Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Ladies And Gentlemen - Star Time
Detroit Breakdown WFMU - Images by Jacob Blickenstaff
Re-live the magic of the Ponderosa Stomp at Lincoln Center. Live sets by Eddie "The Hawg" Kirkland, Spyder "Ride In My 225" Turner, Melvin "I Won't Be Your Fool" Davis, Dennis "Scorpio" Coffey and the fabulous Velvelettes, all backed by the Motor City Soul Revue, aka The Party Stompers.
Listen Now!
Be sure to tune in to Music To Spazz By on Thursday August 12th from 9 PM - Midnight for ? & the Mysterians' scorching set!
16 Tons - - - Go Go Version
Tennesse Ernie Ford boldly reinvents Merle Travis' 16 Tons for the Hollywood Palace tv show, which aired May 22, 1965.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Sounds of Space Flight
Sounds of Space Flight.mp3
Here's a nice little flexi disc brought to you by General Electric Flashbulbs. Remember when the space program was exciting? Remember when people used flashbulbs?
Friday, July 30, 2010
Hell Train (MP3)
Billy Strange - Hell Train (2:34)
Billy Strange is a name you may or may not recognize, but I guarantee you've heard his work with frequency. The multi-talented Strange is most often heard as session guitarist, who managed to lay down memorable licks for an astonishing array of artists including Tommy Collins (All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo), the Super Stocks (Thunder Road), the Rip Chords (Hey Little Cobra), the Every Brothers, the Hondells (Cycle Chase), Jack Marshall, Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars, Jan & Dean, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ricky Nelson, the Partridge Family (I Think I Love You), Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Skeets McDonald and Doris Day among many others.
In addition to releasing numerous records under his own name and being one of the west coast's premiere session guitarists, he was also a talented composer, arranger and producer. Check out his amazing discography here. Hell Train was released in 1952.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Play That Funky Kazoo, White Boy!
Don't recall Brian playing a lot of kazoo (unless that's him on "Something Happened To Me Yesterday"). Maybe they told him it was a hash pipe?
Stolen from the always-entertaining Grottu.
