda" Tyrannosaurus Rex 1969
The early stuff by Bolan and Took is better than the later teenybop stuff in my opinion.
Arn the Knight Templar 2007
I haven't seen this but it looks good.
Wiki says
Arn: The Knight Templar (Swedish: Arn: Tempelriddaren) is an epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The film was released to cinemas in Sweden on 17 December 2007[1] and the sequel, Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End (Arn – Riket vid vägens slut), was released 22 August 2008, but both films were combined into a single cut for the English release on DVD in 2010. While the film is mostly in Swedish and most of the production was made in Sweden, the film is a joint production between Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Germany. With a total budget of around SEK 210 million (ca. US $30 million) for both films, it is the most expensive production in Swedish cinema. The film grossed $22.5 million according to BoxOfficeMojo.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Howlin' Wolf Evil Is Going On
Someone who learned from Charley Patton is of course
From the wiki
In 1930, Burnett met Charley Patton, the most popular bluesman in the Mississippi Delta at the time. He would listen to Patton play nightly from outside a nearby juke joint. There he remembered Patton playing "Pony Blues", "High Water Everywhere", "A Spoonful Blues", and "Banty Rooster Blues". The two became acquainted, and soon Patton was teaching him guitar. Burnett recalled that "the first piece I ever played in my life was ... a tune about hook up my pony and saddle up my black mare"—Patton's "Pony Blues".[13] He also learned about showmanship from Patton: "When he played his guitar, he would turn it over backwards and forwards, and throw it around over his shoulders, between his legs, throw it up in the sky".[13] Burnett would perform the guitar tricks he learned from Patton for the rest of his life. He played with Patton often in small Delta communities.[14]
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Recorded in Lyon 'Oh Death!' (traditional) Animals & Men 2009
Here is us covering Charley Patton. When we played this song live in Lyons it went down really well as the audience knew the original. On our ep To Live and Die in the West Country. Photos on this clip by Jane Barnes. Discogs has reviews
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words/Come On Over To My House 1930
Enigmatic and enchanting. What little is known about her is here
T. Rex (Marc Bolan) - New York City (Top of the Pops 3 July 1975 - lost performance)
Funny! How on earth did they think this was good?
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Bob Dylan debut album 60th
This was released 60 years ago. Primarily made up of covers. It's a good album.
Pxssy Gillette - Banana
This is another song we heard on the radio and liked last night (Marc Riley with Liz Berg). I think they are from Austin Texas
available now https://pussygillette.com/ Shot on VHS by Wulf.
Monday, March 21, 2022
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was a pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the primal, northern Mississippi country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage. She was born near Como and Senatobia, Mississippi, in northern Mississippi just east of the Mississippi Delta.
Stingray 1964
My grandson is apparently into Stingray. He is still pretty much a baby. I am pleased as I was big on this 60s show when it was originally on but of course our tv was black and white. I had a bath toy like this one. Episode 1 here. One thing my son noted as incongruous was the characters drinking whisky and smoking cigars!
Lightnin' Slim
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Been listening to this Louisiana Bluesman a lot recently. Not the most original of bluesmen he is reliably good and worth listening to. 'Blow your harmonica son'. Some classics in amongst these songs. Watch him here in 72.
The Terraplanes Evil Going On 1981
This song got played on Wfmu the other day which pleased me. I think it is good.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
I wrote this 11 years ago today
watching the news is getting like 'guess which one of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse is next?' Four horsemen wiki
Don't Knock the Rock (1956)
Don't Knock the Rock is a 1956 American musical film starring Alan Dale. Directed by Fred F. Sears, the film also features performances by Bill Haley & His Comets, Little Richard, The Treniers, and Dave Appell and the Applejacks.
The title of the film comes from one of Haley's hit singles of 1956. The Haley recording is played over the opening credits, but it is Alan Dale who performs the number in the film.
A disc jockey tries to prove to teenagers' parents that rock 'n' roll is harmless and won't turn their kids into juvenile delinquents.
Songs performed in the movie:
"Don't Knock the Rock" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"I Cry More" - Alan Dale
"You're Just Right" - Alan Dale
"Hot Dog Buddy Buddy" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Goofin' Around" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Hook, Line And Sinker" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Applejack" - Dave Appell and the Applejacks
"Your Love Is My Love" - Alan Dale
"Calling All Comets" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Out Of The Bushes" - The Treniers
"Rip It Up" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Rocking On Saturday Night" - The Treniers
"Gonna Run" - Alan Dale
"Long Tall Sally" - Little Richard
"Tutti-Frutti" - Little Richard
"Country Dance" - Dave Appell and the Applejacks
"Don't Knock the Rock" - Alan Dale
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Chuck Berry - Oh Baby Doll (Alan Freed's Mr. Rock and Roll)
A film with Little Richard and Chuck Berry - I must see this movie.
Clyde McPhatter - Rock and Cry (Alan Freed's Mr. Rock and Roll) 1957
Love Clyde McPhatter, Here he is doing one of his solo hits. Film looks worth tracking down. Full movie
From Ukrainian artist Serge Shamen
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'Dedicated to the brave defenders of Mykolaiv.'
Howlin' Wolf - Don't Laugh At Me
This is my favourite Howlin' Wolf clip on Youtube. Has Hubert Sumlin in it.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Song from the 1930s
Full lyrics here. This song has been in my head for decades. The chorus is most amusing.
"So I'm Knitting a singlet for Cecil, a nice wooly singlet for Cecil. It will keep him as snug as a bug in a rug. As in its embrace he will nestle,
Howlin' Wolf The Real Folk Blues 1966
Some great Hubert Sumlin on these
The Real Folk Bluesis a compilation album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, which was released by Chess Records in 1965.[1] The album's songs, which were originally issued as singles, were recorded in Chicago between 1956 and 1965.[2]
Chuck Berry County Line 1959
A classic. Session details of who played what on the interesting Chuck Berry database. Etta James backing vocals! I found a lot of interesting things on this page including the fact that Hubert Sumlin played on School Days.
Chuck Berry Performs "You Can't Catch Me" in 1956's "Rock, Rock, Rock!"
5 years ago we lost Chuck Berry.
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Champ recipe
So we will be celebrating St Patrick Day with a helping of champ. Recipe here. It has spring onions (scallions) and butter with potato.
Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teardrops" (May 27, 1962) on The Ed Sullivan Show
One of his best songs. In a slightly revved up version.
1974 - Planxty - Rare TV Performance
Our favourite Irish folk band,
Liam Óg Ó'Flynn
Andy Irvine Johnny Moynihan Paul Brady Christy Moore Tracklist: Yarmouth Town 0:00 The Little Drummer The Rambles of Kitty The Frost is All Over Arthur McBride (Paul Brady)The Radiators From Space - Television Screen 1977
Some Irish punk for St Patrick's day. Wiki on the band
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
"The Kid With the Replaceable Head" by Richard Hell & The Voidoids
A great record and no mistake.
This animated cartoon music video of the Richard Hell and the Voidoids' single "The Kid with the Replaceable Head" (Radar, 1979) was created by Washington D.C. kid's show "Pancake Mountain." The song was written by Richard Hell, and this recording was produced by Nick Lowe. Personnel are Richard Hell, vocals; Robert Quine, guitars; Ivan Julian, guitars; Jerry Antonius, bass; and Frank Mauro, drums. The guitar solos are traded between Quine & Julian. The song's copyright is owned by Richard Meyers (1978, 2005) and the song is published by Dilapidated Music (BMI). The cut appears on Hell's 2005 retrospective CD, SPURTS. Other versions were recorded for Hell's DESTINY STREET (1982) and DESTINY STREET REPAIRED (2009).
The Spades You're Gonna Miss Me 1965
Before the 13th Floor Elevators. I actually prefer this version.
Louisiana Hannah Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson.
with the Stormsville Shakers (1965). This is a great album which I have the Edsel reissue of.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Slim Harpo - TE-NI-NEE-NI-NU - Excello Records 1968
I love Slim Harpo. Can't go wrong with him. He does these funky songs that are great.
The picturesque city of Wells
Had to go to Wells today which is the smallest city in the country (except the city of London which sounds like cheating). Susan took these pictures of the Bishop's Palace and environs. I used to work in Wells. It is a pleasant trip across the Mendip hills for about 10 miles. It's an ecclesiastical city part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
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| Back when I was a child we knew the gatekeeper at Wells Palace and the swans were trained to ring a bell when they needed feeding. Famous they were. Read about the tradition here |
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| This old pub is famous for being in the comedy film Hot Fuzz which was filmed in Wells |
The Marvelettes - Please Mister Postman 1961
Marvelettes wiki. Obviously the Beatles covered it but the original is always best.
Monday, March 14, 2022
Nosferatu (1922) [Silent Movie]
Celebrating this film's centenary. The Little Theatre Bath are showing a special screening on 3 April. Good thing about it is you can add your own soundtrack. We are lucky to have this film. Bram Stoker's estate won a case against the filmmakers and all copies were ordered to be destroyed. Luckily some survived.
"Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" (translated as "Nosferatu, a symphony of horror" or simply "Nosferatu") is a classic 1922 German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, "vampire" became "Nosferatu" and "Count Dracula" became "Count Orlok").
Directed by F. W. Murnau, produced by Enrico Dieckmann and Albin Grau, screenplay by Henrik Galeen, based on "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, starring Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach, Ruth Landshoff and Wolfgang Heinz. From WikipediaLightnin' Slim - I'm Grown 1957
I like Lightnin' Slim. Here he is redoing I'm a Man. It's got some cool female vocals on it too,
1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Walk On The Water (7" Single Version)
First encountered this song as a cover by Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
Eddie Boyd You've got to Reap 1960
This I like a lot. Bea and Baby release. read about Cadillac Baby and his world here