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I've recently discovered a lady in jazz, Abbey Lincoln. She used to be married with drummer Max Roach back in the 50's and 60's. Together they recorded several great albums. Her voice and vocal style is a treat, very moving and "real" I think. I got the Abbey is blue album which is a really great album that was released on Riverside in 1959. Next album I have to check out is Max Roach's Freedom Now Suit; We Insist! from 1961. It's a real strong album with excellent performances of Abbey, Max, Coleman Hawkins, Booker Little and Julian Priester.
Check out these tracks from We Insist, Abbey and the band is just amazing:
Driva Man & Tears For Johannesburg
I also want to get her album, Straight Ahead from 1961. It seems like an awesome album too.
This song is really beautiful and haunting at the same time:
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I bought three LP's:
Abbey Lincoln - Abbey is blue (1960)
This is a great album with great musicians like Max Roach on drums, which also was the husband of Abbey at the time. Didn't find many songs with Abbey on youtube, but here's a song from another album which at least shows how great this stuff is: Driva Man (from Freedom now suite)
Julie London - Julie is her name, Vol 1 (1955)
Her first album which includes her huge hit Cry me a river.
Carolyn Hester - s/t (1962)
Not only a great singer/songwriter album, but also Bob Dylans recording debut. He play harmonica on several tracks. I love her voice, check this track out: Come back baby
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How's it goin' my fellow Peter Green fanatic?
I'm happy to hear you finally got to see the documentary!Cheers for Greeny!
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A 45 by The Outsiders. They hailed from Ohio and had a big hit with Time Won't Let Me. But I think this, their fifth single, is the one to get.
The Outsiders - I'm Not Trying To Hurt You / I'll Give You Time (To Think It Over) (1966)
Listen to I'm Not Trying To Hurt You
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^^ Vincebus Eruptum, what a great album. EVERYONE should have that classic in their record collection. Groundbreaking to say the least.
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I just purchased a great snotty 60's punk 45 from eBay. The B-side is the gemm, with angry vocals and a great fuzz rhythm!
Kit & The Outlaws - Midnight Hour / Don't Tread On Me (1966)
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A great Michigan garage rocker 45:
The Underdogs - The Man In The Glass / Judy Be Mine (later re-tiled: Friday at the Hideout)
Listen to Judy Be Mine right
Some history about the band:
The Underdogs were a four-man garage band from Grosse Pointe, MI, with a lineup similar to the Beatles -- three guitars and a drum manned by Dave Whitehouse (vocals/bass), Tony Roumell (lead guitar/vocals), Chris Lena (rhythm guitar/vocals), and Michael Morgan (drums/vocals).
Inspired by the success of English bands like the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, the Rolling Stones, and others, the band formed in high school and started playing at local promoters Dave Leone's and Ed "Punch" Andrews' legendary Hideout Club in Harper Woods, MI. The Hideout was a teen dance club and record company that opened in 1963; the latter came about when the featured bands became so popular Leone and Andrews decided to record them. Bob Seger & the Last Herd, the Fugitives, Doug Brown & the Omens, the Heavy Metal Kids (featuring future Eagle Glenn Frey), Suzi Quatro & the Pleasure Seekers, and Ted Nugent & the Lourds are some of the rockers that played the Hideout.
Leone, a college student, started the club to give teens a place to hang; the admission was a whopping one dollar to dance, hang out, and see local bands. He initially was going to call the place "The Library" so the teens could tell their parents they were going to the library Friday night. The club was scandalous. Formerly used as a wedding reception hall, its back room doubled as a dressing/orgy room.
In 1965, the Underdogs cut Hideout's first single, "Man in the Glass," a song based on an Alcoholics Anonymous poem. The flip side was "Judy Be Mine" aka "Friday at the Hideout," which the Romantics redid. "Man in the Glass" made enough noise locally for Hideout to ink a master deal with Reprise Records for mass distribution. But the distribution and plugging ended when the source of the lyrics was discovered by Reprise.
Buoyed by the success of "Man in the Glass" despite the lyrics controversy, Hideout issued a sampler LP late in 1965 that featured both sides of the Underdogs' single plus two new cuts: "Surprise, Surprise" (a remake of the Rolling Stones' record) and "Get Down on Your Knees" written by Bob Seger, Whitehouse, and Leone. A second single "Little Girl" b/w "Don't Pretend" (1966) followed a similar script; coming out on Hideout first, then Reprise, the promotion wasn't aborted this time but the record still stiffed everywhere but "the Dogs"' home base. Seger wrote "East Side Story" for the Underdogs, but reportedly their version didn't have it, so Seger cut it himself.
The bands' hometown popularity piqued the interest of Motown Records who signed them to a deal. They had one single release on the VIP label, a tough-as-nails makeover of Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Love's Gone Bad" originally done by blue-eyed soul-singing Chris Clark; the Underdogs are reportedly the first white band signed by Motown, but that's debatable, with "band" being the key word. What should have been a hit didn't generate much chart action according to Motown's standards, reaching its zenith at number 122 pop in 1966. The flipside was a remake of Clarence Paul/Bunny Paul/Faye Hale's "MoJo Hanna" a popular Jobete copyright first recorded by Henry Lumpkin and redone by many including Marvin Gaye, the Ideals, Tammi Lynn, Esther Phillips, and the Neville Brothers. The single is a find, if you can locate a copy. They cut other unreleased sides at Motown including a smokin' "The Way You Do the Things You Do" that was shelved for years but can now be found on compilation albums such as Motown Sings Motown and others.
The Grande Ballroom succeeded the Hideout Club in the Detroit area, which seems to coincide with the Underdogs' disappearance from the music scene. When Leone got drafted, it spelled the end of the club that earned him big bucks; he later became a booking agent for Ted Nugent and others before passing October 5, 1999, from a heart attack. Punch Andrews, Leone's Hideout partner and longtime manager of Bob Seger, now handles Kid Rock. It's not clear what happened to the Underdogs. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
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So Mean To Me with Elmore James. I've found out that I get very effective at work while listening to Elmore.
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I've only gotten one or two listens to both albums but man they are great. Good buys.
Is that Ray's latest album? I only heard a couple of songs by him, but what little I've heard I really like.
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A couple of Elmore James tunes..
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Two great bands on friday, The Vanjas and The Scrags! Vanjas is a great rock and soul group with a lot of punk garage attitude and Scrags is energic Stooges rock. I really looking forward to this gig as they are both great live acts.
The Vanjas
The Scrags
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Two awesome 45s:
Elmore James and His Broom Dusters - Rollin' And Tumblin' / I'm Worried (FIRE 1960)
Elmo James and His Broomdusters - The Sky Is Crying / Held My Baby Last Night (FIRE 1960)
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WHOOHOOOO Got this excellent 45 off of eBay in near mint condition! ...and how about that cool monicker, "The Shag"!?
It's been one of my favourite FUZZ tunes in years!The Shag - Stop And Listen / Melissa (Capitol 1967)
I also got these LP's:
Steve Earle - Townes (2009)
Lucinda Williams - s/t (1988)
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the place is beautiful and you look great! the last photo is awesome! very interesting. I like the foreshortening. looks wonderful!
Thanks Inga May. Yeah, the place was amazing, really! We took MANY pics, to many to post here though.
My girlfriend took the portrait of me, it turned out really cool I think. -
The world need more bands like these guys. It's only rock'n'roll but I like it.
Dollhouse has made two albums:
The Royal Rendez-Vous - 2006
Rock And Roll Revival - 2009
Check 'em out at: http://www.myspace.com/rockandsoul
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Here's a couple of pictures of our trip to Isle of Skye a couple of weeks ago.
On my way up the Old Man of Storr..
...to get this view!! It's actually the rock in this picture that is called Old Man of Storr.
That redhead would be me..
If you ever go to Scotland, be sure to visit Isle of Skye!
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A bunch of blues 45's, like:
Junior Wells - Little By Little / Come On In This House (Profile 1959-60?)
Junior Wells - You Don't Care / Prison Bars All Around Me (Profile 1960-61?)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out / The Sun Is Shining (Chess 1960)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Temperature 110 / Lonesome Cabin (Checker 1960)
Little Walter - Ah'w Baby / I've Had My Fun (Checker 1960)
J.B. Lenoir - What About Your Daughter / Five Years (Checker 1957)
Freddie Cannon - Tallahassie Lassie / You Know (Swan 1959)
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I'm goin' to a club called Shakin' Street tomorrow. Lots of great music and a couple of cold beers out in the sun. Tomorrows live act is Dollhouse which is a really great rock'n'roll band from Sweden. They've released two rockin' records.
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No one mentioned Etta James, what a voice.
Current favorite: LP
L.P. Wasted (Theme from South of Nowhere)
Sure we did.
Regarding Janis Joplin, she was great and I love many of her records, but IMHO she owe's it all to this lady: -
Thanks for the link. I hope he'll add a couple of dates in Sweden too.
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Here's the setlist from Steve Earle's show in Carrboro last week. The Townes songs are marked with asterisks. Swede, please let me know if I missed any.
Steve Earle
Carrboro Arts Centre
10 June 2009
Start: 9:28
1. Where I Lead Me*
2. Colorado Girl*
3. Rex's Blues*
4. Ft. Worth Blues
5. Pancho & Lefty*
6. Brand New Companion*
7. Tom Ames' Prayer
8. My Old Friend The Blues
9. Someday
10. Taneytown
11. Goodbye
12. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold*
13. Marie*
14. City of Immigrants
15. Dixieland
16. Rich Man's War
17. The Mountain
18. Sparkle & Shine
19. Lungs*
20. To Live Is To Fly*
Encore
21. Hometown Blues
22. Tennessee Blues
23. Copperhead Road
I think you nailed them, you would probably know better then I.. I really would like to catch Steve Earle live, I hope he'll be touring Scandinavia soon.
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Townes Van Zandt is great as well. I discovered him after Robert and Alison covered one of his songs on Raising Sand. I've got a good 2 cd compilation I listen to a lot.
There was a great box set of Excello records I read about some time ago and I think it's since gone out of print which is disappointing as they housed so many fantastic musicians. Thanks for the link - definitely my kinda sound. I shall add to the ever growing list of things to buy!
As for Miles, Bitches Brew is an absolute must as well. If you like fusion jazz, it's really the pioneer album for it and spawned many a great careers from the artists he recorded with on the album.
A comp like that of Excello artist is the way to go I suppose, as the original singles and albums isn't easy to find.
I must admit that I am not a very big fan of fusion jazz, but my interest in music is greater then my taste and I could probably get Bitches Brew for the reason it was a pioneering record.
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I still don't own any of her records but I first heard of Irma Thomas thanks to this line from Jimmy Buffett's song Saxophones:
I cut my teeth on gumbo rock
Benny Spellman and Doctor John
Sweet Irma Thomas and "Frogman" Henry
Use to boogie woogie all night long
Speaking of Hittin' On Nothing, I'm not sure if you're familiar with it but Southern Culture On the Skids do a pretty cool version of it on their album Liquored Up and Lacquered Down.
Cool. I had no idea Southern Culture On The Skids made a cover of Hittin' On Nothing. I know you have written a lot about them during the years, but I still haven't got to listen to them yet.
Regarding Janis Joplin, she was great and I love many of her records, but IMHO she owe's it all to this lady:
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I did like his voice so that's all good. As I said that was the first alum I bought from him, does it matter which album of his I buy next?, I saw these albums of his at the record store I was at
Our Mother the Mountain, Delta Momma Blues, and Townes Van Zandt.
The intimacy of the performance was also impressing.
I'll check out those recommendations, thanks.
Me too love his voice, and as Jahfin stated, he was an amazing songwriter! Of the albums you mention Townes Van Zandt is definitely essential. Some of his most loved songs are on that album. I have Delta Momma Blues as well, but if I have to recomend one of them, TVZ it is.. I don't have Our Mother The Mountain, but it's supposed to be a great album too..
Also the DVD Jahfin posted about, Be Here To Love Me is great!
Oooh the Lonesome Sundown sounds wonderful! I love Excello RecordsIf you want to check out more Miles - go for Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue. Both tops in my book.
Thanks for the recomendations Nine, I will definitely check 'em out. I don't know much about Bitches Brew, but Kind Of Blue have been on my "got to get" list for a long time.
Excello was a great label with so many cool artists indeed!! I found one song by Lonesome Sundown on youtube, and if you like this song you'll probably love the rest of his stuff too:
I'm happy to hear you finally got to see the documentary!
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a bunch of great stuff.. right now Cocain Blues with Townes Van Zandt.