SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Today is the birthday of Ike Turner who was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was a Grammy Award winning musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. He is probably best known for his R&B work as part of the Ike and Tina Turner duo. His career lasted half a century and he played blues, soul, rock and funk. His first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
It is generally acknowledged that the first Bebop record was Woody 'n' You by Coleman Hawkins, the first Rock and Roll record was Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston(Ike Turner) and his Delta Cats, and Miles Davis Birth Of The Cool was indeed what it proclaimed. However, was Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone the first Rock single ? Was The Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man the first Folk/Rock recording...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Here’s the latest batch of Music Musings and Miscellany’s unapologetically subjective selection of the twentieth century’s best 1000 singles. The end of the Rs. MODERN LOVERS – Roadrunner Once / Roadrunner Twice (Beserkley 1 1977) The rhythm’s straight out of the Neu motorik! handbook. The bass line is equally hypnotic. On top of it, Jonathan Richman’s [...]
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Memphis blues - now that's a broad category, because so much great blues music came out of Memphis. When I think of Memphis, the first thing I think of is Sam Phillips and Sun Records. A lot of great sides came out of that studio. Here's Billy The Kid Emerson performing Red Hot. Little Junior Parker didn't have a whole lot of range, but he had a great groove. Here's Mystery Train. I like that groove...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
If you had to, right now, off the top of your head, list your ten favourite blues tunes, what would they be? I think mine might change from day to day, week to week, but for right this second, and in no particular order, here goes: Brokedown Engine (I like both the Blind Willie McTell version and the Bob Dylan version from World Gone Wrong) Rocket 88 (Some people call it the first rock n roll song,...
Paris DJs Podcasts (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
Steinski - Beat Rock (CD) Vibrations/Harmonia Mundi/Disques Office, 2008-06-18 Steinski a remis ça. Cette fois, il a puisé dans sa collection de 45 tours pour en extraire les rock'n'roll les plus sauvages, étranges et groovy de son âge d'or. Continue reading
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Filed under: Twisted Tales Spinner.com : Crackerjack guitarist Danny Cedrone liked to tell his wife that he just needed one bona fide hit and their family would be set for life. In the meantime, he pieced together a living with his band the Esquire Boys and as a session player for a... Read more
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Video presentation of some of the early artists who defined Rock and Roll.
Human Voices (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
On a lighter note -- and can't we all use one -- Brian at World Gone Mad seems to be running a contest for the oldest Rock & Roll tune anyone can remember. OK, I was only 6 at the time, but Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats' Rocket 88 from 1951, which later made the charts with Jerry Lee Lewis' cover is it for me. That's the one I remember and Jerry Lee still makes me fire on all 8 cylinders....
hypnotist (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Ike Turner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is credited by many rock historians with making the first rock 'n' roll record, "Rocket 88," in 1951. Produced by the legendary Sam Phillips, it was groundbreaking for its use of distorted electric guitar. Tracks 1. rocket 88 2. independent woman 3. my real gone rocket 4. tuckered out 5. you know i love you 6. how many more years 7....
Secuirity Abit (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
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Art's Strange World (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
So how about songs which mention specific makes or models of automobiles in the title? You've probably already thought of some but let's make this challenging - NO CADILLACS! Galaxie 500 - Reverend Horton Heat Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston (the Ike Turner Band) Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson Hot Rod Lincoln - The Twangbangers … and for something really obscure… The Chevrolet [...]
Poetry Hut Blog (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
link Might not be safe for work (contains Bettie Page) haha.
MTV News (Free subscription) | 12/22/2007
A funeral and memorial service were held Friday for late rock and roll pioneer Ike Turner. Phil Spector and Little Richard were among those who eulogized him.
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