One of the things I like to do here at Setting The Woods On Fire is to compile what I call the "original" version of well-known cover albums. It's no secret that The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was an important album in the development of country rock. (Read about it here , here , and here .) But you might be surprised to learn that nine of the eleven songs were covers. Listening to earlier versions of the songs covered by The Byrds, along with two originals written by then-member [...]
(from wartheband.com ) When the Latin-funk-rock band War takes the Live Off The Levee stage on Saturday night, listeners no doubt will expect to hear many of the group’s familiar songs from the 1970s. However, the group that will be pumping out renditions of tunes such as “Low Rider,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” and “All Day Music” will feature just one musician who was part of War in their hit-making days. Keyboard player and singer Lonnie Jordan is the only original [...]
35 years ago today, the great guitar player, Clarence White, was killed by a drunk driver as he and his brother, Roland, were loading out after a gig. Clarence has been one of my favorite musicians for as long as I can remember, so I've decided to pay homage to him in a fun (and hopefully unique) way. Beginning with my next post, I'm gonna take a year-by-year look at CW's electric guitar legacy. Though he revolutionized bluegrass guitar playing with The Kentucky Colonels , my favorite stuff has generally featured him on electric. [...]
When Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young formed in 1968, the union brought together members of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies, making it one of the first supergroups in rock music history. During the next three years, the band played Woodstock, released two albums that went to #1, and had hits with classic songs including Suite: Judy Blue Eyes , Ohio , Teach Your Children , and Woodstock . However, the musical marriage was a volatile one and the four artists played in various permutations of the original line-up through much of the [...]
Miracle Legion hailed from New Haven, Connecticut. Lead by singer Mark Mulcahy and guitarist Mr. Ray Neal , they played a mildly twangy brand of rock, often compared to R.E.M. I believe I mentioned them once before, when posting on the bands that guested on the old kids’ TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete . At that time, they were recording under the name Polaris , due to some legal issues. [...]
If I am going to list or talk about my favorite albums on this blog (which i am!) - there is only one place to start. In early 1968, after the release of the west coast rock album The Notorious Byrd Brothers and in an effort to fill the void created by the departures of both David Crosby and Michael Clarke, the two remaining Byrds Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman decided 'get straight back on the horse' and begin work on a new record. A record that would inadvertently help create the musical movement that would be best [...]
The Byrds: Pretty Polly [ purchase ] For whatever reason, following the first two most obvious songs for this theme (all together now... yep, those are the ones), this was the first one to come to my mind. This is a dark song by The Byrds. Willie leads poor Polly to a freshly dug hole in the ground and reveals to her that he spent the previous night digging it with a spade. Then he stabs her in the heart causing her to fall into the cold [...]
[Most of what we post on this site are new releases, but our tastes are all over the map. This weekly feature is a snapshot of what the Stranger Dance staff can't get out of their collective head each week. On any given week, we might be digging a new local act, an old jazz chestnut, the newest Japanese electro-folk or whatever else we've got on the turntable/iPod that week.] This week's picks are a little on the funkier side for us, with a legitimate house track, a thick slab of Afrobeat funk and some electro-funk [...]
Having cemented my status as a somewhat well-regarded niche blogger with a daily readership in the upper three digit range, I have decided it is time for me to further expand my media micronation by branching out into the lucrative world of webcomics. One of the strategic advantages of working in that particular medium is that a lack of talent or an actual knack for humor poses no obstacle to success. Sure, one could take the thought and effort to create something that soars above the sea of mediocrity , but why bother [...]
I love Pediatrics! My week of rotations has been wonderful. I had no idea I'd feel this way since I also love working with adults of all ages. I started my Peds rotation with relatively easy stuff (knowledgewise, anyway) and the first couple of days no one pimped me too hard. I like getting pimped (that's pimped, or quizzed, not pimped OUT) by docs because it's an effective way for me to learn, but it was nice to ease into my 3rd year of medical school. The last attending with whom I worked expressed surprise that I just [...]
The Byrds - Goin' Back (version one).mp3 Album: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
This is the closing song on the Byrds' first album, Mr. Tambourine Man. I didn't realize until long after that the song was written in 1939 and Vera Lynn's version was especially popular during World War II. MP3 File
Roger McGuinn takes a trip down memory lane: In 1965, The Byrds' Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, and David Crosby wrote the song Eight Miles High about their plane trip to England. Two years later, the group returned to London and McGuinn took along his home movie camera. Editing inside the camera, McGuinn created a one-take short film that Paul McCartney called "brilliant." In this Growing Bolder exclusive, McGuinn tells the story of this historic film -- and then shows it! More MP3: The [...]
We had a power cut round my way, it lasted most of the evening and night. I get back and there are about a trillion posts! In an effort to catch up, and to cut down my list of things I want to post a little, I give you ten great songs which give advice on what not to do. There's a fine line between advice and plea or command, but I reckon these fall on the side of guidance. Leonard Cohen: Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On [...]
Beggars Genre: Alternative From: Reading, England With their chiming Byrds ian guitars and Merseyesque back-beat as fashionable as a pair of limited edition Manolo Blahniks Reading band Beggars are on their way out of the gutter and heading for the stars. The youthful [...]
Decades before Carol Danvers and Billy Batson graced the City on the Hill with their sequentially artsy presences, the cast of Winsor McCay's pioneering comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland , made a brief stopover in the magical land of Bahstin . Here's the highlight reel from that 1911 visit: First up, an aerial flyby to assess the terrain, complete with the requisite comments about the confusing layout of the roads. Certainly a wise course of action, though perhaps best done without addition of [...]
Know when you see him, nothing can free him. Step aside, open wide - it's the loner Neil Diamond: Solitary Man - 3MB Bob Dylan: Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - 5MB Jimi Hendrix: If 6 Was 9 - 9MB The Byrds: Wasn't Born To Follow - 3MB Neil Young: The Loner - 6MB
Ce jeudi 8 mai 2008, 9h15, pendant que certaines cuvaient leur vin de la veille, un homme, un être admiré par certains, jalousé par d'autres se levai et allai à la station Total près du wond point de la Pierre Heuzé à Caen (c'est la sortie 4 sur le périph en venant de Paris, faut prendre la deuxième à droite, puis au feu à gauche et là t'y arrives). Quoi?!! Une station service?? Total en plus!!! Mais pourquoi?? Un wendez-vous à vocation échangiste? De la drogue? Des suppositoires [...]
Back in the swing of things. The National – Abel My favorite National song of all time. Yeah, it was a single but so what. I can still pull out the “I saw these guys in the spring of 2005 playing at SLO Brew in San Luis Obispo to a room of 5 people, 2 of [...]
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Stream: Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn
40 Year Itch: David Bowie TV Documentary Shot
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You’ve GOT to Hear This: “Enemies”
