McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica, CA September 23, 1988 Video goes on for :50 too long. Should end at 3:10. Consider this an addendum to my Lydia Loveless post . When I first started writing about "Jesus Was A Wino," "Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress" was a natural point of reference. Unfortunately, after roughly 27 drafts, I realized that the post worked better without it. That said, I think the comparison makes sense. Maria McKee is an obvious antecedent to Lydia. When Maria was 20-21 years old (1984-85), she was a badass [...]
Lydia with old friend, Fender Telecaster "They're gonna feel almighty When I can barely stand I just tell them I couldn't turn down One more glass of the blood of the lamb." About a month ago, I had the good fortune to see Lydia Loveless and Wild Flag on the same day (October 29). I actually saw Lydia twice. She and Ben Lamb, her standup bassist/husband (not necessarily in that order) played a 30 minute in-store [...]
Lydia with old friend, Fender Telecaster "They're gonna feel almighty When I can barely stand I just tell them I couldn't turn down One more glass of the blood of the lamb." About a month ago, I had the good fortune to see Lydia Loveless and Wild Flag on the same day (October 29). I actually saw Lydia twice. She and Ben Lamb, her standup bassist/husband (not necessarily in that order) played a 30 minute in-store [...]
I would be remiss if I let 11/11/11 pass without acknowledging the profound cultural influence of Spinal Tap 's legendary guitarist, Nigel Tufnel. Sure, his solos were his trademark, but he doesn't get nearly enough credit for rediscovering the saddest of all keys (D minor) in all its Machian splendor. And who else but Nigel dared ask, "What's wrong with being sexy?" However, if one Tufnelian contribution stands above all others in the Western canon, it was his emotional bravery to suggest that at our best, we can all go to 11. [...]
"I remember everything ... I remember everything ..." This past Saturday, the Bottom of the Hill club in San Francisco capped off a week of 20th anniversary celebrations with a lineup that could've been beamed in from 1995: Fastbacks , Muffs (Facebook group), and Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver . Don't misunderstand me, I wasn't there. I was at La Zona Rosa in Austin having my face melted off by Wild Flag . But, for those of us who were paying attention in [...]
"Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." --Old saying "Listen to your heart And it'll lead you through the dark 'Cause somewhere in you Burns a light lit by some eternal spark." --New saying [...]
Y'all should know how much I love Glossary . I've posted about the band several times ( click here to visit all Glossary-related posts) and last week they released their outstanding new album, Long Live All Of Us . However, preceding said release were a pair of video trailers you may not have seen. Allow me to rectify that for you. Ladies and gents, you may know them for their soulful brand of southern roots-rock, but you probably didn't know that [...]
Vulture Whale is: Wes McDonald - vocals, guitar, powdered wig Les Nuby - guitar, bowchickawowwow Keelan Parrish - bass, how low can you go? Jake Waitzman - drums, both real and air As the calendar turns to October and we cool down from the searing, brain-scrambling, triple-digit summer temps ("I really should've layered today, it might get down to 90."), let's take a look at an album that probably slipped through the cracks of our respective heatstrokes: Vulture Whale 's Long Time Listener First Time Caller . I've written about the Whale before (see [...]
We sing to free ourselves from the room We love the sound, the sound is what found us Sound is the love between me and you. --Wild Flag, "Romance" My previous post celebrated the music of Wild Flag ... their song "Glass Tambourine," in particular ... to show that music writing can be about actual music. I know, revolutionary concept. This time around I want to celebrate the band on a more basic level. Watching the videos below, you can hear [...]
Wild Flag elevating their game Photo: Jason Quigley There's an old saying about music writing, usually attributed to Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello , that goes, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." In researching this further, it seems that Elvis got the quote from, of all people, comedian Martin Mull . Mull's full quote was, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. It's a really stupid thing to want to do." Aside from any inherent stupidity, let alone the [...]
L-R: Lincoln Gordon, Pat Lloyd, Derv Gordon, John Hall & Eddy Grant Thanks to the king of southwest Georgia and This Is American Music big queso, Corey Flegel, for inspiring today's post. We were chatting a few days ago about the new Glossary album, Long Live All Of Us , and he made reference to The Equals , of whom I was sadly ignorant. I soon discovered they were a '60s/'70s English band led by Eddy Grant , later of "Electric Avenue" fame. In fact, [...]
L-R: Lincoln Gordon, Pat Lloyd, Derv Gordon, John Hall & Eddy Grant Thanks to the king of southwest Georgia and This Is American Music big queso, Corey Flegel, for inspiring today's post. We were chatting a few days ago about the new Glossary album, Long Live All Of Us , and he made reference to The Equals , of whom I was sadly ignorant. I soon discovered they were a '60s/'70s English band led by Eddy Grant , later of "Electric Avenue" fame. In fact, [...]
Marty Stuart - guitar, vocals Cousin Kenny Vaughan - guitar Gary Carter - steel guitar Apostle Paul Martin - bass Handsome Harry Stinson - drums Thanks to Dan Margard, moderator of the "Clarence White Fans" Facebook group, for posting this video the other day. It's taken from "The Marty Stuart Show" on February 13, 2010, the same day "Hummingbyrd" earned him a Grammy (his fifth) for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The song is one of the highlights on Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) , [...]
Dan Peters will have none of your tomfoolery, Cobain. Photo courtesy of Oh, It's the 90s ... I talked last time about Dan Peters not joining Nirvana as a positive, but I probably should've noted that it was positive for two reasons. Nirvana got the right drummer, no doubt, but so did Mudhoney . This is no small matter. In the alternate universe where Scream doesn't implode in LA, [...]
Nirvana crowd at the University of Washington in Seattle January 6, 1990 Nirvana is in the air again. Spin recently asked, "What does Nevermind mean now?" and The Onion looked back at the Axl Rose/Kurt Cobain relationship circa 1991. Even Amy Winehouse 's recent death shook up those old "27 Club" cobwebs. I get it. Nevermind was an epochal release, 20 is a nice, round (and profitable) number, and [...]
Minutemen L-R: D. Boon, Mike Watt, George Hurley Last night I was housesitting for my homeboy, Ducktaper, so I brought along Double Nickels On The Dime (1984). I've written about this Minutemen classic before [ click here ], mainly because it's one of the greatest rock albums ever made. Not punk rock. Rock. In fact, if you gave me only three records to bring on that proverbial desert island ... you know, the one with functioning electricity and some sort [...]
"When I made my first album in 1974 at Wick Studios in Richmond (Greater London) there was never any time to lose and this record was made (quickly) by many of my extremely talented friends. We took the songs from the record straight onto stage. Thus the First Barbarians were born." -- Ronnie Wood I consider myself fairly well-informed when it comes to Faces lore, which is why I gave Ronnie Wood's solo debut a little love last time. I've Got My Own Album To Do [...]
Ron Wood - Act Together [ buy ] "Don't expect it to last forever, it never does But it sure beats talking about the weather, it surely does And I like what you're singing to me But it's better with a little bit of harmony." In 1974, Ron Wood had his own album to do. The Faces were still playing live, but they never really recovered from Ronnie Lane 's departure in '73, let alone Rod Stewart 's periodic forays into solo mega-stardom. [...]
"The wind does not break a tree that bends." --African proverb This post is dedicated with love to my beautiful daughter, Leilani, on her 5th birthday. In lieu of the bouncy house and goodnight kisses I wish I could give you, here's the truth sent with all the love in my heart. Thanks to Glossary for their special brand of Murfreesboro Buddhism. Glossary - Bend With The Breeze [ CD/MP3 ] [ Vinyl ] Run honey run as fast as you can Because the wolves are out They [...]
"The wind does not break a tree that bends." --African proverb This post is dedicated with love to my beautiful daughter, Leilani, on her 5th birthday. In lieu of the bouncy house and goodnight kisses I wish I could give you, here's the truth sent with all the love in my heart. Thanks to Glossary for their special brand of Murfreesboro Buddhism. Glossary - Bend With The Breeze [ CD/MP3 ] [ Vinyl ] Run honey run as fast as you can Because the wolves are out They [...]
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