The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The Final Word on three more artists this week. First, bluesman Phil Guy, brother of Buddy, who has died aged 71 of prostate cancer. Phil played with Buddy, Junior Wells and Slim Harpo among others but never quite made it as a solo blues singer. I remember seeing him a few years ago - at Willesden Public Library if my memory serves me right - and he was an impressive performer but maybe lacking in...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
The genesis of the Blues Brothers was a January 17, 1976 Saturday Night Live skit. In it, "Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band" play the Slim Harpo song "I'm a King Bee," with Belushi singing and Aykroyd playing harmonica, dressed in the bee costumes they wore for the "Killer Bees" sketch. Following tapings of SNL, it was popular among cast members and the weekly hosts to attend Aykroyd's Holland Tunnel...
Articles Database (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The first Rolling Stones Album titled “The Rolling Stones” was released in the UK in 1964. The US version of this album was released a few months later with a different title; it was called “England’s Newest Hit Makers”. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been the main songwriters for the Stones over the past forty [...]
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
I’m a King Bee from England’s Newest Hit Makers From C&Ler AndyK, who requested this choice: Growing up in the ’70’s, I was familiar with all of the Rolling Stones hits from Satisfaction to Shattered. No big whoop to me, really. Then my buddy Ed Smith turned me on to the earlier, bluesier Stones, and I [...]
Poppy Mom (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
I do. Really. I also sometimes pretend to be artistic and shit. Like a few months ago, I decided to pretend to be an art agent for my friend Julie, who is an amazing photographer. I’m not just saying this because she’s my friend; I realized today that I knew and loved Julie’s photography long before [...]
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
A great band with a set of great songs is all well and good. But Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers also know how to play.
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Slim Harpo... Shake Your Hips (1966, Excello 2278 .mp3 audio 02:30).
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
in post Muxtape Mentalism from diddy wah .
Diddy Wah (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Muxtape is a new fun site for sharing music. It's very simple to use and seems to exist in the same magical legal precinct that most mp3 blogs and music podcasts reside. Since becoming aware of it, I've enjoyed rifling through a variety of trendsetters' muxtapes and it was certainly only a matter of time before I made my own. Most of the tunes I've chosen come from CDs I acquired over five years ago...
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 28/03/2008
Baton Rouge is known worldwide for its blues. It's home to greats like Slim Harpo, Tabby Thomas, and Buddy Guy. Since 1995, there has not been a festival in the Capital City to celebrate our unique musical heritage, but that's about to change. WAFB's Avery Davidson brings us the jam session.
Delusions of Divinity (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Saturday 1st What a night for server kerfuffle. In the end, I spent a few enjoyable hours transferring oldie-goody music cassettes to an archiver – a much easier task using their simple EZ Converter software and iTunes. As of writing this, I haven't yet backed it up to CD but it should be a stress-free task. [...]
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
U.S. Army-Jody (mp3) Hawks-Joe The Grinder Quincy Jones-Boogie Joe The Grinder Jimmy Coe-Run, Jody, Run "Jody Calls" Wordorigins.org: The military use of jody was introduced to the U.S. Army by African-American soldiers. Jody is a clipping of the name of...
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 27/01/2008
Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, is back out on the road. Come Thursday and Saturday night, he’ll be playing one of America’s classic venues — the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa — at an event that's part ’50s music revival and part Buddy Holly tribute. The Surf was the last place Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big [...]
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 25/01/2008
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to Florida, where we'll be doing door to door campaigning for America's Mayor -- hoping, of course, to drum up support for Rudy in the crucial Sunshine State Paranoid Old Jew demographic. As a result (and also because it's Shabbos) posting by moi will necessarily be sporadic for a few days. But in my...
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Your birthday today: You are kind, loyal and winsome, but secretive. Once you become a friend it is for all time, but in your fidelity, you are apt to overlook serious faults in these friendships. You will find success in business, politics or teaching. You will make a happy and congenial marriage. Alas, you are alone, as far as the book is concerned, with no other names listed to celebrate this day...
