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Last of the Singing Cowboys, The Marshal Tucker Band (1979)
The group recorded numerous albums that went gold and platinum, including their first, titled simply The Marshall Tucker Band (1973). The band was named after Marshal Tucker, a blind piano tuner whose name was inscribed on a key to the warehouse where the band rehearsed.

The flew.

Dance hard.

Proof of age.

Selling Ukiah.

The Paper Ark.

No matter who.

Great blue heron!

¡La Migra! ¡La Migra!

Emma O’Leary’s dogs.

Norty Blues Episode 101.

The NYC A-Train Sax Battle.

USSR December 1978: -73°F.

Mister Nice Hands – an interactive classic.

I’ll take ‘Decipher It’ for one million, Alec.

Photogenic couples [via Memo Of The Air].

The White Room [story here via Feral Irishman].

Cruising St. John [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Atlas moth found here via Bunkerville].


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Saturday Matinee – The Marshall Tucker Band, Sam The Sham & James “Super Chikan” Johnson

In the late 70s, there was a shift away from hard rock, pop, disco, and other over-produced gag-inducing genres, and I took a liking to Country Rock Jazz fusion. The Marshall Tucker Band caught my ear with “The Last of the Singing Cowboys,” one of the prettiest songs ever written, featuring one of the greatest country rock vocalists ever: Doug Gray (and yeah, that’s one silly-ass hat on the guitar player.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfmWZcoV-tQ&feature=player_embedded

Domingo “Sam” Samudio is still live and howlin’ in this vid from 2000. IIRC, Sam took his nic “The Sham” because he only knew 3 chords. “Little Red Riding Hood” is probably my favorite STSATP song – even in elementary school we got the innuendo. “Oh, That’s Good” was fun due to our juvenile misinterpretation of the lyrics: “He operated on my 3rd leg…”

Okay, um, let’s move on.

Never heard of James “Super Chikan” Johnson? Crank it up.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more inanity.