Music – Tacky Raccoons

Saturday Matinee – The Courettes, The Holophonics & Dan Patlansky

Dubbed The World’s Greatest Two Person Rock ‘N’ Roll Ensemble, Flavia & Martin Couri, aka The Courettes, make retro new again. Hop hop.

The Holophonics are a ska punk reggae band with members from New York City, Dallas/Ft. Worth & Southern California. At least they have a Facebook page.

This trio consists of Dan Patlansky / guitar & vocals, Tom Schwan / bass and Ben Matthews / drums. Patlansky is a blues guitarist from South Africa, was voted the No. 4 Best Guitarist in the world. He’s the only artist with two worldwide No. 1 and two No. 2 Best Blues Rock album awards as voted by Blues Rock Review.

Been another week full of Time Flies and I still haven’t figured out how to slow them down. I plan to be up at the crack of noon tomorrow for porch time and we can discuss our options then. See you when you get here.

Parbuckled Hot Links

The Colour of Don Don, The Cactus Channel (2012)
The Cactus Channel is/was a hip hop funk & soul group from Melbourne AU. Nice Stax/Volt influence. The 7-10 piece group has apparently disbanded to pursue other projects.

The Doggos.

Negative space.

Diddy Wah Diddy.

Fugu [via Bunkerville].

Homage to GMC trucks.

Norty Blues Episode 60.

Drawing a Phénakistiscope.

Another movie I haven’t seen.

“People have raised concerns…”

Asteroid City [via Mme. Jujujive].

In ’71, after I graduated high school…

“What’s your source?” [via Mogadishu Matt].

The last Woolworth’s Lunch Counter [h/t Paul Y.]

Carnival of Venice, Mosé Tapiero on ocarina, 1908.

Making ocarinas in South Korea [via Memo Of The Air].

California’s 3rd largest city is a ghost town [h/t Paul Y.]

Beautiful rendition of the Theme to Titanic [h/t Charlene J.]

[Top image: 1954 Hubley’s Atomic Disintegrator. A weapon like this may fetch $300 or more at auction.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Bill McClintock / Isleyhead, The Sugaray Rayford Band & The Scott Henderson Trio (+1)

Isleyhead – Ace of Shout mashup by Bill McClintock put a big grin on my face. Amazing how well it works, and McClintock’s got more. [h/t Gord S.]

Texas born Caron “Sugaray” Rayford grew up in starvation-level poverty. His mother struggled to raise three boys alone while battling cancer; when she died, the siblings were relieved. “She suffered and we suffered. Then, we moved in with my grandmother and our lives were a lot better. We ate every day and we were in church every day, which I loved. I grew up in gospel and soul.”

Speed jammin’ blues rock from Scott Henderson on guitar, Kirk Covington / drums, John Humphrey / bass, and Pat O’Brien / harmonica.

Amazing how much news can fit into one week and my neck is stiff from the whip arounds. Looks like we’re do for some quality patio time tomorrow. See you there.

Calathiform Hot Links

The Booker Tease, The Residents (1977)
A mysterious tribute to Booker T. & the M.G.’s by The Residents, one of the oddest of art rock groups to come out of the 1970s.

The Y No T Motel.

The Scriptreaders.

Real unreal places.

CPI March Badness.

The City of Tomorrow.

Norty Blues Episode 59.

Hobo Nickels [via Mme. Jujujive].

Fuzzy Wuzzy Bath Soap grew fur.

Regarding Covent-Garden Ladies.

“Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Hoi Hoi Hoi!”

Go Dogs, Go! [Sound up. h/t Corrinne L.]

The first speeding ticket [via Bunkerville].

Wonders of Street View [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here with comment: “I posted this kidding around during the last eclipse and people took me serious. 😆”
h/t Pam M.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Davide Pannozzo, Billy Gibbons & the BVG’s, and HAIM

Davide Pannozzo, with Etienne Stadwijk (keyboards) and Clint de Ganon (drums). Trained in classical guitar, Pannozzo opened a show for Magic Slim at the age of 14 and has been playing the blues ever since. A graduate of Rome’s Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Pannozzo has won many awards, including Acoustic Solo Guitarist at the Emergenza European Acoustic Festival, the Groove Master Award for Best Italian Blues guitarist and Scotland’s Highland Uproar competition.

Billy Gibbons & the BFG’s grind up and pave over Jimmy Reed‘s 1959 classic Baby What You Want Me To Do . The BFG’s are Matt Sweeney, Danielle Haim and Tim Montana (at least they are in this lineup).

HAIM = sisters Este (bass and vocals), Danielle (lead vocals, guitar and drums), and Alana Haim (guitar, keyboards and vocals). Great cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 hit Oh Well in front of a huge crowd.

Monday is National Confiscation Day, so don’t forget to mail your yearly pound of flesh to the bureaus that squander it – the beast gets all humpy when it hasn’t been fed. Have a great weekend and we’ll watch the rain tomorrow.

Color-By-Number

Instructions: Download and print out full size. Use crayons, colored pencils or markers to complete. Sign your name and return your work to my desk at end of the solar eclipse. Have fun!

While you’re busy doing that, here’s a playlist of random music to watch the eclipse by.

Sonny Boy Williamson - Polly Put Your Kettle On (1947)

I Don't Care Who Knows

Riff City

Guitar Boogie Shuffle

Dynaflow Blues

The Valentines Woo Woo Train 1956

Box Top

Off The Wall

Moon Martin Cadillac Walk (1978)

Bad Manners - Echo Four-Two (1980)

Tracey Dey - I Wont Tell (1964)

Tiny Grimes - Swinging Mama (1974)

Earl Vince & The Valiants - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite (1969)

The Violetz - Crazy Rat (2014)

Gentleman Jesse & His Men - All I Need Tonight (2019)

Planet Seven - Lets Dust (2001)

Juncaceous Hot Links

Con el Tiempo, Los Apson (1966) Spanish cover of The Outsiders‘ hit Time Won’t Let Me by Mexican band Los Apson of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. The band was criticized for being malinchistas for performing rock and roll instead of ranchera music. Their biggest hit, Fuiste a Acapulco, was a comic ranchera song) topped the Mexican charts for 6 weeks in 1966.

Cool locomotives.

Not the right way.

Arguing with a bird.

Just One More Thing.

Norty Blues Episode 58.

Prosopometamorphopsia.

The 3 Body Problem (Netflix).

The 3 Body Problem (Newton).

How not to have an Easter party.

How to find water using a baboon.

How to get out of a speeding ticket.

How to prevent a total eclipse & more.

Dregs of the City: San Francisco [NSFK].

The 1909 Leslie Sharpener [via Bunkerville].

Macro views of various writing instruments.

WWII greasebombs [via The View From Lady Lake].

Scrubby Sewerniak and the Dynatones [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Actual Reality Goggles™ are not for viewing solar eclipses. The cut-out goggles came from the back of a Reese’s Puffs cereal box circa 2019. h/t Sol L.]

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Saturday Matinee – Alex Schultz w/ The Jacknives, The James Harman Band, and Kid Ramos & The 44’s

Alex Schultz (The Prince Of West Coast Blues Guitar) with Egidio ‘Juke’ Ingala‘s band The Jacknives.

“A song is like a women’s dress, it’s got to be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep you interested.” – James Harman (1946-2021)

Any list of west coast blues roots rockers include Kid Ramos & The 44’s. Ramos has played with almost every regional blues band worth a mention (and more). As for The 44’s, they can hold their own with no help.

Well, well, well. Another weekend is here, and since the world hasn’t fallen apart yet, I’ll be on the porch thinking I should be doing something important. See you tomorrow for a superficial in-depth discussion of whatever.

Saturday Matinee – Seratones, Sean Pittman w/ Aaron Griffin & Willie J. Campbell, and The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

They’re part rock, part psychadelia, part R&B and part soul, but mostly Seratones is lead singer and guitar player A.J. Haynes. When asked what inspires her, she responded, “Afrofuturism.”

Backed by drummer Aaron Griffin and (the late) Willie J. Campbell on bass, Texas bluesman Shawn Pittman took a shot at Magic Sam’s Boogie at the Blues City Deli in St. Louis, (2018). Comment from the Utoobage: “Dude in front caught the vibe. Was later seen walking across the Mississippi to the Illinois side. Was epic.”

Heavy duty electric blues: The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band features the vocals of Noah Hunt, Chris Layton on drums, Kevin McCormick / bass and Joe Krown / keyboards.

Have a great weekend, and remember the meaning of Easter.

Refulgent Hot Links

(Until Then) I’ll Suffer, Barbara Lynn (1971) Barbara Lynn (aka Barbara Lynn Ozen, Barbara Lynn Cumby) is a well-known blues / R&B singer, songwriter and electric guitar player* with an impressive discography. She was only 19 when she began her recording career with Give Me A Break in 1961, and the following year she scored her biggest hit You’ll Lose A Good Thing. Many years and many tours later, sharing the stage with almost every big name in the business, she’s still performing.