Link Wray did what Elvis couldn’t.
Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs = Billy Bacon / bass, vocals; Adrian Demain / guitar, vocals; David Bernson / drums. They were a fun band live.
Outta time, gotta go, see you tomorrow. Here.
Tag: Music
Happy Independence Day
True To The Flag, United States Marine Band (1921)
Franz Von Blon composer The United States Marine Band is the premier band of the United States Marine Corps. Established by act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and the oldest professional musical organization in the United States.
[80 rpm recording found here.]
Pantagruelian Hot Links
Boombada, Les Baxter (1960) From the great 1988 compilation album Swing For A Crime, this recording includes an intro clip from The Big Heat (1953), featuring Lee Marvin being firm but gentle, and then just firm.
Do the Electric Clam.
Lab-grown meat looks real.
Humane Resources & Failed Interviews.
250 photo I.D. badges [via Mme. Jujujive].
A phenakistiscope of rats [via Memo Of The Air].
The first flower grown in space [via Bunkerville].
[Top image: Background story on that 2012 Ratrod unknown, found here via Tineye.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Update: Twitter now requires you to have an account and log in before you can see linked tweets. What a shame.
Saturday Matinee – Rising Appalachia, Little Feat (w/ Lowell George), and Moreland & Arbuckle
Such a pretty sound. Rising Appalachia plays roots-based music righteously.
Little Feat, with founder Lowell George and Mick Taylor sitting in, live in London 1977.
“Where Zeppelin meets Son House.”
Moreland & Arbuckle were a trio consisting of Aaron Moreland on box guitar, Dustin Arbuckle on harp, Kendall Newby drums. Active from 2001-2017, they’re still performing, with different bands and lineups.
Gonna be a long hot (and probably loud) weekend given Independence Day on schedule for Tuesday. Don’t blow your wad of Black Cats too soon and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
Foraminiferous Hot Links
Cruisin’ For A Love, J. Geils Band (1973) One of the greatest bar bands to hit it big (timeline of band members here). Guitarist John Warren Geils Jr. passed away in 2017 at 71.
This dog [via Bunkerville].
Building Barbie [via Mme. Jujujive]
Blunting the Tip of the Spear [h/t Kirk W.]
Ray Jessel‘s 2014 performances of What She’s Got [NSFK].
North Korean anti-American propaganda art, 1950-1970 [NSFK].
[Top image:Apocalyptic play house, Lazio, Italy, via Google Maps Street View via Neil.Fun h/t Memo Of The Air.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Marcin Patrzalek, Ronnie Wood, and Samantha Fish w/ Jesse Dayton
Polish guitar savant Marcin Patrzalek‘s skills are astounding, combining Spanish flamenco with finger style. Much of his repertoire appears to be classical; this version of Bart Howard’s In Other Words (1954) is a bit lighter.
The 1987 concert was recorded and released the following year as Live At The Ritz. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. “Where’s Bo?” It’s not a Utoobage typo – Bo Diddley shared the stage with Ronnie Wood but sat out this song.
Samantha Fish meets Jesse Dayton – Rockabilly happens with their cover of Brand New Cadillac (Vince Taylor & His Playboys, 1959). Too bad the bass isn’t heavier, but then the Cadillac would belong to Peter Gunn.
Looks like a weekend is happening, so have a great one and we’ll deal with stuff tomorrow.
Temerarious Hot Links
RIDE!, Dee Dee Sharp (1962) Before going solo at 17, Dee Dee Sharp provided vocal backup for recordings by Lloyd Price, Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Jackie Wilson, and Chubby Checker (Pony Time). Sharp’s song made it to No. 5 on the charts. (BTW, pony was hokum for something else.)
THIS needs video.
Bassed [h/t Danny D.].
Eggshell solo [h/t Gord S.].
FATE [via Memo Of The Air].
Doggie Sang Bass [via Bunkerville].
Designing a VR vehicle in real time…
“Whisper ‘Puss’ and a ‘Mew’ came in reply.”
[Story here, via Mme. Jujujive.]
[Top image: “Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) steams in formation during a multi big deck event on June 8, 2023. US Navy Photo” via USNI.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Cimafunk, Raskahuele & Seratones
Erik Alejandro Iglesias Rodríguez, aka Cimafunk, chonks out Afro/Cubano grooves with some hip hop on the side. Nice blend.
L.A.’s Raskahuele from a few years back. (Don’t mind the Toaster, the music gets better).
They’re part rock, part psychadelia, 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.”
Since tomorrow is Fathers Day, let’s schedule some quality Sitting-On-The-Porch-With-The-Dogs time. Have a great weekend.
Lecanoscopic Hot Links
Bring It On Home, Sonny Boy Williamson II (1963) This classic was written by Willie Dixon and recorded in 1963 (with Matt “Guitar” Murphy) but wasn’t released until three years later. Led Zeppelin covered the song on their album Led Zeppelin II (1969). In 2017 Randy Newman wrote Sonny Boy, a song about Rice Williams’ theft of the original Sonny Boy Williamson’s identity.
The “Certificate.” [h/t Kirk W.]
Spy hatchlings! [via Bunkerville]
I need just about everything they sell.
1954 Buick Wildcat II [via Memo Of The Air]
Best Use of Thermochromics Award [via Mme. Jujujive].
[Top image: Doggo McMuffin found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – A.I. – The Carnival of the Ages, LA Priest, The Growlers & Sturgill Simpson’s Sunday Valley
“Where past and future collide in a retro-futuristic spectacle.”
[via Nag On The Lake]
LA Priest (aka Sam Dust, aka Sam Eastgate) found some electrical outlets in the Mexican jungle to play Carribean techno space lounge music.
The Growlers had some fun with a dark subject.
Enough of that oddness. Time for some jaw-dropping high speed electric bluegrass hollerin’ cowpunk, and Sunday Valley fits the bill. The band is defunct, but Sturgill Simpson is still kicking it… somewhere.
Well looky here. It’s the weekend again, so have a great one and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 