Allen Toussaint says he loves every cover version of his "Get Out Of My Life Woman". There are 12 and counting. Presenting Lee Dorsey:
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Get Out Of My Life Woman
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Labels: Allen Toussaint, Debbie D, Lee Dorsey
The Cows (And Pelicans) Come Home In August
A parade of animals indeed!.
Cow Cow Blues
Moo Moo
Pelican Parade
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Allen Toussaint Month
August is Allen Toussaint Month on Ichiban. Photo via KSUT.
Aaron Neville - Let's Live (produced by Allen Toussaint)
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Labels: Allen Toussaint, Debbie D
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
¡Lucha Libre! This Weekend! @ Fool's Paradise Twin
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Doug Sahm Month Ain't Over Yet
Doug Sahm - Oh No Not Another One
Doug Sahm's final studio album, The Return of Wayne Douglas, was released not long after his death from a heart attack in Taos, New Mexico hotel room in 1999. The name of the disc was a reference to an alias he'd used to release a cool 1970 Mercury honky-tonk 45, and as you'd expect with a title like that the album itself was pure deep-fried country music from beginning to end. Not surprisingly, Sahm, like a lot of people, was completely disenchanted with the pop and rock sounds that were becoming the hallmark of hit country records and used this track to blow off a little steam.
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Labels: Country, Doug Sahm Month, Greg, mp3s
Monday, July 30, 2012
Michoacan part 2 - KIM FOWLEY INTERVIEW!
Kim Fowley (in the Western shirt) with among others Del Shannon, Bruce Johnston and Gene Vincent. From his website. |
KIM FOWLEY: Michoacan was written by Atwood Allen and [myself]. Atwood Allen was the Electric Ice Man from San Antonio, and his grass that he cultivated and blended and rolled into joints was apparently legendary. I don’t smoke dope so I have no idea if it’s true, but according to gravevine legend Bob Dylan smoked some of Atwood’s blend and thought it was Doug Sahm’s blend and then liked Doug Sahm’s music more than he normally would, because he thought his abilities as a tobacconist cum blender of psychedelics gave him a different status. And then when he found it it was Atwood Allen’s, possibly he didn’t like Doug Sahm as much. Now, this is just a story that floats around ballrooms in Austin. It is possibly untrue. It’s possibly true. I’m not in an Austin ballroom and I wasn’t there when the rumors started. Have you ever heard that rumour before?
from left: Ernie Durawa, Doug Sahm, Atwood Allen (click here for photo source) |
Tom Ayres bio here |
Swedish psych/prog band does a German polka version of Tex-Mex song with lyrics by a California freak. The mind reels. |
J.J. Light - lost Chicano psych classic! |
Gene Thomas - NOT J.J. Light! Doug Sahm sings Gene Thomas |
I was unable to verify the Cuban live album, but here's the studio version from Shake Hands with the Devil |
This interview expanded to include several other topics, and we will see more of it in the very near future. Kim Fowley would like to let you know that he has just recorded a new release with Snow Mercy called Live in Overdrive. "We did it in an hour. It's one of the dumbest records you've ever heard. It's STUPID. Which is the key word in rock and roll. It's really stupid, and if you guys are smoking dope, jacking off, or robbing cars, this is the record to do it to. Everything good about Paul and Paula and Dale and Grace, you will find on this piece of trash, on steroids. Be sure and check it out. It's on iTunes."
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Labels: Atwood Allen, Doug Sahm, Dr. Filth, Gene Thomas, Gene Vincent, JJ Light, Joe King Carrasco, Kim Fowley, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Mitchum, Rocky and the Border Kings, Scorpion
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sir Douglas Quintet - Nitty Gritty
Sir Douglas Quintet - Nitty Gritty
The shiner Doug's sporting in the photo above was the result of a fractious 1973 run-in with police in Balcones Heights, just outside of San Antonio. Doug was enjoying an evening out with some friends at La Rosa Mexican Restaurant, when some clearly over-aggressive policing led an officer to ask who owned the gold and black Oldsmobile Cutlass with the California license plates. When Doug volunteered that he owned the car in question, the cop asked him to step outside while his fellow officers stayed inside to hassle Sahm's companions in the hopes of getting a low level drug bust. A moment later, drummer George Rains looked outside and witnessed a cop take Sahm, handcuffed at the time, and slam his head into the hood of his car. The police never did find any drugs on Sahm or in his car, so they settled for a charge of public intoxication, but that was quickly thrown out of court. The whole incident was a catalyst for Sahm's decision to relocate to the friendlier town of Austin.
Source: Texas Tornado: The Times & Music Of Doug Sahm by Jan Reid.
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Labels: Doug Sahm Month, Greg, mp3s
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Batman '66: Avatar of Future Games
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Funky Crimes - The Final Comedown
Dennis Coffey - Getting It On
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Scorchers @ Fool's Paradise Twin Drive-In
SCREENPLAY BY WILLIAM CASTLE !!!
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