The Phantom aka Jerry Lott. He was tragically paralyzed in a car accident in 1966.
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Friday, May 20, 2022
Cannibal & The Headhunters Land Of 1000 Dances 1965
They covered it and added the na-na-na-na hook which originally came about when the singer forgot the words.
Land of 1,000 Dances by Chris Kenner 1962
"Land of a Thousand Dances" (or "Land of 1000 Dances") is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962. It later became a bigger hit in versions by Cannibal & the Headhunters and Wilson Pickett.
The song references a number of dance styles/moves including the Twist, the Alligator, the Mashed Potato, the Watusi and the Pony.
"Soul To Soul" Live 1971, feat IKE & TINA TURNER/WILSON PICKETT/Santana/ROBERTA FLACK/STAPLE SINGERS
Famous concert movie for your enjoyment.
IIKE & TINA TURNER:
P1-1. Soul To Soul 0:00-2:50 P4-1.Ooh Poo Pah Doo 70:25 2.River Deep-Mountain High 71:50 3.I Smell Trouble 75:50-77:20. WILSON PICKETT: P1-2. In The Midnight Hour 19:18-22:12. P4-4. Land of 1000 Dances 77:20-82:53. The Voices of East Harlem: P2-1. Sit Yourself Down-Jolinkomo/ Run, Shaker Life 26:10. Santana and Gypsy Queen featuring Willie Bobo: P2-2. Jungle Strut 31:40/ Black Magic Woman 36:50-40:08. Les McCann & Eddie Harris ft Amoah Azangeo: P2-3. Price You Gotta Pay to Be Free 40:08/ Hey Jorler 43:00/ Untitled 46:45-52:48. ROBERTA FLACK: P3-1.Gone Away 52:48/ Untitled 56:52-62:30. STAPLE SINGERS: P3-2. When Will We Be Paid 62:30/Are You Sure 65:30/ Untitled 68:50-70:25. "Soul To Soul" Live 1971 Ghana, Africa. feat IKE & TINA TURNER/WILSON PICKETT/Santana/Les McCann/ROBERTA FLACK/STAPLE SINGERS. revised DVDR060206. "Soul To Soul" Live 1971 Ghana, Africa.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Dale Hawkins - Little Pig 1958
I like this. Have a listen if you don't know it. Fun.
Dale Hawkins bio
Apple Tree Inn at Shoscombe near Radstock in 2010
Pics by Susan. A lovely pub that is within walking distance of Radstock. We used to go often in the summer walking along the cycle track that used to a railway line. They serve a good selection of ciders and do great meals. Opening times
SHAKEY JAKE - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502] 1958
Shakey Jake's debut single with Magic Sam (his nephew) on guitar. According to the wiki Shakey Jake wasn't paid for this session but he won $700 shooting craps with label owner Eli Toscano.[5]
T Bone Walker & Shaky Jake Harris Call me when you need me
This is good. Very good in fact. Shakey Jack wiki.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Need some good music? Listen to Fats
This album is rarely off my album choices. It is so good - all of it - high quality rock and roll and rhythm and blues.
Magic Sam and friend
Read about him here
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Rock Dreams Guy Peellaert 1976
Who remembers this book? I had a copy. It's hard to describe but it was an art book of portraits of icons in situ, playing with their images. Co-written by Nik Cohn whose book Awopbopaloobop I had treasured.
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| Bo Diddley |
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| Gene Vincent |
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| Cilla Black |
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| Pete Townshend |
Who is your main man?
In the rock and roll fraternity they have this thing - who is your main artist? Is it Elvis or Gene maybe Fats? I suppose for rockin' it is Little Richard followed by Gene and Eddie. Blues it is Sonny Boy closely followed by the Wolf. Who do you love?
The Grand. Frome's grindhouse
This I wrote a few years ago when the Grindhouse movie came out but I didn't have a decent photo but now I have.
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| The Grand Cinema by Jonathan Joyce |
It was the town's second cinema and off the town centre up out of the way by the West Side Stop - a notorious hang-out for young hoodlums - and was a World war 1 memorial hall which meant cheap rent to keep it in its memorial use, that of a theatre. After a brief time hosting dances which usually ended in extreme violence it doubled as a bingo hall for a while before settling into a less troublesome groove of sleazy movies. Every now and again strip shows were organised for members of a special club called 'Frank's Delight' which wasn't cockney rhyming slang. There were always lurid double features on there - whether martial arts, horror, porno, Confessions of a window cleaner type comedy, Peckinpah or spaghetti westerns or some other drastic bill of exploitation. Every now and then they'd show an old classic musical to appease the operatic fraternity like Sound of Music or My Fair Lady and then it was back to films like 'Percy', 'If....' or some Vincent Price shocker. I can remember clearly every few days being mindblown by the posters alone being too young to go but I passed the billboard every day and these images etched themselves onto my young mind. Double features - I had to sit through Born to Boogie in order to watch Let it Be I think. One of our friends worked there doing the Bingo and we kidnapped him. We turned up and asked to speak to him and then bundled him into a car and sped off - laughing wildly.
Nowadays its back to being a theatre specialising in what seems like entertainment aimed at the old folks - the West Side Stop is now no longer there - even the Hexagon Suite, Frome's very own Studio-54-with-violence-disco tacked onto the back is now an old people's day centre most of the time.
I do have fond memories of seeing all sorts of films there though - my dad knew the projectionist and he gave me a poster of the film Waterloo - but I suppose I'll always remember the Grand for films like Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia or some such nonsense. Of course you could smoke in a cinema in those days - can't really imagine that nowadays but there was a time... I think it added a nice sleazy touch but I know you non smokers don't appreciate our efforts to bring an extra dimension to going out - coughing - but anyway I think my abiding memory of the cinema was walking home afterwards - it would always be raining - 'that was crap' 'which one?' 'Both of them'.
Close To Me (Stereo Version) · Sonny Boy Williamson II
I believe this is a Willie Dixon song. Muddy Waters also did it but I prefer Sonny Boy's.
Slaughter and The Dogs - Cranked Up Really High live 1977
A classic. Saw these in Yate Stars and Stripes club.
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