We're taking a break from our usual programming to provide you with something a little different: a little late-602s/early-702s New Orleans' style funk/rock. Kasey is featuring a city guide based on her recent visit to New Orleans, and so I wanted to share my love for my favorite musician from the "City of Mystery": Eddie Bo . And sure, I've featured Eddie Bo on these pages before, but I think his work is awesome-enough to bare repeating. If you missed our previous post about him, Bo was an accomplished singer/songwriter/musician from New Orleans who passed away last [...]
Absent FriendsJim Carroll, People Who Died.John Martyn, Over The Hill.Jim Dickinson and the New Beale Street Sheiks, You'll Do It All the Time.Eddie Bo, Check Your Bucket.The Seeds, Pushin' Too Hard.Buck Griffin, Bawlin' and Squallin'.The Ronettes, Baby, I Love You.Billy Lee Riley, Red Hot.The Cramps, Human Fly.Hank Locklin, Please Help Me I'm Falling.Blossom Dearie, Tea For Two.Les Paul and Mary
Gr eets. Just three records this time, and a lot of back-fill. One of the records is on an archived previous post. So, you'll have to hit the link back to it to hear the audio and read the other Bo connection to it that I did not get into this time. I plan to cut off my detailed retrospective on the late Mr. Bocage's early career at 1966 or so. Other than the one Seven B issue this time, I won't be getting into that label or what lies beyond in the near future. [...]
Entire island ecosystems arise, corrupt, decay and disappear within the generous lifespan of Yo La Tengo, the New Jersey three-piece who reinvent endlessly what an independent American rock band is supposed to do—play Flamin' Groovies songs in heaven, for instance. Guitarist/singer Ira Kaplan speaks very early in the morning. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
STRIKING OUT ON HIS OWN The independent record business in New Orleans was always volatile and precarious. Starting with the first wave in the mid-1950s, numerous local labels formed and folded, with most lasting just a few years, if that. The opportunity to score a big hit was always there to tempt entrepreneurs; but the odds against it were steep - like a shot at winning the lottery or picking a winning horse out at the Fairgrounds racetrack - unless, of course, Allen Toussaint was writing and producing the [...]
MOVING ON AFTER RIC & RON The Last At Last Part 3 ended more or less with Eddie Bo leaving the Ric and Ron labels behind in 1962, due to dissatisfaction with his compensation and owner Joe Ruffino's reluctance to seek national distribution for the labels' product. Of course, Ruffino's subsequent death closed the business and underscored the wisdom of Eddie's decision. Soon thereafter, Bo cut a couple of records for At Last, a recently started subsidiary of A.F.O. (All For One) Records, headed by [...]
As you are aware, it is Musical Pairings' goal to introduce our readers to music they may not have heard of before. That doesn't necessarily mean it has to be "new" music, though. For example, I'm willing to bet that most of our readers are not familiar with the great New Orleans musician Eddie Bo. He was an amazing songwriter and during the course of his career, (1955-2009) he developed a prolific songbook that masterfully spans numerous genres including jazz, funk, soul, rock and R&B. Nonetheless, once you've heard some of his stuff, I think you'll agree: it is bewildering [...]
THE RIC YEARS I always felt Eddie was one of the most talented songwriters to come out of New Orleans. He was always coming into the studio with great ideas for songs and arrangements. Joe Ruffino realized he had something in Eddie Bo and he gave him free rein in the studio . - Tommy Ridgley, as quoted by Jeff Hannusch in The Soul of New Orleans . [...]
A special memorial service is set for April 1 for New Orleans music legend Eddie Bo, who died recently at the age of 79. Eddie had some hits of his own, most notably "Check Mr. Popeye" in 1962. Bo, whose real name was Edwin Joseph Bocage, wrote dozens of other songs including "I'm Wise," which Little Richard cut as "Slippin' And Slidin'." Eddie was not only a great singer and songwriter, he was a master on the piano and a fine showman. My wife and I saw him at Tipitina's (the French Quarter version) some years ago at a free [...]
Edwin J. Bocage , a/k/a Spider Bocage, Little Bo, and best known as Eddie Bo, a fascinating, often enigmatic figure on the New Orleans music scene for over half a century, passed away just over a week ago. During his career, he wore many musical hats (including turbans): pianist/organist, vocalist, bandleader, composer (over 200 songs), arranger and producer. His work appeared on a huge assortment of labels, including a few of his own. In fact, his Wikipedia biography claims that, as an artist, he released more singles than anyone else in New Orleans, except Fats Domino. While I [...]
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, March 25, 2009...Looks like Metallica will indeed come to town this fall. If you're not feeling like you have enough manufactured evil in your lif... Continue reading "Today In Music News: Metallica Announces Tour, Manson Offers Download, and Eddie Bo Has Died" >
Et un seigneur de moins, un ! Le 18 mars 2009, le jour de la fin du capitalisme , une autre disparition, celle d' Eddie Bo . Un des champions soul-funk de la Nouvelle-Orléans, l'ancien menuisier qui a reconstruit seul son studio dévasté par le passage de l'ouragan Katrina en 2005, à 74 ans. J'adore les envolées de violons de Detroit , les rythmes secs de Memphis [...]
Vibrettes: Humpty Bump Parts 1 & 2 Eddie Bo: Getting To The Middle From: Eddie Bo's Funky Funky New Orleans [Funky Delicacies, 2005] It's been a miserable few weeks for soul and funk fans (I'm still hard at work putting together my Hayes tribute) so now would seem an appropriate time to celebrate some happier news. Awesomely talented NOLA producer Eddie Bo will be celebrating his 78th birthday tomorrow and, all things being equal, will probably be playing a gig [...]
In the span of 28 tracks, Crescent city funk and soul man, Eddie Bo, gets the comprehensive overview treatment on the In The Pocket compilation. I've posted Bo's track "Funky Yeah" in the past, but couldn't resist doing so again for those of you who either missed it the first time, or lost it [...]
Last week I gave y'all Some Not So Golden Random Rarities For My Peeps, which featured rare mp3 tracks from an assortment of groups including Mike Ness, Primus, The Lewd... and even a track by my old band Mom, a side project sorta thang featuring... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
Funky Sole has been one of the best things going for Hollywood for six years now. Created and presided over by Miles of Breakestra and Egon from Stones Throw with frequent help from "unofficial third partner" Cut Chemist and occasional drop-ins from DJ Shadow , J.Rocc , Peanut Butter Wolf and tons more of impressive names in the world of dedicated crate diggers. The sound at Funky Sole is eclectic and runs the gamut from rare funk, soul, and psychedelic rock to Afro-Latin, Bollywood and [...]
This clip had me shooting Mountain Dew from my nose, which was funny, as I wasn't even drinking a soda pop. Product placement rules! In the same vein, Chemistry Lad pointed me in this disturbing clip . I wanna meet that Dad. (more...)
George McCrae - " I Get Lifted " used in "Diggin' You Out" Cameo - " I Just Want To Be " used in "Quik Is The Name" B.T. Express - " Once You Get It " used in "Loc'ed Out Hood" Rose Royce - " Ooh Boy " used in "Sweet Black Pussy" Emotions - " A Feeling Is " used in "I Got That Feelin" Brick - " Dazz " used in "Dollars & Sense" [...]
Eddie Bo: Hook and Sling From 7" (Scram, 1969). Also on Hook and Sling . Abraham: Hook and Boogie From 7" (Hy Sign, 19??). Also on Sound of Funk, Vol. 7 . I've been cleaning out the digital closet, came upon Abraham's 45 and figure it was high time to finally get this posted and then shelved. As you will shortly hear, the latter is - as far as I understand - an uncredited cover of Eddie Bo's [...]
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