Monday, October 4, 2010

Friday, September 17, 2010

That's How Strong My Love Is

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Loretta Lynn - Fist City

Monday, September 6, 2010

Sunday, September 5, 2010

If I Did Know - Roy Shirley.

Roy Shirley - Paradise

Roy Shirley - On Board

Roy Shirley - Hold Them

Roy Shirley - Get On The Ball

Keith & Tex- Stop That Train

Big Youth - Cool Breeze

Maybe

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Friday, September 3, 2010

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Fela in performance (1971)

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Rev. Utah Smith - Take A Trip

utah smith #1

Monday, August 30, 2010

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010

nervous/poor/sad

man, i'm so lazy/busy/full of excuses.

here's some garbage i've been listening to since i updated last:

(note: it's mostly Mississippi Records mixtape stuff. a hear a lot of local bands stealing a lot of these songs and claiming they wrote these songs lately. it's kind of a bummer).

Bishop Perry Tillis, "I Pound A Solid Rock":



Robert Johnson, "Hold My Body Down":


Rev. Utah Smith, "Glory To Jesus, I'm Free":



Percy Sledge, "My Adorable One":

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Music I Like, Etc.

Shitty garage, girl groups, doo-wop, early 60s pop, ragtime, and a couple dead white dudes. Just for fun.

**FIXED**





Friday, March 12, 2010

Yo La Tengo, "Nothing To Hide".




I haven't listened to Yo La Tengo in years. Goddamned indie rock casualty/cliché. (Me, not them).







Tuesday, March 9, 2010

John Fahey, "Poor Boy's A Long Way From Home".

Blah blah blah American Primitivism, blah blah blah blues, blah blah blah fingerpicking, blah blah blah dead from booze & pills.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Brenda Lee, "Break It To Me Gently".



A+ for one of the saddest tunes ever. Really, there's nothing more heartbreaking than knowing the end is there - but not being able to do anything about it.







The Upsetters, "Where You Goin', Sapphire?"




The Upsetters were Little Richard's backing band.

You can hear this.

I like yelling, hooting and heavy call/response in my music.








Thursday, March 4, 2010

Lee 'Scratch' Perry, "Play On, Mr. Music"

This is the goddamned best. At about the 3:15 mark, this vid goes from "cool" to "better than anything you'll ever do in your life".



The Rivingtons, "Mama Oom Mow Mow".


The Rivingtons, "Mama Oom Mow Mow".

I heard this on Born Bad Vol. 3. I think.










Candi Staton, "Another Man's Woman, Another Woman's Man".

Fuck this ol' garbage life.

Y'know?

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Linda Laine & The Sinners, "Low Grades & A High Fever".

....64?

....England?

....Who knows?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Blue Orchids, "Ooh Chang-A-Lang"/"Love Hit Me".


A trio of 14-15 year old girls from England.

'Round.. 63? 64?

I love anything Phil Spector. Or in this case.. Phil Spector-y.

Great songs, totally drum driven.

"Ooh Chang-A-Lang"








"Love Hit Me":







Monday, February 15, 2010

Sugar Simone & John E. Paul, "I Wanna Know".

I couldn't decide which version I liked better.

Just some Northern Soul for a holiday Monday.

So uh.. here:

Sugar Simone - "I Want To Know":



John E. Paul - "I Wanna Know":

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "Swannanoa Tunnel"

Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Banjo enthusiast, God-fearin' Appalachian, Democrat.

There's something sad about ye olde American music. Maybe I'm a sucker for heartbroken white dudes. Maybe it's a loneliness I identify with. Even the celebratory sing-alongs always seemed like sort of a bummer to me. I'm in the middle of my own '30s Great Depression here maybe.




(I uploaded this "vid" myself, because i couldn't find a decent version anywhere else online).

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Lighthouse, "One Fine Morning".

Nothing heals this ol' garbage life like a little Can-con radio staple action.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Temptations, "Papa Was A Rolling Stone".

I think this might well be the best video on the internet.

Blind Willie McTell, "Dying Crapshooter's Blues"/"Little Delia".



Two tracks from 'Atlanta Twelve String'.

Pretty late sessions, from the mid-late 40s.

Released in Italy in the early 70s.

McTell died in '59. Diabetes and alcohol.

"Dying Crapshooter's Blues":








"Little Delia":







Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Radiants, "Hold On"




Recorded & released in '68, this was The Radiants' last single to reach the charts (#68 in America). Maybe their last single, ever.

They were from Chicago. They recorded for Chess. This is one of my favourite songs ever.







Monday, February 8, 2010

Nina Simone, "Feeling Good".



Because Monday February 8, 2010 can suck it, as far as I'm concerned.







Strange Boys, "Be Brave".



This is a great record. One of my faves so far this year. "Be Brave" is the title track. Features someone-or-other from Mika Miko (another great band) and some other people.

It's a great slice o' garage-velvets-singalong-kinda-thing. Y'know?







Sunday, February 7, 2010

Shirley Ann Lee, "There's A Light"/"I Shall Not Be Moved"



More gospel-y Numero Group stuff ('Downriver Revival') - from Toledo, Ohio. What an amazing voice. I'm going to see if I can track down a copy of the DVD today. I have nothing else to do.

I think "I Shall Not Be Moved" is the slowest, laziest, best end-of-the-night "I'm really drunk but I'm totally not going to bed unhappy" song ever.

"There's A Light":








"I Shall Not Be Moved":








The guys from NG tracked her down 40 year after she recorded these songs (she didn't have a cd player in her house, so they played 'em for her in the car).

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Little Eva, "Let's Turkey Trot"



Little Eva is pretty classic. Everyone knows "Locomotion". Seriously.

I heard this on the CBC this afternoon, and I thought I'd just drop it here. It's a ridiculous track, I know.

(Note that I just learned how to embed a crappy flash mp3 player. Whatever.)







Friday, February 5, 2010

The Conet Project



this is (from wiki):

"recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field"."

I can listen to this all day. I have no idea why. I also like the mystery behind it.


(all mediafire links).

Reverend Lofton & His Holy Travellers, "Look To Jesus".



More gospel from 'Talkin' Trash! Lookey Dookey!'

Another song from someone I know next-to-nothing about.

Great track though, so suck it.







Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wilbert Harrison, "Stagger Lee".


Frig - this is so good. Great player & singer. I like the sly looks he keeps giving the camera, too.

Evelyn Freeman, "Didn't It Rain?"



Gospel from.. '64?

Freeman comes from a family of musicians (her brother Ernie played with The Platters, I think..).

I heard it on some old Crypt Records compilation. Probably 'Talkin' Trash Lookey Dookey'.

I kind of want to start a new DJ night just so I can play this track over and over.

PS 'Didn't It Rain' is also a pretty decent Songs: Ohia record.







Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)"


Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)".

On some ol' tv program.

I feel like such a honky right now.


The Moovers, "Darling I'll Go"





The Moovers, from Miami. Once again, I don't know anything about these guys.

Still.. "Darling I'll Go" is a great tune, found on the Numero Group Comp 'The Deep City'.







Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Leo Graham, 'Black Candle'/'Black Lamp'






















I don't know very much about Leo Graham - except that he recorded a handfull of 45s in the early-to-mid 70s, and did a lot of vocal session stuff for Lee Perry.

This is my fave - both sides of the 'Black Candle'/'Bad Lamp' single.

I've also seen it referred to as 'Black Bat', on a couple different comps.. though - that might be a totally different version.

I pulled the audio from one of upsetter.net's podcasts (on Graham). Thanks.