A back porch sitter.. Rib Tips- Andre Williams Your Doin’ It Too Hard- Sir Douglas QuintetWalken- WilcoPut It On- Rockin’ ‘Sydney with the Dukes Please Don’t Leave Me- Dave MyersPony Tail- T Bone Walker Catfish Blues – Jelly Roll KingsFear […]
Nonsense that makes sense: Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta – Ernie K-Doe Bop Ting a Ling – LaVerne Baker Ookey Ook – The Penguins Boot-Ta-La-Za – Slim & Slam Ad-De-Dey – Cab Calloway & His Orchestra Klactoveedsedsteene – Original Charlie Parker Quintet Boo-Dah – […]
Funk or Die version Happily the answer is both. When he was born in Buffalo,NY in ’43, it seems like Arlester Christian’s parents had him pegged as a future British bon vivant and chat show presenter,not a funk originator. […]
Funk or Die version Name two artists who came into music via their love of doo wop, exploded into the popular consciousness in the 70’s, operated with a deep contempt of the music business, put together ultra talented bands, presented […]
Originally at Funk or Die.. “A lot of those New Orleans drummers would come through, and I got a lot of stuff from those guys”- John “Jabo’ Starks (Drummer-James Brown) Some might say James Brown invented funk..some (including Earl Palmer […]
Luckily for digital and dusty vinyl crate diggers, the actual rock based (or rock-like) music that is/was made in Africa has become a bit of a cause célèbre on the re-issue circuit. Psych, groove, funk, and many other styles are […]
Sonic, Lyrical, and other.. 1. Rumble – Link Wray 2. If 6 Was 9 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3. Come In Out Of The Rain – Parliament 4. Bionic Revolution – Urge Overkill 5. The Revolution Starts… – Steve […]
1. My Egyptian Grammar – The Fiery Furnaces 2. Freedom Road – The Pharoahs 3. Egyptian Tomb – Mighty Baby 4. Cairo Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins 5. The Sphinx – Baby Charles 6. Fire In Cairo – The Cure 7. […]
originally atFunk or Die During the Grammy©’s (which I watch religiously out of some character flaw) one of my favorite segments is when they pay tribute to the folks from the music biz who died during the preceding year. It’s […]
Following on from my earlier playlist of cheatin’ R&B, here a post about a micro-genre of cheating tunes…courtesy of Jody..(give those players a second to load they do work) —————————————————————————————————————————- I didn’t know until just recently but, Jody […]
