"And this time, give it to me easy. And let me try with pleasured hands. To take you in the sun to promised lands." 'Tobacco Road' sounded spectacular at the end of the new episode of Mad Men . It got me in the mood for more 60s/70s tracks I love. I hope you love them too. Plus Lulu 's Scottish so up ye! Listen ♫ : The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road ← ♥♥♥ [...]
"Who is Don Draper" And so begins the slight of hand intro for the fourth season of Mad Men , as he's being interviewed by a one-legged Ad Age journalist. It being the first episode and all, I'd be hesitant to draw too many conclusions in regards to the season as a whole, but the book-ending interviews certainly provided an efficient point A and point B of a Don Draper journey (References to a second floor, both in the building and in the Jantzen swimsuit ad, also seem to cleverly suggest progress.) For [...]
The Nashville Teens : Tobacco Road [ purchase ] Tobacco Road is not the song you think it is. Everything you think you know is wrong. For one thing, this hit version is not original but a cover. It was written in 1960 by John Loudermilk, who was not known by that name but as Johnny Dee or as a cousin of the Louvin Brothers, two men whose last name was not Louvin. His version was not the hard-driving pop tune heard here, either, but a [...]
mp3: The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road mp3: The Nashville Teens - All Along The Watchtower They weren't from Nashville, nor were they teens; at least not when these two tunes were recorded. Like Torture from the previous post, Tobacco Road was written by John D. Loudermilk. It was released in 1964 and became a reasonable sized hit for The Nashville Teens in both the UK and US. Interestingly, it apparently features the sizzling hot guitar of session gun for hire, Jimmy Page; as witnessed in the searing opening. All [...]
Celestial Blues pt.1 mix by Ste Hodgen 01. Summertime intro 02. Andy Bey - Celestial Blues 03. Lee Fields and The Expressions - My world 04. Black Velvet - An Earthquakes Coming 05. JJ Cale - Lies 06. David Bowie - Fame (Live Version) 07. Brian Eno and David Byrne - Regiment 08. Sarolta Zalatnay - Hadd Mondjam El [...]
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