J.J. Cale has recorded over 14 studio albums. He released his last studio album, Roll On, in the spring of 2009, while his previous release, The Road To Escondido, was recorded together with Eric Clapton and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band's second album, and featured their biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama". The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. Second Helping also featured "The Ballad of Curtis Loew," "Don't Ask Me No Questions,"...
We’ve spent all this time building up our digital music libraries, so why not tinker around with them a bit and have some fun? Last week I explored tunes that clocked in at 2:28. This week, I take it to the streets. The exercise this week is to locate your street songs. I’m not talkin’ [...]
Coming from a farming community in Far North Queensland, 8 Ball Aitken is the oldest son of an impoverished family of twelve children. 8 Ball spent his adolescence on a banana plantation, living in a rough tobacco shed with resident rats, bats, snakes, and spiders as his sleeping companions. He started work as a farm labourer aged fifteen, doing back-breakingly hard work on the mango and banana plantations...
Have spent this afternoon beginning the job of wallpapering my daughters bedroom. Will spend all day tomorrow finishing that and then painting the whole bloody thing pink. I've had the ipod on shuffle to help me get the joins straight and, happily, Albert Lee's 'Pink Bedroom' duly popped up. Naturally I now need help from anyone willing to give it in putting together a 'Decorators' playlist on Spotify....
Ch-ch-ch-check it out… Beautiful Way – Beck Canned Music – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Sky Bicycle (You’ve Been Ringing) – All Night Radio Bron-Yr-Aur – Led Zeppelin Waltz #1 – Elliott Smith Twice – Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Bliss – Phish Scarborough Fair/Canticle – Simon & Garfunkel St. Judy’s Comet – Paul Simon Harvest...
A virtual gem from the Talking Timbuktu record and further popularised through the movie ‘Unfaithful,’ this is a song typical of Toure’s distinctive sound. A down-tempo, slow rhythm blues number with trademark guitar and ...
EMMETT'S SEPTEMBER PLAYLIST Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie - Buddy Holly Love Hurts - Everly Brothers Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward After Midnight (1966 version) - J.J. Cale Sand And Foam - Donovan Earwigs To Eternity - Alice Cooper Sands Of Time - Fleetwood Mac Help Me Make It Through The Night - Ken Parker Sooner Or Later - Pilot Fire For Awhile - Shoes Do The Do (MVD's swamp funk edit) - Bobby...
(Disclaimer: long post) I was reading the latest issue of BRM magazine (Beyond Race Magazine) because I am patiently waiting for the next issue of Filter magazine, which, by the way, will spotlight Spike Jonze' newest film adaption "Where the Wild Things Are" on Sept 11th. Not to mention, Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses will be talking with his idol JJ Cale. (stoked!). But I'm digressing....
FILTER Issue 37: Karen O and Spike Jonze Discover Where the Wild Things Are, Out 9/11 We are very excited to bring you the latest installment of FILTER Magazine! In this very special issue, we team up with visionary director Spike Jonze to present an exclusive story that involves the many talents, angles, days and nights and ins and outs involved in the making of Jonze’s highly anticipated film...