Please allow me, with your help, to conduct an impromptu survey:
Can you listen to this song without feeling the urge to bob your head, tap your fingers and/or toes, or shake your hips and/or caboose? Please record your reactions in the comments section. Thank you.
(h/t Howie for letting us know)
From The Detroit Free Press:
Ron Asheton, the influential guitarist for legendary punk band the Stooges, was found dead early this morning at his home in Ann Arbor, police said.
I feel like I was punched in the stomach, so I'm going to have to lean on the late Lester Bangs, from his epic, two-part (here and here) Of Pop and Pies and Fun (a 1970 critique of The Stooges LP Funhouse) do the heavy lifting:
An old song that's still as fresh, delicious, and downright decadent as room service blueberry pancakes at the Hilton.
Whether you measure it instrumentally, vocally, sartorially or tonsorially, anyone who thinks the Three Tenors swing bigger cod than Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton and Carl Perkins serving up this tasty slice of transnational musical cross-pollination, can bite my shiny metal ass.
And while I can't be 100% sure, at the 2:43 mark Eric Clapton appears to lean over and ask Carl Perkins, "Tell you wha, Mistuh Pehkins, you slip me B.B. King's private numbah and I can have Diana Rigg here askin' to be 'your little dog 'til your big dog comes' in thirty minutes."
The Epic of Gilgamesh for the Hip-Hop generations...Who knew that v-necks were once the height of fashion?
Dedicated to those for whom the new year brings a burden of to-do lists and painful resolutions. That it's set to Doctor Who only makes it delicious.
Happy New Year from everyone at C&L.
A song about a lovely picnic. Really.
A lonely street. A dying cowboy. A story recounted to a passing stranger.
This is just about as traditional as American western musical narrative gets.
PS. Rest in Peace to the great trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. We certainly are losing a lot of amazing performers lately...
I learned today of the passing of the great Delaney Bramlett. This guy was one of the greats. I recorded with him just last spring for a recently released CD, A New Kind of Blues. In addition to this early video, there are many youtubes with his former wife and partner Bonnie, and this link points to a video that summarizes his importance to so many iconic musicians.
There's a recent interview with Delaney about his long and amazing career here. He'll be sadly missed.
Susie Madrak adds:
"Lord, Lord, what a welcome they must have planned tonight for that man. Imagine the reunion with his old friends Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Gram Parsons, Duane Allman and George Harrison. (I'm sure Jerry Wexler is recording tonight's jam. I hope someday I get to hear it.)
A very nice cover of Pink Floyd by the Swedish folk band, recorded 2001.
Eartha Kitt, who rose from the Southern cotton fields to captivate audiences around the world with sultry performances as a singer, dancer and actress, died on Thursday at the age of 81.
...Actor-director Orson Welles once called Kitt "the most exciting woman alive" and, along with Lena Horne, she was one of the first African-American sex symbols.
Happy holidays! h/t Case.
"I'm living fast and dangerously..."
So much longing that it hurts.
