Après Fred Chichin/Catherine Ringer, un autre couple musical mythique se voit séparé par la mort d'un des deux artistes (même si les poings dans la gueule à répétition avaient eu raison du couple il y a déjà 30 ans...). Aussi connu pour ses excès en tous genres (alcool, drogues, violence donc) que pour sa fructueuse collaboration avec Tina Turner, Ike Turner est décédé hier à l'âge de 76 ans. Deux petites friandises spectoriennes pour se consoler: Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep - Mountain High (mp3) Ike & Tina Turner: A [...]
Ike Turner has left the planet. His unique guitar tone was first heard on Rocket 88 . He will best remembered for the string of classic singles with his then wife Tina (he used to kick he around too). To all whom who loved and cherished Ike, those who were fortunate to know Ike, the many of you who have supported Ike and connected with Ike through the music it is with sadness and a heavy heart that we announce that Ike passed today at the age of 76. [...]
Ike Turner's dead. He was a lot of things. Among them, he was a badass guitar player, piano player, producer, arranger, bandleader, songwriter, and a talent scout for Sam Phillips at Sun. He was also a bad motherfucker. Unfortunately, he'll probably be best remembered as a wife beating substance abuser. He probably wasn't a "nice guy," but his contributions are vast and deep. I remember reading an interview with him in an early issue of Spin, where when asked about Tina's suicide attempt, he tried to make light of the matter by saying (and I'll paraphrase this from memory) "There's [...]

he certainly gave tina the blues. Ike & Tina Turner "River Deep - Mountain High"

DOWNLOAD: Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (MP3) US musician Ike Turner , the former husband of Tina Turner, has died at the age of 76. He died at his home near San Diego, California. There was no immediate word on the cause of death. He rose to fame in the 1960s, and is best remembered for his musical partnership and stormy marriage with Tina Turner. He abused her, but somewhat rehabilitated his image in his later [...]
Public service announcements: 1. Stop by some fine, fine sites to check out their mixes. Aquarium Drunkard has been sporadically posting Christmas tunes this month, and they're quite good. Check out that Marvin Gaye song up today! The Duke of Straw posted his annual Christmas mix over at The Late Greats and it's fantastic, as usual. The Leather Canary has some nice mixes. Any other Christmas
Below you will find mix number five out of five that has come about as a result of EAR FARM's Thanksgiving Mix Contest . Well, there are ten mixes actually, but five that I'm posting on EAR FARM this week. If you're someone who entered the contest and won (and I've been in contact with you about a mix) who hasn't yet received your very own mix, you'll get yours shortly. In fact, it might just show up here on EF in the near future. Patience. [...]

One more Springsteen influenced post today. If you've heard Girls In Their Summer Clothes off of the new Magic album you've heard the wall of sound production inspired by Phil Spector 's work in the late fifties early sixties. Though not all of these were produced by Phil Spector , they all employ the wall of sound production style Bruce is emulating. 1 : The Paris Sisters - Dream Lover [...]

The first track on the Beatles' 1969 album best-selling album Abbey Road , the song, Come Together , was credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Really the song was written by Lennon for Timothy Leary, a psychologist who became famous for experimenting with LSD as a way to promote social interaction and raise consciousness. Leary decided to run for Governor of California, against Ronald Regan, and asked John Lennon to write a song for him. "Come Together, Join The Party" was Leary's campaign slogan and was the original [...]
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout You're The Best Thing - The Style Council Anything You Want - Spoon A Face In The Crowd - Kathleen Edwards Just For You - Waylon Jennings Never Talking To You Again - Husker Du [...]
In 1971 a bunch of big name American soul and rock musicians traveled to Accra, Ghana, for a live performance called Soul to Soul. Anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 people showed up to Accra's Black Star Square to watch the likes of Wilson Pickett, Tina Turner, The Staple Sisters, Santana and Roberta Flack perform [...]

year end thoughts, in no particular order: traveling too much for work – with ione turning 2 next month, for every week i'm away, i'm missing out on ~1% of her life. pseudo-science – if we don't let a non-physician treat patients, and a non-engineer build bridges, why would we let non-scientists do science? admittedly, the scientific community desperately needs to get its head out of its ivory tower ass and do a better job of explaining the science to the lay public, but ultimately, this is still about knowing what [...]

Merry Christmas, Internets. Peace and love to you and yours. PIMPS OF YULE: Christmas 2006 1. "Specialized Nutcracker Suite" by FLIP 2. "Another Christmas At Home" by EUX AUTRES 3. "Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney)" by ELLA FITZGERALD 4. "Merry Christmas Baby" by IKE AND TINA TURNER 5. "Don't Believe in Christmas" by THE SONICS 6. "Holiday Hymn" by ORANGE [...]
"Songs that last three minutes and forever. Phil Spector brought a grand, ennobling passion to the teen love song. His 'wall of sound' moved both bodies and hearts - launching what may be the most personal and stylistically unified series of mulit-artist recordings in pop history. That Phil Spector's hits will live on in the digital age is cause for celebration." - Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone In
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 -
Once again, in no particular order. . . Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy (thelawshavechanged.blogspot.c om) Snowden - Anti-Anti (kissatlanta.com) Beat Radio - Everything is Temporary (callmemickey.blogspot.com) The Supremes - Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart (areseven.blogspot.com) The Eyes - When The Night Falls (areseven.blogspot.com) Ike & Tina Turner - Come Together (moistworks.com) Mcneal And
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new fish weighing venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip...
HEY JUDE The Overton Berry Trio The Overton Berry Trio At Seattle's Doubletree Inn Jaro : 1970 Available on: Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-1975 Light in the Attic : 2004 [Buy It] DEAR PRUDENCE CRY BABY CRY Ramsey Lewis Mother Nature's Son Cadet : 1969 [Out of Print (except via iTunes)] TAXMAN Junior Walker Love Ain't Nothin But a Business Goin' [...]
Venus - Bananarama - Who Can Forget the Shocking Blue? Who'd like to? Peter Gunn - The Art Of Noise w/ Duane Eddy My Funny Valentine - Rufus Wainwright Buckets Of Rain - Neko Case (Bob Dylan classic from Blood On The Tracks) Whole Lotta Love - Ike [...]