Following a performance in France in 2010, Taj Mahal and Clive Barnes joined Eric Bibb to play his song Needed Time.
Cory Wong with Victor Wooten and band lay down some funky groovidity.
Anna Scionti won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society’s (MBAS) Blues Performer of the Year 2023 (Solo/Duo Category) and represented the MBAS at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee in January 2024.
Outta time, outta steam, see you tomorrow.
Ain’t No Big Thing, The Original Spontanes (2011) In 1966, The Spontanes (aka Joey Ray & The Spontanes, The Original Spontanes) recorded a cover of The Radients‘ Ain’t No Big Thing (1965), then reprised it at a the Carolina R&B Reunion, Gastonia NC in 2011.
Concept cars [via Mme. Jujujive].
Damascus goat [via Bunkerville].
You Can’t Park There, Sir. [Sound up]
The Positive of the Negative [via The View From Lady Lake].
Digital porcelain sculptures of celebrities kissing themselves.
The Management Secrets of Genghis Khan [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Space Suits Playing Cards found here via This Isn’t Happiness.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Dubbed The World’s Greatest Two Person Rock ‘N’ Roll Ensemble, Flavia & Martin Couri, aka The Courettes, make retro new again. Hop hop.
The Holophonics are a ska punk reggae band with members from New York City, Dallas/Ft. Worth & Southern California. At least they have a Facebook page.
This trio consists of Dan Patlansky / guitar & vocals, Tom Schwan / bass and Ben Matthews / drums. Patlansky is a blues guitarist from South Africa, was voted the No. 4 Best Guitarist in the world. He’s the only artist with two worldwide No. 1 and two No. 2 Best Blues Rock album awards as voted by Blues Rock Review.
Been another week full of Time Flies and I still haven’t figured out how to slow them down. I plan to be up at the crack of noon tomorrow for porch time and we can discuss our options then. See you when you get here.
The Colour of Don Don, The Cactus Channel (2012)
The Cactus Channel is/was a hip hop funk & soul group from Melbourne AU. Nice Stax/Volt influence. The 7-10 piece group has apparently disbanded to pursue other projects.
Fugu [via Bunkerville].
“People have raised concerns…”
Asteroid City [via Mme. Jujujive].
In ’71, after I graduated high school…
“What’s your source?” [via Mogadishu Matt].
The last Woolworth’s Lunch Counter [h/t Paul Y.]
Carnival of Venice, Mosé Tapiero on ocarina, 1908.
Making ocarinas in South Korea [via Memo Of The Air].
California’s 3rd largest city is a ghost town [h/t Paul Y.]
Beautiful rendition of the Theme to Titanic [h/t Charlene J.]
[Top image: 1954 Hubley’s Atomic Disintegrator. A weapon like this may fetch $300 or more at auction.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Isleyhead – Ace of Shout mashup by Bill McClintock put a big grin on my face. Amazing how well it works, and McClintock’s got more. [h/t Gord S.]
Texas born Caron “Sugaray” Rayford grew up in starvation-level poverty. His mother struggled to raise three boys alone while battling cancer; when she died, the siblings were relieved. “She suffered and we suffered. Then, we moved in with my grandmother and our lives were a lot better. We ate every day and we were in church every day, which I loved. I grew up in gospel and soul.”
Speed jammin’ blues rock from Scott Henderson on guitar, Kirk Covington / drums, John Humphrey / bass, and Pat O’Brien / harmonica.
Amazing how much news can fit into one week and my neck is stiff from the whip arounds. Looks like we’re do for some quality patio time tomorrow. See you there.
The Booker Tease, The Residents (1977)
A mysterious tribute to Booker T. & the M.G.’s by The Residents, one of the oddest of art rock groups to come out of the 1970s.
Hobo Nickels [via Mme. Jujujive].
Fuzzy Wuzzy Bath Soap grew fur.
Regarding Covent-Garden Ladies.
“Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Hoi Hoi Hoi!”
Go Dogs, Go! [Sound up. h/t Corrinne L.]
The first speeding ticket [via Bunkerville].
Wonders of Street View [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found here with comment: “I posted this kidding around during the last eclipse and people took me serious. 😆”
h/t Pam M.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Davide Pannozzo, with Etienne Stadwijk (keyboards) and Clint de Ganon (drums). Trained in classical guitar, Pannozzo opened a show for Magic Slim at the age of 14 and has been playing the blues ever since. A graduate of Rome’s Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Pannozzo has won many awards, including Acoustic Solo Guitarist at the Emergenza European Acoustic Festival, the Groove Master Award for Best Italian Blues guitarist and Scotland’s Highland Uproar competition.
Billy Gibbons & the BFG’s grind up and pave over Jimmy Reed‘s 1959 classic Baby What You Want Me To Do . The BFG’s are Matt Sweeney, Danielle Haim and Tim Montana (at least they are in this lineup).
HAIM = sisters Este (bass and vocals), Danielle (lead vocals, guitar and drums), and Alana Haim (guitar, keyboards and vocals). Great cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 hit Oh Well in front of a huge crowd.
Monday is National Confiscation Day, so don’t forget to mail your yearly pound of flesh to the bureaus that squander it – the beast gets all humpy when it hasn’t been fed. Have a great weekend and we’ll watch the rain tomorrow.
Instructions: Download and print out full size. Use crayons, colored pencils or markers to complete. Sign your name and return your work to my desk at end of the solar eclipse. Have fun!
While you’re busy doing that, here’s a playlist of random music to watch the eclipse by.
Con el Tiempo, Los Apson (1966) Spanish cover of The Outsiders‘ hit Time Won’t Let Me by Mexican band Los Apson of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. The band was criticized for being malinchistas for performing rock and roll instead of ranchera music. Their biggest hit, Fuiste a Acapulco, was a comic ranchera song) topped the Mexican charts for 6 weeks in 1966.
The 3 Body Problem (Netflix).
The 3 Body Problem (Newton).
How not to have an Easter party.
How to find water using a baboon.
How to get out of a speeding ticket.
How to prevent a total eclipse & more.
Dregs of the City: San Francisco [NSFK].
The 1909 Leslie Sharpener [via Bunkerville].
Macro views of various writing instruments.
WWII greasebombs [via The View From Lady Lake].
Scrubby Sewerniak and the Dynatones [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Actual Reality Goggles™ are not for viewing solar eclipses. The cut-out goggles came from the back of a Reese’s Puffs cereal box circa 2019. h/t Sol L.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Alex Schultz (The Prince Of West Coast Blues Guitar) with Egidio ‘Juke’ Ingala‘s band The Jacknives.
“A song is like a women’s dress, it’s got to be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep you interested.” – James Harman (1946-2021)
Any list of west coast blues roots rockers include Kid Ramos & The 44’s. Ramos has played with almost every regional blues band worth a mention (and more). As for The 44’s, they can hold their own with no help.
Well, well, well. Another weekend is here, and since the world hasn’t fallen apart yet, I’ll be on the porch thinking I should be doing something important. See you tomorrow for a superficial in-depth discussion of whatever.
Tacky Raccoons 