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Posts Tagged ‘Rock’
School Of Rock: Professor Billy Gibbons
Monday, 20 May 2019Saturday Matinee – Mitch Ryder, The Swingin’ Medallions & Robin Trower
Saturday, 11 May 2019
William S. Levise, Jr. (aka Mitch Ryder) was entirely awesome and way ahead of his time, even though he was echoing bluesmen who weren’t getting credit or pay for their songs. Yeah, he ripped them off.
The Swingin’ Medallions had some cool hits in the ’60s, especially “Double Shot Of My Baby’s Love.” (Note the stage floor choreography markers.) Killer stuff.
I was in Jr. Hi when I first heard those guys. I liked the music, but at the same time I thought they were dangerous. I don’t remember why.
How ’bout this? Here’s a faceload of Robin Trower.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.
Saturday Matinee – Birdie Num Num, Death Pop, Favela Brass, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Jimmie Vaughan
Saturday, 27 April 2019
A scene from The Party, a 1968 cult movie starring Peter Sellers.
I’m at a loss. Annoying death metal band lip-synchs to annoying pop band.
Favela means “slum” or “shantytown” in Portuguese. Awesome happens about 0:40 in. More here.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds were (and are) entirely awesome. Great lineup, including Jimmie Vaughan.
Yeah. Wait. That.
Have a great weekend, folks. Might have to go dark next week due to unfortunate family business, but don’t worry. We’ll be back soon enough.
Saturday Matinee – John Lee Hooker, Peter Wolf & the J. Geils Band & John Lee Hooker
Saturday, 13 April 2019
The J. Geils Band cranked that blues classic 180 degrees in 1970.
John Lee Hooker doubled down and reclaimed it in October 1992.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 580 – Space Invaders, Backscratchers & Fans of Something
Friday, 12 April 2019
Wow. No. 580. That means that we’ve collected and posted approximately 1,740 .gif animations to date. My how time fries.
Saturday Matinee – Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, The Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton
Saturday, 30 March 2019
Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers Live. From the Utoobage comments: “He had six fingers on his left hand.”
Little Walter’s Jump, 1967. From here:
“Little Walter‘s harp is accompanied by Hound Dog Taylor (guitar), Dillard Crume (bass), and Odie Payne (drums), at the 1967 “American Folk Blues Festival” in Germany just months before his death.”
Who else was at that venue? Bukka White, Skip James, Koko Taylor, Son House and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. All blues greats, without a doubt. So let’s go with this:
Yeah, Eric Clapton ripped off “Key To The Highway,” but he also paid many cool tributes, including this version with The Allman Brothers Band.
Have a great weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow for more you know what.
Saturday Matinee – Rail Bicycling, Eliese LeGrow Bo Diddley & Dick Dale
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Rail bicycling looks like fun out in the open, but it would spook the hell out of me on the bridges. One rogue gust of wind blows you away, one mis-timed tunnel and you go splat. Nice vid with nice music.
Elise LeGrow took Bo Diddley’s classic and made it nasty.
Bo Diddley was a national treasure who got ripped off big time by the recording industry, partly due to his own ignorance of copyright law. The vid is from about 2008.
We lost another Great One this past week.
R.I.P. Richard Anthony Monsour aka Dick Dale (1937- 2019).
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here in 24 or more.
Air Guitar
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Saturday Matinee – Archie Bell & The Drells
Saturday, 23 February 2019
I love this sound.
One hot riff makes it. I used to dance like that, too.
Do the stroll ’70s style. That’s some hilarious stuff.
Yeah, I heard the original today, and it made me smile.
1:40 “Lemme put this hamburger down.”
Have a great weekend, folks. Rock on wit yo bad sefs.
