Tag: rock & roll

Morosophical Hot Links

Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith and The Clowns (1957) Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1 earned a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll; the flip side of the Ace Records 45rpm, RP & the BWF Part 2, did not.
In 1944 at the age of 15, Huey Smith began working in clubs around New Orleans and recording with partner Eddie Jones (later known as Guitar Slim). By 1955 he was a session musician, playing piano for Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Earl King and others. Smith’s mix of boogie woogie, blues and jazz piano styles became the sound of New Orleans.

Peabun.

Mugshot.

Bumstead.

Tubermail.

Can I do it?

Mirth in Space.

So long, Loretta.

Florida Bushman.

Florida Gatorman.

He’s got a big one.

Tommy Emmanuel.

Leonard Emmanuel.

Pop it like you mean it.

Song of the Cork Rider.

Norty Blues Episode 118.

How to fill a Klein bottle.

Something smells in NYC.

Dragon tail tale [h/t Amy D.]

Still my favorite puzzle video.

Tim, Michelle, Rosie and John.

This is probably an emergency.

The incomplete lives of AI generated actors.

Springfield Bushman [via Everlasting Blört].

Life inside a bag of corn chips [via Memo Of The Air].

Dawna Kaufmann discusses the late Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman. [Jump to 21:44 for interview. Unfortunate commercial interruptions.]

[Top image: Mona LisAI,  Peter McClard, 2025.]

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Hekistothermic Hot Links

Honky, The Ho-Dads (1963) The Ho-Dads were formed by Lou Josie (aka Jimmy King) of Medina, Ohio.

Bark.

BB Cat.

GO ELGSES!.

Pigs penned.

Gord’s prints.

Who can sleep?

Little Big World.

Roadtrip ruined.

And Dali howled.

Men Into Space Part 1.

Pain slinky deployment.

Norty Blues Episode 100.

Splodey Head Syndrome.

Crawfish [h/t Corinne L.].

The Dynamic Distortions.

Commuter train efficiency.

Minnesota ice [via IDHMGO].

Unidentified seismic object.

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House.

David Byrne’s cheerful reasons.

Arid flicks [via Everlasting Blört].

Cat score is playable! [h/t Jaime G.].

Check your messages [via Memo Of The Air].

1969 Dodge Charger Hellcat [via Bunkerville].

30 minutes of helicopter crashes [h/t Possum whose cats like watching helicopter crashes].

[Top image: If you don’t know you probably shouldn’t be here.]

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Egelidating Hot Links

Say You’ll Be Mine, The Ecuadors (1959) Chess RecordsA combo of Chess artists are featured in this one-off recording session. Not to be confused with another band of the same name who recorded for RCA Victor, The Ecuadors were Harvey Fuqua on lead vocal, Billy Davis & Etta James backing vocals. Session band was Chuck Berry with HIS classic Chess lineup that included Willie Dixon, Matt Guitar Murphy, Johnny Johnson and Fred Below.

Gravity.

Fill ‘er up.

Wanna fez?

Pistachiomg.

Magnetic slimebot.

Self defense lesson.

Fundo de Quintal OFC.

Zoom in on Nightwatch.

Sometimes Behave So Strangely.

High-functioning autistic has built-in GPS.

Since we’ve had some visitors from The Republic of The Gambia lately,  here’s their National Anthem.

[Top image: Donkey Nanny.]

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Saturday Matinee – The Tielman Brothers, Undercover S.K.A. and Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

They were the greatest early rock and roll band you never heard of.
The Tielman Brothers were of Indonesian/Dutch ancestry and made a name for themselves, first in East Indonesia, and later in the Netherlands. In 1958 they recorded Rock Little Baby of Mine, considered to be the first Dutch rock ‘n’ roll record

Undercover S.K.A., a third-wave band from San Francisco, began as a one-off gig for a backyard party in the 1990s. They lost band leader Bob Glynn in 2017.

Pure awesome.
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Durham “giving a free gig at Brewdog Shorditch; to win tickets you had to draw a picture of one of their songs,” 11 April 2012. Those are their parents filling in on bass and rhythm guitar. [Previously posted vids and info here.]

Have a great weekend and stuff. Here. Tomorrow. Be.

Saturday Matinee – ’65, ’66 & ’67

Folks, we had some odd computer problems today, so we had to throw this together at the last minute.

Hello Vancouver!

1965, Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet.

1966 Yardbirds.  That was the same year Dad bought a set of the World Book Encyclopedia. The cellophane inserts  showing frog anatomy were very cool.

1967, crappy sound, but it’s the Blues Magoos.

1967, and Stephen Stills was only 22 in this video.  I was into Big Daddy Roth and Mad Magazine.  Oh, man.  Seems like it was just February.

Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel (Bo Diddley) 1928-2008

If I’m not mistaken, his nickname came from the diddley bow, which consisted of a wire attached to the side of a barn and strung to a wood plank. To play it, you step on the plank to vary the wire tension while you bang out a rhythm on the wire with a stick, kinda like a washtub bass: “bomp-bomp-bomp–bompbomp.”

Video from the TNT Show 1966. Here’s to the Bo Diddley Beat.