The Dixie Hummingbirds on Jubilee Showcase in 1964. James Walker on lead vocals. Formed in 1928, and with changing lineups, they have performed for over 90 years.
A1 Hundo resurrects the grooves of Booker T. & The MG’s. Hard to find anything about the band.
The Brothers Comatose did a happy doomsday song.
Gotta go, but we’ll be back tomorrow. Have a great weekend.
Little Charlie & The Nightcats featured Rick Estrin on harp.
Justin Johnson cranked it up, floored it and blew the doors off. One of the greatest slide players around.
Altered Five Blues Band powers it up and flips the switch.
Kinda ran out of time (and steam) tonight, so I’ll make it short.
Seeya.
Tomorrow.
Highway to Hesse? Bon Goes to Bitburg? The Heimatdamisch is pure Oberkreiner rock.
The Iguanas album Nuevo Boogaloo (1994) had some catchy tunes, this being one of them. The Tex-Mex band from New Orleans has been doing it for decades on vinyl, stage, television and movies.
Tab Benoit, live at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival 24 June 2022. Great hard driving blues. Not sure of the band lineup, unless it’s Swampland Jam.
Backing Benoit is Corey Duplechin on bass, Chip Vayenas on drums.
[h/t Lobo91, who was there.]
Long weekend for those who deserve it (like all of you reading this) and we’ll see you back here tomorrow just for the hell of it.
“I’ve synchronized The Flight of the Valkyries (by Richard Wagner) to 8 Line Riders racing down the track for victory. Choose your team color and cross your fingers. All lines were drawn by hand.” [Link found buried in here.]
M. Shadows screams about something for half a minute.
The Shadows Nepal, from Narayangadh, Chitwanrock, have been performing for over 20 years and have a large following, both in Nepal and around the world. Dharma appeared on their 2nd album, Hidne Manche Ladcha, released in 2006. More about them here.
The Shadows in a clip from the 1961 movie The Young Ones, complete with their typical choreography (and some overdubbed not-quite-Beatlesque screaming girls).
I can’t remember if I’ve got big plans for the weekend or not, but I know I’m supposed to do something. See you back here whenever.
Mr. Barti performs La Voz Del Tiempo by José Fernández Torres, aka Tomatito.
Alex Mihajlovski was born in Macedonia, resides in Denmark and began designing and constructing marionette puppet “Barti” in Spain in 1986. Apparently he adopted the surname Jørgensen.
“Barti is a complex marionette with many strings, over 40, keeping him alive. […] In 1986 Barti’s master Alex Jørgensen, started improvising with puppet building, using various materials and miniature constructions. During all this time he’s been working in the improvement of Barti, in a no-stop research of the movement complexity, which created this uncommon string puppet. Barti has been travelled all around the world, performing in many international festivals.”
From St. Petersburg, Russia, Messer Chups is listed under vampire space zombie surf rock.
Oleg Gitaracula – guitar; Zombierella – Bass; Rockin Eugene – Drums.
Gary Clark Jr. live at Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, 2015.
Dang. The days are flying past; seems like I go to sleep Sunday night and I wake up the following Sunday morning. Have a great weekend, and see you back here tomorrow. Or the week after. Or both.
SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)‘ video from 2009 coordinated Zoom before Zoom.
A Southern Gospel Revival updates classic gospel with amazing vocals and bluegrass.
The Kentucky Headhunters showed up on my radar long ago with the best (and only?) cover of Davy Crockett ever. Glad to see they’re still having fun.
Reverend Horton Heat tells the story before he growls out Motörhead‘s classic Ace of Spades.
Running out of useful brain cells tonight, so have a great weekend and we’ll see you back her tomorrow for no good reason at all.
Pursuit of Ghosts is a representation of the daily grind. We assign meaning to our existence , what matters to me might not matter to you.
Mesmerizing animation by Kevin McGloughlin uses footage by photography pioneer Eadward Muybridge with music by Max Cooper and Tim Hodge.
Daredevil Global .Gif promo (2016) features INSA and his “Gif-iti.” He creates some amazing stuff, including the Rockin’ Rolls posted here.
From the Utoobage:
“Pink Floyd performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii , Italy. The main footage in and around the amphitheatre was filmed over four days in October 1971, using the band’s regular touring equipment, including studio-quality 24-track tape recorders.”
Kinda spacy trippy stuff for this 3-day weekend, and if you’re headed out, be sure to drive fast. The less time on the road reduces the odds of an accident. See you back here tomorrow.
All Star (Smashmouth cover) by Pupsi & The Melons. Watch the carving & tuning process, or jump to 1:44 for the song.
I heard a song years ago, lost the title and the band name, and after many failed attempts I gave up looking. After all these years I found it:
Our Deal by Best Coast. Very cool 1960s reverb retro sound; there’s a live version here.
Clarence Gatemouth Brown (1924-2005) was a rare talent, played multiple styles, and if you told him a 10 penny nail was a musical instrument, he could play it.
Guess that’ll do for a last-minute collection, so have a great weekend and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more, you know, stuff.
Oh, and that song I’d been looking for since 2015? I found it here…
The Tornados had a big hit with Telstar in 1962. Their fourth single, Robot (1963) made No. 17 in the UK charts.
Grits & Greens are new on the Mississippi scene, but they sound like veterans. Formed in 2021, members are Ryann & Jesse McGhee (vocals, guitar); Kenny Paul Mann (bass, vocals); and Jackson Bounds (drums, vocals).
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.
Guess that’ll have to do for now because I need a nap or two. See you tomorrow, rain or shine.
“It’s kind of a social misfit song, nothing autobiographical here at all.” Richard Thompson, underrated folk rock guitarist and songwriter.
Cob Records of Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales hosted a farewell party in 2012 featuring North Wales surf rock gods Y Niwl . The band’s name is pronounced Uh Nule – “The Fog” in Welsh.
The Dip is comprised of jazz students from University of Washington (Seattle) and not only do they have the retro soul sound down, they got cowbell.
Lotta stuff going down these days, some good, some bad, and some is downright abhorrent. Let’s enjoy what what we like, protect what we treasure and we’ll deal with the rest when it comes. Have a great weekend, see you sometime tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 