Digger Cleverly (frontman for the five member trio The Cleverlys) talks about his alpaca ranch.
Marion & Sobo Band does 1930s-era gypsy / Hot Club pretty well. Nice quirky video, too.
The Mustangs, is a famous western surf instrumental band from Finland. They’re so famous I can’t find anything about them.
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears bring back the Stax/Volt soul sound without a Hammond B3 organ.
Have a great weekend, stay cool, and be where you belong. See you tomorrow.
According to some reports, pay benches were installed in Yantai Park, Shangdong province, eastern China, and were inspired by this art piece.
“The Chinese government got this idea of coin-operated park benches after seeing an art installation by German artist Fabian Brunsing where he created a similar bench as a protest against the commercialization of modern life. The irony must’ve somehow been lost in translation.”
I couldn’t verify the Yantai Park story, and it may be a complete fabrication.
“In 2008, German design student Fabian Brunsing created a piece called Pay & Sit. It’s an art installation in the shape of a park bench with sharp metal spikes that prevent people from sitting until they deposit €0.50 (about 70 cents) in the coin slot. It’s a (literally) pointed political statement, but that didn’t stop Facebook users from taking images of the bench out of context and presenting it as one more stop along the road to criminalizing the poor.”
Steve Ripley & The Tractors were responsible for creating the highest selling album ever recorded in the state of Oklahoma. Ripley passed away at his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 2019. He was 69
The Blue Cats – Beltane Fire hail from Southhampton, England. They morphed somewhat over the years, moving from rockabilly to psychobilly, then “ditched the quiffs and upright bass for something darker, heavier and evocative of merry old England” according to one review.
Tony Spinner is probably better known as a background vocalist/guitarist for Toto. He owns owns a 1964 Chevy SS.
Have a great weekend, busy or not, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for, you know, whatever.
Watching the Beeb. [Found here.]
In 2005, Barcelona rockers Santi & David Lluch formed Atomic Leopards, and were members of Hellbilly Club. That’s not Spanish either – I think it’s Catalan.
Don’t know if The Oblivions chose that video, but as odd as it is, it seems appropriate. (The clip is from a Brazilian game show.)
That’s it for now. Have a great weekend, stay cool, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more random acts of oddness.
The Dixie Hummingbirds on Jubilee Showcase in 1964. James Walker on lead vocals. Formed in 1928, and with changing lineups, they have performed for over 90 years.
A1 Hundo resurrects the grooves of Booker T. & The MG’s. Hard to find anything about the band.
The Brothers Comatose did a happy doomsday song.
Gotta go, but we’ll be back tomorrow. Have a great weekend.
Little Charlie & The Nightcats featured Rick Estrin on harp.
Justin Johnson cranked it up, floored it and blew the doors off. One of the greatest slide players around.
Altered Five Blues Band powers it up and flips the switch.
Kinda ran out of time (and steam) tonight, so I’ll make it short.
Seeya.
Tomorrow.
Highway to Hesse? Bon Goes to Bitburg? The Heimatdamisch is pure Oberkreiner rock.
The Iguanas album Nuevo Boogaloo (1994) had some catchy tunes, this being one of them. The Tex-Mex band from New Orleans has been doing it for decades on vinyl, stage, television and movies.
Tab Benoit, live at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival 24 June 2022. Great hard driving blues. Not sure of the band lineup, unless it’s Swampland Jam.
Backing Benoit is Corey Duplechin on bass, Chip Vayenas on drums.
[h/t Lobo91, who was there.]
Long weekend for those who deserve it (like all of you reading this) and we’ll see you back here tomorrow just for the hell of it.
“I’ve synchronized The Flight of the Valkyries (by Richard Wagner) to 8 Line Riders racing down the track for victory. Choose your team color and cross your fingers. All lines were drawn by hand.” [Link found buried in here.]
M. Shadows screams about something for half a minute.
The Shadows Nepal, from Narayangadh, Chitwanrock, have been performing for over 20 years and have a large following, both in Nepal and around the world. Dharma appeared on their 2nd album, Hidne Manche Ladcha, released in 2006. More about them here.
The Shadows in a clip from the 1961 movie The Young Ones, complete with their typical choreography (and some overdubbed not-quite-Beatlesque screaming girls).
I can’t remember if I’ve got big plans for the weekend or not, but I know I’m supposed to do something. See you back here whenever.
Badass Chuck found here.
The Perch Creek Family Jug Band (since renamed Perch Creek) are four siblings plus a stray from Northern New South Wales, are currently based in Melbourne, Australia.
Deak Harp jams outside Deak’s Mississippi Saxophones & Blues Emporium in Clarksdale, Mississippi (2014). Guy got his bonafides by following James “Mr. Superharp” Cotton up and down the east coast before getting a job driving Cotton’s van (and THIS is a Mississippi Saxophone).
Lotta things going down these days, but that’s not news to anyone. In the meantime, have a great weekend and maybe we’ll see better things tomorrow. See you then.
Mr. Barti performs La Voz Del Tiempo by José Fernández Torres, aka Tomatito.
Alex Mihajlovski was born in Macedonia, resides in Denmark and began designing and constructing marionette puppet “Barti” in Spain in 1986. Apparently he adopted the surname Jørgensen.
“Barti is a complex marionette with many strings, over 40, keeping him alive. […] In 1986 Barti’s master Alex Jørgensen, started improvising with puppet building, using various materials and miniature constructions. During all this time he’s been working in the improvement of Barti, in a no-stop research of the movement complexity, which created this uncommon string puppet. Barti has been travelled all around the world, performing in many international festivals.”
From St. Petersburg, Russia, Messer Chups is listed under vampire space zombie surf rock.
Oleg Gitaracula – guitar; Zombierella – Bass; Rockin Eugene – Drums.
Gary Clark Jr. live at Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, 2015.
Dang. The days are flying past; seems like I go to sleep Sunday night and I wake up the following Sunday morning. Have a great weekend, and see you back here tomorrow. Or the week after. Or both.
Tacky Raccoons 