Today's Offering - One of my all time favorite songs....... Richard Thompson - "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yw2yKNLEPc Was very fortunate to see Richard play this last month at the spectacular newly renovated Memorial Hall in Cincinnati. Gave me Goose Bumps....... |
Here's one of my favorites from the early '90's. Bonus is that the recording and sound quality are EXCELLENT. Put this on a high end system and crank it up....... dada - "Dorina" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0VDkzzSekQHappy Weekend! |
The Jezabels - "A Little Piece"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4seYhgaETQI first heard this song as background music in a a YouTube video of the incredible bicycle trials/free rider - Danny MacAskill called "Way Back Home" . Link is below for anyone interested. If you're not familiar with Danny MacAskill, or trials riding/free riding, Check it out. You will be amazed.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6twEnjoy........... |
Today's Tune - A West Coast Selection........ Camper Van Beethoven - "Camp Pendleton" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReaBNmXXvC4From the same folks that brought you the classic - "Take the Skinheads Bowling". Who knew they had it in them.......? |
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@ghosthouse - Man, that's a smokin' tune from Ten Years After. Thanks for the memory..... |
Today's offering is from one of my favorite song writers - Steve Earle. I've been listening to him since the beginning- Guitar Town, back in 1986. There have been many excellent albums since then. Hard to choose a tune from the catalog. Do you go with pure country, alt-country, singer/songwriter, blues, bluegrass, Americana or Rock-n-Roll? I went with one that combined several of these attributes.... Steve Earle - "NYC" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IWmS25SG34Happy Wednesday! |
@loomisjohnson - Thanks for your reply. I liked both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker back in the day. Alas, it's been nearly 30 years since "Pictures of Matchstick Men" on Key Lime Pie. I think Lowery has matured in that time, just like the rest of us. I think "Camp Pendleton" that I posted yesterday is a good example of that maturity. Here's another great example that shows where his head is more recently...... Camper Van Beethoven - "Northern California Girls" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OR23aPd4JoHappy Wednesday! |
@loomisjohnson - This one's for you buddy. Evan Dando of Lemonheads - "Frying Pan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-yrX_CHWkThis is off of the most excellent tribute/charity album for Victoria Williams, called "Sweet Relief". If you don't have it, you're missing out on some GREAT tunes...... |
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OK, this (metal) is not one of my usual genres, and I don't usually link to videos. However, I downloaded this song from an iTunes - Free Song of the Week (remember those?) in 2012 and I've enjoyed it ever since. I love the video, although there is one mildly inappropriate scene, so preview it before watching it with you kiddos. Without further adieu......... Torche - "Kicking" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1obEt5dmmo |
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Chet Faker - "No Diggity" Love this cover.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPSZp_rOXHg
This live session video on YouTube is better than the album version. I like Chet Faker's cover/interpretation much more than the original version Hip Hop/R&B version by Blackstreet. |
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Re-posting due to previous spell-check auto-correction mishap Today's offering. From one of my favorite artist. From the excellent 1989 Album - Mr. Music Head. Without further ado..... Adrian Belew - "Bumpity Bump" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drRVo31-6KE |
@aolmrd1241 - Doh! You beat me to the punch. I had "Green Onions" on my list of future Tunes of the Day. Great Track. OK, since you beat me to it, I'll offer up another classic from Booker T. and the MG's....... Booker T. and the MG's - "Time is Tight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xx1_CbJTI
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Today's tune - A little ditty from Sir Elton....... From the FANTASTIC Album - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (From the end of the World to your town....) Elton John - "Better Off Dead" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5TxOExr0Y |
@ghosthouse - I've seen Buick 6 twice in the last year. They are a solo act, but are also the backing band for Lucinda Williams for the last couple of years. They opened in support of Lucinda the last 2 times I saw her. They were excellent as a solo act, doing all instrumentals, and they are a fantastic backing band for Lucinda.
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@aolmrd1241 - Great tune from Morphine and from an excellent album..... |
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@aolmrd1241 - Yep, but with a name like Morphine, it was destined to end badly. A sad loss. They were an excellent band. |
@aolmrd1241 - Thanks for the info. I recalled back at the time that the reported cause of his death was drug abuse. It would have been pretty easy to come to that conclusion just based on the Band name and the fact that several of their songs seemed to be drug related. Anyway, I did a quick search and read some interesting information about Mark Sandman. Seems there is little/no basis for the old drug abuse claims.
Thanks again for setting me straight........ |
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Thanks Steve. Yep, the Chet Faker video is really cool......
Happy Weekend! |
@mofimadness - "The Godz are Rock and Roll Machines......."
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@mofimadness - OK, you win! Poco's - "Legend" is a GREAT TotD. Maybe my favorite suggestion from this thread. Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to pull out the vinyl tonight, give it a run through the SpinClean and take a listen..... |
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Taking the wife and 13 year old son to see U2 tonight in Louisville at Papa Johns Stadium. In honor of the 40th anniversary Joshua Tree Tour, I present......... U2 - "Red Hill Mining Town" from The Joshua Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvpZwN9Oko |
@mofimadness - Well, it turns out that I don't have Legend in the group of hand-me-down Poco albums I got from my older sister. So, doing what any proper audiophile would do, I went out to eBay and scored a nice MOFI pressing. Should be here in a couple days...... |
@schubert - Thanks and already done. We're sitting pretty far away. Hope its not so loud that we need them. My son is pretty sensitive to loud noises anyway, so they'll go in if it's even moderately loud...... |
Still reeling from the U2 - Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour show we saw this past Friday Night. Here's one of the many highlights from the show..... U2 - "Ultraviolet" from Achtung Baby, Live from the 360 Tour...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUD4CQT33w4
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@woobie - +1 on "Every Picture Tells a Story". One of the best songs off of one of the best rock albums of all time. Absolutely killer album, all the way through. |
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@woobie - I like all kinds of music. However, I'm a 70's rocker at heart. Jailbreak is a great one. |
Bob Marley - "Redemption Song"
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Jackson Browne - "These Days" |
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