Tag: Saturday Matinee

Saturday Matinee – The Flying Sailor, Swamp Ratz & Lonnie Brooks

The Flying Sailor (2022) is a short film by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby:
“In 1917 two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of 2 kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey.”

Watch in full screen, sound up. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]

From Tokyo, these Swamp Ratz got the triple slap back style.
Frantic Pickin’ Guitar, Backing Vocals – Yu Fukuhar
Rockin’ Piratez Drum, Backing Vocals – Yoshimasa Ohishi
Slap Back Bass, Lead Vocals – Daisuke Ohishi

Lee Baker Jr., aka Lonnie Brooks, did Chicago blues right.

Have a great weekend, see you in the early hours of the late afternoon.

Saturday Matinee – The Creepshow, Messer Chups, Paulie Martin & Blues Confidential, and The Reverend Horton Heat

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.

Saturday Matinee – Oz Noy (w/ Amitai Pariente), Ghalia Volt & Joanne Shaw Taylor

Oz Noy / guitar, Amitai Pariente / bass and (?)/ drums, with their version of Pee Wee Ellis’ The Chicken. The Utoobage lists the drummer as “Omer Punk” but that appears to be an alias.

Belgian guitarist (and occasional one-woman band) Ghalia Volt scored the number three slot on the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart in 2019.

Joanne Shaw Taylor kicks the hoodoo loose all the way from the UK.

Batteries have been running low for the past few days, but I’ll be up at the crack of noon tomorrow. See you then.

Saturday Matinee – Dolen Ffermio / Ugandan Women’s Music Group, 8 Ball Aitken Band & The 45s

Ugandan cover of Midnight Special?
Dolen Ffermio (Farming Link) is a Welsh charity that supports projects in Uganda. 30 women from the Llanfyllin area supported 30 Ugandan women by buying them Adungus (bow harps) and paying for training.

8 Ball Aitken Band is out of Brisbane, Australia, plays Aussie blues and country. Good stuff.

The 45s are a self-described “60’s Beat, Soul and R&B of a certain vintage” group from Carlisle, England. The band formed in 2012 when they were only 14 years old; they released their first single, It Ain’t Over, two years later.

Another weekend, another eclipse, another reason to sit on the porch with the dogs. See you when you get here.

Saturday Matinee – Stalecracker, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Justin Johnson & Shaye Cohn

“Growing up in South Louisiana, my Paw Donald would add cayenne pepper to his dishes and he called it Da Cajun Two Step. We wanted to create the perfect spice blend that can be used to step up any dish. This is it and it can be used on anything and EVERYTHING!!! Put it on a Cracka, dude!”

“Stalecracker” (aka Justin Chiasson) is a Tiktok legend who cook him up da cajun food, dood. He’s also a Louisiana State Trooper.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is always entertaining (despite the shaky video).

Justin Johnson cools the fire with the swampslide.

Shaye Cohn, cornetist and director of New Orleans based jazz band Tuba Skinny, joins her dad Joe Cohn (guitar), Zaid Nasser (alto sax) and Rob Adkins (bass).

Had a busy week, kinda wiped out, but we’ll be up and about by the time you get here tomorrow. Have a great weekend.

Saturday Matinee – Cyriak, R.L. Boyce, The Delta Saints & The Lachy Doley Group

CYRIAK dropped a new one. Turn it up and annoy the neighbors.

Born in Como Mississippi in 1955, R.L. Boyce was a protégé of Mississippi Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside and others who played at his parents’ weekend-long  house parties. Boyce says his initials stand for “R.L.”

The Delta Saints gots the bourbon-fueled bayou-rock swamp smokes.

Lachy Doley is the Jerry Lee Lewis of the Hammond C3. Lazy Onions is a mashup of  Deep Purple’s Lazy with Booker T. & The M.G.s’ Green Onions. Free download of Best Of The Lachy Doley Group album is available at his website. (Side note: The Hammond C3 organ is the same as a Hammond B3 but has a case instead of legs for support.)

Have a great weekend, and tomorrow maybe we’ll do something.
See you then.

Saturday Matinee – Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Cedric Burnside, and Robert Bryant & The Bo-Keys

Robert Randolph and the Family Band teamed up with the North Mississippi All-Stars to form the blues supergroup The Word.

When he was only 13, Cedric Burnside was already touring as a drummer with his grandfather, renowned bluesman R.L. Burnside (1926-2005).

Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys. In 1998, bassist Scott Bomar wanted to preserve the Memphis Sound and formed the Bo-Keys. The group’s name is a hat-tip to the session groups The Bar-Kays and The Mar-Keys.

“One of the main reasons I started the band is that there were a lot of great musicians from the golden era of Memphis soul who weren’t really getting the work or attention they deserve,” says bandleader Scott Bomar, who formed the Bo-Keys in 1998. “Stax, Hi Records and American Studios all shut down, and the amazing musicians who were part of those studio bands either moved or stayed in Memphis, languishing in obscurity for the most part. I wanted people to know that those players and that sound were still alive and well.”

So there you go. Have a great weekend, see you on the porch whenever you get here.

 

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 – The Courettes, Mr. Sipp & Ry Cooder

Dubbed The World’s Greatest Two Person Rock ‘N’ Roll Ensemble, Flavia & Martin Couri, aka The Fabulous Courettes, are proof that Phil Spector lives.

Castro Coleman, aka Mr. Sipp is smooth. A recipient of many prestigious awards, Castro was the first bluesman to have his handprint inducted into the Wall of Fame in Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

The master of roots blues slide guitar, Ry Cooder gets all swampy whenever he wants to, and that’s fine with me. Mo swampy mo betta.

Yep, another week has gone by and I don’t miss it already. See you back here tomorrow at whenever o’clock sharp.

Saturday Matinee – Jeremiah McDonald does Dizzy & Charlie, The Red Devils, Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, and The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Jerimiah McDonald lip syncs Leap Frog, Dizzy Gillespie vs. Charlie Parker. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]

The Red Devils were a house band from L.A. featuring front man Lester Butler. They had much success after their debut album King King (1992), but the stress of their U.S. and European tours took its toll, and Butler’s drug habit didn’t help. They split up in 1994; Butler died of an overdose four years later at the age of 38.

Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King played together for decades until Kubek passed away in 2015 at age 58. Both Kubek and King have impressive resumes filled with blues cred.

From Tupelo, Mississippi, siblings Ryan, Kyle and Taya Perry are The Homemade Jamz Blues Band. In 2007, the trio made music history as the youngest blues band to sign a record deal: Ryan was 16, Kyle 14 and Taya 9.

Got a busy day tomorrow. Big plans, y’know, big plans. I don’t know what they are yet, just that tomorrow’s gonna be busy. See you then.