“Alongside their showstopping instrumental version of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” this was one of the standout covers on Mott the Hoople’s eponymous debut album, a characteristically evocative slice of Doug Sahm-composed Texas-centric Americana which the group reduced to a stately organ and tasteful guitar-led ballad, shaded with a mood lifted straight from Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” then layered with one of Ian Hunter’s own most-Dylanesque vocals. The instrumental break alone could have slipped out of a Highway 61 Revisited-era jam session. The song was a positive standout in the band’s early live set — tapes of Mott’s 1970 Fillmore West engagements are positively dominated by it.”Allmusic
Month: January 2016
The Cactus Blossoms – Stoplight Kisses
“On Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, the Cactus Blossoms released their debut full-length studio album, You’re Dreaming, on the Red House Records label. The Cactus Blossoms — brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey — have made a name for themselves among The Current’s listeners and among regulars at the Turf Club in St. Paul.”Source
David Bowie & Klaus Nomi – TVC15 & Boys Keep Swinging [1978]
On 14 December 1979 Bowie performed TVC 15 as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, accompanied by Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias.