Before we proceed with today’s entertainment, here’s a message from The President. [h/t Willzone]
Let’s crank up some vintage Dinah Washington, shall we? [h/t coldwarrior]
Someone else suggested a nice fistfulla salsa, so here it is.
Traffic from 1972. Great jazz-rock stuff, and it wasn’t pretentious at all, just nice rhythm and grooves. (Okay, it was kinda pretentious, but it was cool at the time.)
Have a great weekend folks, and be back here tomorrow for more fun.
Ramsey Lewis [h/t Coldwarrior].
Weather Report was THE jazz-fusion band of the 1970s, and the late Jaco Pastorius was one of the greatest fretless bassmen, with all his awesome burping, farting and growling.
About the same time, I was in love with Rickie Lee Jones. She always reminded me of Diane W., but don’t tell the missus that.
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes was another favorite of mine back then.
The unwritten rule for posting videos is that one must post one, three or five for the karma to balance. So in order to keep things hunky and dory, here’s the fifth:
That’s Procol Harem from 1967, featuring the legendary Hammond B3 Organism.
Have a great weekend folks, and be back here tomorrow for more fun and games.
Memory chip testing WIN!
Awesome play. (Tip o’ the Tarboosh to Kitty.)
Country Blues, with Johhny Woods and R.L. Burnside. Woods teamed up with Mississippi Fred McDowell during the 60s blues revival.
Burnside learned from McDowell who lived in the next county over, but never got much attention until the 90s. Burnside and his family, tired of the life of sharecroppers, moved to Chicago in the early 50s. Subsequently his father, uncle and brother were murdered there.
In 1959 he returned to Mississippi, and was convicted for murder himself, and served time at the Parchman Penitentiary. He was freed after only six months… via a bit of chicanery.
Rancid‘s “Time Bomb” was a retro ska hit in the early 90s.
Buster Keaton, aka The Great Stoneface, was a classic. Grab a beverage and a snack and enjoy a blast from the early years of comedy. Have a great weekend folks, and be back here tomorrow.
This guy knows how with his homemade Bleatophone. I bet it sounds really b-a-a-a-a-a-d.
[Found here.]
Timelapse video of McDonald’s food deterioration. Amazing how fast it wastes away to nothing.
Now before we segue into something completely different, here’s a link to a kid who hacked into a news broadcast. First he sped up the feed, then he tossed in his own commentary. (Here, with subtitles. Tip o’ the Tarboosh to mjazz.)
The Larks‘ version of “Shadrach” is pretty cool gospel. Don’t know what the song’s about? Click here.
The Deep River Boys‘ theatrical version of “Shadrach.”
Louis Armstrong‘s “Shadrach” took the gospel song to a higher level.
The Cadillacs‘ “Zoom,” although not gospel is great R&B stuff. Have a great weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow.
Giant Isopods! Yay! [via]
Sure, it’s amateur Claymation, but it kept my attention for the pure and simple oddness of it all.
Talking Heads were one of the premier punk bands out of CBGB’s, even though the punk genre (gawd I hate that word “genre”) was coopted by others who trashed it and gave it a bad name in the late 70s.
The Jolly Boys sing Amy Winehouse’ “Rehab” [via]. I gotta find out more about these guys.
Let’s see. Got four videos up, and since five is ideal for subliminal reasons, let’s roll one more for the road.
Awesome combination of Lady Day and Satchmo. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow.
Loni Anderson (Good God, look at that hair!) introduced a tribute to Charles Schulz, creator of Wee Folk, aka Peanuts. Today is the 60th anniversary of its debut. RIP, Sparky.
David Benoit’s version of Vince Guaraldi’s classic “Linus and Lucy.”
Amazing magic trick [found here].
Remember when SNL was funny? Buck Henry was one of the top writers in the early days.
According to one source, “Downchild” was the band that inspired Dan Akroyd to create The Blues Brothers.
BTW, The Competition will be closed at Midnight, Pacific Standard Time, tonight, so get yer last minute entries in.
Have a great weekend, folks.
German sci-fi advertisement [Found here].
How to breakdown and reassemble a Willy’s Jeep in under four minutes. [via]
The Cleverlys’ bluegrass version of “Walk Like An Egyptian.” [via]
After the Cleverly’s drummer’s action, it’s only proper to post a video of clogging, aka, Bluegrass Flamenco. Both bluegrass and clogging are closely related to Irish reels and dancing, so…
Here’s Earl Scruggs with the seminal Irish band The Cheiftains. Nice blend, that.
Have a great weekend, folks, y’all be back here tomorrow.
Nice groove, tip from coldwarrior.
Cab Calloway’s “Reefer Man.”
Butane James lipsynchs to his classic in front of a bunch of white kids. Note that the footwork is not lipsynched.
Etta James was not pretty, but this song is, especially when she’s accompanied by Dr. John Rebennack, and to be fair, he’s never been pretty either.
Have a great weekend folks, what’s left of it, and be back here tomorrow.
Great cover of Johnny O’Keefe’s “The Wild One.” Here’s Jerry Lee Lewis’ version of “Wild Child.”
Although Iggy Pop did a great cover (here’s the instrumental track if you want to sing along), Joan Jett’s version is pretty good, and looky who shows up on the street.
Speaking of covers, here’s The Blasters’ 1981 version of Little Willie John’s “I’m Shakin’.” From the Wikipud:
Phil Alvin explained the origin of the band’s name: “I thought Joe Turner’s backup band on Atlantic records – I had these 78s – I thought they were the Blues Blasters. That ends up it was Jimmy McCracklin. I just took the ‘Blues’ off and Joe finally told me, that’s Jimmy McCracklin’s name, but you tell ‘im I gave you permission to steal it.”
Big Joe Turner was a great big band blues singer in the early days of rock and roll rhythm and blues. “Shake, Rattle and Roll” was his first big hit in 1954, but was coopted by Bill Haley & His Comets (who cleaned up the lyrics for the white folks).
That’s all for now, have a great Memorial Day Weekend, see you back here tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 