Saturday Matinee – Page 13

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.

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.

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.]

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 – BluesBeaten Redshaw, Dave Hole & Ruf’s Blues Caravan

BluesBeaten Redshaw on cigar box banister rail & tea spoon diddley bow (via @bluesharp). Not a lot can be found about this BB Redshaw guy, other than he hails from Yorkshire, has been performing since he was 14, and drove a 1948 Fergusen tractor from northern England to Switzerland, playing gigs along the way.

Australian guitar slinger Dave Hole is living proof that there’s a Mississippi Delta somwhere in Oz. [h/t Archie Archive]

Ruf’s Blues Caravan /Blues Got Soul revue brought together Si Cranstoun, Big Daddy Wilson and Vanessa Collier to perform Sam Cooke‘s classic righteously.

Don’t know about you, but these days are flying by for me. I must be doing something wrong, or maybe something right. Have a great weekend and we’ll trash talk whoever doesn’t show

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.