A great feeling of inferiority after being directed to Bobbylondon 's Hamburger Eyes podcasts was part of what delayed a December Hearsay mix. The other part was the need to spend the few non-working hours I had with procrastinations that are even less productive than the time that I spend putting together mixes for this site. There has been so little released this year that really caught me, it kinda follows that I would put together this collection of 19 temporally thematic songs. In fact, I'm not sure that I can put together a "best [...]
We first encountered talented NY multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Alan Hampton a few years ago as a core member of Clare Muldaur's exquisite chamber pop ensemble Clare and the Reasons. On his new solo work The Moving Sidewalk , due March 15, the in-demand sideman for the likes of Sufjan Stevens and Elizabeth and the Catapult steps center stage with an album of glistening, sophisticated adult pop. Schooled with some of the finest practitioners of jazz -- Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard -- Hampton brings a stunningly accomplished resume to his Sidewalk . But it is his [...]
A mediados de la década de los 60 el guitarrista Billy Gibbons formaba una banda de blues rock psicodélico llamada The Moving Sidewalks . Don Summers al bajo, Dan Mitchell a la batería y Tom Moore a los teclados le acompañaban en este proyecto. The Moving Sidewalks adquirieron cierta preponderancia en la escena musical de Houston y llegaron a grabar un álbum llamado [...]
Two different sides to the great hard rock movement from texas. Long known as a breeding ground for garage rock, these two bands helped turn the tide and proved influential for many more. The Moving Sidewalks - Flash Mostly remembered as the first output of guitarist Billy Gibbons, who would later go on to form ZZ Top, and for their anthemic garage single 99th floor; this band crystallized the transition from dirty garage rockers into more [...]
So we posted the clip of Roky Erickson yesterday with Billy Gibbons backing him up on his beard-jug and it got me thinking of how Billy (from here on out referred to as BG) was highly influenced in his early years by Roky and the Elevator guys. Which brings us to the Moving Sidewalks. The Sidewalks were formed in Texas in the mid-60's by BG and put out a handful of charting singles and an LP. They toured with Hendrix and the Doors and were picking up steam when two of the guys in the band [...]
Now that we've reached 31, I am not surprised to hear a chorus of crickets. Thirty-one does not come across as a hot and happening number. If it were a color it would be ecru, but let's give it ecru its due. There's that sweet baseball legacy: Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Dave Winfield both wore no. 31, and it's the number of wins that Denny McLain—a Tigers pitching phenom with the heart of a smalltime crook—won in 1968. Think of it: 31 games. No one has come close since, and with the current "get to the sixth inning" [...]
Another Tuesday and another jolt from the jukebox. This week the box swerves all over the sounds of the 60's, hitting on some rough shots of garage, fuzz tone psych and the sweet haven of the West Coast. [MP3] The New Tweedy Bros. - I Can See It A nice portrait of San Francisco psych, this track is distinctly West Coast and relies heavily on the Jefferson Airplane style that permeated Haight-Ashbury. Breezy and melodic but with a tough bite of fuzz, this is probably the best that the New [...]
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