The Band Guestbook, July 2018

Entered at Tue Jul 31 05:16:36 CEST 2018 from (74.12.33.62)

Bill M

Dunc: I remember that the Mulberry Bush soundtrack album was on United Artists, unlike Traffic's albums. Maybe that's why the title song wasn't on any of your Traffic best-of albums. Nice song to listen to, though more difficult to watch on YouTube.

In his later years, Jeff Healey seemed to invest his time in his strong interest in old-time jazz. Had a band in which he played trumpet and didn't sing at all. Got good gigs on the back of his name, but preferred to keep more in the background on stage. The singer I remember was a woman, Alex Pangman, who is still around town. I don't think she sang with Jeff and Garth Hudson at Healey's club, but more certainly Terra Hazelton did (and Terra's still around too).

Entered at Mon Jul 30 22:18:21 CEST 2018 from (129.97.124.30)

Bill M

Lisa: I had the same feeling of revulsion with violence towards animals when I saw a movie made by one of the great Euro directors of the '60s. Now I can't remember which, but it must've been in French because I was in a six-week French immersion course at the time. I was 19, so very black and white in my thinking, and decided that I'd never watch another movie by that guy again. I probably haven't, but can't say for sure because I don't remember his name - just that I knew his name at the time, and as I was an 19-year-old bumpkin, he must've been famous. But I do recall the scene, which involved a lamb being slaughtered in from of the girl who the film revolved around and her friends. I realised that it probably took several takes, meaning several slaughtered lambs - for what?

Anyway, a Nazarin - Nazareth link makes sense re "the Weight". I've been thinking along similar lines for several days, ever since "The Magus" came up here. Awful book from start to finish, but I read the whole blessed thing, I think in the hope that the protagonist would at some point see through and turn the tables on the manipulator - but he was credulous right to the end. And now I realise that that was Fowles's fun - manipulating me and others to do what the protagonist did - continue to hope that things would change. Guess what, chum - things don't always end well! Life, or just phases of life if you're fortunate, can be just a series of really tough challenges. The old testament has all sorts of stories like that, Job being the obvious one. But taken as a whole, the whole history of the Israelites as set out in the OT is the same thing. They're not '60s movies at all, but two of my favourites, "Stunt Man" and "The Truman Show", are Magus-like - though the proponents get away.

Entered at Mon Jul 30 21:34:37 CEST 2018 from (86.153.52.59)

Dunc

Thanks Bill M. Still watching Jeff Healey on YouTube.

Thanks Pat and Roger. Really enjoyed the clip, Pat. Have been watching clips of 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' on Youtube. It took place in the new town of Stevenage, which made me think this influenced Bill Forsyth to shoot Gregory's Girl in Cumbernauld.

For some reason I don't have Here We go round The Mulberry Bush on my 'The Best of Traffic', but other important to me singles are 'Paper Sun', 'No Face, No Name, No Number', 'Hole In My Shoe' and 'Feelin Alright' (I think this was a little later). Singles were so important to me until I was about eighteen.

The reason Bil Forsyth withdrew from film making was the real failure of 'Being Human', which bombed badly. He made Gregory's Two Girls, which I saw about 2000, but it got mixed reviews. He was appearing at the Edinburgh Film Festival recently because he is involved in Local Hero becoming a play.

So I'll watch one of your two reviewed films, Peter, and forget about the other.

I enjoyed Herbie Mann's version of 'Pick Up The Pieces'. Thanks.

Entered at Mon Jul 30 19:04:49 CEST 2018 from (96.49.94.173)

Lisa

Anyway, I don't like his movies, or their messages, and I once read something about his treatment of animals that turned me off him for life, as if his movies weren't enough. Yet he is a revered filmmaker and I'm sure his movies will always be studied. Just not by me :-)

Entered at Mon Jul 30 18:48:01 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Just re-listening to Bobbie Gentry Live at the BBC- an LP for Record Store Day, based on her BBC TV series in the late 60s. I listened when I got it, then misplaced it. The live band sounds great … notably Danny Thompson or Herbie Flowers on bass.

Entered at Mon Jul 30 14:06:42 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Catching up on some LP finds.

Herbie Mann: Discotheque (great version of AWB's Pick Up The Pieces - Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Levin on bass).

Taj Mahal: Music Keeps Me Together. Outstanding instrumental 'When I see The Sea Beneath My Soul.'

Chambers Brothers: A New Time A New Day, notable for great soul on I Can't Turn You loose, but probably the worst recording ever of Where Have All The Flowers Gone? done as a soul / gospel song.

From Nowhere … The Troggs. Bought because it was £10 and in great condition, and it's listed as worth £70. Hmm..

Lee Dorsey: Ya Ya, CD of the original album. A bonus track is Lil Liza Jane, recorded in 1961 or 1962 … a further Hawks / Lee Dorsey link.

Entered at Mon Jul 30 11:35:12 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Mon Jul 30 01:23:52 CEST 2018 from (1.42.214.171)

Wallsend

Entered at Sun Jul 29 20:12:57 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.120)

JQ

Hi Lisa - If you like Gregory’s Girl you’ll love this one. Same director - he was on a roll then but I don’t know where he’s been for the last 25 years. Gregory has a small role and with a Mark Knofler (sp?) soundtrack.

Entered at Sun Jul 29 18:26:21 CEST 2018 from (96.49.94.173)

Lisa

Is anyone else passionately interested in how music affects movies though? I'm talking about the dramatic underscore, not using rock or other well known songs in the soundtrack. For instance, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner just wouldn't have the same punch without John Addison's score. Actually, he did the scores for so many of those "kitchen sink" British movies - the music adds so much it's hard to imagine them without his scores. Other composers I particularly admire (in no particular order): Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Hermann, Elmer Bernstein, Alex North, George Duning - many others too, those are just the ones that come instantly to mind.

Entered at Sun Jul 29 17:11:47 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Flicks of the 60's

My three favourites from the 60's in order.

The Great Escape - with a cast of starts that was huge

The Dirty Dozen - Again many stars, (and Donald Sutherlands first chance at becoming one of the biggest stars. Last time I looked he had done more films than anyone.)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - As well as a great cast, Gene Pitney's hit song of that name.

Entered at Sun Jul 29 15:52:09 CEST 2018 from (147.188.254.132)

Roger

Subject: The Chase

Norm - I too loved The Chase. Made by Arthur Penn shortly before he made Bonnie and Clyde. Great cast and a great story. I’m going to look for it now. Dunc - I too was a big fan of Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush though I fear it won’t have aged well. Unlike Gregory’s Girl.

Peter - your three favourite books in 1968 are still all on my Desert Island list. I rushed to see The Magus when it came out. I wouldn’t trust Michael Caine’s judgement. He’s made much worse films. Quite a lot of people know that.

Entered at Sun Jul 29 05:55:38 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.120)

JQ

Did you watch Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner on TCM? It was there a few days ago (my go-to station). The nuns played this for us when it came out. We were only 13 so between the accents and our stupidity it didn’t work too well. Since then I’ve seen it a few times and liked it but I think I’m over the whole anti-hero thing, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, etc.It was good in its era, maybe even necessary before the culture could progress. I just watched Paths of Glory on TCM. It remains my favorite of Kubrick’s but it too has been done so often since then (Mash was in that genre for years) that now it looks too heavy-handed. Brilliant though in its delivery and performances, except for Kirk Douglas; I’ve never bought into his whole acting catalog. I don’t think he could possibly ever do anything like humor.

Entered at Sun Jul 29 05:51:34 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Flicks of the 60's

A particularly notable movie of 1966 and I had a winning on this movie. In the early 90's on CKWX radio for a while they had a little contest called "stump the red head". The red head being Red Robinson our well known DJ. You could call in with clues to a movie. If Red couldn't guess what the movie was you win! I won some tickets to "Block Buster" for movies.

The movie was "The Chase". I still have it on VCR. Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) escapes from jail. His wife is Jane Fonda. Marlon Brando is the sheriff. His wife is Angie Dickinson. The texas town tycoon is EG Marshall. There is a host of actors who went on to be huge, including Robert Duvall.

This movie really stereotypes the Texas rednecks of the sixties. The night this takes place the towns people are having a drunken party. Their children are having a drunken party. By the actions it's hard to tell whose wife belongs to who. Jane Fonda is having an affair with EG Marshall's son. Robert Duvall tries to get on EG Marshalls good side by ratin' the kids out.

One line in the movie by a very drunk woman when she hears Bubber Reeves may shoot this guy for sleeping with wife, the woman says. "Shoot some body for sleepin' with another guy's wife? That's silly, half the town would be wiped out". It may not be for everyone but it is drama that is very well played by some very excellent actors.

Entered at Sat Jul 28 22:42:57 CEST 2018 from (96.49.94.173)

Lisa

What an era it was, and so many great films to choose from. I'm looking forward to these reviews - so many of those movies really affected me. I did see The Magus back then, and not having read the book was even more mystified than most. I really had no idea what it was about, but it cemented in my head that I couldn't abide Anthony Quinn.

Then there's the scores - favorite movie scores? Again, so many to choose from. I don't think I could pick an actual favorite, but way up in the lead would be Lalo Schifrin's Bullitt score.

It's always revealing watching a movie you saw when you were young many many years later - funny how forty years or so changes your point of view. I just saw The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner the other day. Way back when, I felt much the same as Tom Courtenay's character at the end of the movie. Now, it just makes me think, "You fool, you just threw away your one chance to make your life better." Though I suppose that was the point of the movie. One thing I particularly noticed at the end was the look of hurt and betrayal on Michael Redgrave's face before it turned to anger. Still a powerful movie.

Entered at Sat Jul 28 17:42:45 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: The Magus

I've decided to do a series of reviews of the films of the late 60s. This week is "The Magus" so reviled back in 1968.

Entered at Sat Jul 28 02:48:33 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

5 + 2

Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt: Western Wall / Paul Simon: Rhythm of the Saints / Bob Marley: Kaya / Elvis Costello: Get Happy!!! / Steely Dan: Aja / Tom Petty: Highway Companion / U2: Zooropa

Have a great weekend everybody!

Entered at Fri Jul 27 21:17:56 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

As of this morning, for $5 the local Walmart will sell you a copy of the "Canada 150" compilations CD with "The Weight" by our guys and "Somewhere Down The Lazy River" by one of our guys. Also Nick Gilder, Nellie Furtado, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, Tom Cochrane and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. (And other Canucks.)

Entered at Fri Jul 27 20:32:27 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Pat B: Ranks up there with "Dandelion" by the Stones, which I was listening to this morning. Both are nice but dated - and nothing I'd want to spend much time with.

Dunc: Jeff Healey was huge, especially in hometown Toronto, but also across Canada and the US - the latter thanks largely to his band's appearance in the movie "Roadhouse". Started out, and mostly stayed, a blues band, but did great covers too, notably "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The link it to Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Entered at Fri Jul 27 19:49:17 CEST 2018 from (108.88.109.12)

Pat B

Dunc, you made me think of this.

Entered at Fri Jul 27 18:52:21 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Acadian Driftwood

A fine live version of Acadian Driftwood by Shawn Colvin is linked. i've been listening to her Uncovered album recently, and she adds this to her excellent version of Twilight.

Entered at Fri Jul 27 17:53:01 CEST 2018 from (86.153.52.59)

Dunc

Thanks Bill M. I returned to the Jeff Heally Version of 'Stuck In The Middle' this week. Really enjoy this version and I appreciate the work of both guitarists. I know nothing of either.

When I did my Toppermost on Stealers Wheel, it confirmed that Stealers Wheel were a partnership of equals with Joe Egan contributing as much in writing as Gerry Rafferty. Joe Egan retired quietly from the music scene. I play regularly 'Out of Nowhere', his first solo album. He only made two then retired. If you have time try the song 'Back On The Road', which has a good number of hits on You Tube for a song which seemed to get no publicity.

I enjoyed the review of 'I'll Never Forget What's Is Name'. I read it at half time at the match on Saturday, Peter. I needed something. The film I always think back nostalgically about is 'Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush'. Probaly dated.

Uncut is an edition on its own, Bill. The shock is how poorly many of The Band's solo albums are scored. The good thing is the articles from the time and that maybe more people will find the Band.

Missed souls. I miss a lot of people on here. A great thing about the GB is the number of people, who write well.

Five for Friday.

Bob Dylan 1965-66 'The Best of the Cutting Edge' Bootleg Series Vol 12. I've stopped collecting them at this point.

Solomon Burke - 'Make Do With What You've Got'. I really like his version of 'It Makes No Difference'

'The Velvet Underground' - actually played all four albums, but maybe I'm not an ideal fan as I like the tuneful stuff the best.

Joe Egan - 'Out of Nowhere'. Love this album.

Steely Dan -'The Very Best of' - I have all the albums these songs are on, but I like this colllection of hits.

Entered at Thu Jul 26 22:21:39 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Thu Jul 26 05:07:25 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

I think of David at least every week, generally when I like the guitar or bass on some record or other and wonder who was playing, but quickly realise that there's no longer so much point in asking here because the guy who'd know is missing.

And Jerry came to mind just yesterday evening when I attended the unveiling of some historical plaques dedicated to two defunct Yonge Street bars: Friars Tavern, where Dylan and the Hawks first me and practiced; and the Le Coq D'Or, where I met Levon during a break between sets with the Cates brothers. Afterwards the 'ceremony', a couple of us were sitting around and someone mentioned playing in the 70s at the Running Pump, the local watering hole for my grade 13 classmates that Jerry's father bought after selling his interest in the Concord Tavern.

Entered at Thu Jul 26 02:40:08 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Comin' Home

Today I worked hard! Getting this big boat finished while I have the weather. I came home to an empty house as Susan went down to Nanaimo to visit her sister for a couple days.

I thought, I'm going to have a drink, (I earned it)! I poured me a drink, sat down in front of the computer, (it's so easy now a days) play me some of my music. I hit on Joe South (Don't it Make You Want to Go Home Now). I so much loved his music and every thing about the guy. I'm sure y'all know he did a lot of work with Dylan.

But, the last conversation I ever had about Joe was with another boy from Georgia. David Powell! he was such a great volume of music and a wonderful human being. He could say things to, set you straight, make you feel better, and make you understand. I laid back in my big oak chair and reflected on many years here and the many very fine people who have passed and left us. I'm sure many others here missed people who were here and a lot of fun and a lot of wisdom. I so much miss Jerry Tennenbaum. Some of these people I'm sure helped me see life better.

That's all I have to say.

Entered at Wed Jul 25 18:50:35 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Wed Jul 25 18:33:11 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Next shelf down was a Newsweek glossy dedicated to Lego, "The Toy that Changed Our Lives" or some such. Whatever. Clever cover though, with Lego figures arranged like Sergeant Pepper's, but not like enough to be infringing. We wouldn't want that. I flipped it open, at random, to a photo The Yellow Submarine in Lego.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 21:57:13 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Shrink wrapping albums

A short article on the debate on shrink wrapping LPs and CDs is added.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 21:08:06 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Tue Jul 24 19:58:20 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Tue Jul 24 18:38:28 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Picked one up today. Some bizarre opinions. Very harsh on solo albums. Well worth it for the original Melody Maker & New Musical Express reviews and interviews from the time of the events. Otherwise I have my doubts.I particularly feel, looking at particular bits of research in there, that failing to credit the band.hiof.no appropriately is a major fault.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 17:34:55 CEST 2018 from (99.227.168.67)

John D

Nothing to do with the boys; but I'm currently reading Philip Furia's Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer. I haven't been able to put it down. Certainly one of the greatest lyricists of all time. I didn't know that McCartney got in touch with him the year before Mercer died and wanted to collaborate. Mr. Mercer was suffering from brain cancer.

Johnny & Bobby Darin did an album back in '61 called "Two of a Kind." Johnny was having a little trouble with the title song and called Darin. Bobby added one line to the song and perhaps a couple of words. When the album was being released he noticed he had 50% of the writing credit for the song.

He told Mercer he didn't understand. He had only given him a line. Mr. Mercer said, "Thank you for the inspiration." Class act.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 16:13:32 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Is there no end?

At least half the Statesboro Blues stuff is true.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 15:58:39 CEST 2018 from (99.227.168.67)

John D

Subject: New Dylan Box Coming

New Dylan Box on the way.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 15:13:26 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Myth???

Harrumph!! I thought everything Peter said was true! You mean he's a story teller?

Entered at Tue Jul 24 11:05:57 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

From "Rock Song Rumours, Myths and Bullshit" by Peter V.

Entered at Tue Jul 24 05:09:51 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Tue Jul 24 04:21:02 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Mon Jul 23 19:07:54 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Bourgoise Blues / Statesboro Blues

Just for the records: Taj Mahal's number in 'Rock Machine...' is 'Statesboro Blues' and nothing else. Sorry.

Entered at Mon Jul 23 19:01:57 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Cannes yachts and Peter V / (others scroll!)

Peter V, sorry, your Sunseekers are only "bourgoise"! I am talking about "Royal Regata" in Cannes in September. You can easily shave yourself by using the brass details as a mirror in the boats.

Musically, by all means listen to Taj Mahal's 'Bourgoise Blues' which can be found on 'Rock Machine Turns You On' which we have discussed before.

Entered at Mon Jul 23 18:17:41 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Mon Jul 23 18:14:24 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Eleanor McEvoy

I've been playing Eleaor McEvoy's "The Thomas Moore Project" solid for two days. Link to the First track "Oft in The Stilly Night." Thomas Moore wrote / collected classic Irish folksongs and Eleanor McEvoy has recorded eleven of them. Very little on YouTube, but it's all wonderful, I'd sample "Though Humble The Banquet" if you can find it on streaming or iTunes.

Entered at Mon Jul 23 17:42:47 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Jon Lyness

Yesterday as in so many times before I was on surfers' beach in LYNAES harbour. (To tell the truth I surf only in my bath tub!) Suddenly it hit me that I have seen this name, Lynaes, here in gb. Anyway, this seems not to be the case. - For a few years ago I saw a luxury yacht from Poole in the leisure yacht marina in Cannes in southern France. It was almost near that I went to shake hand with the skipper.

This gb has really blown my mind.

Entered at Mon Jul 23 15:30:48 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

There's the well-known "Stormy Monday Blues", with "Eagle flies on Friday, On Saturday I spend my pay, On Sunday I go to church, And get down on my knees and pray". And there's Ian Tyson's less-known "Long, Long Time To Get Old", with "Eagle flies tomorrow, Mosquito biting me today, Take a bus to Toronto, Highway 2 all the way/ Take a walk down Yonge Street / Where good times are bought and sold / Remember this children be the good lord willing / Live a long, long time to get old".

There must be others - suggestions? (I've never heard "the eagle flies" in everyday conversation, but I have heard "the eagle shits" - and I'd accept suggestions that employ that wording as well.)

Entered at Sun Jul 22 05:14:03 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Dunc: Thanks for the suggestion re Jeff Healey's cover of "Stuck In The Middle". I see there's a few versions on YouTube. The two I looked at both have Pat Rush on second guitar. Rush was Healey's right-hand man for a long time, and an excellent guitarist in his own right. The two appeared together with Garth Hudson when Healey booked into his club in Toronto in the early 2000s. Every organist in town was there, as was Brown Eyed Girl (who I met there and who told me that another long-ago poster, Wittgenstein, was there too).

I'm guessing that Waddy Wachtel jammed a few times with our guys during the Linda Ronstadt / Band tour of '76. He was with Ronstadt when the tour came through Toronto in the late summer.

Entered at Sun Jul 22 04:55:52 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Subject: cover of "Evangeline"

I was looking on YouTube for something else, and unexpectedly found this C&W cover of "Evangeline". I think the 45 did well in western Canada, where they're from.

Entered at Sun Jul 22 03:30:58 CEST 2018 from (69.203.125.109)

Jon Lyness

Subject: Last five playlist

Joan Baez -- Whistle Down The Wind

The Beach Boys -- Love You

Leonard Cohen -- Live in London

Squirrel Nut Zippers -- Beasts of Burgundy

Paul Simon -- YouTube clips from his recent Hyde Park show (cheers Peter).

Entered at Sun Jul 22 01:12:42 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Waddy

Yeah Pat. It is all there on wiki. If you guys can take a minute or two, watch the video on youtube of Buddy Guy and the Playing for Change bunch play that song of Buddy's "Skin Deep". A lot of it is in Chicago Pat. Waddy's little part is special. He does such beautiful slide.

I've just ordered that latest CD of Playing for Change it is amazing the sounds those folks put together. I need to have it in my truck.

Entered at Sun Jul 22 01:02:25 CEST 2018 from (108.88.109.12)

Pat B

Entered at Sat Jul 21 23:55:47 CEST 2018 from (100.33.245.182)

Jed

Big fan of Waddy here. It’s all there as you said,on Wikipedia. He’s got that particular crunch and growl mix that a rock guitarist should have.I guess that’s why I enjoyed his playing most when he worked with Keith.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 17:20:51 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Waddy Watchtel

I been meaning to ask who has noticed Waddy before. He plays some real sweet slide guitar with the Playing for Change folks. I don't remember seeing him before so I looked him up.....well holy achorns! He's mostly a session man but just look at him on Wikipedia. The bands and rock stars, (and country) that he has backed is endless. He was a very sought after guy and still is I guess.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 16:43:43 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: No Pounds!

It doesn't work Peter. I asked my computer so there are so many codes it's mind boggling. There shows every damn currency sign for main countries and the codes none of them work for me. Some say you have to drag and paste. To hell with it!...........driving me crazy - er

Entered at Sat Jul 21 14:44:56 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Salford City are a novel concept. Some ex-Man United players bought up a very minor teamand move through four minor leagues in four years. Now they're in the "Fifth tier" but still what most of us call non-league. It's an odd move for Adam Rooney … even in their wildest dreams it would have to be five years to the Premiership, and their stadium is only 5000 capacity. Surely Adam Rooney is basically saying goodbye to a career?

Entered at Sat Jul 21 14:32:05 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name

I finally found a DVD of a 50 year old film that I've been trying to find for decades. Michael Winner's I'll Never Forget What's Is Name. Though I avoid reviewing films from DVD, we spent so much time discussing it afterwards that I thought itworth an article (LINKED). A fascinating look at Swinging London 1967 with a great cast, and even more distinguished cameos.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 11:39:09 CEST 2018 from (86.190.25.86)

Dunc

JQ - love the film too and there was a time when it was seen to be greatest British film. Like a little boy, I made a pilgrimage to the big wheel in Vienna to get on it.

Well I'm off to see Sunderland today, my first game of the season. More Scots go to football as a percentage of the population than any other country in Europe. But it's all about the money. A big story up here is that Aberdeen, our second club just now, has lost their Irish striker, Adam Rooney, a decent player to one of England's fifth tier clubs, Salford, because they will pay him £4 000 a week.

Juventus announced that they recouped half the fee for Ronaldo in the first few days through selling shirts with his name on them... and they were still selling shirts.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 10:16:35 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Norm, the £ sign should be ALT 3 on a Mac. On a UK keyboard 3 and £ share a key and ALT 3 gives the # sign, on a North American keyboard ALT 3 is £.

Ronaldo will be earning this £500,000 A WEEK for four years at Juventus until he's 37. FIAT own Juventus, and a few workers went on strike to protest (but very few) while jobs are being cut. On the other hand they say Juventus' share price went up 33% which might cover it.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 10:11:31 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Johnny Flynn: A Larum

Johnny Flynn: Been Listening

Johnny Flynn: Sillion

Ray Davies: Our Country, Americana II

Bobbie Gentry: my own playlist of selections, with heavy replay of Fancy, Come Away Melinda in particular.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 05:10:55 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Five Alive!!

Johnny Winter...........Suzy Q

Jimi Hendrix.......... Hey Joe

Buddy Guy ..........Skin Deep

Dooby & Playing for Change ......... Listen to the Music

Jeff Beck .......... Little Wing

Keep on Rockin

Entered at Sat Jul 21 05:00:12 CEST 2018 from (63.142.158.9)

JQ

Bill M - I was thinking that certain tribute or multi-artist thematic LPs might apply. I’ve been listening to one that I like a lot called Poet, songs by Townes Van Zandt.

Entered at Sat Jul 21 04:13:50 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Cristiano Ronaldo

PETER!!! Gawd damn son! You see what this kid is going to make next year for kicking a football around?? 99milion pounds, (we don't have that sign for pounds on our machines. You think he can get by?

I see he left a hotel crew a tip of 18,000 pounds in Greece. It apparently worked out to 100 pounds per person. That's cool I guess. So the hockey players and football, baseball players work for peanuts I guess. :-)

Entered at Sat Jul 21 03:50:52 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Sat Jul 21 01:14:29 CEST 2018 from (108.49.130.12)

Joe Meehan

Subject: The Band

Listening to a selection of hits by the band. Tremendous writing. Wish we had them around now to help unravel these fascinating times we live in. Glad to have grown up with them.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 19:26:53 CEST 2018 from (63.142.158.9)

JQ

Coincidentally I just watched that movie again, there’s no telling how many times I’ve seen it. It’s in my top 10 of ever. And it’s still the only time I’ve ever heard a zither.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 18:49:48 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Paul McCartney: Flaming Pie / Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy / Van Morrison: Moondance / David Bowie: Reality Tour Live / Tom Petty: Wildflowers

Have been thinking of doing a week of double albums: Beatles' White Album, Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Fleetwood Mac: Tusk, Dylan: Blonde On Blonde, Stones: Exile, and there are others (Physical Grafitti, Songs in the Key of Life, Springsteen's The River). Another possible theme for listening: best one-off albums, ie: Blind Faith, Hindu Love Gods, Thunderclap Newman....does Derek & Dominoes count (they did put out a live LP)? What other artists only put out one album?

Have a great weekend! Stay cool....here in Dallas the forecast highs for today-Monday: 106, 108, 107, 105. Tuesday will be cooler: only 99 degrees : )

Entered at Fri Jul 20 18:35:24 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Fri Jul 20 18:29:59 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Paul Simon too

Next to it, up popped Sound of Silence. A much steadier hand on the phone. This was the last song.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 18:28:03 CEST 2018 from (67.243.85.96)

Dennis

Although he blew it the first time it came around on the guitar, Rick performed a terrific All La Glory at the infamous SummerJam 1973, Back to Memphis was also on the show.

All la Glory appeared at the show at Wooster Tech, Wooster, Ma., November 7th, 1970.

Never heard Jet before 1982 (Levon at Joyous Lake, but it was Steve Forbert guesting who performed the song, and he was absolutely awful.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 18:27:48 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: James Taylor at Hyde Park

Wobbly SmartPhione footage of James Taylor last Sunday has appeared on YouTube. Sound very good as Smart Phones are. You've Got A Friend.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 13:46:41 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: October Road

James Taylor- at Hyde Park (as in 2015) it was all live with Steve Gadd powering on drums, and two from the Apple album … I guess by first two you mean Sweet Baby James and Mud Slide Slim - the Apple album was hard to get for years. I would highly recommend the "October Road" album. When I saw him around that time he did three or four from it, but not since. Link is to the title track. Worth listening to September Grass on Youtube from the same album.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 13:32:37 CEST 2018 from (100.33.245.182)

Jed

The diversity and excellence of Sco’s music is noteworthy. Sco played with a varied list of greats from Miles to Mule to Lesh to Medeski,Martin and way more.His sonic approach,tone,jazz dissonance and deep understanding and feel of the music is incredible. Been a fan for many years now and always amazed. Felt I had to mention Sco since he’s currently on my cd player doing Kind of Bird into Afro Blue with Mule. Was wondering if The Band was into jazz at all? If so,who?Never really heard a jazz influence in their music.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 12:58:41 CEST 2018 from (86.190.25.86)

Dunc

I would have liked James Taylor, Peter, but for some reason I really only know the first two albums, though I also have the live album with Carole King. But when I saw him live, I saw the concert where he used a laptop with a middle aged choir on it for backing musicians. It was a pleasant evening - great songs, but maybe needed a bit of oomph or better interaction with the audience, but he is an honest guy. But I was maybe comparing all the reviews together. and I wish I had seen Paul Simon. I've been lucky enough to see him twice, both brilliant evenings.

Unlucky, never got tickets for Paul McCartney...sold out in minutes with many tickets going to 'sister' sites. I can't be bothered with the hassle and my hatred of touts stems from football matches. I remember at one cup final, about eight of us 'encouraged' the tout to sell us tickets at normal prices.

Sorry JQ, missed your comment. I'm living outdoors just now. Yes, that version is from Beck. I think it's great. It's a brilliant double album. Great versions of songs from bands I only really know by name.

Five for Friday...well 7

Rolling Stones - 'On Air'

Rolling Stones - 'Get Yer Ya Yas Out'

Rolling Stones - 'Blue and Lonesome'

Michael McDermott - 'Willow Springs'

Robbie Robertson - 'Storyville'

Nic Jones - 'Penguin Feet'

Rab Noakes - 'Red Pump Special'

Bill M , I was Stealers Wheeling, Rab Noaksing it on YouTube, when I came across a great version of 'Stuck In The Middle' by the Jeff Healy Band. Brilliant. \mHave a nice weekend everybody.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 11:35:51 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Back to Memphis but not The Promised Land is odd. Rick Danko solo did The Promised Land on some tapes, but not The Band.

Entered at Fri Jul 20 11:28:22 CEST 2018 from (210.86.88.24)

Rod

Entered at Thu Jul 19 21:05:53 CEST 2018 from (208.181.174.115)

Rockin Chair

Subject: The secret conclave

Peter I guess you are not up on the latest. After the big meeting with Putin well Putin suggested Trump should send some people over to Russia to be interrogated. In particular the guy who was ambassador to Russia. Trump was going along with this.

Entered at Thu Jul 19 17:44:58 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Thu Jul 19 16:45:26 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: White House - Soap Opera

Awright boys! I am sending six of yuz over to Russia to be interrogated by the Russians........now who wants to volunteer?

Entered at Thu Jul 19 15:56:59 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Holy Cow appeared on the first date of the 1974 Dylan tour, in Chicago, but I think that was the only time. Then Saved and Share Your Love were on the 1973 Jersey City dates. Mystery Train comes later in 1974, after the Dylan tour. That leaves a few.

Entered at Thu Jul 19 15:20:23 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Also, I reckon you'd love Johnny Flynn.

Entered at Thu Jul 19 14:45:11 CEST 2018 from (86.190.25.86)

Dunc

Subject: Uncut

Uncut has produced an 'Ultimate Music Guide' entitled 'Bob Dylan and the Band' and it has an introduction by Robbie Robertson. They are normally done well. Just bought it.

Thanks for reviews, Peter. I would have liked to have seen Paul Simon, but that's about it.

Thanks Haso and Glenn. In addition to the Los Lobos collection, I have 'The Town and the City'. Paul Simon took me into Los Lobos.

Some temperatures, Glenn. I have experienced such temperatures abroad, but never had to work in them.

Bassmanlee, are you performing open air summer gigs?

I'm loving this freak Scottish weather. Beautifully warm with gentle breezes from 4.30 in the morning until 11.00 at night. It's never been like this for forty years. Listening is done on my Sony Disc player with my Grado heaphones. Away to read 'Uncut ' magazine

Entered at Thu Jul 19 11:40:37 CEST 2018 from (83.68.10.60)

Ragtime

Subject: pursuing the horizon

Thanks Pat Brennan.

I'm wondering how a delicate gem such as Hobo Jungle would have worked on stage. Not, I'm afraid.

Entered at Thu Jul 19 02:04:43 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Entered at Wed Jul 18 19:36:49 CEST 2018 from (108.88.109.12)

Pat B

For Dave H and everyone else.

Entered at Wed Jul 18 19:00:12 CEST 2018 from (158.39.169.250)

jh

Thanks for the contributions. Song list sent to the artist in question. Should at least be a gig for the die-hards...

Entered at Wed Jul 18 08:58:45 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Wed Jul 18 05:57:13 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Haso and also Los Lobos

Thanks John, hope you are liking the Playing for Change music. Those last ones I told you of are on their newest album. I'm finally going to break down and buy their CD, and join the movement as it is something I really believe in.

If you have a few minutes, and any body else for that matter. call up on youtube, Foreigner's 1985 performance on Farm Aid. Lou Gramm's performance singing "I want to know what love is" is probably one of the best most emotional performances one could ever see. They put together a singing group behind him for his choruses as he sings. I don't know how many hundred thousand people were there but he got them all into it. Quite a show.

Amazing how that guy survived brain cancer surgery and came back again to sing.

Glenn, it would be hard to imagine any one here abouts not knowing Los Lobos, but I suppose there can be some who have missed out. One very excellent show on youtube, I can't remember the year or where at the moment but they are playing with Derek Trucks and David Hidalgo is superb.

Entered at Wed Jul 18 05:13:22 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Just remembered that Garth plays on several tracks on Los Lobos "The Ride" album. Los Lobos are a mighty fine band. Been playing together since 1973. That's 45 incredible years! David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin - what a great team. If you don't know their music, please check them out. They play with an integrity and togetherness that recall The Band. A great, great group.

Entered at Wed Jul 18 04:23:12 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

The Flame, before they moved to the US from South Africa, recorded as the Flames. I have a clear memory of finding the empty cover of one of their South African LPs at a Sally Ann thrift shop in Toronto in the mid'70s. No record inside, unfortunately, so I didn't buy it. Now I would have, especially as the price was 75 cents (and that's Canadian!)

Entered at Wed Jul 18 03:41:50 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Levon played mandolin & sang on 2 tracks on Los Lobos "Neighborhood" album: Emily and Little John of God.

Entered at Wed Jul 18 03:18:41 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Evangeline and the Last Waltz Refrain were both played live once by the OQ, albeit in rudimentary form, at the Last Waltz concert itself. So technically, neither should make the list...

Entered at Wed Jul 18 02:34:11 CEST 2018 from (71.234.142.242)

haso

Subject: PfC

Norm: good choices, those, on the Playing for Change. What I actually told the recipient of my wedding playlist contribution was that they could probably find any one of about 50 or more tunes very adequate to the occasion on that website. I think they know of it anyway. Interestingly, as progressive as PfC is in some fashion, it was a rather regressive ("Trump's pretty good") aunt of the almost married one that connected this outfit to PfC.

Dunc: On the Lobos, the crediting is in the accompanying booklet w/ that collection. At the bottom of about the 3rd to last page: "To our musician friends who have contributed to our records over the years: [right in the middle] Levon Helm". Jim Keltner, T-Bone Burnett, Mitchell Froom and John Hiatt were the only other names that I definitely knew of.

Good discussion on... never played live.

Entered at Wed Jul 18 01:43:58 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Forgot about the "Last Waltz Suite"! So add: The Well, Evangeline, Last Waltz Refrain, Out of the Blue...

Entered at Wed Jul 18 01:35:45 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Not sure they ever played Last of the Blacksmiths either....

Entered at Wed Jul 18 01:29:41 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Basement Tapes: Orange Juice Blues, Katie's Been Gone, Bessie Smith, Ruben Remus, Yazoo Street Scandal, Long Distance Operator (LDO was played at least once with Dylan singing on 65-66 Dylan/Hawks tour)

MFBP: Lonesome Suzie

Brown Album: Whispering Pines, Jawbone

Stage Fright: Sleeping, Daniel and the Sacred Harp

Cahoots: When I Paint My Masterpiece (can this be right?), Where Do We Go From Here, 4% Pantomime, Thinkin' Out Loud, Moon Struck One, River Hymn

NLSC: Hobo Jungle, Jupiter Hollow, Rags and Bones

Islands: (Everything but Georgia on My Mind)

Entered at Wed Jul 18 00:00:10 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

ah, but Smoke Signal is on Live at the Academy!

Entered at Tue Jul 17 23:33:49 CEST 2018 from (84.209.137.43)

jh

So far we have (I think):

Sleeping
Daniel and the Sacred Harp
Jupiter Hollow
Whispering Pines
All La Glory
Jawbone
Moon Struck One
Hobo Jungle
Katie's Been Gone
Volcano(?)
Smoke Signal(?)

Must be more tracks from 'Islands', yes? All input appreciated, gig of "never-played" songs approaching fast.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 22:40:05 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

However, we both said "couldn't do it again" then thought "But who would we do it for?" I decided I'd do it for Robbie Robertson solo, though I wouldn't do the whole day just go in 30 minutes before and leave right after!

Entered at Tue Jul 17 21:44:15 CEST 2018 from (99.227.168.67)

John D

Peter V writes.

"It’s been a long, very hot day in Hyde Park, pushing past 31°C in the afternoon, and there’s no shade. The queues for food are impossible – 45 minutes long (fortunately we had had a vegetable paella at 1 p.m. and an ice cream at 3pm, but nothing after that). You can get tap water, but even queuing for a drink twixt James Taylor and Paul Simon looks impossible. Hot, hungry, thirsty and tired. As Paul Simon is about to start, we realize that as people crowd in and fill the gaps it’s time to take our blankets from the ground and stand. We’re exhausted after eight hours mainly on our feet in what is extreme heat for England."

Peter your a better man than me! I couldn't have done it. No shade, water impossible. You didn't mention how one was to get to the loo.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 21:11:03 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

The opposite was Virgin in Chicago. I wanted the new Hubert Sumlin album.

ME: Have you got the new Hubert Sumlin album?

GUY: Never heard of him.

ME: Played guitar with Howling Wolf …

GUY: (The guy calls over a young African American kid with dreadlocks) You heard of Hubert Sumlin?

KID: Nah

GUY: You heard of Howling Wolf?

KID: Nah.

This was in the alleged "blues" section in CHICAGO.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 20:34:32 CEST 2018 from (107.211.249.207)

Paul

Peter, thanks for the story about the record store guy, in your Bonnie Raitt review. I think I've met that guy a couple times myself.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 18:50:03 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Ward Thomas

My Hyde Park reviewing marathon comes to an end with Ward Thomas. They describe themselves as "British country pop" and were the first British country at to get a UK #1 album with "Cartwheels" in 2016. Think First Aid Kit, Webb Sisters, Sugarland / Jennifer Nettles. Lots of video links in the revie

Entered at Tue Jul 17 17:33:13 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Shawn Colvin

Yet another Hyde Park review. One more to go after this one.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 12:17:24 CEST 2018 from (79.75.184.172)

Solomon

Entered at Tue Jul 17 11:29:25 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Johnny Flynn link

My link didn't go through. Here it is.

Entered at Tue Jul 17 11:28:33 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Review of Hyde Park - more on him than on the show really. He didn't do "The Detectorists."

Entered at Mon Jul 16 23:52:50 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Thank you Peter, for sharing your concert (and theatre and movie) reviews. Really appreciate the time you take to convey your thoughts and note the song list and musicians. Glad folks didn't melt in the summer heat. Here in Dallas we're in a stretch of daily highs in the 100s (that's 39 and 40 degrees celsius)...that's the forecast for at least the next 9 days. Glad I don't have to wear a suit to work. Birthday suit would be okay : )

Entered at Mon Jul 16 23:23:17 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Bonnie Raitt at Hyde Parl

Link to Bonnie Raitt review. I will get to Johnny Flynn …

Entered at Mon Jul 16 20:48:35 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.52)

JQ

Hi PV - I noticed that he was part of the bill for that event. Presumably he played The Detectorists theme song? You’re a true fan to hack the heat and that size of a crowd. Human sweat and dirty bare feet is all I can think about. Fussy geezer here!

Entered at Mon Jul 16 19:25:06 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: James Taylor at Hyde Park

Keep your eye on the prize. Bonnie Raitt and others to follow.

Entered at Mon Jul 16 16:39:48 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Paul Simon in Hyde Park

My review of Paul Simon in Hyde Park yesterday. 2 hours 20 minutes, with astunning sub-set accompanied by "Y Music." The alleged last concert of the Farewell Tour. Will go on to review the rest of the acts.

Entered at Mon Jul 16 16:03:46 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: A new Day

To start my day, I got a cup of coffee and put on my head phones and listened to old Buddy Guy and a lot of Playing for change folks sing Buddy's old song, "Skin Deep".

It is up lifting. Try and spend a whole day living your life treating people as Buddy recommends.

Entered at Mon Jul 16 03:05:12 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: While yer-at-it!

Watch the "Playing for Change" vid of "All Along the Watch Tower". It's the best I've ever heard this song done.

Entered at Mon Jul 16 02:53:09 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: To finish my five!

I been really busy on these boats, but I have a lot of programed music on my computer in my big boat.

I been listening to a lot of old "Amazing Rythmn Aces" and Doobie Brothers.

Now I found something on youtube. Do yourselves a flavour! Pull this up on youtube and listen. Playing for change. They have Tom Johnson and a lot of the original Doobie Brothers and many players and singers all over the world. A guy in India does a solo on Sitar that is WOW! One of the greatest songs you'll ever hear. "Listen to the Music"!

Entered at Sun Jul 15 19:17:17 CEST 2018 from (89.40.114.103)

Abelino

Levon - May 25 1971 L'Olympia, Paris, France ! Honest like Levon not Slippin' And Slidin like Neymar. Merci.

Entered at Sun Jul 15 13:38:59 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Never say never

Never played live: yes Peter V, 'Daniel And The Sacred Harp', for sure... and what made you ol' internet friend to think about that :-)

About 'never' outside of the music. - 1. There was a motor rally team in Finland with the name 'Never Heard Drivers'. 2. My favourite clothing brand is 'Bondelid - never established 1956'.

Entered at Sun Jul 15 09:48:26 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Sun Jul 15 09:38:40 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Sun Jul 15 00:37:17 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Entered at Sat Jul 14 23:56:42 CEST 2018 from (73.119.115.178)

Dave H

Entered at Sat Jul 14 23:17:40 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Sat Jul 14 23:08:51 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter v

I will have to think and check the live tapes on this site, but immediately three of my favourite Band songs come to mind: Sleeping, Daniel and the Sacred Harp and Jupiter Hollow. Without checking, I woulld add Whispering Pines and When You Awake. I think All La Glory too.

Entered at Sat Jul 14 22:41:12 CEST 2018 from (63.142.158.9)

JQ

Hi Dunc - Is Beck’s take on that song off the tribute you mention? I’ve always liked that one, just not sure of where I got the mp3 -

Entered at Sat Jul 14 20:12:53 CEST 2018 from (195.35.236.150)

jh

OK, who can help out here: This well-respected Californian guitarist, band-leader and composer is planning to do a gig of Band songs that the OQ *never* played live, from Big Pink to Islands. Could we compile a list (if there is one.?) ASAP? Thanks for your help, old- and new-timers.

Entered at Sat Jul 14 15:38:58 CEST 2018 from (100.33.245.182)

Jed

Phil and Friends live shows from 2005 and 2017;The Band-Cahoots;Grateful Dead-American Beauty;Bob Dylan-1966 live;Barry Goldberg-Two Jews Blues

Entered at Sat Jul 14 12:43:01 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

It's fun doing a party playlist, Haso. I did a four hour one for my party last year. I noticed excitement is caused by "unexpected retro" (The Shadows Wonderful Land on my list), an infectious piece of reggae, you have One Love on there. My buzz of singalong came with Jimmy Cliff's Wonderful World, Wonderful People. Then you need a big pop hit that everyone of all ages likes … Dancing Queen by Abba was on mine, also Barbados by Typically Tropical and We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters.

Entered at Sat Jul 14 11:26:21 CEST 2018 from (86.190.25.86)

Dunc

Subject: Last five played

Thanks, Haso. I play that Los Lobos collection too, but I had never noticed the reference to Levon. Hope wedding goes well.

Thanks Bill M. Will seek out and play those songs.

Last five played

'Storyville' - Robbie Robertson. Interesting that there is a Scot on this album, Paul Buchanan of the Blue Nile, and part of the album was recorded in Scotland. Love 'Breakin The Rules'. Recently in one poll, one of the Blue Nile albums was voted greatest Scottish album. But they are not my era.

'Red Pump Special' - Rab Noakes - iconic Scottish album. He should have been bigger. This would be on my list for greatest Scottish album.

'Anyway' - Family - Family has a place in us British musicos' hearts. Peter's mate, John Wetton was in this band. Brilliant.

'Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute To John Martyn'. Great tribute album. Really like the Syd Kitchen contribution, Nux. Hope you are well.

'Mysterious Boundaries' Tony McManus. New buy for me. This is a stunning album of acoustic guitar playing, a genre which I'm continuing to enjoy immensely.

Entered at Sat Jul 14 06:01:53 CEST 2018 from (71.234.142.242)

haso

Subject: Fri - 5

Before I forget, I mean to check out your BWMcT suggestions, JQ. And Jan, thanks for putting all that Jeff A current work on the What's New column; when time permits I'll definitely visit that.

Here's what my notes say. Yeah, at this stage I'm happy to remember where my keys are so a revisit of recent you-tubes or dips into the travel cd case sometimes get a note in the Daytimers. Plus w/ a child about to get married, I was asked to add some choices to their playlist. I think it was the cooling out period after the ceremony, the after-the-clambake/before-the-ice-cream period and finally the dancing time. Unlike 5 for Friday, I'll just run off what I can remember suggesting and we'll see what actually gets used. I will say our boys don't do a lot of weddingy stuff, it seems to me. I did suggest All La Glory, When you Awake and Cripple Creek. Also: Se a Cabo, Bound for Glory (Tedeschi Trucks), Higher Ground and One Love (Playing for Change versions), Soul Vaccination, Caravan (TLW), Tupelo Honey, Court & Spark, Free Man in Paris, Paris (Ooh La La), Ophelia/Daytripper/Little Martha (Larkin Poe versions) and a good deep cut: Butter's So Far So Good, plus a bunch more.

Hey, they asked. Had a hard time stopping.

5:

Sir Paul up on top of the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theatre before a David Letterman Show.

Larkin Poe on Audiotree Live, 8.28.17

Dylan and the Hawks, Bootleg Series vol. 4, disc 2: this was actually selected by a 19 year-old neighbor/ though I'm not sure that they knew what they were in for.

Los Lobos, Just Another Band from East L.A. (collection), disc 1: a couple of observations. At the bottom of the credits and all that, "to our musician friends who have contributed [to what the wolves do]... Levon". And I always wondered if Cesar, the rhythm guitarist was sort of extraneous... well if you really listen to all the best Mexicano-tinged and historic-type tunes, it's his tenor voice that stands out, majorly. Yeah, like Bob Weir was extraneous too!

Seldom Scene, Live at the Cellar Door.

Enjoy the Saturday and Sunday soccer this weekend, plus Wimbledon for some of y'all. It's wild blueberry time around here so there's some picking to do at a local lake from the seat of the kayak. Ok, glenn t and dunc, it's your turn.

Entered at Sat Jul 14 04:19:34 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Five?? I'll come up with the rest!

I've been listening a lot to Foreigner. Lou Gramm with out a doubt had one of the most amazing voices, "I want to know what love is". They were one hell of a band, (still are) but I surely miss Lou.

Some John Mellencamp, "Pink Houses", Cherry Bomb and a few others.

Van, Days like this and a few more from "Pay The Devil".

Entered at Fri Jul 13 21:00:20 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.16)

JQ

I’ve been listening to a few versions of the former: Kelly Joe Phelps does it hauntingly, Ralph Stanley more angrily and Levon’s is a bit of both with his unmistakable drumming style pretty high in the mix. I don’t think either of these story songs are in a typical blues format. Perhaps Dylan did that because Willie McTell wasn’t a conventional blues writer, singer or player. I think both are really well-penned with congruent imagery delivered poetically. On the song BWMcT: of The Band’s, Rick’s live versions and Dylan’s; I think I’d take Rick Danko’s. I’m a big fan of both songs and there’s likely versions of both that I still haven’t heard.

Entered at Fri Jul 13 16:36:41 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Come to think of it, I did have a somewhat more recent memorable sporting moment - in '84 in Mecca - when I got an assist in the only game of soccer I've played since 1966. Oddly enough, it was in proper government-built professional-level stadium. Two corporate teams - a Lebanese engineering firm versus somebody else, likely Siemens - so no fans. Some of the players - mostly the British and Germans - were pretty good; many of the others - Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Lebanese, Somalis and Yemenis - were okay, and certainly enthusiastic; the remainder were largely hopeless, but perhaps in the right place at the right time.

Entered at Fri Jul 13 16:07:13 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Fri Jul 13 14:20:25 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Fri Jul 13 14:06:41 CEST 2018 from (99.227.168.67)

John D

You brought back some memories Bill. I never played hockey but I did play baseball; however only at school. The one organized sport I played was soccer. I was raised in Courtice Ontario; just east of Oshawa. Courtice had their own team and we would play other rural soccer teams. Hampton, Tyrone, Enniskillen etc. Some of these rural teams had BIG farm boys on their roster and when you got hit you were airborne. Did score once off my head. What? Thanks for bringing back the memories Bill.

Entered at Fri Jul 13 01:27:41 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Football means Soccer

Bill & JQ. No Bill I didn't watch the game but saw the high lights. I don't watch international soccer much. I played a lot in high school. Our climate out here we played all winter, as in the little towns I grew up in, we had no hockey arenas. I can't understand why you would be trugging around in the snow. You should have been playing hockey.

JQ, I don't think when we were growing up that many people in the states even knew what soccer was. It is the same as rugby in that if you don't know the rules it looks chaotic. Soccer tho', is more physically demanding than football or hockey really. There is more stoppage of play in football and hockey than in soccer. Having played all three the wind you use in soccer is far harder on the chest and lungs than any.

Entered at Fri Jul 13 00:56:01 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.49)

JQ

Hi Bill M - To this day I’ve never kicked a soccer ball. I came up in the 50/60’s and it was all baseball and football, at least where I was in SoCal. I still wouldn’t say I’m fan; all that running around just seems so random. That said, I like what it does for people worldwide and I’m optimistic about its future here. I think my point was that for certain conservatives here it’s something nearly dangerous. It might have been said here, and I think it could be true, that elsewhere it’s a blue caller sport and here it was a more east coast, white collar thing when I was growing up. I don’t think that’s the case now; soccer hit the mainstream in the early 70’s here.

Entered at Thu Jul 12 22:36:02 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

All spring it was baseball - really work-up softball, where you started as sixth (or whatever fielder) and worked your way up over the lunch hour through all the positions to pitcher then catcher then batter then back to sixth fielder. There were senior and junior school teams playing in inter-school leagues, but there you played set positions (not that I would possibly have made the team).

In between fall and spring there was a long, dead, no-sports period where you just shuffling around in the snow and slush, hands in pockets, trying to stay warm. The only time of year that you fervently wished for lunch to end so you could go inside.

Entered at Thu Jul 12 19:41:16 CEST 2018 from (63.142.158.9)

JQ

Even without the US, I believe this has easily been the most popular World Cup here ever. Seems that happens every time it’s played now. The demos can be generational and political: It’s most popular with younger people and liberals. Older and conservative and Trumpist folks much less so. That sort of makes sense to me. The most listened-to radio prick here Rush Limbaugh has refused to mention it at all, except to say, early on, that it’s un-American; he’s such a grand and influential twat.

Entered at Thu Jul 12 18:50:50 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Entered at Thu Jul 12 16:24:29 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: When the Dust Settles

Does anyone know if Peter is still alive since England's loss to Croatia? I can just hear some of the words Al Edge used. :-(

Entered at Wed Jul 11 03:05:57 CEST 2018 from (75.98.19.134)

Bill M

Entered at Wed Jul 11 02:07:13 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: I am the Eagle

I'm wondering if any of you folks have heard this song of Rhett Davis. from the 70's. Peter's talk of the "Eagle and the Child" put me in mind of this old song.

Rhett Davis wrote this song and produced and recorded it in Nashville. He used some of the top line session musicians as you will note if you listen to this. It is a beautiful piece of music and the lyrics are wonderfully different.

About a lonely Eagle who sees a very frightened fox who thinks he will surely eat her but he takes her for a ride on his back because he is lonely. It's magic!

Entered at Wed Jul 11 01:35:48 CEST 2018 from (75.98.19.134)

Bill M

Entered at Wed Jul 11 00:00:50 CEST 2018 from (1.42.214.171)

Wallsend

Entered at Tue Jul 10 21:28:26 CEST 2018 from (99.227.166.246)

John D

Subject: Joe Frey

Here's alink to John Simon singing and talking about the upcoming book.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 19:41:51 CEST 2018 from (67.246.38.157)

Joe Frey

Subject: John Simon

Thanks John and Wallsend. joe

Entered at Tue Jul 10 18:36:03 CEST 2018 from (99.227.166.246)

John D

I know Peter. I had the whole set up; until this morning. Password and all and now it's gone. Jan writes above. where it says Name required.

"Note: Posting of clickable links has been disabled due to abuse." I have written him back as it says above; but still it does not show up on my Guestbook page.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 17:43:14 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

John D: If you contact Jan, he will send you information on how to link stuff. You need a password.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 14:50:32 CEST 2018 from (99.227.166.246)

John D

Joe; just Google the title of the book and you will see all kinds of options. I can't send you the link; as that option has been disabled.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 14:34:26 CEST 2018 from (207.236.37.163)

CS L

Entered at Tue Jul 10 14:30:01 CEST 2018 from (207.236.37.163)

Bill M

Dunc: Here's the SB&Q song I mentioned. Brilliant pop-wrock. Deserves a spot on the untimate genre compilation - along with Dwight Twilley's "You Were So Warm", the BoDeans' "It's Only Love" and a batch of others. BTW, the SB song "The Arms Of Mary" was a decent hit here, though as covered by a Vancouver group, Chilliwack.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 11:11:16 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Link to a review of something someone else might actually have seen … Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 10:26:13 CEST 2018 from (109.147.126.172)

Dunc

Subject: Thanks

Really enjoyed the Rolling Stone MFBP article. Thans, Pat.

Thanks Glenn. Re 'Big Country' - 'The Skids' have been getting a lot of publicity, recently.

Wallsend - Tony McManus is touring Australia in August. Check out his website for details.

Todd - Sounds great

Thanks, Bill M. I don't know that song, but I've been streaming Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. By the time they joined up, I think I was into babies. Started early.

Last five played

Songs of Leonard Cohen

Songs From a Room - Leonard Cohen

Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen. I think 'Famous Blue Raincoat' is brilliant, but maybe this album is the real bedsit album. I noticed no songs were played from this album, when I finally saw him live.

Ten New Songs - Leonard Cohen

Live in London - Leonard Cohen - I saw the Glasgow concert. Absolutely brilliant in every way.

Away out in the sun, again. What an amazing Spring and Summer we are having. Sunny from 5 in the morning until 10.30 at night. Baggies on - surf's up. I could never understand the effect of her daddy taking the teabag away. How was that gonig to be an effective deterrent - stopping her morning cup of tea?

Entered at Tue Jul 10 10:12:23 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Tue Jul 10 01:58:57 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Yeah.....But!

What about Smeagle?..........my pressious!

Entered at Tue Jul 10 01:25:57 CEST 2018 from (96.49.94.173)

Lisa

For anyone with access to Canada's CBC Radio, morning (and repeat in the p.m.)"q" (that's the name of the program) host Tom Powers will have Robbie on tomorrow's program. Interview about the Big Pink 50th I assume ... I tried to find it in the schedule, but they don't seem to have tomorrow's programming listed. Or, I can't find it anyway.

q isn't a program I listen to much, but I believe many of the interviews are also videoed and shown on CBC-TV. If anyone's interested I'll keep an eye out for it.

Entered at Tue Jul 10 01:02:40 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Tue Jul 10 00:34:19 CEST 2018 from (24.114.80.240)

Bill M

Entered at Tue Jul 10 00:22:09 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Few people know this, but while working at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, Dr IV (Pippin to his friends) regularly stopped for a beer at the Eagle & Child pub, where he would share a beer (or "ale") with J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Hence the name Pippin in The Lord of The Rings. Merry was named for Tom Merry, a character in the Billy Bunter series of books. Frodo gained his name when the fan belt on J.R.R. Tolkien's Austin 10 car broke and he noticed the brand name "Ferodo" on the replacement.

Entered at Mon Jul 9 23:09:57 CEST 2018 from (207.236.37.163)

Bill M

Entered at Mon Jul 9 22:20:34 CEST 2018 from (1.42.214.171)

Wallsend

Entered at Mon Jul 9 19:41:08 CEST 2018 from (67.246.38.157)

Joe Frey

Subject: John Simon

I saw a newspaper article that mentioned John Simon's new book: Truth, Lies and Hearsay — A Memoir of a Musical Life In and Out of Rock ‘n Roll. However, I can't seem to find any reference to it on the internet or in Amazon.

Does any one have any info on the book's availability?

joe

Entered at Mon Jul 9 18:35:32 CEST 2018 from (108.88.109.12)

Pat B

MFBP seems to be making quite a splash on its 50th.

Entered at Mon Jul 9 17:49:04 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: Pip

s'matter with you guys??..........Pippin was one of my heroes in "Lord of The Rings".

Entered at Mon Jul 9 17:24:49 CEST 2018 from (207.236.37.163)

Henry V

All true, but we mustn't gloss over the family skeletons. Pip's unconscionable misuse of the bloodstream drip severely damaged a tormenter from his school days, putting an quick end to Pip's tenure as head of the fraternity of medical students.

Entered at Mon Jul 9 10:38:45 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Mon Jul 9 04:53:34 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Henry V

Entered at Sun Jul 8 21:36:36 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Entered at Sun Jul 8 18:58:36 CEST 2018 from (24.114.75.243)

Henry V

Entered at Sun Jul 8 15:43:05 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Entered at Sun Jul 8 15:15:47 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Pressure

Our three days of theatre included "Pressure" by David Haig (linked). I know some here are very interested in WW2. It's the story of how a weather forecaster saved Operation Overlord and the D Day landings.

Entered at Sun Jul 8 15:13:39 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

We had theatre tickets for Saturday afternoon. Missed the quarter final. We have a party of four for Wednesday for theatre during the semi finals. If England get to the finals next Sunday … we'll be at Paul Simon / James Taylor in Hyde Park. We book theatre 6 months in advance. Even in my wildest dreams, I would not have thought "Better check World Cup dates in case we reach the semi-finals and finals." IF we get there I hope Hyde Park will knock fifteen minutes off everyone's set and show it! We're there from 1 to 10.30 after all. Or will my iPhone battery last long enough for me to stream it?

Entered at Sun Jul 8 10:09:50 CEST 2018 from (210.86.95.227)

Rod

Entered at Sun Jul 8 04:20:18 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

NwC: Well spotted. Ten number signs and an ampersand, which has Nine letters. Maybe it was something you Ate.

Just back from the east end, where we went to see unfairly overlooked (for 50 years and counting) R&B singer Johnny Wright at his weekly matinee. As usual, the songlist included "The Weight". But this time it also included a powerful version of TNTDODD. Outstanding and surprisingly moving. Next up was "Oh Darling", which I'd never heard sung by anyone aside from the Beatles - and it too was very soulful. It occurred to me that if our guys hadn't gone with Dylan, they may well have been singing "Oh Darling" in bars. Richard singing lead, I imagine.

Entered at Sat Jul 7 14:22:07 CEST 2018 from (83.250.89.187)

NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Conspiracy theory ? "Entered at Thu Jul 5 08:17:35 CEST 2018 from Peter V"

Conspiracy theory? - I counted 10 (ten) "#" symbols in PETER V's post. It refers probably to Moses' ten commands in Old Testament... which refers to Zion's Wises... which refers to ... eerrr... to the fact that I forgot to take a handful of vitamin B this morning.

Entered at Sat Jul 7 05:43:42 CEST 2018 from (67.189.245.210)

Todd

Subject: Shark Week

Well, I'm happy to report that I've not been eaten by Sharks, although the shark warning flags have been flying at the beach this week near Nauset Inlet. Saw several seals while swimming in the ocean, but they left us alone. Great surf and great weather for the most part although today was pretty windy.

In between giving my brain a good salt water rinse, I read a pretty good amount of Robbie's book. There were a few things mentioned in the book, that were new information to me, and once I get home, I'll attempt to remember what they were, and probably post here for discussion. In general, it was good to get his perspective on things, as well as some details on the sequence of events, especially in the period of time between the Basement Tapes, and Pink & Brown albums.

One thing I hadn't been aware of, and it's evident from reading the text, is that Robbie is a bit of a car buff, or at least has an appreciation for nice automobiles. I'm not sure why that matters to me, but for some reason it was was comforting and a bit of a connection for me, aside from the musical bits.

Entered at Sat Jul 7 04:56:56 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: The only five

Otis Redding's version - A Change is Goin' Come.

The Four Seasons - Walk Like a Man

John Mellancamp - Pink Houses

Bob Seger - Against the Wind

Gordon Lightfoot - Christian Island

Entered at Fri Jul 6 18:56:22 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Have a great weekend everybody!

Bob Marley: Confrontation

U2: Songs of Experience

Levon Helm: American Son

Grateful Dead: Best of

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in St. Louis (23 August 2008) - available at his website (I was at this show - tremendous!)

Entered at Fri Jul 6 16:51:59 CEST 2018 from (67.246.38.157)

Joe Frey

Subject: The Band is Back

John, I found the last used copy on amazon a couple of weeks ago. I certainly can share it with you if you like.

joe

Entered at Fri Jul 6 16:03:39 CEST 2018 from (99.227.166.246)

John D

Joe where did you find a DVD of "The Band Is Back" that is playable in North America? Thank you. I've never been able to find it.

Entered at Fri Jul 6 14:17:57 CEST 2018 from (67.246.38.157)

Joe Frey

Subject: Post Robbie

Recent chatter here about "The Band is Back," led me to pull out some post Robbie Band.

I watched that DVD and listened to High on the Hog. After a number of dormant years of not including them in my Band rotation, I was very happy with what I was hearing and watching.

When I stopped trying to compare it to other records/concerts, I was able to better enjoy them.

At first I thought that their work with the Cate Brothers was overkill, but not anymore. Good stuff. I am glad I overcame my bias, now I have more to enjoy. joe

Entered at Thu Jul 5 20:51:58 CEST 2018 from (96.49.94.173)

Lisa

Entered at Thu Jul 5 15:28:13 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: The Tramp

Word meaning (sometimes so many). The lady who took a tramp in the forest.

Thanks for that Bill and Peter. I remember reading those stats on this song way back then. I wasn't surprised where it went in the UK, but it some what surprised me in Australia. I don't know why.

At the time there was a lot of controversy over OC Smith's recording. I suppose I noticed it more as I was more in to country. Some die hard country fans said he destroyed the song. In fact the man's very powerful voice and his session men took the song to a new level. Even Merle Haggard's version didn't measure up. I used to love singing that song back then and still do.

Entered at Thu Jul 5 14:56:44 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Subject: Hickory Holler and its tramp

Peter V: A bit of research and now I know for sure the TSoHHT got to #5 in Toronto in March '68. I attribute its astonishingly fast fall from grace to the word getting out around the meaning of 'tramp' in this context. Mother's Day was approaching and no mother would want to receive a card in which innocent Junior had scrawled "Thanks Mom - you're a total tramp. Tommy xxoo".

Looking at the other songs on the charts at the time, especially "Sweet Inspiration", I came to the surprising realisation that I must have been listening to CHUM pretty diligently by then, whereas just yesterday I would have sworn up and down that I didn't discover pop radio until that fall. Still, I have no recollection of the Who's "Call Me Lightning". Maybe I'll recognise it if I hear it.

Entered at Thu Jul 5 12:47:11 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Peter V: "Hickory Holler's Tramp" was most certainly a top 30 hit here, though I can see it doing even better on C&W charts. "Fancy", the only Bobbie Gentry record I've every owned, did hit the charts too, but likely not the top 10. I liked both of them at the time, but haven't heard either for decades. Ditto / ditto for "Harper Valley PTA".

Entered at Thu Jul 5 08:17:35 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp

The Son of Hickory Holler’s tramp (link to the song above).

O.C. Smith’s recording was a massive British hit … #2 in the official charts (#1 in a rival one). I just Googled and it was #4 in Canadian Country and #3 in Australia, but it was a lesser hit in the USA (#40, but #32 R&B). As a black artist singing a country song by Dallas Frazier, and recording it at Muscle Shoals, it’s an example of “Country Gets Soul”. It’s comparative minor success in the USA (and just in the Country chart in Canada) is possibly down to the way charts divided into three main categories: Popular, R&B and Country. It was harder to place for radio play. Britain didn't have category charts then, having still a BBC radio monopoly and no specialist radio.

It’s O.C. Smith’s only British hit, though the same year his ‘Little Green Apples’ overcame the chart division and was US #2 / R&B #2. It did nothing in Britain, where Roger Miller’s original had charted (#19).

Does that give us a “better taste award”? Hickory Holler’s Tramp is way the better song and recording.

It sits in with Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" - a song that should have been as big a hit as "Ode to Billie Joe" but wasn't - though it was #1 in Canadian Country! (Better Taste Award, there).

1968-1969 also saw "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley, written by Tom T. Hall. I guess lyrics were getting more explicit with strong female roles? All three songs are favourites here.

Entered at Thu Jul 5 05:47:22 CEST 2018 from (97.33.65.135)

Todd

Subject: Independence Day

Thanks S.M. I'm on vacation this week, and spent the day on a beach in Caoe Cod, Massachusettes, not far from where the Pilgrims first set ashore in the new world, looking for water.

As I bobbed around in the cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean, admiring the seals, and keeping a wary eye out for any Great White sharks that are known to hunt in the area, It was not lost on me that a couple of hundred years ago, there was plenty of uncertainly in this land that would ultimately birth a new nation.

The American experiment, as it were, is still somewhat of a work in progress, and Lord knows, we've had our stumbles and missteps along the way.
But I still have hope that there are better days ahead, and today I celebrate the good things we've achieved, and hope for the best for our future.

Entered at Thu Jul 5 03:57:57 CEST 2018 from (208.181.205.134)

Rockin Chair

Subject: The way of Life

Finally just home from the ship yard, (work that has to be done). As we had supper Susan talked away to me , as she likes to, (we miss each other), about what she has been doing and watching.

Susan is a person who likes to watch a lot of shows about what make people tick. She was telling me about this woman whose father had left her at an early age and she became an alcoholic and she would sell herself just to get wine. She had a stack of bills that she wouldn't pay because she was worried she wouldn't have enough money to buy wine.

Finally her father found her and he apologized to her and explained he didn't realize how much he hurt her. It was all she needed to hear. She cleaned herself up and got sober. This reminded me of the song I'm coming to.

I said you know Susan that kind of thing goes another way. The song is "Hickory Hollers Tramp", by O.C. Smith. I'm sure some have heard it. From 1968. Ther are so many people from our generation who experienenced the life time of hurt from a broked childhood. If you play this song on youtube and read the comments, this song had a very profound impression on many people.

A woman whose husband left her with a houseful of children to raise and she humiliated herself in those days and did what she had to do to feed and raise her children. The lyrics in this song are without a doubt some of the simplest and best ever written.

Oh the weeds were high, the corn was dry, when Daddy took to drinkin'

Him and Sally Walker, they up and ran away,

And Mama shed a silent tear and promised 14 children,

I swear you'll never see a hungry day.........

Entered at Wed Jul 4 23:34:05 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

I got the Neil Young CD. I know it's a soundtrack of sorts, but it veers over such a wide stylistic range that I found it hard to imagine many liking all of it. I found that I liked about a third, was indifferent to a third, and actively disliked the other third.

Entered at Wed Jul 4 14:18:51 CEST 2018 from (216.121.189.31)

S.M.

Wishing a glorious Fourth to our American neighbours .

Entered at Wed Jul 4 11:16:34 CEST 2018 from (100.33.245.182)

Jed

Anyone like Neil? He’s done some solid live shows with Willie’s kids as his band.They are solid and wild. Last night he streamed his live show from Detroit on his archives site and he was great. The show was solo acoustic and he hasn’t lost a step.Tremendous. He’s got it now,Robbie!

Entered at Tue Jul 3 21:16:06 CEST 2018 from (107.211.249.207)

Paul

I've got enough versions of MFBP. I'm happy to own the 2000 CD version, which rounded up extra tracks like "If I Lose" and a longer version of "Long Distance Operator." "Key to the Highway" was a disappointment when I finally heard it. MFBP took a long gestation for me before I thought it was anything but a mid-level record, and I don't play it when someone else is sitting in the room, though I would play the second, self-titled record. To me MFBP is now like a well broken-in chair, though my first impressions of it (after I had read about how great it was) was that the record was mostly aimless and tuneless, aside from a few exceptions, and it took Rock of Ages to make sense of some of the songs, at least for me. My wife once made me turn off Chest Fever, which she had never heard in the MFBP version, when the middle section arrived with its dissonant horns. The ROA live version swaps in a shuffle section there, which probably even the guys in the Band knew was the only way this would go over in front of a live audience. I like the record just fine now, and it shows up in my rotation, but if I had to point to a record as an example of something that "grew on me," I'd point to MFBP.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 16:17:06 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

dunc, i'm not sure how big the proclaimers are here in usa, other than "i'm gonna be (500 miles)", but i like 'em. 'course my grandfather's from edinburgh. i saw them in st. louis touring with canada's barenaked ladies. and my mom's from canada; so there you go. and of course annie lennox is great. i should have played some big country too, i guess. i certainly hope to visit scotland someday!

thanks to all for sharing your latest listens; love to see what others are listening to. come on everybody - tell us what's on your ipod or stereo!!!

Entered at Tue Jul 3 15:43:04 CEST 2018 from (99.227.166.246)

John D

Well. Let's see. I believe; between vinyl and CD, I must already own 4-5 versions of this CD. Will I buy this new one in the end. Probably; because I am a completist. However I have to say I really resent, no matter whom the artist, re-buying the same album over and over again. I don't care about a book or pictures anymore.

It's a known physical fact that; after the age of 30 your hearing starts to change and now at my age, will I be able to hear whatever frequency changes they have made. Quite honestly it's another way for the record company to make more money once again.

But; in the end, I probably will buy it. If I had Peter Viney's money....maybe two copies. Insert smiley face here.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 14:05:09 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

Dunc: "Sailing" is a gorgeous song, but for me the stand-out Sutherland Brothers song is "I Don't Want To Love You But You've Got Me Anyway" (done with Quiver). FM radio here played the hell out of it back in the day, but couldn't push it onto the pop chart.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 11:19:39 CEST 2018 from (109.147.126.172)

Dunc

Subject: Last Five

Joe J - I really like Copper Kettle too.

Penguin Eggs is really good. Thanks, Peter.

Two Scottish artists, Glenn. I'm surprised the Proclaimers have an influence there. Saw a great open air concert of them. James Corden gets emotional about the Hibs fans singing 'Sunshine On Leith'. Look it up on YouTube Glenn.

Last five played - albums with the following five iconic Scottish songs.

Sailing - Sutherland Brothers

Reflections of My Life - Marmalade

Stuck In The Middle - Stealers Wheel

Mull of Kintyre - Wings. Paul McCartney came back to Bute to marry his daughter, Roger. I think it was in the pub at Port Bannatyne that you went to.

Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

Entered at Tue Jul 3 11:02:08 CEST 2018 from (109.147.126.172)

Dunc

Subject: Thanks PSB

Thanks PSB. Really enjoyed the article. It would be about 1973 before I heard MFBP. Rag Mama Rag was my introduction to The Band.

On the Basement Tapes my introduction would be 'The Mighty Quinn' by Manfred Man, 'Si Tu Dois Le Partir' by Fairport Convention, and 'This Wheel's On Fire'by Julie Driscoll, which is sheer brilliance, as Peter says. Julie Driscoll was the height of cool.

And again a Scottish dimension. 'I Shall Be Released' by The Marmalade, the B side of Butterfly, written by the Gibbs, which was not a hit. This would be the first version of 'I Shall Be Released' I heard. I still play Marmalade's version of 'I Shall Be Released'. Marmalade were a really good band.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 10:02:49 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

I enjoyed PSBs reminiscences on Music From Big Pink. I've said all this before, but never mind!

I still can see myself examining the cover (the sadly single fold UK cover). It was in the windowless record department upstairs at W.H. Smith, Bournemouth, and it was in the row furthest from the stairs – where A, B, C etc was. It’s a photo implanted on my brain, and I didn’t even buy it that day. W.H. Smith Bournemouth features heavily in my life. It was outside the shop where I arranged to meet the future Mrs V for our first date.

My main exposure was the juke box at Hull University Student Union, where I read the free newspapers every morning. Three plays for a shilling … The Weight … White Rabbit … I Shall Be Released. Sometimes My White Bicycle by Tomorrow (featuring Steve Howe) replaced White Rabbit.

On The Basement Tapes, the first I noticed was The Mighty Quinn by Manfred Mann in January 68. They had first pick from the acetate in the UK, following their hits with If You Gotta Go (UK #2) and Just Like A Woman (UK#10) as well a #1 EP featuring With God On Our Side. Dylan liked them! As one would with those sales. This Wheel’s On Fire by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity in came in April 1968. I still recall that when I got to hear Big Pink, I thought The Band's This Wheel’s On Fire wasn’t quite as good. It was an opinion I recanted, but recently, playing a lot of 1968 stuff, my initial impression returns to me. I think Julie Driscoll nailed the song with the best version.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 05:20:47 CEST 2018 from (64.229.204.216)

Bill M

One thing: I don't think that's musician wearing a bowl, it's a pot-head, presumably a reference to one or more of the Bengali Bauls (whose imaginary elephant Dylan also captured).

Apropos of nothing in the article, an introduction yesterday to Nina Simone's Newport version of "Li'l Liza Jane" showed me where our guys got their Atco version of the song from - though they'd been doing the song, if not like that, for a couple years by then.

Entered at Tue Jul 3 01:58:27 CEST 2018 from (100.14.12.215)

PSB

Subject: Big Pink at 50

Howdy all, A few thoughts from me on the half century mark for Music From Big Pink.

Entered at Mon Jul 2 23:43:48 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Subject: Jeff's music project …

Follow the link to Jeff Alexader's kickstart project for a new album and have a good look and listen. Check out some great songs with great bands … e.g. Maria Muldaur on Grab A Slice. There are a couple of songs on there that would have been absolutely perfect for Rick Danko too plus jump blues, straight blues. Well worth exploring in detail. I know Jeff has been busting a gut on this for years working incredibly hard. It's getting close to completion. I spent a happy hour on this today.

Entered at Mon Jul 2 23:03:39 CEST 2018 from (108.88.109.12)

Pat b

Entered at Mon Jul 2 22:49:24 CEST 2018 from (107.77.97.107)

JQ

Chicago Transit Authority.

Chris Smither - Leave the Light On; Origin of The Species is a good one.

Johnny Flynn - Theme from The Detectorists. Just that one song. PV - We always foist the show on our guests and it’s always a hit! I still watch it regularly, over and over, and admit that I’ve looked up detectors on the web; we’re 10 acres of rural property here which would keep me at it for a good while! But I need a buddy to talk bollix with.

Buddy Emmons - Steel Guitar. 1975. If you’re a fan of that instrument there’s nobody I’ve heard that’s better.

Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left.

Entered at Mon Jul 2 20:48:48 CEST 2018 from (24.222.133.112)

joe j

Last 5

Bob Forrest: Bootlegger

Dylan: Copper Kettle (w/o strings)

Pogues: Whiskey, You're the Devil

Pogues: Kitty

Dubliners: Fields of Athenry (current earworm) We're going back to Ireland in October. Doing some prep right now.

Entered at Mon Jul 2 20:22:46 CEST 2018 from (74.203.77.122)

Jon Lyness

Pat, how can I find the MFBP reissue teaser you refer to on YouTube? When I search for 'music from big pink deluxe' etc, I just come up with old versions of the tracks and promo clips containing no actual music. Thank you kindly.

Entered at Mon Jul 2 17:48:47 CEST 2018 from (82.69.47.175)

Peter V

Can't resist a new mix. In anticipation, I played the last one really loud in the car today. The "bonus tracks" were on the last remaster, and the only new one is an acapella I Shall Be Released, which is hopefully not just the original vocal tracks lifted off. But the new 5.1 mix sounds interesting too. Hey, this is certainly one of the ten greatest albums of all time. it seems something you have to do …

Entered at Sun Jul 1 03:06:31 CEST 2018 from (70.121.56.235)

glenn t

Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart

Little Steven: Soulfire

Gene Clark: Sings for You

The Band: Northern Lights Southern Cross

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark

[See the guestbook archive for more]