John Doe 's weathered, craggy face - framed by long hair and covered in sweat - resembles an alternate universe's Iggy Pop. The comparison isn't unfounded - both Pop and Doe are considered forefathers of the American punk movement, Iggy with the Stooges and Doe with Los Angeles punk band X. Where Iggy's iconic image is shirtless, though, Doe stood before the crowd at Palm Door dressed in a suit, suggesting that perhaps his irreverent punk days are behind him. But though in recent years he has turned to the twangier side of things, Doe and Iggy aren't [...]
This poster was posted by The Sadies on Facebook yesterday and my jaw hit the floor. If I was independently wealthy I would be on the next plane to Madrid. Holy mother of pearl, what a lineup! If any of my fine readers happen to be from Spain, and happen to attend one of these shows, I will post your review on my blog, even if it is in Spanish. Or, even better, if you want to fly me to Madrid to attend this show, please contact me at rockstaraimz at gmail dot com. [...]
A few days ago I received an email from my friend in Tennessee. After working her whole life in record stores, she's finally out of a job . Please know this link is just for one store but apparently all locations are closing. I feel bad for her and will miss all the promotional samplers she use to give me. Last week I wrote a post that mentioned how Las Vegas has no decent record stores. Only half true, as we do have two Zia Record Exchanges and although they have a good [...]
Saturday at Pickathon was dominated by some stellar performances on the Woods Stage, starting off with the painfully adorable Laura Gibson . The woods provided a cool respite after a brutally hot day, and were a welcome solace for weary festivalgoers. Gibson is the quintessential Oregonian musician. The daughter of a logger and a kindergarten teacher, she grew up in rural Oregon, fostering a love of music at a young age. Her brand of folk floats through the air on the wings of a delicate voice and some killer arrangement and song writing. [...]
When measured against the summer festival juggernauts (i.e., Bonnaroo, Lollapolooza, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits), Pickathon may appear unassuming in comparison. But, as William Shakespeare once said: "Though she be but little, she is fierce" (ol' Bill said that, right?). For Pickathon, roots music rules all, and the festival planners have picked some truly excellent acts to represent the time-honored genre. More festival details, lineup, and a whole bunch of MP3s after the jump. The 2009 Pickathon Festival is set to take place July 31st - August 2nd at [...]
Depuis l'expérience des Knitters on connaît bien goût de John Doe pour la musique country. Cette fois-ci, l'ex-X enrôle un des backing-bands les plus courtisés, les Sadies. Leur mission : l'accompagner sur une poignée de standards country des années 50 et 60 (Ray Price, Porter Wagoner, Roger Miller, Hank Williams...). Ces réinterprétations sont peut-être un peu trop fidèles à leurs modèles mais
Decked out in a sharp-looking brown suit, John Doe welcomed the Rumba Cafe crowd to a "country-western Sunday jamboree" on Mother's Day evening. And that's pretty much what it was, as Doe led his backing band—immensely talented Canadian roots-rockers the Sadies—through a set of songs by country royalty like Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. Doe got his start back in the late '70s playing bass and sharing vocal duties in X, one of the most influential and critically celebrated punk bands to come out of Los Angeles. Cult followers of X shouldn't be too [...]
This photo has nothing to do with today's post. I just like kitschy-Americana (Canadiana?) things. I actually took a road trip to Sudbury once, and yes, I saw giant the nickel. Read about Sudbury, the nickel capitol of the world here . To see other large roadside attractions in Canada, click here . To hear the song "Sudbury Nickel" see Friday's post . I have a playlist on my MP3 player that I call "Sadies Originals." Its all original tracks of songs that I have heard [...]
Concert Review: John Doe and The Sadies Sonic Boom and The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto Thursday, April 30, 2009 You know how when you read a really good book, and then see the movie and the movie didn't quite live up to your love of the book? Or when you are at a restaurant and you eat some apple pie, but its not nearly as good as your mom's apple pie? Its not a completely fair comparison - your interpretation of a novel verses a director's film interpretation, or mass produced restaurant pies verses your [...]
I can't remember exactly how I learned to love classic country music. It wasn't from my central Wisconsin upbringing. My parent's record collection consisted of Barbara Streisand and Johnny Mathis and that's it. Seriously. And I cannot for the life of me remember if there was a country music radio station on air in the late 70s/early 80s in Oshkosh. If there was one, I sure wasn't listening to it. I was in the college class of 1995, and in the early 90s on campus in the Chicago area it was grunge, Pavement, and the dregs of hair metal. [...]
"Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. We're not sure why it sounds like it's from the sixties. Maybe that's our favorite era of country music or maybe that's what we listened to when we first learned how to play it." --John Doe John Doe and The Sadies combine talents for an album of classic country covers and originals written in the spirit of those covers. On paper [...]
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