Try Me One More Time, Willie Nix (1951)
From Sun Records: “Willie Nix was an innovative drummer and gifted lyricist as well as vocalist, and was an integral part of Memphis’s Beale Street blues community during the late forties and early fifties. […] Nix recorded and played in both Memphis and Chicago, and worked with legendary bluesmen in both cities, among them Junior Parker, B.B. King, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Bobby Blue Bland.”
Bebes talk.
Bebes move.
Bebes laugh.
Great, Great, Great […] Great Grandma.
This Cat in the Hat [via Everlasting Blört].
California Freedom [via The Feral Irishman].
Random sounds from Wikimedia [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image via text: Sister’s roommate Farah runs hot and cold.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Leon Atkins, better known as Lil’ Jimmy Reed, is one of the last original Louisiana bluesmen. Born in the late 1930s in a small sawmill town on the Mississippi, he was playing a cigar box guitar at six years old; by the time he was a teen he was playing guitar and harmonica in local clubs around Baton Rouge. Atkins earned his nickname the night he filled in for local bluesman Jimmy Reed.
Formed in Athens, Greece, in 2015, Bag of Nails describe themselves as a psychedelic blues/soul/rock trio inspired by classic music of the 1960s and ‘70s.
Blackburn Brothers were described by Living Blues magazine as a “generational family band [that] plays traditional blues and R&B with a contemporary take.” The heart of the group are the sons of Toronto R&B great Bobby Dean Blackburn.
Getting serious news overload these days, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to let up. So many topics will be up for discussion when the porch opens tomorrow at, um, you know, porch time. See you there.
[Found here.]
Beat Party Pt. 1, Ritchie and the Squires (1960)
There were a lot of groups called The Squires, this one had someone named Ritchie. Possibly from New Jersey, I dunno, but I do know that the flip side of this rare 45 is Beat Party Pt. 2.
Sit.
Albert and Ernie Ride The Rails.
Nice racks [via Memo Of The Air].
Sharpening a pencil with a chainsaw.
Towels and owls [via Everlasting Blört].
To go where none of y’all ain’t never been to!
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Skadeco! Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners‘ song has little connection to Dale Hawkin’s 1957 hit Suzie Q aside from the title. I like it.
Award-winning bassist, singer/songwriter Lisa Mann grew up in West Virginia, moved to Portland, Oregon. She says the song is based on a true story, so it’s either about a boyfriend’s addictions, his a-ho buddies, or both.
From his bio: “Guitarist Joe Hodgson hails from the village of Ballymagorry in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. His music, shaped by his upbringing during The Troubles, mirrors the fierce rain and winds of the Emerald Isle. It is both sweeping and intense, boldly blending rock, blues, jazz, and Irish traditions into finely crafted instrumentals.”
On 14 June 1775, 250 years ago, the United States Army was founded.
Happy anniversary to the greatest protector of freedom and liberty in the world:“This We’ll Defend!”
Lotta stuff to cover at porch time tomorrow. See you then and there.
Tacky Raccoons 