Couldn’t save this for the Saturday Matinee post for obvious reasons.
The video is the full album; click the forward buttons to find your favorite.
More about Gary, aka Gary Solo, aka Dr. Gary Soloman here.
[h/t Pam M. via FB.]
UPDATE:
Gary’s at No. 8 on this album cover rating site. Let’s get him to No. 1. He deserves it. https://classicovers.sprucemoose.digital/album/getting-down-to-business.html
New Life, Little Johnny Christian (1983) John Christian grew up in Cleveland, Mississippi singing gospel in local church choirs. He was 15 in 1951 when he left for Chicago and joined The Highway Q.C.s, a post-WWII group with an ever-changing lineup that launched the careers of many gospel and soul singers. Tire of touring, Christian sang and played bass guitar in bar bands around the Chicago area, eventually forming his own R&B group, The Chicago Players, in 1968. [More at the link at top.]
Watterson’s musing [thread].
“This behavior is unacceptable.”
Shell station in a grocery store.
R. C. Anderson, Psychic Bullfighter.
The life of a modern cowboy [via Bunkerville].
Animation vs. Geometry [via Memo Of The Air].
To the Red White and Blue [via Feral Irishman].
All the little birdies go tweet tweet tweet [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image: Japanese decoy tank constructed from lava rock, Iwo Jima, WWII (colorized); Decoy Warfare: Lessons and Implication from the War in Ukraine, USNI Proceedings April 2024.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Not my favorite musical style, but the video amused me.
Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, specializes in big beat / techno / dj rock. In 2008 he reportedly held the Guinness World Record for most top-40 hits under different names.
Formed in 2016, Lucky Chops began as a group of subway buskers from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, New York City, and now they perform world-wide. Reminds me of New Orleans second line parades.
Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers kick rockabilly in the UK. Can’t find details about the group other than their own description: “Rock n roll blues alternative originals 3piece fronted by howling doublebass player with drums and guitar.”
Big Monti Amundson backed by Bart Kamp / bass and Henk Punter / drums. Amundson definitely has the Texas blues sound down. I hear Jimmy Vaughan / Fabulous Thunderbirds, others compare him to SRV.
(More about Amundson on WikiP, but be careful with his website – Malwarebytes flagged a trojan.)
Wrapping up what for many is a four-day weekend what with the 4th landing on a Thursday and all. Hope you still have all the fingers you started out with, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow whenever the porch wakes up.
Kiss My, Sean Healan Band (2008)
Nice groove from New Mexico singer / songwriter Sean Healan.
The white line is lava [via Mme. Jujujive].
The longest green light [via Bunkerville].
Loki’s horned face that looks like a caribou.
MPGe is how far an EV can go on a “gallon of electrons”.
Photos by a NYC nightshift cabbie [via Memo Of The Air].
Will Bradley & Ray McKinley: Best of the Big Bands [free download].
[Top image: Sock puppet by Natalie Karine.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
When she was 16, U.K. blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor was invited by Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics) to join his supergroup DUP (Da Universal Playaz). Since then Taylor has recorded several albums and has won numerous awards, including Best Female Vocalist at the British Blues Awards two years in a row.
Award winning group from Milwaukee, Altered Five Blues Band features frontman Jeff Taylor with Jeff Schroedl / guitar, Mark Solveson / bass, Alan Arber / drums and Steve Huebler / keyboard.
Called “one helluva a guitar-player” by Bruce Springsteen and nominated for seven Blues Music Awards, Ana Popovic was added as the only female guitarist to the 2014 -2018 all-star Experience Hendrix lineup, a nationwide tour celebrating the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix.
Tomorrow’s scheduled porch meetup may be postponed as I have important business to attend to regarding Bunkessa’s birthday. Help yourselves to whatever’s left in the cooler and I’ll see you when I get back.
Violent Love (live), Oingo Boingo (1983) Ska cover of Willie Dixon’s 1951 classic. From the Utoobage comments:
“Fun fact: In the early 80’s when they performed this song, during the sax solo Danny Elfman would grab a random person from the audience and take them backstage. When they returned Danny would be zipping up his fly and the other person’s hair would be all messed up (and yes he did this with male audience members too).”
Applaud as if your life depends on it.
Please look at this chicken [via Bunkerville].
Poppin lollies in da hood [via Mme. Jujujive].
Norman Rockwell’s reference photos [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: One of photographer Steve Gschmeissner’s microbeasties.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
JP Soars & The Red Hots go on a roadtrip. There are exactly two Red Hots: drummer Chris Peet and Cleveland Frederick on standup bass.
The Bruce Katz Band: Bruce Katz on keyboards, Aaron Lieberman on guitar and drummer Ray Hangen.
Award winning rockers Eric Slim Zahl & The South West Swingers hail from Stavanger, Norway. Other than a brief discography, I could find scant info about this group, and that’s a damn shame.
We’re barely past the Summer Solstice and the days are getting shorter already, but it doesn’t matter to me because my watch is set to porch time. See you tomorrow when the big hand points at something.
Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar Pts 1&2, Will Bradley Orchestra (1940) Featuring Ray McKinley (vocal) and Freddie “Daddy” Slack (piano), this classic boogie woogie was written by Don Raye.
#12.
A discussion of visual & ocular migraines.
Absurd Trolley Problems [via Memo Of The Air].
Willie Nelson’s hole and more [via Mme. Jujujive].
Not your grampa’s pocket knife [via Bunkerville].
Emmanuel Don’t Do It – The Movie [h/t Corinne L].
De Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth [h/t Aussie Infidel].
Photographer disqualified for entering photo in contest. [h/t Paul Y].
[Top image found here, colorized.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Canadian singer, songwriter and bluesman David Gogo began playing guitar at the age of five; at 15 he met and was encouraged by Stevie Ray Vaughan; a year later he formed his first band. He’s won numerous awards, including three JUNOs (despite EMI spiking his solo album in the US).
Blues/roots supergroup The Atomic 44’s formed in 2020 when Eric Von Herzen (harmonica player for Walter Trout, Social Distortion, The Atomic Road Kings, Junior Watson) joined guitarist/vocalist Johnny Main (The 44’s).
Another power trio of rockers from down under: Kevin Borich / guitar, John Watson / drums & Harry Brus / bass. [h/t John McL.]
That should be enough to fill your earbuckets for now. Happy Fathers Day to all you fathers (including those of you who don’t know yet) and we’ll have some quality porch time tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 