Some Japanese wiseguy named Hokekyo Sho once proclaimed that ´at the third cup, wine drinks the man´. He got pretty famous with that one, and he just may have been right, too. Which hardly ever stops me from pouring said cup, but that´s another story... Here´s a grand cru , slightly country-flavoured tenpack with a velvety aftertaste about a mighty fine drink. "Strawberries, cherries and an angel´s kiss in spring, my summer wine is really made from all these things..." Salud ! Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy The Wine MP3 [...]
James Luther Dickinson - Casey Jones (On The Road Again) ( buy ) Jim Dickinson (1941 - 2009) was active in the Memphis scene since the mid-sixties. He worked as a session player with Aretha Franklin, Sam & Dave, the Rolling Stones (that´s his piano on Wild Horses ) and Bob Dylan (on Time Out Of Mind ). And that´s just the tip of the iceberg. Dickinson´s production credits include such classics as Ry Cooder´s Into The Purple Valley [...]
Being in and out this summer meant missing several opportunities to pay tribute to the fallen. Today, we remedy the situation. The biggest blow to the folkworld in recent weeks was the loss of Mike Seeger , who made his mark on folk music as a multi-talented folk instrumentalist and producer, and as an avid ethnomusicologist , forging a bridge between the old and the new through paths as varied as his co-discovery of his own housekeeper Elizabeth Cotten, his [...]
On the inner groove of Beale Street Saturday Night , amongst the various engravings that exist on old LPs, are four words in quotations: "WORLD BOOGIE IS COMING." This was a saying of Jim Dickinson's, who died on Saturday. His contribution to American music puts him in the company of men like his mentor Sam Phillips, about whom said: "...God created all men equal. I think God gave Sam just a little extra." The same could be said about him. I never met Dickinson, and always just took it for granted that someday I would. I saw [...]
Classic weirdo country-soul-rock musician Jim Dickinson has passed on . To get a full appreciation of the man's contributions check out Robert Gordon's awesome book It Came From Memphis . Short version: He played piano on the Rolling Stones' " Wild Horses ", and produced Big Star, the Replacements and Mudhoney. mp3: " Wild Bill Jones " by James Luther Dickinson UPDATE: Here's a massive, but no doubt incomplete, list of Dickinson's credits [...]
I've been on a bit of a Carl Perkins kick the last few months. I mention this now because 'tis the season on music blogs across the interwebs to write one (or both) of the two classic end-of-year posts: the "year in review" best albums/single post, and the Chrismas post. We'll be doing a Christmas post or two, but I'm not prepared to sum up the year in music. There are several reasons for this. First, I was overseas until the middle of July, which provides me with a pretty ironclad alibi for having missed [...]
James Luther Dickinson (also known as Jim) likes to stay in the background a bit. If you look solely at his own discography - the guy´s got only seven albums under his belt since 1972 - he doesn´t come across as one of the most productive guys in the music industry. That´s not at all true though, as Dickinson seems to be recording his own stuff on the side, while regarding his career as an ace sideman and producer as his main claim to fame. Active in the Memphis scene since the mid-sixties, he worked as a session player with [...]
Last week we heard a couple of trucker songs played by west coast hippies. Today we'll listen to the genuine article, and some cover versions it spawned. In 1954 Terry Fell recorded this, the first version of the second most popular truck driving song ever (third maybe if you count "Convoy"). The first, would be Dave Dudley's "Six Days On The Road," [...]
CADILLAC MAN The Jesters Sun #400 : 1966 Available on: The Sun Records Collection Rhino : 1994 [Buy It] DIXIE FRIED LOUISE CASEY JONES (ON THE ROAD AGAIN) James Luther Dickinson Dixie Fried Atlantic : 1972 Reissued on Sepia Tone : 2002 [Buy It] NATCHEZ SHOPPING BLUES YOUNG MAMA HARLEM COUNTRY GIRL Olu Dara [...]
On this date in 1995, the Rock simple southern drawl. Said the eloquent former Austin writer Bill Bentley of Dickinson in 2004 "As a performer, Dickinson has notched plenty of prime-time hours on sessions and stages everywhere. He's been in bands capable of setting listeners' ears on fire, and recorded songs that have permanent positions on radio playlists across the planet. But underneath it
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