Tag: Music

Saturday Matinee – Lil’ Jimmy Reed, Bag of Nails & Blackburn Brothers

Leon Atkins, better known as Lil’ Jimmy Reed, is one of the last original Louisiana bluesmen. Born in the late 1930s in a small sawmill town on the Mississippi, he was playing a cigar box guitar at six years old; by the time he was a teen he was playing guitar and harmonica in local clubs around Baton Rouge. Atkins earned his nickname the night he filled in for local bluesman Jimmy Reed.

Formed in Athens, Greece, in 2015, Bag of Nails describe themselves as a psychedelic blues/soul/rock trio inspired by classic music of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Blackburn Brothers were described by Living Blues magazine as a “generational family band [that] plays traditional blues and R&B with a contemporary take.” The heart of the group are the sons of Toronto R&B great Bobby Dean Blackburn.

Getting serious news overload these days, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to let up. So many topics will be up for discussion when the porch opens tomorrow at, um, you know, porch time. See you there.

Flocculated Hot Links

Humphrey Bogart and Douglas Kennedy in DARK PASSAGE (1947), colorized.

Beat Party Pt. 1, Ritchie and the Squires (1960)
There were a lot of groups called The Squires, this one had someone named Ritchie. Possibly from New Jersey, I dunno, but I do know that the flip side of this rare 45 is Beat Party Pt. 2.

Sit.

Fetch.

Lie down.

Fkkn Susan.

The Bel Airs.

Zambian rock.

Happy stories.

Used stairways.

The Stupid Law.

One story truck.

Scheduled for demo.

Norty Blues Episode 120.

Albert and Ernie Ride The Rails.

Nice racks [via Memo Of The Air].

Sharpening a pencil with a chainsaw.

Towels and owls [via Everlasting Blört].

To go where none of y’all ain’t never been to!

[Top image found here.]

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Saturday Matinee – Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners, Lisa Mann, and Joe Hodgson

Skadeco! Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners‘ song has little connection to Dale Hawkin’s 1957 hit Suzie Q aside from the title. I like it.

Award-winning bassist, singer/songwriter Lisa Mann grew up in West Virginia, moved to Portland, Oregon.  She says the song is based on a true story, so it’s either about a boyfriend’s addictions, his a-ho buddies, or both.

From his bio: “Guitarist Joe Hodgson hails from the village of Ballymagorry in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. His music, shaped by his upbringing during The Troubles, mirrors the fierce rain and winds of the Emerald Isle. It is both sweeping and intense, boldly blending rock, blues, jazz, and Irish traditions into finely crafted instrumentals.”

On 14 June 1775, 250 years ago, the United States Army was founded.
Happy anniversary to the greatest protector of freedom and liberty in the world:“This We’ll Defend!” 

Lotta stuff to cover at porch time tomorrow. See you then and there.

Rotocratic Hot Links

Sloozy, G.E. Smith & The SNL Band (1992) Best known as the leader of the Saturday Night Live Band, G.E. Smith is one of those rare talents who never called attention to himself while at the same time being a ubiquitous guitarist, songwriter producer and band leader.

“SPANKO!“

Save the chili.

Dance, Elaine.

Doggo vs. deer.

On 5 June 1989.

Camping of yore.

Chiseled flowers.

Shari’a don’t like it.

Belgium wind theft.

Shoes & power lines.

Margaret’s cowbells.

Something happened.

“No fkkn taco cheese.“

Norty Blues Episode 119.

Strepsiptera.
“Look! There’s one now!“

A satisfying five minutes.

Big Bird meets Hitchcock.

Fred Lynn & The Chuck Ups.

The Evolution of Snow White.

Kullman Dutchess prefab diner car [via NOTL].

Automotive eyeopeners [via Everlasting Blört].

Coches de Madera PUJILÍ 2025 [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: NE CEDE MALIS, 12″ × 12″ acrylic on wood, Tony Philippou 2014.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Danielle Nicole Band, Funky Mojo Daddy & Laurie Wright

“Nicole brings it, bakes it, and serves it up blazing on a silver soul-rocking platter.” –Blues Music Magazine
From Kansas City, Missouri, southpaw bass player Danielle Nicole has some pipes. She was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame and has been the recipient of Eight Blues Music Awards.

Blues, funk/soul and roots rock group from Gary, Indiana, Funky Mojo Daddy‘s cover of Robert Johnson is a good ‘un.

Laurie Wright went from an alcoholic crackhead street bum to a sober rocker. If Johnny Rotten could shred guitar and had a tight backup band, this is him.  (The Beeb covered Wright’s recovery in April 2020 during the covid lockdowns.)
[h/t Chuck S.]

Let’s see… what’s on the itinerary for tomorrow… oh yeah. Porch Time. We can sit and discuss the latest Xwitter soap opera, or we can just sit. See you at sometime o’clock.

The Follyphone

Mr. Lewis Sydney playing his Follyphone, September 1912.

The Follyphone appeared on stage in London during the fall of 1912 during orchestral concerts conducted by H.G. Pelissier. And all of the newspaper accounts from the time make it sound like an interesting prop to deliver a message about anticipation, elaborate planning, and ultimately disappointment.

[Image and more about the Follyphone found here.]

Morosophical Hot Links

Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith and The Clowns (1957) Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1 earned a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll; the flip side of the Ace Records 45rpm, RP & the BWF Part 2, did not.
In 1944 at the age of 15, Huey Smith began working in clubs around New Orleans and recording with partner Eddie Jones (later known as Guitar Slim). By 1955 he was a session musician, playing piano for Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Earl King and others. Smith’s mix of boogie woogie, blues and jazz piano styles became the sound of New Orleans.

Peabun.

Mugshot.

Bumstead.

Tubermail.

Can I do it?

Mirth in Space.

So long, Loretta.

Florida Bushman.

Florida Gatorman.

He’s got a big one.

Tommy Emmanuel.

Leonard Emmanuel.

Pop it like you mean it.

Song of the Cork Rider.

Norty Blues Episode 118.

How to fill a Klein bottle.

Something smells in NYC.

Dragon tail tale [h/t Amy D.]

Still my favorite puzzle video.

Tim, Michelle, Rosie and John.

This is probably an emergency.

The incomplete lives of AI generated actors.

Springfield Bushman [via Everlasting Blört].

Life inside a bag of corn chips [via Memo Of The Air].

Dawna Kaufmann discusses the late Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman. [Jump to 21:44 for interview. Unfortunate commercial interruptions.]

[Top image: Mona LisAI,  Peter McClard, 2025.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Seatsniffers, Seratones, Eliza Stark & The Dappers, and Sue Foley

The Seatsniffers are a Belgian roots rock band with a large following throughout Europe.  Unfortunately they don’t seem to have a website. [h/t Chuck S.]

They’re part rock, part psychedelia, 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.”

Eliza Stark & The Dappers:
“The only rockabilly band based in Montenegro. A classic trio of guitar, drums and hot chick slapping double bass and regular guests of national TV and festivals, they also well-known for their true and original music far beyond the borders of Montenegro.” – ES & The D Facebook Page

Sue Foley covers Clarence Gatemouth Brown’s classic Okie Dokie Stomp with style (and her trademark pink paisley Stratocaster). She’s been performing and recording since she was 21, has won many awards since [bio here].

Memorial Day

Arlington National Cemetery (via Google Maps Street View)

For those of you in the Memorial Day BBQ crowd, wrapping up your roadtrips, or just chillin’ on the porch, here are some random unrelated tunes posted in May of the years 2020 – 2025, ordered by year of release.

[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of the recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]

Iridaceous Hot Links

I’d Much Rather Be With The Girls, Donna Lynn (1965)Little info can be found about Canadian pop singer and occasional Broadway actress, Donna Lynn (Albano?). She recorded several novelty songs in the 1960s while still in her teens and had a minor hit with My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut, recorded in 1964, just weeks before Beatlemania erupted.

Ca tart.

The Comet.

Sky Whales.

Glitterpoop.

About Antifa.

Sinking cities.

Summer tones.

That Medusa girl.

Visit Pioneertown.

RIP George Wendt.

Norty Blues Episode 117.

Glizzys all over the world.

Pig leaves [via Bunkerville].

Pigdogball [via Everlasting Blört].

Satan’s Tears. [Related post here.]

Making Kopi Luwak coffee: Step 1.

Shooting vertical panoramas [via Memo Of The Air].

Request for liberty granted [via The Feral Irishman].

The Boss fired himself [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: Audrey II, artwork by Chet Phillips, 2020.]

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