Administrators sam_webmaster Posted May 16, 2011 Administrators Share Posted May 16, 2011 John Paul Jones will be performing with Seasick Steve Tuesday night, on BBC2's Later With Jools Holland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustardPie87 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Brilliant!!! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Seasick Steve, eh? What, did Steve A Jones return from Japan by boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Seasick Steve, eh? What, did Steve A Jones return from Japan by boat? Nice line. Hopefully, Steve appreciates the humor as much as you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBgoode Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Great to see Jonesy out there. Anyone know anything more about his opera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Jonesy has played on his upcoming album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Brilliant, except for the part where some of us can't see it in our area. If somebody could please post it, I'd appreciate it very much, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_Zoso Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I'd love to see this as well. I have seen Seasick Steve before, a bit of a character and some talent to boot. Should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 More than "some" talent, I'd say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Nice line. Hopefully, Steve appreciates the humor as much as you do. I do. There's also this: In February 2011, Seasick Steve signed to Play It Again Sam to release his new album with the exception of the US, where it will be released on Third Man Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Seasick Steve - You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Wednesday, 11th May 2011 Matthew Tomlinson It's funny what difference a few years can make to an old man. Normally the changes are limited to hair increasingly retreating from where it's meant to be and instead sprouting uninvited out of every other cavity you'd care to imagine, maybe coupled with a serious reduction in the old grey- matter's effectiveness. For Seasick Steve, however, the last couple have seen him transformed from a footloose, washed up hobo, to a worldwide festival favourite and novelty comfort blanket to the nation.Back at the end of this month with his sixth studio album, he hits the nail squarely on the head with its title, You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks. As always, "Produced and recorded by the Dog Hisself", played on the usual eccentric array of handmade instruments, a well-worn slide on his finger and John Deere cap on his head (remember 'Big, Green and Yella' anyone?). Packed full of raw, wailing blues riffs punctuated by lilting acoustic ditties, …New Tricks is perhaps Steve's most consistent record to date in terms of keeping you interested throughout and never tempted to reach for the skip button. Easing, rather than bursting into life with an almost Celtic arrangement called 'Treasures' forming the backdrop to Steve's soft, deep, almost bedtime-story vocals, before turning up the amps and kicking into boogie mode, highlights of which include 'Back in the Doghouse', 'Days Gone' and the title track itself. For some of these tracks a certain John Paul Jones also makes an appearance on the bass, and fans of his recent work with Them Crooked Vultures may find this record a surprisingly enjoyable purchase. Lyrics-wise, all his signature themes are in the mix: the wife, hobos, hobos, drinking, the wife, and the list goes on in similar fashion, but as …New Tricks enters its home stretch, Steve enters some uncharted territory as he begins thinking about the numbered days of his own existence. Admittedly, lines like "when I find all my lost friends… we're gonna have a party… and we're gonna drink forevermore" hint he isn't taking it all too seriously, but 'What a Way to Go', on the other hand, seems as honest as they come, and couldn't be written by anyone other than a seventy year-old bluesman watching old mates drop like flies around him, giving the record a personal, bittersweet tinge that we haven't really seen emerge from the doghouse before. All in all, this isn't really ground-breaking stuff from Seasick, but let's be honest, did anyone really expect it to be? He's given us another solid album, maybe even his best, that'll keep plenty of people happy enough when he hits the festivals with it this summer. It's not particularly artistic, it's never heard of subtlety, and it sure as hell ain't polished, but bless him – you can't really help but love the old dinosaur. http://www.theyorker.../music/7024?amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted May 17, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted May 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Awesome! Thanks a lot, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Thanks, Sam. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swandown Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Here is the video for Seasick Steve's new song "Treasures". It sounds like Jonesy is playing mandolin on it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustardPie87 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Absolutely fantastic woooohooo!!!!! Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted May 27, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted May 27, 2011 A furious and frantic performance from Seasick Steve "Pretty good band, huh?" was Steven Wold's understated recognition of his extraordinary musicians for this benefit gig. The veteran Californian bluesman, better known as Seasick Steve, was admiring the contribution not only of his grizzly bear of a drummer, Dan Magnusson, but also John Paul Jones. The Led Zeppelin bassist is a fan and he joined in for this Streets of London show for The Connection at St Martin's, a day centre for the homeless. Jones guests on the latest Seasick Steve album, You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks, so this power trio in Camden offered an established collaboration rather than a glorified celebrity endorsement. Jones may have lacked the whiskery beards of his band mates but his chunky bass sound was an easy fit with their ragged blues-rock. The focus was on pounding, ramshackle rhythms powered by some astonishing makeshift guitars, including one known as the Morris Minor made from hubcaps. There were folk and country textures, too, and Jones played banjo on Treasures, a fittingly sad song about Wold's hobo life in the Seventies. For the bluesy ballad Walkin' Man, Wold strummed and serenaded a female fan, while Jones plucked at a mandolin. Back in the Doghouse was a wonderful bad luck anthem, and the new album title track had a defiant tone from Wold, who is apparently 70 though he can still get away with wearing a vest on stage. He had an incredible control over his guitars, too, even if they did sometimes fall apart mid-song. But that was the joy of this performance: furious, frantic and as far from a slick rock group as you could hope to get. By André Paine http://www.thisislon...easick-steve.do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reids Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Very cool. Thanks again, Sam. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted May 30, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted May 30, 2011 Promo Video: You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Promo Video: You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Very nice! A lot of imagination went into that one, and I do note the inclusion of a Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBgoode Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Just downloaded the album from iTunes. It is fantastic. Very raw and heavy, but lotsa southern influence with the banjo's and percussion. The songs with Jonesy are just supreme. Very happy with this purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 The playing in that track reminds me of Rory Gallagher as well as Pagey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Seasick Steve & John Paul Jones Interview on Jools Holland 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted June 12, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted June 12, 2011 Q: On your new album you have John Paul Jones playing bass on a couple of tracks. Did you ever see Led Zeppelin live? SEASICK STEVE: I saw them play in 1969. I was playing at a pizza parlour and this guy came in and asked if I wanted to see an English blues band. We went over to this amphitheatre and saw them play. Man, they was good. I didn't think of them like a blues band but I thought I ain't ever seen [imitates Robert Plant swinging microphone by its lead]... and the hair, plus they was so much better than everybody else. I'll never forget that show. I went backstage and saw that Robert Plant was smoking English cigarettes. I'd never seen an English cigarette before in my life so I bummed one off him. That was my big claim. I now know Robert Plant quite well and I told him but he don't remember. It tasted like shit. I was smoking Lucky Strikes at the time and that cigarette tasted poor, poor, poor. I felt sorry for him - "Man, you call that a cigarette?" http://www.theartsde...steve&Itemid=80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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