Baboon's back with all the kids after tentin' in the worst storm for the decades at our latitudes.. All is well, and here's Black Sabbath from California Jam 1974 - Snow Blind....... (courtesy of the ever-reliable blacksabfan..) [audio, but what audio!]
Renegade Pt I: The Phillip Lynott Story.. Starts out with s steamrollin' rendition of Ode To A Black Man... steamy steamy boogie-woogie [www.youtube.com]
Hey Scl, doesn't this weather were getting Suck? its FREEZInG!!!! Its times like this that remind me of Rain Fall Down.."why do we live in this strange grey town?"
someone mentioned 'Pali Gap' - love those two albums of (mostly) late Hendrix, "First Rays" & "South Saturn Delta"...Johnny Thunders, "Hurt Me"... "Sweet Soul Sounds: Hard to Find 45s" (Eric label) w/ original 'Testify', Archie Bell & the Drells' 'Showdown', Brenda & the Tabulations 'Dry Your Eyes', 'Expressway To Your Heart,' Clarence Carter, Little Johnny Taylor, Charles Wright & much more - including the 7 minute Sly Stone opus 'Youre The One' & 'Somebody's Watching You' (both rare 45s on Sly's Stone Flower label, sung by Little Sister 1970). Ike Turner "Blues Roots" ('72). "Looking For My Baby! Soul Treasures From The Vaults of Amy/Mala/Bell" (Sundazed). And the Box Tops' debut on CD "The Letter/Neon Rainbow".
I got two bands for ya'll that I'd like to hear opinions...
For the fellow Americans, ever hear of a band called Big Head Todd and the Monsters? If not, I would definitely check them out. If you go to their website, you can hear them all. Check out the album Sister Sweetly.
For those across the pond, what do you think of The The? Matt Johnson is a brilliant artist and when Johnny Marr was part of the group, they were rocking. Matt got weird though and left the business.
Last week revisted the Band's (3rd, and since this time they got it right, definitive) boxed set, A Musical History or something. Unlike earlier Band sets it has plenty of early Ronnie Hawkins/Levon & the Hawks stuff - Robbie was ferocious in the early to mid 60s, one part Hubert Sumlin, one part incendiery device. And there's a nice chunk of Dylan/Band material too. By the time he got to Big Pink the guitar was clearly secondary in his mind to evoking something more cinematic, and mysterious. Also the great Richard Manuel - usually shortchanged on comps - is proven again to be an essential songwriter/voice in The Band at least til '70 or so...