Today is the second anniversary of Alex Chilton's untimely passing. Last year I posted a handful of the records that Alex covered. Today, I offer a few more of those songs that he lovingly interpreted over the years. Some you know, some you might not, all of them great. For more of these, tune into the archive of my March 14th show on WFMU's Rock 'n Soul Ichiban: HERE RIP LX Download: "Take [...]
Picking up more or less where my prior post left off, I'll start with another of the late Benny Spellman's unreleased, Allen Toussaint-produced tracks, probably recorded prior to 1963 from the sound of it. I forgot to include this one this last time, and want to get it in, since it's a great little number, and one of my favorites. The song first appeared on the 1984 Bandy LP compilation, Benny Spellman (a/k/a Calling All Cars [...]
One of the true greats passed away this month: Clarence Clemons, a legend to every Springsteen fan. There are many things which made the E Street Band's sound so unique, but the key ingredients, in my view, were Roy Bittan's keyboards and Clemons' sax. It is on Clemons' shoulder on which Springseen leans on the Born To Run cover, literally and symbolically (and imagine the title track without that orgasmic saxophone build-up). The featured E Street Band song, here in the live version from the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon concert, tells the story of how the E Street Band came together. [...]
Right at its tail end, here´s another edition of Wild Weekend , which means the iPod shuffle once again came up with a flaming six pack of goodies. This week it´s all about getting your fortune told, running the voodoo down while blood runs down King Street, meeting the Venus de Milo, and chasing a vampire. All for a price of course. All for a price. We´ll get this show on the road with a track from one of my all-time fave albums: the amazing Marquee Moon . An organic [...]
The 2007 collaboration between the former lead singer of Led Zeppelin and an American bluegrass musician is number nine in my chronological countdown of the albums I've enjoyed the most since 2000. Raising Sand is a country-flavoured collection of thirteen cover versions of songs written by such renowned songwriters as Gene Clark, Tom Waits and Townes Van Zandt. The songs were chosen by the album's producer and guitarist, T-Bone Burnett, who also assembled the excellent band that includes such wonderful musicians as Marc Ribot and Norman Blake. The real delight, however, is the pretty impressive vocal collaboration between [...]
And it comes right before the Fourth of July. Springsteen's 'Madam Marie' Dies - Asbury Park Paper (Natch) Got Last Interview As the news spread around New Jersey, and Bruce Springsteen circles, of the death of "Madam" Marie Castello - the famed fortune teller from Springsteen's 1973 favorite, "Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" - one newspaper had the others beat. And as seems fitting, it was The Asbury Park Press. The Press, based in nearby Neptune, N.J., these days, got the last interview with [...]
Muxtape is a new fun site for sharing music. It's very simple to use and seems to exist in the same magical legal precinct that most mp3 blogs and music podcasts reside. Since becoming aware of it, I've enjoyed rifling through a variety of trendsetters' muxtapes and it was certainly only a matter of time before I made my own. Most of the tunes I've chosen come from CDs I acquired over five years ago but the roots-of-rock pre-soul rhythm & blues jiving sound is one I'm digging right now. If you've made a muxtape or know of one I [...]
See, I love all types of music. While I am very much enjoying the early 90's stuff that is a good percentage of the tapes left in the Oxfam bin, there are always lots of other good things. This last week I also picked up some other good early jazz/rocknroll stuff and a great tape from Ivo Papasov Tina Turner - I Can't Belive What You Say 2. Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty 3. The Olympics -
Boogie Woogie Flu
Home of the Groove
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
For The Sake Of The Song
A Town Full of Losers
snuhthing/anything
Diddy Wah
Dalston Oxfam Shop
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Urban Noize Remix)
Top 10 mp3s of the Week (5/25)
Mixtape 145 – by @thelastminute
