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Grungy garage band led by vocalist J.T. (real name: John Terlesky) and organist Dan McKinney. Their first two albums drew praise for the group’s unique sound, playing in an idiom not noted for originality, and also drew a few comparisons with the Lyres. Later material moved into garage acid-rock and psychedelia, with the same originality evident.
Official video for “Here Comes Snakeman” from Jeffrey’s second solo LP Baron In The Trees available from In The Red Records. A nice little piece of retro DIY video.
It’s an entirely new approach for the iconic Dr. John, featuring as it does his collaboration with Auerbach and a band of young musicians Auerbach hand-picked to make Locked Down at his studio Easy Eye Sound in Nashville. “It was way cool cutting this record with Dan and the crew he put together for it,” says Rebennack. “It’s reel HIP.”
For his part, Auerbach says about the collaboration: “Mac inspired me every single day we were in the studio together: musically, spiritually, cosmically … something special seemed to be happening and everyone involved could sense it. For my money, Mac’s one of the greatest who ever was and who ever will be … I’m so honored to have had this opportunity to work with him.”
Auerbach, a long-time fan of the influential musician, dubbed “the Night Tripper” in the late 60s, visited Dr. John late in 2010 in his hometown New Orleans, announcing his ambition to produce “the best record you’ve made in a long time.” Rebennack replied that he had done his research—his children had told him good things about The Black Keys—and the conversation led to an agreement to collaborate on the 2011 Bonnaroo Jam being curated by Auerbach.
That performance—called by New York Times critic Ben Ratliff in his best-of-the-year list “deep and oozy, close-to-the-vest, low-frequency funk”—confirmed that something unusual was taking place and led to September recording sessions in Nashville. Dr. John returned to Nashville at Thanksgiving to complete the vocals and Locked Down was mixed by Auerbach and completed in early 2012.
Here are two of my favorite Steve Harley tracks. Heard them uncountable times and it still gives me goose bumps all over. So I can only say up yours to the low two star rating on Allmusic, it’s wrong.
Listen to this wonderful laid back version of Red is a Mean, Mean Colour from german television in 1976. Really beautiful.
Memphis, Tennessee native Bob Frank’s story is legend: as a young man he worked as a songwriter for Tree Publishing in Nashville and shared the stage with Tim Buckley and Townes Van Zandt. He signed to Vanguard Records to release one brilliant album in 1972, cussed label president Maynard Solomon at his record release show in New York City, and was promptly dropped from Vanguard’s roster. He reveled in his own obscurity for nearly 35 years, all the while writing songs with little interest in public opinion. In 2005, John Murry, an eccentric 26 year old songwriter from Tupelo, Mississippi and descendant of William Faulkner who had recently moved to California from the South, tracked down Bob Frank on the recommendation of a mutual friend. They quickly became friends and, seemingly just as quickly, began writing together.
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Learn more about Bob Frank here: Bob Frank Songs
Playing Austin music earlier today instantly made me think of some wonderful time spend in this great town of music. First to come to mind was seeing and hearing Mike & The Moonpies on a very drunk night at the White Horse. The sonic quality of this video is a little below Lo-Fi but, as I have stated before, real music don’t need any fancy production. The video footage is very nice and it looks like, I could be wrong here, they are drinking at the Horseshoe Lounge – I would like to do that again, soon.
Jon Dee Graham is one of those artists who has produced consistently excellent music for decades but has usually slid under the commercial radar. He has released seven solo albums as well as having been a member of The Skunks and The True Believers. Graham has also been a three-time inductee into the Austin Music Awards Hall Of Fame (as a solo artist and member of these two bands)… Jon Dee Graham remains an undiscovered treasure outside of his native Texas. Garage Sale is a fine introduction to one of the Southwest’s best singer/songwriters.
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“Soul artists have been covering country songs for as long as soul and country have been distinct styles. This compilation offers a good overview — mostly Southern soul, but also doo wop, soul-blues, Northern soul, and straightahead country — while providing a few surprises. Many of the expected suspects are present: Al Green (applying the vintage Hi sound to “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”) and the late Solomon Burke (roughing up Jim Reeves’s “He’ll Have to Go”), both of whom crossed over on numerous occasions; country-soul divas Candi Staton and Bettye Swann; Joe Simon, Joe Tex, and Esther Phillips, all of whom went country at full-album length. But it includes some lesser-known gems, too, led by a Tami Lynn cover of Loretta Lynn’s “Wings Upon Your Horns” that oozes remorse, and a stomping reinvention of “My Elusive Dreams” from Moses and Joshua Dillard. “Behind Closed Doors” is a fine introduction to this fascinating species of musical cross-pollination.“
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