Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Menacing Beatnik
Behold the super menacing qualities of The Champs' Beatnik 45, slowed down to 33 by someone on YouTube.
Freddie King Live At The Travis County Jail
Here's some really amazing footage of Freddie King live at the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas. Filmmaker Ric Sternberg sets the scene.
"Freddie was in Austin to play at the Armadillo World Headquarters. Richard Halpin (Jail Arts & Education Project) got Freddie and his brother Bennie to play for the inmates at the Travis Co. Jail. The prisoners loved it. So did the musicians. I shot it with help from William McLellan & Linda Evans. It was shot with a single tube camera and recorded on a 1/2" reel-reel portapack. It is funky old video but a record of a terrific performance and selfless act by the late great artist, Freddie King."
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
A Girl That Works In A Bar (MP3)
Ann Clark - A Girl That Works In A Bar (2:52)
A few days ago I posted the B-side of this record, an excellent murder tune called He'll Never Cheat No More and the Drunken Hobo was prompted to ask about the flip side. Here it is, a rather sad tale of a disillusioned booze hound and her job at one of the local watering holes.
Coming This Summer
Sat Jul 30 5:00-10:00 FREE!
Ponderosa Stomp: She's Got the Power! A Girl Group Extravaganza
including Tribute to Ellie Greenwich
LaLa Brooks (The Crystals)
Lesley Gore
Arlene Smith (The Chantels)
Baby Washington
Barbara Harris (The Toys)
Beverly Warren
Brenda Reid, Lillian Walker (The Exciters)
Louise Murray (The Jaynetts)
Margaret Ross (The Cookies)
Maxine Brown
Nanette Licori (Reparata and the Delrons)
Peggy Santiglia Davison, Jiggs (The Angels)
Backup singers:
Toni Wine (vocal arrangements)
Jean Thomas-Fox
Lesley Miller
Mikie Harris
Susan Collins
Ula Hedwig
Jeremy Chatzky, musical director
Presented in association with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation
Damrosch Park Bandshell NYC
The Exciters - He's Got The Power (mp3)
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Fort Worth, 1964
Via El Caganer.
A motorist gets his tank filled at a Fort Worth gas station in 1964. You used to get an awful lot for your 26.9 cents a gallon.
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