My idea for this isn't just coffee, but a half a dozen collapsible stools with similar table or three, books loads of them all I can cram in the little trailer and music....good music or not...just don't plug your ecans into my little portable sound system....i'm not bothered to make much dough just recoop my expenses really --- as I want to bumble around London doing my little bit of writing and photography out in the back of beyond London!
Thursday 22 December 2011
Saturday 17 December 2011
Bill Moenkhaus
Once upon a time, during an extra horse, Silo McRunt, age thirteen, tried to count up to his mother. His actions were noticed by his wet neighbor ( a mere bacon fanner by trade ) who had just defeated his breakfast. He rushed to the phone and called Vacant 780-W, which is the number of the Hard Lard Connecting Works. Frantically, he described the situation to Mrs. Razzbushel, author of "The Veto of Hard Lardness," or the "Hard Varnish of Leto." Mrs. Razzbushel had been suffering with bundles for three days, but she poured herself into the hearse and drove at neckbreaking speed to the scene of little McRunt, age thirteen, counting up to his mother.
She sped through the night like a damp sausage. She had a ham in her hand and the blisters on her feet sang like turkey in the twilight. Meanwhile, and unknown to her, an old man sat down in his grave.
( Part I of Silo McRunt by the great Bill Moenkhaus, fellow Bent Eagle and friend of Hoagy Carmichael )
Sunday 11 December 2011
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Saturday 27 August 2011
'Viola Lee Blues' GUS CANNON (1928) Banjo Blues Legend
So iPods loaded, batteries fully charged, Bat cape freshly pressed and proton pills in large supply...next stop Cobourg Hosp. Here we come....
Freedom Singers - Everybody Talking + Brentford All Stars - Everybody (v...
Must stop looking at hurricane apps, weather trackers and lastest Air Canada flight info...I'll get to Mum if I have to swim!
Thursday 25 August 2011
Does '50s music still matter?
Does '50s music still matter?
Very interesting...as a child of the 50's I feel this is right...for now at least.
Ronnie Hawkins-Who Do You Love
Just a great song done by of the original wild man of Rock'n'Roll.
Some blokes went on from Ronnie's band to form a small group that had some success --- as The Band!
Monday 22 August 2011
Jack Layton's last letter to Canadians - Politics - CBC News
Jack Layton's last letter to Canadians - Politics - CBC News
RIP Jack Layton. I great Canadian has left us.
Sunday 21 August 2011
The Real Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
A summertime party at our place isn't complete without a few tunes for the tragically short Ritchie Valens career. If you have any faves send along as I am making a "Summer Songs for the big BBQ" playlist here, cheers now.
FUTURE by Todd Rundgren
I love the clip/movie that goes with Todd Rundgren's very Eno sounding tune. Both are great takes of looking back at our alleged future.
JACK NITZSCHE -"The Lonely Surfer" (1963)
I have no idea why a small-town Ontario kid like me had such a fascination with "surfer" music ...not really the Beach Boys. This movie was one I saw at the little local movie theatre (The Capitol) and I got hooked.
Saturday 20 August 2011
JAMAICA FAREWELL ORIGINAL-- HARRY BELAFONTE
My Darlin' Nicci loves this song...me thinks she harbours a little crush on Mr. Belafonte -- to think she threw him over for me...sigh...
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure drop
Just spoke with my son, via that giant interweb speaking thing calld Skype, he was getting ready for a huge BBQ in Trawna...he reminded me of how I would play this song while I did the big hog roast....so replayin'g for memories. Cheers now..
Friday 19 August 2011
Blood Sweat & Tears - I Can't Quit Her
The time genre of Rock was popular was very short lived. For a long time it was looked on with as much disdain as Prog Rock had until recently. I saw this band with both Al Kooper and then later with David Clayton Thomas. A Canadian who was with them when they had their biggest hits and someone I met a few times in the old Toronto bar band scene. I love Al Kooper's lyrics here.
Wrecking Ball - Amelia Curran
A terrific song by Amelia Curran, a great singer/songwriter from the Rock aka Newfoundland. It's my Canadiana Song of the Day!
Sam & Dave - When something is wrong with my baby
Sam Moore just one the greatest voices in Soul. Sending this out as my iPoddy Playlist tune of the day.
Thursday 18 August 2011
John Prine steve goodman Souvenirs
It's been a grand on reminiscing time over at the Port Hope page. some memories are great, some not so, and some bittersweet but glad you have them. This song touches my heart --- the tears are bitter...wistful perhaps.
Tuesday 16 August 2011
I Am Kloot - Northern Skies
This is a gem, a little beautiful song! Was listening to Guy Garvey's show and he played this one again for his listeners. Wish I could skip the adverts though...
Sunday 14 August 2011
The Sadies - Cut Corners (Official Video)
Back to more current times....The Sadies are on the short list for the Polaris Award.
Great band and much too underrated.
KENNY GAMBLE - STANDING IN SHADOWS
Back to my first love R'n'B/Soul ....one I have in my collection! Danced to it too....lol...
David Wiffen White Lines (1973 Coast to coast Fever)
Hope you all forgive me this indulgence just one more great tunes by David Wiffen. It harkens back to time, for me, when I was making coast to coast runs with the thumb and then my Norton C!
David Wiffen White Lines (1973 Coast to coast Fever)
This the David Wiffen that I knew in early 70's and thought there would be a great musical future for him. He's just such a great voice and a great interpreter of songs.
Alas, such was not the case, he had a few more releases, retired from the biz for a long time tried again in the late 80's and then gave it up for good. Richard Flohil and I were reminiscing about him just a few months ago in our great Paris meet up. We both sighed over it.
David Wiffen performs More Often Than Not - CJOH
David Wiffen just one of the great Folk voices in Canada who doesn't tour
or do appearences any more! But, again, I was lucky enough to see him live several times in Ottawa.
Kind of Jerry Jeff Walker voice but with more colour.
LAURA NYRO spanish harlem (LIVE!)
The sound quality here isn't the best but oh how I do love Laura Nyro's version
and feel lucky to have seen her do it live -- Sharin' Sunday with y'all !
Mamas And Papas - Spanish Harlem (Original Stereo)
I was in love with Moma Cass's voice and she was such a wild chile too....my kinda gal!
Saturday 13 August 2011
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011
i love that feeling
over peering off into the very edge of the world
from a place that hasn't felt the touch of mankind
i sigh and think that perhaps the good Earth is expunging us
like a bad infection
"BROKEN WHITE LINE" (KRIS DELMHORST)
Ayup....Kris Delmhorst is one talented singer/songwriter -- Love this one!
Kris Delmhorst covers The Cars' "Magic"
A very good and a very different take on The Cars tune 'Magic'!
Have been busy old the peace and the pieces together here in London this past week or so. Not much time left for a bloggin' fun....bless y'all!
Sunday 7 August 2011
Thursday 4 August 2011
Prepare for ZERO HISTORY by William Gibson
His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen.
THE DUSTAPHONICS PARTY GIRL
GoGo Boots galore in this great little bit of Retro Soul from our amigos at Dustaphonics!
Etta James - All I Could do was Cry
I am just such a huge fan of her music....I always will be --- so thank you Miss Etta!
Pavane pour une infante défunte-Ravel Seiji Ozawa Saito Kinen Orchestra
Just one of the most tranquil pieces to start my day off with.......no wonder I hit the repeat button on iPoddy twice this a.m.
Wednesday 3 August 2011
159/365 coffee jelly
....i'm off like a herd of turtles in a cloud of peanut butter for my java fix....ciao
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Amy Winehouse ~ Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Damnit this makes my old heart break.....so good and so broken in her life! Rest in Peace Dear Amy
Sunday 31 July 2011
One Fine Morning-Lighthouse (STEREO)
Some used to call them Canada's version of Chicago --- but they were so much better, in vocals and horn charts in particular. Their drummer Skip I knew from the old days when he was in The Paupers.
I heard/saw them do this live and the tune just hits you and takes you for a such a great musical ride. The popularity of so-called Rock Fusion or Jazz Rock was very short lived but...this is a gem of a tune and lives on.
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - If Teardrops Were Pennies.flv
...and her's that little bit of Dolly with the ever sparklin' besuited Porter!
TAMMY WYNETTE- YOUR GOOD GIRL'S GONNA GO BAD w/ Donna Chapel
T'aint a good Sunday goofin' off unless I trawl through the world wide interweb thing a-lookin' for songs by Tammy and Dolly....
Saturday 30 July 2011
Cole Porter - You're The Top
I just love Waldrof Salad!!!! And does anybody remember who Mrs Astor was.....
Thursday 28 July 2011
Baloji - Le jour d'apres/ Siku ya baadaye (Independence cha-cha)
This about as deep in the jungle of Rap that I gits......but he's a good'un!
Monday 25 July 2011
Jackie Wilson - This Bitter Earth
Another great interpretation of the classic tune....as we know I'm such a huge fan of Mr. Wilson's work and for our amigo Tereza Bell-Tzannatou
Irma Thomas - This Bitter Earth
Yes, I know Aretha did this tune first but...last night we went to see Irma and she was soul stirringly awesome! At 70 she was in fine voice and great humor then when leaving the stage after going strong and taking requests from us her audience and fans, she winced dramatically as she made her stage exit. You'd have never known from her performance --- she truly shone as bright as any diamond star and her title Queen of New Orleans Show as never more apt and fitting. Thank you Irma for bring your soul and your heart to us on a very blue Sunday in London town.
Saturday 23 July 2011
★ Patti Austin ★ Vincent ★ [2011] ★ "Sound Advice" ★
An amazing take on a now classic tune, one of the best of the year (so far) from Ms Austin.
Friday 22 July 2011
Ringo Starr It Don't Come Easy live
Music down memory lane......I was there...truth! I was working PR for cross country chain of radio stations owned by Merv Griffin at the time!
John Grant - It's Easier (Strongroom Session)
A winner of Mojo's Live Act award and one of the best albums of last year,' Queen of Denmark' that is never off my turntable!
Over the Rhine "The Laugh of Recognition"
Just a super song by some folks who have been getting better each year and over a 20 year history of listening to them...I think this one is the best yet!
Thursday 21 July 2011
Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
I'm an unabashed fan of Bro Neil and one of the real people in the nasty world of the Music Biz!
Saturday 16 July 2011
Gary Clark Jr. - Don't Owe You A Thing
Boogie Yo Face Off.....a big Gary Clark Jr fan here....sipping another mint tea laced with SC!
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Kathleen Edwards - Only Love Can Break Your Heart @ King Tut's, Glasgow
A great cover of Brother Neil's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by the Queen of Canada's Alt Country scene the wonderful Ms. Kathleen Edwards!
Monday 11 July 2011
Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Ah yes it's Mr. Blind Lemon's birthday today....and though I do like his Blues, I don't think he's singing about any kind of reptilian troubles!
Saturday 9 July 2011
NEIL YOUNG - Mr. Soul (Video)
Never got to see the Buffalo Springfield do this tune but I did see this one...and was in the audience on the '71 Massey Hall recorded live concert!
Friday 8 July 2011
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Just one of the greatest song poets, Curtis Mayfield! And this song just had to be number one on my
Friday's Gonna Make You Smile playlist!
Love Abides. Iris Dement & Tom Russell.wmv
A pretty song -- sadly the word pretty has fallen into the "very trite" category these days...but that's just what this is in the true sense of the word. So yes listen love and catch your falling star. I did!!!
Thursday 7 July 2011
Crooked Fingers - Sleep All Summer
This is on my Songs of Summer iPoddy Playlist....because it creates such a very real picture of..well of a summer that you've lost a love...how the whole sunny days stretch out in front of you but feel so empty and lacking!
Sunday 3 July 2011
JAZZ & LACISSALC: Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue
JAZZ & LACISSALC: Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue
Over that past few years as I duplicated my vinyl for the CD, I found this one making it's way onto my faves stack! And now streaming too. A great Jazz for doing the BBQ too...yeah....sipping Pelforth so mo....
The Guess Who No sugar tonight / new mother nature
Oh yes, I was looking for this on my iPhone at a Canada Day Party, the little critter stymied me but...here it is for next year!
Wednesday 29 June 2011
John Hiatt - Drive South
Just one of my favourite road songs.....and I did..drive south...from frozen late winter snowed in Toronto to the Redneck Riviera....through the Smokey Mountains and down the Carolina Shore...loved it...and did it in 22 hours!
Sunday 26 June 2011
AIRBORNE Trailer
Wow...this looks interesting viewing! It took me awhile to realize that was Luke Skywalker....might be the making of a late career comeback for him~!
The Big Country - composer Jerome Moross
Just one of THE greatest cinematic openings and soundtrack openings of all times! I put it up there against the Star Wars tunes....and I'm a fan of those too! I remember seeing this on a huge screen in the lovely little Art Deco theatre The Capitol. It was moving for a young fella of 10 and sometimes makes me, now, feel like an ol'Geezer but I love this style...the grand opening the larger than life way that American cinema was in 50's! So it today a movie opening that gets me all goosebumped....lol
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Kings of Pastry
Kings of Pastry
This should be a very interesting view.....cooking for me is a form of relaxation therapy!
Monday 20 June 2011
Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
One of the original Country Outlaws on Mr. Cash's show! I remember driving half way across Ontario and into Michigan to see Waylon and outfit play ~ and through a small snowstorm too!
Sunday 19 June 2011
Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
My life was in tatters , the carrion carcass of my life left after lawyers and mind readers dealt a blow to my life, the joys of being a father ripped away by my own blindness but I kissed my 1 year old son good night, tucked him in and said I would love him forever no matter where I was and no matter where he was --- back streets or super highways...I'm always your Dad and you're always my son. It took another life time for us to find each other again as grown men and know how important love is to us.
I went to this concert in Toronto just after leaving our home for the last time.
Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean
RIP Clarence Clemmons!
There is an element of just being there making this song special to me. I saw this tour live, I heard , saw and felt it all.....and just the Big Man's being there with the Boss was enough....there wasn't much he need to do but put the finish on the a great song! And that's the story of a great musician!
Bruce Springsteen - Cindy (with Clarence Clemons)
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
RIP Big Man
Saturday 18 June 2011
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
Just an amazing bit of Blues History now...I saw him so many times and never thought I was listening to a legend who would go on with me for years!
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Gil Scott-Heron - 'Me And The Devil' (Official HD Video)
Still mourning the loss of this giant of a figure in American music and life....
He did not go gently into that good night but railed against the lack of imagination and honesty in all...
Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke (Video)
This is my iPod tune of the day! I get up, get going and when I've got the space I settle down for the commute and hit shuffle on me trusty iPoddy thing....the first tune is my Tune of The Day! And t'is the one for today...cheers...Stevie pure genius
Tuesday 14 June 2011
MIK_8187
So if you think of London as all Queen Mumsy, Vicky, Sherlocky tweedy in deerstalker and Dickensianly gritty...well here we have what Londoners do to get around the probs of the morning commute.....grins
Sunday 12 June 2011
John Lennon - stand by me ( official video )
Yes it's a cover of an almost perfect song but not only does John pay homage but because it's "flawed" and his voice is a bit ragged in some spots -- well that's why I love it....
To all you have stood by me, and made me proud and whole again in my life....I love you all the
head of that long list is the precious love of my darlin' Nicci!
head of that long list is the precious love of my darlin' Nicci!
Sandi Thom - "Merchants and Thieves" Album Preview
nasty Brit weather and more precisely "London Grey" has settled upon us here in our LEDH but with music like this am busy reading and curling up....
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend
RIP Andrew Gold ~ a super tunesmith in the Pop idiom, a super sessions musician and.....ok go Google and you'll see. I just post this up and have a play of his great tunes on the CD player!
Monday 6 June 2011
A Case of You - k.d. lang - Hymms of the 49th Parallel
Just one of the best songs ever in my life, and beautifully interpreted here by Ms. Lang!
Sunday 5 June 2011
In-Flight Cocktail of the Month: Air Canada's 'Iceberg Arctic Passion' || Jaunted
In-Flight Cocktail of the Month: Air Canada's 'Iceberg Arctic Passion' || Jaunted
Just makes a ex-pat Canuck wanna fly...and have a few!
Friday 3 June 2011
CHARLIE ORGANAIRE - LITTLE VILLAGE.wmv
Things I used to do are living after me....do all the good you can do in this world....ahh just a wonderful little bit of music that I first heard years ago while picking apples on my Granddad's farm and there were several workers from Jamaica and they hepped me to early Ska. Another tune that makes me smile all the while.....cheers again
Thursday 2 June 2011
jean knight - Why I Keep Living These Memor - Mr Big Stuff B
Goofy add at the opening and a rather "squashed" sound reproduction but this is my Southern Soul pick of the day!
Wednesday 1 June 2011
JOE SOUTH- " WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES "
Well, this was my iPoddy offering of the Day...the little shuffle prog sent it my way twice in 24 hours so it had to be this tune. I always like Joe South's turn at being the Blue Eyed Soul guy of the day.....
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
oF COURse This one is GettinG a lot of airplay..or ether play....many happy returns to Rowdy Yates too!
Clarence Carter - Slip Away
I was asked today about my faourite Soul, R'n'B song....this one is up there....
Clarence Carter has such an impassioned voice and the incredible backstory to match. It’s hard to believe that this is the same cat that would go on to record “Strokin’.” Hm.
Monday 30 May 2011
Saturday 28 May 2011
Normalisr: Most played artists chart
Normalisr: Most played artists chart
Gawd…the madness of it all…so you see this stats thing and you get an idea of just how eclectic this ol’Bear is….lol
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
RIP Gil Scott-Heron, you did not go gently into that good night!
Friday 27 May 2011
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Trampled by Turtles-Wait So Long
another great Roots Music offering from the Trampled Turtles and Six Shooter records....wild stuff
Sunday 22 May 2011
NINO SEVILLA El Bobo de la Yuca
to quote my old amigo, John Candy as Mr. Mambo....."everybody Mambo...."
Alice Russell - Let us be Loving Official Video
One of my wonderful birthday prezzies was tickets to see fantastic Alice Russell at her next London concert!
Saturday 21 May 2011
The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
Just one of my favourite Canadian bands back then...the 90's wasn't it!
I lived in Bobcaygeon for a spell but that's now why I like....it's just got the feel right....that feeling of being struck deeply with love and the power of the universe...
Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers (long version) Visit Facebook "Th...
I'm planing for this one to be played at my Funneral and in case that rapture thing is goin' down...playing now really loud...so I won't know if it came and went without me,,,
Tom Waits - Take me home
....my darling wife Nicci was so touched when one morning this song played while she slept.....and I sang this to her....
It's one of his best simply done and well done simply....
Spencer Wiggins - Uptight Good Woman
Just one of my fave Southern Soul artists....and great tune here!
Susie (Dramas) - Elton John (Honky Chateau 4 of 10)
This was either the penultimate or might even have been the last album of Elton's I ever bought!
He and Mr Taupin could still deliver a finely crafted tune in those days....this is a fave and I happened to be going out with a gal of the same name around this time!
Friday 20 May 2011
Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time
A rock’n’roll pioneer, a hellraiser and a self-confessed “f**k-up”, Jerry Lee Lewis was all these things. He was also (and still is) a phenomenal country singer
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage - michelleshocked.com
I had the great pleasure of seeing and interviewing |Ms. Shocked some time back...another very honest performer! This song always make me drift back to my days on the old gravel dirt road side of the county...
Thursday 19 May 2011
King Earl Boogie Band - 'Plastic Jesus' - 1972 45rpm
I do love to collect the Novelty Song or Novelty Act....but I'd forgotten about this outfit's version of the tune......now many of you may know it from a very different version...can you tell this ol'Geezer where and who?
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Beale Street blues - Spanier.mov
Today's birthday in Jazz; George 'Pops' Foster....the world of slap bass starts here....the master and the inventor!
Dan Fogelberg ~ There's A Place In The World For A Gambler
A wise amigo, Roy Onami, once said to this very floundering you man -- "Your wisdom in life will be the sum total of all that you learn and all that you come to know from the hearts of the women in your life" He was right...Blessings to Dan wherever you are out there in the cosmos of souls....I saw him in concert and the whole audience stood to sing this!
Tuesday 17 May 2011
The Three Chefs - Breakfast In Rhythm
i had a coach who once called me a "ham and egger".....not that I understood what his drift was on this..but whenever I get a hankerin' for a good breakfast I remember Coach Hutch...and his wizened proflile...the man was hard as a tack and twice as sharp.....i'm off to my local caff which rather ironically is called the Three Chefs...there's the tie in folks...
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
This song haunted me today as I drifted from a odd kind of grief to smiling and holding memories close...like a cup of warm coffee on a cold morning. This song was a favorite of one of my ex's....she passed away from cancer rather suddenly this past weekend. No one knew and that's the way she wanted it. So I got out the old photos and played some of her songs. Blessings to you Ki !
OFFICIAL VIDEO: Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames) - Fe...
...kinda liking this one tonight..er..this very early morn....nice to see him making it back on record. Thanks to the folks at Daptone/Dunham (a gritter Bobby Blue Bland kind of sound)
Sunday 15 May 2011
Follow - Richie Havens
Once while driving the seemingly endless star clustered night above and the unbroken road in front, this song played on my little tape deck...as I sang my 8 year old son feel asleep...we ambled on through the night down the road from Algonquin to Ottawa....my darling son, what love we know¬!
Saturday 14 May 2011
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Animals - Club A Go-Go [Very Good(+) quality]
Many Happy Returns, Mr Eric Burdon!
Eric Burdon is one of those gritty Rock'n'Roll survivors....and he knew a good band when he saw or should I saw heard them. From the early days with with Chas Chandler and one of my favorite musicians, Allan Price then with a Mick Gallagher doing a stint on the boards to the one of the final incarnations that was tuned into the hip San Fran psychedelic era as Eric Burdon & The Animals! Oh don't forget that brief trip with War!
Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli
Django doth sooth my ravaged soul.....hope this little clip of sound (mostly)does the same for all thee¬
Sunday 8 May 2011
Nothing To Flawnt | « Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. » – Gustave Flaubert
Thursday 5 May 2011
Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Bird On A Wire HD
There is just something so heart wrenching in Joe's cover of St. Leo's tune that makes this cover almost better than the original!
And then add the fact that I lived this time...oh yes I sure did..got the memory lapses to prove it...grins!
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind (HQ)
It's "We've Got This Covered" over at the Flimwell Papers Music Corner and this cover by the master of the smooth Soul Sam Cooke turns in a very different and at times almost "show biz singin' Vegas Style" version of this classic. Pyrotechnics but so smooth you almost miss them.....cheers now...
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Bob Seger - Turn the Page
One of my favourite concerts was back in the days I lived near Windsor and we crossed the river to
this man's show....it remains still one of the best Rock'n'Roll nights I've ever been witness to!
Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song
What a killing, chilling opening stanza
"It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter.."
...Saint Leo --- vintage Leonard Cohen!
Helps me see the world through the appropriate colour of glasses!
Monday 2 May 2011
LE LAC MAJEUR MORT SHUMAN
Even if your knowledge of French is limited, rather like mine, this is a mighty fine song. It is one that conjures up images of being on the shores of Le Lac Majeur or as my Swiss Darlin' Nicci knows it Lago Maggiore!
Sunday 1 May 2011
Willie Nelson and Shelby Lynne, Angel flying too close
Oh how much I love this song, how I've wished that Shelby Lynne would get more recognition, I think Willie Nelson is a National Treasure....and folks forget what a flat out good picker he is.....so here in this one song are all my reasons why I love this form of music and why live music is just the greatest!
RUGGED MEN, Nov. 1957. Cover by Clarence Doore - www.MensPulpMags.com
RUGGED MEN, Nov. 1957. Cover by Clarence Doore - www.MensPulpMags.com, originally uploaded by SubtropicBob.
oooooh...Skipper where...
Billy Bragg: Ontario, Quebec & Me
I am always rather put off Billy's stuff especially when he manges to mangle his own tunes....but then every once in awhile I find a little gem
Jacques Brel - Quand on a que l'amour
I defy you not to get goosebumps over this one..if you don't you're from Remulac!
Saturday 30 April 2011
Marvin Gaye - Distant Lover
A not often heard piece of Marvin's vocal mastery but one I've loved over the years
for his plaintive honesty.....sure do miss this singer!
Friday 29 April 2011
The John Henrys "White Linen"
So youngin's who make good Roots Music! They be the Flimwell Papers' pick of the week
in the category. Hope you like too.
Thursday 28 April 2011
The Three Chefs - Breakfast In Rhythm
The sepia tinted clip from yesteryear pick of the week lands this one on the old viewing Victrola.
I enjoyed these fine steppers.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Phoebe Snow Poetry Man
Just too sad to say much but I'll let Ms. Snow's song stand alone
and my sorry at the loss of such a huge talent
Keriwa Café, a new restaurant with an Aboriginal menu, to open on Queen West next month
I wanna go here when we next get over there....er...you know what I mean!
Monday 25 April 2011
Conway Twitty - Rainy Night In Georgia ft. Sam Moore
Two greats doing a fine job on this classic tune. Always showing that country and soul are closely related.
Yes, that feeling can be both things at once...that is not a bad thing that it's raining all over the world, that hush of small rain on late summer's eve, washing, restoring and dampening down the dusty parts of life...and again rainy night can be such a sad thing...
dolly parton doing the beatles help
I am an unabashed Dolly fan...! She's real people and I've had the pleasure both see her perform many times and chat with her briefly on a flight out of London.
Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me
Was just a ruminatin' and reminiscin' on the wonderful tales of Van told to us by dear Richard Flohil and listening to Van sing. The story of Chris Barber playing with him was very ironic indeed considering we got back to London to find a BBC radio special on Mr. Chris Barber.
vintage glidergram record player clock by vyconic | notonthehighstreet.com
vintage glidergram record player clock by vyconic | notonthehighstreet.com
Asking the Santa Bunny for one of these for my birthday......grins
Friday 15 April 2011
Caetano Veloso- Cucurrucu Paloma
I love this tune -- originally from Mexico -- it's a classic example of how the song as a whole and not it's lyrics that make it such a wonderful moment!
Sunday 10 April 2011
The Power of Words
thanks to a dear pal, Mark Davidson, I am sending this out to all of you! After all these years I'm still learning and learning how much words and language mean in all things! Please watch...and think!
Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong - Umbrella Man
Satch and Diz....just a great bit of Jazz History.....was trying to figure what year, what show...but hell who cares just enjoy too of America's finest
Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time -
Heck this song nearly killed me after my first divorce...but still love it! An amigo put it on this mixtape titled "Do Not Leave This tape along with bottle of scotch, any sidearms, alone with Mr. PM"....so on a lovely sunny spring almost summer kinda day it's ok to look back and smile...
OTIS REDDING - These arms of mine
Just one of best love'in songs ever.....Otis so great..too young to gone!
Saturday 9 April 2011
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino [HD video / Good(+) picture quality] (Li...
oH YEAH.....i WOULD walk a miles of hard back country road to hear these guys.
The name Sir Doug was to cash in on the Brit invasion or so called Brit invasion but these guys were
just the best marriage of Texas Rock'n'Roll with Tex-Mex roots and dash of Soul too....
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Trouble in Mind - Leon Russell, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson
I first caught Leon on the Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour......and here is some real vintage Leon with Maria, Bonnie and Willie....so good..so many good memories too!
Monday 4 April 2011
Come And Get Your Love Redbone 1974
....soft spot in my heart for almost cheesey top pop stuff...and this is a great one!
Sunday 3 April 2011
Saturday 2 April 2011
Sam & Dave - When something is wrong with my baby
I know my life has been blessed to know so many wonderful loves...but it is true the best love
is the last love of my life.....my Darlin' Wife, Nicci!
Jackie Wilson - "That's Why (I Love You So)"
Just a mighty fine song send along on Saturday Got Soul day
here in my little den.....I used to make a case that Jackie was even greater entertainer than Sam Cooke...both are huge ..but Jackie oh yeah....
Friday 1 April 2011
Harry Nilsson Everybodys talking
Just always loved Mr. Harry N's music....interesting bit of Pop history here....
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Cake Walking Babies From Home Clarence Williams and the Blue Five Louis ...
....and missed the Louis pick of the week on Sunday....so two days late but always great...ssssssolid!
The Animals - Ain't got you
My i-Pod pick of the day is a lesser known release by The Animals...'I got chicks all around me but I don't have you...
Sunday 27 March 2011
Funny performance of Can't buy me love!! Vergas
...and here's a lovely fun cover of that bit of the Beatles' realm
Can't Buy Me Love- The Beatles (Official Video)
Oh the joyous reckless abandon just wanna laugh days of my early teens....my sister and I hiked into town to see this movie three times...it still makes us smile.....!
Saturday 26 March 2011
AGO Curator Katharine Lochnan introduces Black Ice: David Blackwood Prin...
It was such a huge pleasure to find this on the world wide interweb thingy, our neighbour, my art teacher for a few years and a supporter of my writer's voice. David Blackwood is a true Canadian original.
Monday 21 March 2011
Amazing Dancers: Kazumi & Kamiyama
I can hear him now...Simon Co's latest signing....great routine. Variety TV didn't die...just moved to the world wide interweb thing...
Sunday 20 March 2011
Louis Armstrong - After you`ve gone (1929)
This weeks Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong pick is a one of my favourite vocal tunes
from his earlier recordings...hope you enjoy too
Saturday 19 March 2011
EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING WITCHI TAI TO(STEREO VERSION)
jUSt got off the blower..er...phone with my sis back in Canada and she was remembering when I would sing and play this tune while stomping around in the wild woods of the Ganaraska Forest...not much on lyric but kinda neeeeet to be an old chanting hippie again..Holy Visions of Carlos_Castaneda, Batdorf!
Mills Brothers - Glow Worm (live, 1957)
Now, the Mills Bros were definitely not cool when I was a kid....heck my Dad liked them. But I was housebound and bedridden (as bedridden as an active 11 year old could be) and I played 78's my Dad had of them and the Ink Spots.....I was hooked....and this number really moves!
Julie Driscoll - Season Of The Witch (1968)
I have posted/blogged this one before (at the Flimwell Papers) in my best cover songs note!
But was out and about in the lovely spring day in the Kent countryside and heard it again as I hiked down a trail in Westerham....so gotta send it along....Brian Auger is a keyboard fave too!
Sunday 13 March 2011
Gene Clark - Tried So Hard
Just one of the most under rated songwriters of that Hippie-Country Music via California and N ew Mexico etc.....
Guess you can tell I was/am a huge Gene Clark fan! Enjoy the vibe..er..tune!
Saturday 12 March 2011
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - PLAY W.C. HANDY 1
yES...SOLid! Just one the best albums the great Mr. Armstrong ever recorded, in my humble opinion, and it's this weeks listenin' to the Greats pick!
The mighty Ganaraska
Spring arrives early back home...though the daffodils are in bloom here in U.K.
the ice is just out back in my hometown in Canada....my sis Jenn, sends me these little Zen moment updates....as still get a pang of homesickness
Friday 11 March 2011
Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
Oh, just one of my favOrite dowop tunes of all...and it was first heard on our babysitter's little transistor radio....gee whiz....
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Wild Magnolias
It ain't Fat Tuesday without some Mardi Gras Indians and a Secondline Parade...I'm cooking up a heap of pancakes for about 50 now...
Monday 7 March 2011
The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul (Shindig 1965)
Now, this tune most know by another band.....Eric and his Animals
But this one take me back...way back!
Sunday 6 March 2011
Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers
The Gritty Soul Sunday Pick from this ol'Geezer! I'm getting my wig-hat on my head with this one....
Saturday 5 March 2011
(Bleep), You (Bleeping) (Bleep): Dubbing American Films into Canadian French
(Bleep), You (Bleeping) (Bleep): Dubbing American Films into Canadian French
A wonderful look at a little known subject!
Equidistant between Boise and oblivion
i wish i could link this to that great song Bud the Spud from the bright red mud......
Thursday 3 March 2011
Reluctant Relocator: Elizabeth's aunt checks into Hotel Patel ...
Reluctant Relocator: Elizabeth's aunt checks into Hotel Patel ...: "HOTEL PATELIf you can stand it,You can stay. My aunt Blair checked in yesterday! Hooray! She is staying at Hotel Patel (Shanghai) for two we..."
Some wonderful photos of my 80+ Mum, her wonderful trip, on going at this very minute, to Shanghai and my cousin, Elizabeth Patel!
Monday 28 February 2011
DEREK AND THE DOMINOES ON JOHNNY CASH SHOW
Johnny's show was out there, man, and it was down home too...even my Dad liked this band and wonder who was this Rick Clapton guy.....
And the Duke
And the Duke
~ Thanks to my Dad who played in the old PONY League, I met Mr. Snider a couple of times. Then when he became one of the broadcasters for the Montreal Expos, all three generations got to meet him. He was a "class" act as they say. A true humble ambassador of the game. Take another base Duke!
Sunday 27 February 2011
In A Kitchenette (1929)
As the sun slowly sinks on our happy couple...Hector & Lysander we hear the strains of a meal of it..
Nat King Cole-That Sunday That Summer
It's the Sunday Smoothie...and this man had it -- oceans of it! I remember seeing this on Tv back in the day....
Saturday 26 February 2011
Friday 25 February 2011
Shake.mx - Bill & Will - Goin' to the River
The Fun Friday Soul/R'n'B Jukebox moment of yesteryear........a great bit of obscure Soul!
Sunday 20 February 2011
早乙女太一☓チームラボ [吉例]新春特別公演「龍と牡丹」-剣舞／影絵-
amazing bit of special lighting effects film from Japan ....I don't often use this term in order not to diminish it....it was truly "awesome"!
Saturday 19 February 2011
TWILIGHT SINGERS: ON THE CORNER DIRECTED BY MICHAEL STERLING EATON
Twilight Singers: On the Corner
love it
Video Hella Tight Krumpin 8-Year-Old Kids Freestyle To Step On Stage!.flv
Krumpin' Kid is just so good he's krazy....!
Emmylou Harris : I Still Miss Someone
Oh Miss Emmylou....I saw her do this in a small venue setting in New Mexico a lifetime ago....and this every hippie boy's dream queen was surely that...till I met My Darlin' Nicci!
Nancy Wilson & The George Shearing Quintet My Gentleman Friend
I am an unabashed Nancy fan! And this tune is going well with my double espresso Saturday morning start....sharing with you!
Monday 14 February 2011
KOOP - KOOP ISLAND BLUES (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
A bit of the sultry, sensuous, a perfect mode fit for the day!
Sunday 13 February 2011
#6 - SHINDIG! - Sixties Superstars
ohohoh....I remember watching this one...this very song, this very moment....whew...memories...
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