Saturday Matinee – Philip Sayce, John Primer & Fleetwood Mac

Philip Sayce is a Welsh-born American / Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter,  producer and performer. At 16, Sayce began playing in Toronto clubs, eventually joined Jeff Healey‘s band in 1997, and toured with him for over three years before joining Uncle Kracker. A year and a half later he was backing Melissa Etheredge… and on and on and on.

John Primer was born in 1945 to a family of dirt-poor Mississippi sharecroppers. His story is a true rags-to-riches saga, going from singing work songs and gospel, to playing diddley bow, then guitar. When he turned 18 in 1963 he moved to Chicago, busking at the legendary Maxwell Street market alongside blues superstars and others just breaking into the blues scene. The Blues Hall of Fame artist and three-time Grammy Nominee is still performing at 81 years.
[More in Wiki.]

Fleetwood Mac, the early years. “All our wealth and we can’t make a single that sounds as good as Green Manalishi“. ~John Lennon

Breaking News: Dolly Parton and Tim Curry have moved on. DJT announced a crude oil deal with Venezuela, and then pissed off the Canadians again. The US is sending aid to Nepal after the disastrous ice, mud & rock flood. Joro spiders are coming to gitcha, and our heatwave needs to move out and get a job somewhere else. There’s much more, but it can wait until quarter past porchtime. See you tomorrow.

Floccinaucinihilipilificational Hot Links

Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite,
Earl Vince & the Valiants (1969) Band lineup: Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Greenbaum, aka Fleetwood Mac. The song was the original B-Side of the 45rpm record Man of the World in the UK.

R.I.P. Christine McVie.

ELEMEN

Medieval cats.

Desert Phone.

Bad Idea Boating.

Me, my flaps and I.

The Feynman Sprinkler.

Capy love [via Bunkerville].

My favorite Billie Eilish cover.

The Weirdest Effin’ Carrot You’ll Ever See.

Vote for The Coolest Song In The World of 2022!

30 Facial Reconstructions [via Memo Of The Air].

“Come closer little mosquito. I can’t hear you…”
[via Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge]

[Top image: 1957 London Booster Bus, 2012 Olympics Czech House, and it does pushups. Found via here.]


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