Have a happy 4th, and if you do the splody things, may you have the same number of fingers tomorrow – your hair will grow back, but they won’t. For those in the BBQ and beer crowd, here are some random tunes from the archives in no particular order.
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of the recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]
Satisfacción, Los Apson (1965)
Spanish cover of the Rolling Stones 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 that topped the Mexican charts for six weeks in 1966.
Daddy! [via Everlasting Blört].
Porcapizza does Ray Charles.
Ravon Rhoden does Ray Charles.
The Khreshatyk Choir does Ray Charles.
Bob Riggles’ 2500HP rear-mounted hemi.
Homage to the Hinge [via Memo Of The Air].
Prayers for Bunkerville. He’s been fighting the covid for a month now.
[Top image found here. The mural commemorates the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
A couple readies a remote Australian town for visitors who might never arrive. The pair are the sole occupants of Forrest, a former railway town that’s home to an emergency airport, which serves as an essential stop for planes needing to fill up mid-journey. More about them here.
The song featured in the short documentary is Heaven and Paradise by Don Julian and The Meadowlarks (1955).
Jesse Dayton has been around for a while, playing a mixture of Texas blues, outlaw country, and punk, while collaborating with the likes of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Rob Zombie, John Doe, and more recently, Samantha Fish.
From Devizes, Wiltshire, England, The Hoax is/was a blues band who got a lot of attention in the 1990s. Their debut album Sound Like This was named Best British Blues Album of the Year at the British Blues Connection Awards in 1994 and they’ve recorded several more since. [Their website appears to be defunct, but they have a FB page.]
What a week. First that, then the other thing, and now we have to deal with this. We definitely need some serious porch time tomorrow, and I’ll be there when you are.
Try Me One More Time, Willie Nix (1951)
From Sun Records: “Willie Nix was an innovative drummer and gifted lyricist as well as vocalist, and was an integral part of Memphis’s Beale Street blues community during the late forties and early fifties. […] Nix recorded and played in both Memphis and Chicago, and worked with legendary bluesmen in both cities, among them Junior Parker, B.B. King, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Bobby Blue Bland.”
Bebes talk.
Bebes move.
Bebes laugh.
Great, Great, Great […] Great Grandma.
This Cat in the Hat [via Everlasting Blört].
California Freedom [via The Feral Irishman].
Random sounds from Wikimedia [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image via text: Sister’s roommate Farah runs hot and cold.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
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.
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.
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.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
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.
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!“
Strepsiptera.
“Look! There’s one now!“
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.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
“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 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.]
Tacky Raccoons 