Category: Music

Saturday Matinee – Marcin Patrzalek, Ronnie Wood, and Samantha Fish w/ Jesse Dayton

Polish guitar savant Marcin Patrzalek‘s skills are astounding, combining Spanish flamenco with finger style. Much of his repertoire appears to be classical; this version of Bart Howard’s In Other Words (1954) is a bit lighter.

The 1987 concert was recorded and released the following year as Live At The Ritz. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. “Where’s Bo?” It’s not a Utoobage typo – Bo Diddley shared the stage with Ronnie Wood but sat out this song.

Samantha Fish meets Jesse Dayton – Rockabilly happens with their cover of Brand New Cadillac (Vince Taylor & His Playboys, 1959). Too bad the bass isn’t heavier, but then the Cadillac would belong to Peter Gunn.

Looks like a weekend is happening, so have a great one and we’ll deal with stuff tomorrow.

Temerarious Hot Links

RIDE!, Dee Dee Sharp (1962) Before going solo at 17, Dee Dee Sharp provided  vocal backup for recordings by Lloyd Price, Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Jackie Wilson, and Chubby Checker (Pony Time). Sharp’s song made it to No. 5 on the charts. (BTW, pony was hokum for something else.)

Campin’.

Here is a tree.

Still not still life.

THIS needs video.

Bigass water pistol.

Rain storm and Sun.

Popple bocket alum.

Bassed [h/t Danny D.].

Dance of the Bedbugs.

Pretty sure I need this.

Eggshell solo [h/t Gord S.].

FATE [via Memo Of The Air].

Selfies of the past & future.

Ecuadorian woman got woke.

Doggie Sang Bass [via Bunkerville].

Designing a VR vehicle in real time…

“Whisper ‘Puss’ and a ‘Mew’ came in reply.”
[Story here, via Mme. Jujujive.]

[Top image: “Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) steams in formation during a multi big deck event on June 8, 2023. US Navy Photo” via USNI.]

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Saturday Matinee – Cimafunk, Raskahuele & Seratones

Erik Alejandro Iglesias Rodríguez, aka Cimafunk, chonks out Afro/Cubano grooves with some hip hop on the side. Nice blend.

L.A.’s Raskahuele from a few years back. (Don’t mind the Toaster, the music gets better).

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.”

Since tomorrow is Fathers Day, let’s schedule some quality Sitting-On-The-Porch-With-The-Dogs time. Have a great weekend.

Lecanoscopic Hot Links

Bring It On Home, Sonny Boy Williamson II (1963) This classic was written by Willie Dixon and recorded in 1963 (with Matt “Guitar” Murphy) but wasn’t released until three years later. Led Zeppelin covered the song on their album  Led Zeppelin II (1969). In 2017 Randy Newman wrote Sonny Boy, a song about Rice Williams’ theft of the original Sonny Boy Williamson’s identity.

The Pit.

The Caveat.

Yo-Yo Show.

Raccoon boop.

It’s a good day.

The customers.

“No one is safe…”

How to trombone.

Flight of the Bumble.

Horking up a hairball.

This cop & this trucker.

Retrogressive landslide.

Cards Against Humanity.

The “Certificate.” [h/t Kirk W.]

Spy hatchlings! [via Bunkerville]

I need just about everything they sell.

1954 Buick Wildcat II [via Memo Of The Air]

Best Use of Thermochromics Award [via Mme. Jujujive].

[Top image: Doggo McMuffin found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – A.I. – The Carnival of the Ages, LA Priest, The Growlers & Sturgill Simpson’s Sunday Valley

“Where past and future collide in a retro-futuristic spectacle.”
[via Nag On The Lake]

LA Priest (aka Sam Dust, aka Sam Eastgate) found some electrical outlets in the Mexican jungle to play Carribean techno space lounge music.

The Growlers had some fun with a dark subject.

Enough of that oddness. Time for some jaw-dropping high speed electric bluegrass hollerin’ cowpunk, and Sunday Valley fits the bill. The band is defunct, but Sturgill Simpson is still kicking it… somewhere.

Well looky here. It’s the weekend again, so have a great one and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.

 

Fissicostated Hot Links

1447 OH-73, Rarden, Ohio.

Background Music For Your Personal Movies
from Kodak Sound-8 Vol. 1 (1961). Music for any occasion.

This bike.

Trapdoor.

Octopolis.

The Airtag.

Hellhounds.

What is this?

Stump rocks.

Beans on toast.

Living Zen garden.

15 seconds of Jerry.

Beer & potato chips.

Chicago’s Wooly Mammoth.

English to Yinzer translator.

Fump Flork is my Don Martin sound effect name.

Body Based Units of Measure In Cultural Evolution.

The Bonnacons were disgusting [via Mme. Jujujive].

RED – Two months in two minutes [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here. There’s a cool Victorian house 1/4 mile to the east on the right.]

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Saturday Matinee – Genya Ravan, Pat Benatar & Larkin Poe

Proto punk soul singer and producer Genya Ravan blew me away when I heard Stay With Me (1970), and check out her 1977 interview here.

Pat Benatar‘s 1991 cover of Denzil Laing & the Wrigglers‘ 1958 cover of
Wynonie Harris‘ 1951 cover of Hank Penny‘s song from 1949.

Larkin Poe gets all nasty and swampy.

You know the drill. Have a great weekend.

[Update: Fixed link to Stay With Me.]

Ailuromancing Hot Links

Theme from Jonny Quest, Hoyt Curtin composer (1964)Opening & closing themes to Hanna and Barbara’s Jonny Quest Saturday morning cartoon show that aired in 1965. According to Curtin, the opening theme took about an hour to produce.

Be a puffin.

Dance hard.

Technocracy.

Andirondack Pro Model.

1973 Japanese balloonbot.

Holy echinopsis, Batman!

WWII one-man battleships.

The Uganda Skateboard Union.

Puppy’s first bath [via Bunkerville].

Singapore timelapse [via Mme. Jujujive].

The Welsh  Guards Band paid a tribute to Tina Turner.

It’s what’s on the inside that counts [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found here, h/t Nag On The Lake.]

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Saturday Matinee – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Contours, and Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros is a bit of an enigma to me. Some songs sound like folk busker music, some seem almost evangelical, and then they morph into a psychedelic jug band. Formed by singer Alex Ebert, the band’s name is based on a story he wrote about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe.

The Contours should need no introduction, but not according to some of the comments in the Utoobage. The 1962 hit Do You Love Me was written by James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis.

A former James Brown impersonator, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires turned up the soul groove with this retro gem from 2014. Great bassline too.

Happy Memorial Day weekend, stay safe in your travels, and we’ll be sitting on the porch as usual if you want to stop by.

Palpebrating Hot Links

Get Rhythm, Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two (1956) Originally calling themselves Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three, Sun Records owner Sam Phillips suggested they go with The Tennessee Two after steel guitarist A.W. ‘Red’ Kernodle became too nervous to play and left the studio, leaving Luther Perkins (Fender electric guitar) and Marshall Grant (upright bass). By 1953 drummer W.S. Holland joined the band, and they eventually became The Tennessee Three again.

Who’s there?

Words of Wisdom.

Say a little prayer.

Crackhead magic.

What “CC” means.

Criminalizing truth.

The Calling of the Crows.

The Tithing of the Crows.

The Leveling of the Crows.

G.I. Joe can take you there.

Beautiful shore of Guatemala.

Kitty sings the blues [sound up].

How to enter a crowd in Paducah, Kentucky.

Seven seconds of contentment [via Bunkerville].

The Melbourne Bouncy Castle King [h/t Gord S.].

Spoiler alert: C is for the Capsule [via Mme. Jujujive].

The big band jazz of Jonny Quest [via Memo Of The Air].

The Atomic Energy Merit Badge begat The Radioactive Boy Scout.

[Top image: 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood tail light found here.]

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