Tag: Rock

Saturday Matinee – Fiona Boyes, The Stacy Mitchhart Band, and Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos

Aussie Fiona Boyes grew up near the backwater bayous of the Melbourne Delta and it shows. She plays a variety of styles, all anchored to the blues. Legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins described her as “the best gal guitarist I heard since Memphis Minnie.”

The Stacy Mitchhart Band covered Johnny Winter‘s Tbe Monkey Song at the Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar in Nashville (2018).

Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos mixes Delta blues, NOLA  second line funk and 60’s jams with classic rock. No self-indulgent wheedly-wheedly solos here.

I must have overslept for a few days because this week just flew by. See you back here a week before next Sunday.

Saturday Matinee – Markus K, Ida Mae & KALEO

Brit busker Markus K slaps a groove on Suzy. Dale Hawkins would be proud.

Ida Mae is husband/wife team Christopher and Stephanie Jean Turpin, roots rock musicians from Norfolk, UK, who met after joining a soul band while attending Bath Spa University. Now they’re recording in Nashville, Tennessee.

This blues rock indie band formed in 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland, but KALEO means “the voice” in Hawaiian. three albums and ten years in they’re already touring the world.

Guess that’ll do for now. Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow and we’ll resolve the world’s problems. Again.

Saturday Matinee – Fred Schneider, Cordell Jackson & Ghost Hounds

Once upon a time, Fred Schneider, lead singer of The B-52s, stole Harry Nilsson’s Coconut and took it for a joy ride. [h/t Madame Jujujive].

Sam Phillips / Sun Records shunned early rocker Cordell Jackson because “girls didn’t play guitar,”  so in 1956, with the assistance of Chet Atkins, she founded Moon Records (now defunct).

Ghost Hounds are a classic rock ‘n’ blues band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fronted by singer, songwriter (and motivational speaker) Tré Nation.

Lotta stuff went down last week – I got some good news, got rid of a burden, picked up another and so far I’m happy with the trade. Have a great weekend, batten down the hatches if you’re in the southwestern states, and we’ll watch the clouds roll in tomorrow.

Bombylious Hot Links

Number 9 Train, Tarheel Slim (1958) Allen Rathel Bunn (1923-1977) recorded under various names but was best known as Tarheel Slim. Bunn enjoyed a successful recording career playing an eclectic variety of styles including gospel, R&B, blues, rockabilly, pop & soul. In 1963 he dropped out of the music business , but was “rediscovered” a decade later and resumed recording and performing on acoustic guitar until his death at the age of 53.

Lunchtime.

Pets & glasses.

3 hours of goop.

Objectified musicians.

Waiting for someone to notice.

“It’s basically a hotdog of the sea.”

Just found a new ringtone. [h/t Suz H.]

The Temperature of Doom [via Bunkerville].

Ink-powered leaf boats [via Memo Of The Air].

It’s 5 minutes compressed into 3, but so what.

[Top image courtesy Serafina D.]

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

Saturday Matinee – The Mighty Teardrops, Eric Bibb & Robbie Robertson

The Mighty Teardrops of Vancouver cover the 19th century traditional Midnight On The Stormy Deep, first recorded by Lester McFarland & Robert A. Gardner (1926). It’s a song about cheatin’.

Born in New York, blues singer / songwriter Eric Bibb moved to Europe in 1970 and currently resides in Helsinki, Finland, with his Finnish wife Ulrika.

In 2019, Playing For Change featured Ringo Starr and The Band’s original member Robbie Robertson, along with musicians across 5 continents.

Outta time, outta gas, gotta go. See you tomorrow.

Saturday Matinee – The Avalanches, Chain & 12BBB

The Avalanches are, um, different, in a Devo kinda way. According to the Wiki, The band is an exponent of the plunderphonics genre. [h/t Sol L.]

Chain performed their hit single Black ‘n’ Blue on the NWS9 (Adelaide Australia) program Move (1971). Frontman Matt Taylor sounds a lot like Alex Harvey with a dash of Bon Scott and why they didn’t get more exposure in the US is a mystery.

12BBB aka The 12 Bar Blues Band was the winner of the Dutch Blues Foundation Award for Best Dutch Bluesband 2010.

That’s gonna be it for now, as the Utoobage is currently frozen, or maybe it’s just  my browser.  No idea why, but be back here tomorrow and we’ll do something different – as usual.

[Update: MS360 decided to jump into action without my permission, dropped a bunch of crap on my toolbar, so I disabled it. Then I found it had corrupted FireFox. A reinstall fixed it.]

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.

Saturday Matinee – Betwixt (2023), Reverend Peyton, Eliza Stark & the Dappers, and The Marcus King Band

Betwixt (2023). Animated short by Matt Semke, music by The Breaking Glass Trio . [h/t Mme. Jujujive]

“I thought I’d post this up in case anyone needed any cheering up today. Please like and share if it makes you feel good. This is a cover of the South African Artist, Hannes Coetzee’s song Mahalla. Music is life. Love and blessings to you all.” –Reverend Peyton

Eliza Stark & the Dappers – The first and only rockabilly band based in Montenegro.

The Marcus King Band  hails from Greenville, South Carolina. A fourth-generation musician, Marcus King started learning guitar at age three or four and has played professionally since he was 11.

That’s it for now. Have a great weekend, stay cool, and we’ll think about things tomorrow.

Saturday Matinee – The Blind Boys of Alabama, Toby Beard & King King

Jaw-dropping rendition of the gospel standard by The Blind Boys of Alabama. The lyrics were penned by English abolitionist Rev. John Newton in 1773, and the tune predates House of the Rising Sun by decades.

Toby Beard  is a blast from Down Under [h/t Aerchie].

King King features frontman Alan Nimmo and brother Stevie on rhythm guitar, with Jonny Dyke (keyboard), Andrew Scott (drums) and Zander Greenshields (bass). Unpretentious blues rock with a kilt.

Quite an odd week, got some milestone decisions to think about, so I’ll be sitting on the porch with the dogs and a Coleman if you want to stop by for a slab of coldies.

Saturday Matinee – Link Wray, Billy Bacon and The Forbidden Pigs & The Highmarts

Link Wray did what Elvis couldn’t.

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs = Billy Bacon / bass, vocals; Adrian Demain / guitar, vocals; David Bernson / drums. They were a fun band live.

The Highmarts = Suzu /guitar & vocals; Haruna / bass; Minako / drums (sitting in for Karin). More about this Japanese garage band here.

Outta time, gotta go, see you tomorrow. Here.