Pride. Here's what goeth before the fall: UNKLE Matt: Muddy Waters, "Mannish Boy" ...In The Name Of Love? The Man(del) from UNCLE: Elton John, "Ego" One of the great forgotten gems from Elton John's canon. This was released as a single in 1978 and it stalled on the lower end of the Top 40. Love Bernie Taupin's lyrics in this song and it's got a mad piano riff that I love to bang out on my piano. Ripe for a cover or for use [...]
I've been trying to put together a post on blues postage stamps. You know, a little something something for the philatelists who read SML. Oh, and the bluesmen just call them stamp collectors. But my ability to collect pictures of the blues stamps is not so good. I know that there are many more stamps then the few I have posted here. Here is what I have come up with so far, I will update my collection when I find more photos of blues stamps. If you know of any [...]
The first Sunday in July arrives on the long holiday weekend this year. Outside, the weather is typically hot and wet, and there is a tropical storm out in the Atlantic that will likely become the first hurricane of the season. The first Sunday of the month also brings the Blues Calendar Blues, the only recurring feature still recurring here. The featured artist thiis month is one of the greatest bluesmen of all time, McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield. There is no way to overstate Muddy Waters' influence [...]
I often come across articles where the writer bemoans that nowadays, there's nothing new and original in music, that everything is a rehash of what came before when there was a regularity of fresh sounds. The new thing has always been there, but what makes it out to the mass media is based on commercial concerns. It's not like there's nothing new and original. Just go down to the small clubs spread around and you'll hear plenty of new sounds. But economic conditions keep these bands down, the average person wants something they've heard before, the safe and familiar. Captain [...]
"I've always been a lover of African-sounding drums. I play the guitar as if it was a drum." --Bo Diddley A musician doesn't beat a drum, he plays a drum. He coaxes multiple rhythms from that drum, in an effort to tell his story and to support others contributing to that story. Therefore, to appreciate the profound impact of Bo Diddley , you have to digest the full implications of that quote. It doesn't simply explain his distinctive, percussive sound, it helps explain the critical difference between rhythm and blues and [...]
Oooh yeah (ooo-oooh), most of the time the asylum is similar, to say, an electric circus. But, this week a big black bird has flown overhead and put some big 'n bad mojo on toppa the heads of our doctors and nursemaids. Please do not fear patients, our musical instincts are still in healthy workin' order. Today we wanted to share the asylum song of the day with all you patients out there in 115th Dreamland. From one of our favorite bluesmen comes "Mannish Boy". The foot stompin' rusted wire blues fury from Muddy Waters has been givin' [...]
The other day, in my current state of nagging frustration, I found myself drinking coffee pre-dawn in my kitchen listening to the ipod on shuffle and contemplating what lay ahead for another day. Just then, "No Satisfaction" by Black Mountain came up and reentered my consciousness after a lengthy absence. "Oh yeah, " I thought. "How is it that Steve Jobs always knows what I need to hear?" No Satisfaction = Frustration. Thanks for reminding me. The ipod is insidious in it's ability to pull things out of the air - like a [...]
City eating, city living, city sleeping, city music, city crying, city dancing.... Up to my ears in urbanism and I think I'm loving every painful moment of it. Been lost in the streets at night, been wandering, jabbering, willfully digressing and now... waiting...waiting... Let's grow in the dark, shall we? Lotus loves you all 1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust ( Twice Upon a Time: The Singles, 1992 ) 2. The Drift - Invisible Cities ( [...]
Muddy Waters : I Just Wanna Make Love To You & Mannish Boy taken from the album "Electric Mud" on Cadet (1968) [...]
El Paso - Marty Robbins Killin' The Blues - Chris Smither (you may be familiar with the cover of this on the new Plant/Krauss album) The Wind And The Rain - Meat Puppets Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma - Steve Miller Band What's [...]
[MP3] AC/DC - "Let Me Put My Love Into You" [MP3] The Reverent Horton Heat - "Big Red Rocket of Love" [MP3] Type O Negative - "Blood and Fire" [MP3] Strapping Young Lad - "Love?" [MP3] Muddy Waters - "Born Lover" Download all five tracks here: [ZIP]
1960 Muddy Waters, I Feel So Good (live). Howlin' Wolf, Spoonful. Elmore James, Rollin' and Tumblin'. Lightnin' Hopkins, Glory Be. Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window to be your Valentine. Ophelia, Hamlet, iv:v. Men lies about a little Some of 'em cries about a little Some of 'em dies about a little Everything fight about a spoonful.
One of the top search strings on the Internet is "What is love?". If any of you netizens ever find out, please let me know. In the meantime, happy Valentine's day. Haddaway: What Is Love? - 7.51MB The KLF: What Time Is Love? - 8.94MB The Paragons: Have You Ever Been In Love? - 4.10MB Clyde McPhatter: A Lover's Question - 2.55MB Muddy Waters: You Need Love - 4.23MB Slim Whitman: Indian Love Call - 3.71MB [...]
After last year's jaw-dropping finale and months of anticipation, Lost finally returns tonight to start its fourth season. To celebrate and help get you ready for tonight's premiere episode, Hypeful has put together a musical playlist for 10 of the mysterious island's key players based on songs important to them ...
The audiovisual connection in art is one that dates back to the earliest forms of entertainment. From the drum circles and chants of the ancient Aztecs that were paired with the extravagant costumes and dance of the tribesmen to when, in 1931 Charlie Chaplin created the score for City Lights all by himself because he wasn't sure who's job it actually was! And even though the earliest films were
Some Muddy Waters for you today. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, he is one of the most influential blues artists of all time. The Rolling Stones even named themselves after one of his songs. Learn more here MP3 : Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman MP3 : Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied MP3 : Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy [...]
This months Lucero message board compilation has hit the internets and thus begins comptober fest. So, put your beer back on ice, pour a whiskey drink and give this bitch a spin. This month sees Jon Snodgrass ( Armchair Martian & Drag the River ) chime in with some selections as well as the usual suspects. It also includes an ridiculous (and by ridiculous I mean completely aweseome) cover of Stayin' Alive. Is this month's any good you ask? Look, any comp that features Electric Six and Muddy Waters on the same [...]
Enough doom and gloom already. Download: "Farther Up The Road" mp3 by Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1957. available on The Anthology "Further On The Road" mp3 by The Hawks, 1961. available on A [...]
if yer planning on getting me anything for hannukah, get me eight of these . Muddy Waters "Mother's Bad Luck Child"
My second bite into the compilation apple was inspired by a visit to my good buddy, Delta Desmond's seaside abode. Des had recently become Dad to a little tiger named Ollie. He showed me how he likes to put on an animal song and, using a soft toy of that creature, teach Ollie all about the animal kingdom. Too cute. So this one's dedicated to Desi and all the recent parents, animal and music lovers of this world. To complete the educational smorgasboard, it's ordered alaphabetically by animal. The zip file contains all the tunes and cover artwork with a [...]
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