From the day we started this rag back in October 2006, HT Contributor Dr. Neeko has provided us with his wit, wisdom and scorching-hot guitar playing. In a few weeks, Neeko aka Nick will be stepping down from his posts in both Give Us The Money Lebowski and Scarecrow Collection to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in New Zealand. If y'all ask nicely, hopefully Nick will continue to contribute around these parts and check in from time to time on life with the Kiwis. Before Nick takes [...]
Last week's Radiohead Cover Wars was one of the most popular to date. Eleven of the 16 artists received votes, but Gov't Mule by a large margin received the most for their renditions of Lucky and Creep. In 2nd place was the Benevento Russo Duo and their four contributions. It was a fun one to put together. This week, I take a look at another Jimi Hendrix classic that has been performed by an interesting collection of artists. I believe this edition features more [...]
Last week's She Said She Said voting reassures something I've always known to be true - Gov't Mule destroys covers. So Mule takes home their first CW trophy and one note about last week: Audio has since surfaced of Mike Gordon's band performing the song (previously we only had a YouTube) and has been added to the playlist. Moving on to the new stuff...known for its sexual innuendos and bangin' horn lines, Sledgehammer is Peter Gabriel's only #1 hit to date here in the USA. This song comes to us off the 1986 release [...]
Scarecrow Collection have upped Episode #3 of their podcasts series, a selection of late 2007 livre stuff. 00:00 - Stumble and Fall 11.24.07 Paradise Lounge - Boston, MA 05:44 - I Won't Leave You There 12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ 14:06 - Blind 12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ 19:16 - Country Road (James Taylor) 12.27.07 - Puppet House - Brandford, CT 23:21 - Breathe 12.28.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ [...]
Episode 2 of the Scarecrow Collection live podcasts is filled with covers: Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) 03.25.06 Red Square - Albany, NY Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley) 03.25.06 Red Square - Albany, NY Take 5 (Dave Brubek) > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (The Allman Brothers Band) > Take 5 (outro) 11.17.06 - Acoustic Cafe - Bridgeport, CT Polly (Nirvana) 04.20.07 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ Quinn the Eskimo [...]
Scarecrow Collection just released a podcast featuring some well-played covers hand picked by guitarist Nick Setteducato. Check out the band tearing through covers of Come Together, Sledgehammer, Polly and more. We especially dig their inventive sequence of Take 5 > In Memory of Elizabeth Reed > Take 5. John Lennon assembled quite a pick-up band at his 1971 birthday party Ickmusic looks back at RatDog's first year as band [...]
The big news in the Straw household: we got cell phones . Both The Duchess and I have abstained from them all our lives. We finally succumbed to the pressure. I would like to say we picked AT& T because they used The Band's "The Weight" in a commercial. But it was because of their rollover feature. It did get me thinking about all the different versions of this song. I LOVE that a lot of females tackle the tune. So here are oodles of [...]
Warriooooors...come out and play-ayyyy. And by 'Warriors' I mean 'Commenters,' but Commenters would be a ridiculously shitty name for a hardcore street gang, even if they had the coolest jackets and/or get-up on the block. Seriously, though, we didn't see a noticeable decline in readership yesterday, but someone must've turned down the volume. Where'd everyone go? [...] Warriooooors...come out and play-ayyyy. And by 'Warriors' I mean 'Commenters,' but Commenters would be a ridiculously shitty name for a hardcore street gang, even if they had the coolest jackets and/or get-up on the block. [...]
Some albums are well worth waiting for. Scarecrow Collection (SCC) released their second album radio frequency disaster in April, but due to some transatlantic snafus it took forever to reach the desk of Here comes the flood . OK, rant over. There is no stinker/filler track song among the 13 tracks. The album navigates with ease between genres with a few constants: great keyboards and proud vocals. They have been playing live a couple of hundred times and it shows: the songs sound tight but loose, which is lot easier said than done. [...]
It was difficult to tear myself away from the Wii -B-Q. Brats and Italian sausages and burgers and marinated chicken consumed, most of us, including the women, headed inside to pop our collective cherry with the next level of interactive gaming. As four of us took center court at the Wii version of Wimbledom - coincidentally, I play well on grass - I couldn't help but notice the stunning role reversal of normalcy and lunacy. One of the first truly hilarious nuthouse scenes in the Dudley Moore vehicle, [...]
The three free Scarecrow Collection 2006 Samplers on shiny CD-r with übercollectible handwritten lettering housed in an almost white envelop have found a new home. The lucky winners: Phil Johnson in LA, Gregor Bauer in Munich, and Doug Hamilton in Poughkeepsie. Keep an eye on your mail box. All is not lost if you didn't win, ask for some samplers here: Send an e-mail to info@scarecrowcollection.net with your name and address. We'll send you out a package including our newest sampler, LIVE '06 which features four of the songs that [...]
The Scarecrow Collection is a five-piece from New Jersey. They are currently busy working on their second studio album. Like any decent jamband, they have dozens of shows at the Live Music Archive and you can pick up MP3s at their website (alas: 64kbit, but bandwith ain't cheap). Check out their take on 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover . Built around the idea that 'songs come first', this compelling young band has earned the relentless admiration of music fans all over the Northeast. Reaching far outside of their suburban New Jersey [...]
Hidden Track
Here Comes The Flood
The Late Greats
Bobby Womack ft. Lana Del Rey – “Dayglo Reflection”
Bears
Disc Jockey Nappy XXX Danny Brown - The RefiXXX
33.12 - Tripping
