Tag: Rock and Roll

Saturday Matinee – Ginger St. James, Hollow Souls w/ Jared James Nichols, and the Anthony Krizan Band

Ginger St. James began her career singing in small town Ontario bars and now headlines shows as one of Canada’s top roots rock / rockabilly / country artists. Good stuff.

Hollow Souls is a spinoff project created by British blues rock guitarist and former pro MMA fighter Kris Barras. Their debut single features yankee guitarist Jared James Nichols and the vocals of Phoebe Jane.

An original member of Amfibian, former Spin Doctors lead guitarist and owner of Sonic Boom Studios, Anthony Krizan runs his own show now.

Egg shortage. Signal group chat leak. Retaliatory tariffs. Wall Street. Space meebas. Porch time. Tomorrow. Be there.

Flagitious Hot Links

Easy Rockin’, Sam Butera & The Witnessess (1960) Louie Prima‘s backup band. Sam Butera was already a rising star at the age of 18, playing sax for Ray McKinley‘s orchestra, and later for Tommy Dorsey‘s band.

Elephants.

THIS PARROT

The Field Trip.

EatSleepDraw.

The Honeymoon.

The Human Camera.

Arthur’s in the tank.

No explanation wanted.

The Amazing Jonny Kim.

CRUMAR [via Mme. Jujujive]

If you’re happy and you know it…

The origins and methods of Woke.

Zookeeper stories [h/t eaglesoars].

Are you left brain or right brain dominant?
(No you’re not.)

Steam powered Gramophone [h/t Bunkerville].

The Motor Cycle magazine covers [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Mr. T‘s Maimdozer found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

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.)

Campin’.

Here is a tree.

Still not still life.

THIS needs video.

Bigass water pistol.

Rain storm and Sun.

Popple bocket alum.

Bassed [h/t Danny D.].

Dance of the Bedbugs.

Pretty sure I need this.

Eggshell solo [h/t Gord S.].

FATE [via Memo Of The Air].

Selfies of the past & future.

Ecuadorian woman got woke.

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 Christmas – Jason D. Williams, The Petersens, and Leon Redbone w/ Ken Peplowski & Dr. John

Jason D. Williams is a madman on the ivories, and the video was posted on the Utoobage just a few days ago.

The Petersens‘ Sleigh Ride [2:31] is a fun take on one of my favorites.

“Listen to how perfect this is…
The Doctor, Leon, and the heir to Benny Goodman…”
Leon Redbone, Dr. John and Ken Peplowski make a great trio, and Leon spelled backwards is, well, you know.

Have a great pre-holiday weekend, be back here tomorrow for some last minute shopping.

Allochthonous Hot Links

Right Around The Corner, The “5” Royales (1956)The Royal Sons Quintet, aka The Royals, aka The “5” Royales were a gospel group that made the crossover to R&B and laid the foundation for what would later be called Soul Music. Active during the years 1951 through 1965, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

Rock and roll.

This poor dog.

Norwegian Word.

“GET OUT OF MY #@%$’n CAR!”

Armed robbery is hard in Russia.

Bunkerville is a good name for a blog.

Recreating a 121 year old hamburger.

“Cool costume, bro, but what ARE you?”

Anyone besides me want to see him attacked by giant lagoon weasels?

The saddest Egyptian god. He has a dung beetle for a head.

[Top image: Bean goose flying upside down (“whiffling”) near Arnhem, Netherlands. It’s a quick maneuver  by young show offs. More here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – The Corridor Crew, Mad Sin, Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones and Moon Hooch

“Disclaimer: This video is a comedic parody and is not owned, endorsed, created by, or associated with the Boston Dynamics company.”

Yeah, but it could happen. Video is by the Corridor Crew.

Quirky vid, catchy song, and an f-bomb, Mad Sin plays “a combination of rockabilly, punk, white-trash blues and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.”

Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones do the roots rock retro nicely.

Too cool not to share. Moon Hooch got stuck in a traffic jam in France and decided to make the best of it. Most popular Utoob comment? This:

*marches all the way to front of traffic jam
*four car collision accident no survivors

So there you go. Have a great weekend, try out this Superbowl Chili and lemme know how fast it goes.

Tortiloquacious Hot Links

(I Want A) Rock and Roll Guitar, Johnny Preston (1960)Preston’s biggest hit was Running Bear and made No. 1 on the pop charts in 1959. The “Indian” sounds on the record were performed by J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and George Jones.

Efficiency bed.

How’dy Hiram.

Dog be trollin’.

To the mountain.

The Christmas Pickle.

DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

Los rábanos seductores.

Misheard Christmas song lyrics.

Who was Shorpy Higginbotham?

Party Hard is the best Christmas song you’ll hear all week.

Theater In The Round nativity play is fun (interactive vid).

5 Minutes of a Pink Oyster Mushroom Playing a Synthesizer.

Use of Gamification Techniques to Encourage Garbage Recycling.

[Top image: Antique folk art animal carvings with original paint from here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – Tennessee Whiskey, The Spunyboys & Fats Domino

https://youtu.be/qfp5s6sdOeM

Dad sings Chris Stapleton‘s R&B version of David Allen Coe‘s take on Linda Hargrove‘s “Tennessee Whiskey” in a parking lot. Awesome. Yeah, it went viral some time ago, but it’s still a good-un.

The Spunyboys rock.

R.I.P. Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino Jr. [1928-2017]. He was the greatest Country/Blues/R&B/Rock and Roll crossover recording artist ever, and he influenced generations with his easily recognized voice and rolling piano style.

Have a greats weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow for stuff.

Saturday Matinee – The Leopards, Danny Rockabilly, Char & Tomoyasu Hotei with Brian Setzer

The Leopards are from Finland. They appreciate tight skirts, Rat Rods and Rockabilly, but not in that order.
Annastiina Virmavirta – voc, bass
Aleksi Manninen – guitar
Paulo Poverini – drums

Danny Rockabilly and His Clan are from Budapest and they’re entirely awesome. From his FaceBook page:

Üdvözlök mindenkit a zenekar oldalán!
A nevem Danny Rockabilly! Sok próbálkozás után egy fix zenekar egyben tarása helyett, úgy döntöttem, hogy csinálok egyet fix tagok nélkül. így lehetőségem nyílik zenélni olyan emberekkel, és barátaimmal, akik tényleg szeretik, és szenvedéllyel játszák a Rockabillyt! Ez az én Klánom! Remélem élvezni fogjátok a zenét amit nektek játszunk, és hamarosan találkozunk a koncertjeinken! Folyamatosan töltünk fel képeket és videókat a munkánkról! Kellemes időtöltést kívánunk az oldalunkon!

That says it all. So what’s left? THIS:

Char and Tomoyasu Hotei jammed with Brian Setzer on a cover of Eddie Cochran‘s 1958 hit “C’mon Everybody” in 2009. Shredding starts at about 00:02:20. Wait for it.

Have a great weekend, folks. We’re gonna have some fun.

Saturday Matinee – Johnny Winter (1944–2014)

Johnny Winter 1944-2014

Johnny Winter, legendary guitarist and one of the most recognizable icons of Texas blues and rock passed away at the age of 70 earlier this week after a long career.

In a documentary released this year entitled “Johnny Winter Down and Dirty,” he laughed, “Made my first record when I was 15, started playing clubs when I was 15. Started drinking and smoking when I was 15. Sex when I was 15. Fifteen was a big year for me.”

According to Wiki, at age 10 he and his 8 year old brother Edgar played on local TV in his hometown of Beaumont Texas.  Johnny Winter performed for an astounding 60 years, and he died while on still on tour.



RIP, Johnny. You made our roadtrips a hellalotta fun.