Thursday, September 22, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Happy Birthday, George Jones
George Jones - When The Wife Runs Off
Today George Jones turns 80 and tomorrow he'll be celebrating this milestone onstage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Big O - Otis Redding
Otis would have turned 70 this Friday. I have always wondered what the world would be like if he was still with us. Photo via the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame (also gone).
William Bell - Tribute To A King
Lattimore Brown - Otis Is Gone, Pt. 1
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird
Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
This 1967 live show from the Stax/Volt tour in Norway has never been topped.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Radio On
Tune in Saturday, September 3 from 1-3 PM when Rex welcomes Nick Tosches to Fool's Paradise on WFMU. They will be discussing Nick's latest opus Save The Last Dance For Satan, out now from Kicks Books.
Nick will be signing copies for the faithful on Friday, September 9th at 8 PM at the Jefferson Market Library in NYC. FREE!
Archive
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Jerry Landis Belongs in the Hall of Fame
Let's not exhaust this space to quibble over whether the mere existence and propagation of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is warranted or not. And we shall similarly pay minimal heed to the immutable truth that Paul Simon is in said Rock Hall not once but twice (as a solo performer and as half of Simon and Garfunkel), which to some may indicate he's been inducted either one too many times or two too many times. All that concerns this author is that as long as they let Rhymin' Simon in, those doors should open even wider to accommodate his late-'50s/early-'60s rockin' incarnations Jerry Landis, True Taylor, and Tico and the Triumphs.
It may be difficult to reconcile that the very same person who composed "A Simple Desultory Philippic" could also give birth to "Get Up and Do the Wobble," but one doesn't require a postage stamp contest à la Elvis to determine which manifestation of the singer and songwriter in question the typical Ichiban reader and listener would favor. So now that your preference has been duly presupposed, please enjoy this guaranteed Garfunkel-free trio of top teen tunes from the days when Paul Simon resided on the greaseball side of Music Town (all songs YouTube).
True Taylor — "True or False" (Big, 1958)
Here Paul yelps a rockabilly bopper that alternately could have been titled "Blue Moon of Kew Gardens."
Tico and the Triumphs — "Motorcycle" (Amy, 1961, Billboard No. 99)
Simon's sonata for the 'Sicle Set puts the "J.D." in early Jan and Dean.
Jerry Landis — "The Lone Teen Ranger" (Amy, 1962, Billboard No. 97)
His "Western Movies"-referencing dum-dum doo-wop ditty exposes a different kind of Olympics doping.
FLO CHESNUT
Sept. 28, 1966: Roy Orbison and actress Maggie Pierce promote the movie “The Fastest Guitar Alive.”
