There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal about Tom Petty: Rock God Or Mere Mortal? "As Tom Petty prepares to release a career-spanning anthology next week, an attempt to determine where he falls in the music pantheon." The basic premise is that though he sold a lot of records, maybe because he was prolific with the pop hook, he just seems to lack the "cool"...
A marvelous song, first sung by a marvelous singer and slide guitar player, Bonnie Raitt, on a marvelous album, Luck of the Draw , in 1991, then marvelously covered by another marvelous talent, George Michael, on another marvelous album, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Very Best of George Michael , 1998. I suppose I could run on and on with this. Written by two (obviously) marvelous song writers, Mike Reid...
Just been watching the OGWT 1971-1987 DVD (which is bloody marvellous! Is there only one?) and would just like to say that Bill Withers group has to be the most laid back coolest group of musicians ever!! The bass player's tartan trews! the drummers grin! Fantastic! plus they play ace! Oh and Bonnie Raitt singing 'Been too long at the fair". That has to be the purest voice I've ever heard.Magnificent....
Annie Lennox was awarded with the 2009 Woman of Peace Award by former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize in Berlin. Annie was honored for helping raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children, especially in South Africa through her "Sing" campaign . Annie wrote the song "Sing" and asked 23 of the world's most famous female singers to help record it. Annie is wearing...
This is the bit where George Bailey has come to his enemy, the evil banker Potter, to beg for a loan - and when Potter finds that George has a $500 life-insurance policy he tells him: "Why, you're worth more dead than alive!" (Although I very much doubt that the insurance company would've paid out if Clarence the angel hadn't intervened in George's subsequent suicide attempt.) From It's A...
I've always liked the Christmas song Merry Christmas Baby. The first version that I ever heard was the blues singer Charles Brown's version. According to Wikipedia; "Merry Christmas, Baby" is an R & B Christmas standard written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore. It has been covered by many artists including Otis Redding, B.B. King and Chuck Berry. Perhaps the most notable cover of this song...
In his Ash Grove recording, guitarist Dave Alvin laments the loss of a favorite Los Angeles club, a venue that should be on the National Register of Historic Places. It would have to be in an urn, however, the club burned not once, but three times. Ed Pearl (an uncle of Spirit's Randy California) founded the 250-seat Ash Grove in 1958.
Above, from left: my buddy Mark Sayre, Kermit Lynch, and me last night at Vino Vino for the Kermit Lynch listening party. A grand time was had by all. Photos by Tracie B. Tracie B and I had a blast last night at the Kermit Lynch listening party at Vino Vino here in Austin. It’s been [...]
Imagine my joy when listening to Radio 2's re-broadcast of a fabulous Bonnie Raitt live gig/session from Maida Vale to hear the band introduced and find that "...at the back there on drums..." was Rikki Fataar. "The one and only Stig O'Hara!" I thought to myself. Anyone else found folks gratifyilngly cropping up in unexpected places? The last time it happened before then was when...
The Beatles sang, "When I'm 64"….. but I have recently been wondering about When I'm 70……. I sat down to birthday lunch with Vuv Sheri last week and she said, “How did we get here?” I said, “I don’t know how you got here, but I took the Long Island Expressway.” Ba dum bum…. And I knew Sheri wasn’t talking about maps or routes…she...
It's Bonnie Raitt's sixtieth birthday today. There are an endless supply of "pop tart" female vocalists in rock & roll, but this woman is the real thing. Incredible blues growl of a voice, and slide guitar skills that made BB...
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