[h/t Marc “Savage” D. for enlightening me.]
16 Horsepower was a Denver-based group that mixed rock, bluegrass and Appalachian gospel. They released four studio albums before egos got in the way: they disbanded in 2005, citing “mostly political and spiritual” differences.
French blues rock singer and guitarist is a vocal powerhouse. Although she’s got two albums out and another soon to be released, I couldn’t find much background except for an interview.
Véronique Gayot: vocals
Yannick Eichert: guitar, vocals
Jerome Wolf: bass
Jérome Spieldenner: drums
Delbert McClinton has been performing on stage since 1957, has been called the sound of Texas soul, and has backed Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. Eventually he had a national hit, playing harmonica on Bruce Channel‘s “Hey! Baby” in 1962. His biggest hit came in 1980 with Giving It Up for Your Love, which scored No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It’s almost time, and I’m not ready for it, so we’ll put off the Christmas cheer until it becomes mandatory. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
The Pogues lost one. RIP Shane MacGowan.
Nice bluesy cover of a Tom Waits song sung by Chelsea Williams, with John Schroeder / guitar, Vikram Devasthali / trombone, and husband Ross Garren / harmonetta. Should have been filmed in 16mm b&w – in 1927.
Too soon for Christmas music, so how about some Winter? Fire it up!
Another week gone in a blink and the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. Nothing to do but be back here tomorrow and think thoughts while we still have time. See you then.
Pelo (“Hair”) was an Argentine rock magazine published from 1970 – 2001.
The image on the cover of Pelo No. 5 (1970) is from Toe Fat‘s 1970 album Toe Fat.
Joyful Sounds, The Word, (2001)
The Word is a blues/ funk rock superband consisting of Robert Randolph, John Medeski & The North Mississippi Allstars (brothers Cody and Luther Dickenson). They make gospel music fun.
Pie Hole [via Mme. Jujujive].
A 6 year old girl joined Mensa.
A Short Conversation [via Bunkerville].
Hydraulic Press Girl [via Mme. Jujujive].
Ekgmowechashala translates to “little catman”.
Science Oopsies Illustrated [via Memo Of The Air].
From FOX13 Florida: Female felon found in furniture.
[Top image found here. More manikin madness here.]
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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is nominated for a 2024 Grammy for his album Live In London. Pretty good for a guy only halfway into his 20s, and I hope someone helps him shed some kgs so he can stay around a while.
Albert Castiglia is vicious, sort of a Negan Smith of blues rock, and there’s the proof. That’s John Ginty on the Hammond B-3 organism.
Larkin Poe pulls off some fine surf rock blues. They are also nominated for a 2024 Grammy for their album Blood Harmony.
Used to be only the days, but now the weeks are flying by. The accelerator’s stuck, the brakes are shot and we’re about to slam right into the holidays. Maybe I’ll pretend it’s not happening, at least for now, and I’ll see you back here tomorrow.
The Creepshow has been blasting psychopunkabilly for a while. Zombies Ate Her Brain was from their debut album, Sell Your Soul (2006).
From St. Petersburg, Russia, Messer Chups is listed under vampire space zombie surf rock. “Messer” is German for “knife” and “Chups” is from Chupa Chups lollipops.
Decent cover of Freddie King‘s classic Boogie Man performed by Paulie Martin & Blues Confidential of Ireland. According to the band’s website, Martin has moved on to other ventures..
Gretchmaster The Reverend Horton Heat has a tailgater to deal with.
Just a few days to go before the little spooky ones come a-knockin’. We had maybe a half dozen last year, and that includes the one who showed up twice. In any case, pumpkin vivisection is scheduled for Monday.
See you tomorrow, you know where to find me.
Stampede, The Scarlets (1959)
Not to be confused with the R&B vocal group of the same name, or the 1960s band from Denmark, or the glam-punk band from Australia, this was an instrumental group with Peter Antonio, (aka Pete Antell) and John Sanzone on guitars. Originally titled Dragstrip, Stampede was the theme to the movie Dragstrip Girl. From Billboard’s Music Popularity Charts Sep. 28 1959: “A fine instrumental blues with lots of echo. Side makes use of a downward progression of notes as one of its base themes. Plenty of raucous guitar and sax sound here (Atlantic, BMI).”
Dancing chicks (sound up).
April 11, 1954 was a Sunday.
Here are the signs [via Memo Of The Air].
Border collie staredown [via Bunkerville].
[Top image: I Am Joe’s Chin.]
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This has been circulating on the TwitX, so click it first:
I wanted to suss out the song, so I stripped the audio, slowed it down, increased the volume, then pasted it back into the video. Sounds like two teens blasted out of their minds.
“Welcome to McDonald’s?” No idea.
[h/t Charlene604 for linking to the original.]
Fiberglass Jungle, The Crossfires (1963) Formerly known as The Nightriders, The Crossfires released one 45rpm record in 1963, then abandoned the surf guitar sound, changed to folk rock and renamed themselves The Tyrtles. Then they changed the spelling and became The Turtles. (See also Flo and Eddie.)
“The war on inflation is over.” Or not.
Paper toy templates [via Mme. Jujujive].
Nature’s pinhole cameras & the solar eclipse.
Putting the lizard in the pot [via Bunkerville].
The Four Corners of the Earth [via Memo Of The Air].
Window Swap opens a random video window with audio.
[Top image: Training the Worm, AI image courtesy Pam M.]
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Tacky Raccoons 