The Brothers Comatose are coming to Smiley’s Saloon in Bolinas December 6th. I don’t think they’ll have the T Sisters with them then. They have coordinated with a lot of other musicians, including Tom Quell in a kick-ass cover of the Benton Wood version of Oogum Boogum:
and the Rainbow Girls in Honky Tonk Woman:
I went to see Taylor Swift’s concert film out of curiosity yesterday, and was, excuse the expression, blown away. What an immense talent!
The songs are good, the singing is good, and there’s joyousness and friendliness throughout.
She’s adorable, slyly sexy, wholesome, and having a ton of fun. You can see why her fans relate to her.
Notable is her rapport with her dancers and the band; they obviously love each other. And the dancers are not of the usual lithe and buffed and perfect variety, but rather normal looking people of all body types.
I didn’t expect to stay for the entire 2½ hours, but I was riveted.
And seeing something on a 50-foot screen (as opposed to these dinky little phone images) is a treat.
Never heard of him until Shari mentioned him. If you have Apple Music, search for “essentials of Scrapper Blackwell.”
There must be 100 musicians that have recorded this; the ones I was familiar with were Eric Clapton and Hot Tuna.
And bow-wow to you too…
And we thought Hound Dog was an Elvis song!
Gotta say, at least the way I feel now, is that this is my favorite album of all time.* Just heard it while driving along Highway One Tuesday night. A 3-mile slow run, along with a few shots of single malt earlier, then this playing while skirting the coast: a sweet spot in time.
The elegance of pure blues. The single notes, the timing, the structure, the simplicity, the adherence to formulas…
These concerts took place in Europe in 1963. Muddy Waters, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williams, Slim Harpo, Willy Dixon, Victoria Spivey…
I was an insurance broker in San Francisco then. I think if I’d heard this then, my life might’ve taken a different direction.
*My friend Doug points out that I am given to superlatives.
We have a totally world-class array of music programs on KWMR, which is about 15 miles down the road.
Shorty is on every other Thursday night, but you can get her archives. I think they stay up for a couple of weeks.
If this has expired, go here: kwmr.org/archives
and fill in the “Show Name”.
From Fran
From Lew Lewandowski
Play it loud! Sounds so much better playing from the CD (yeah, so old-school) through decent speakers. Rock ’n’ roll does just speak to me at times.