hello friends,
its a gg allin sort of day today.
here he is covering a warren zevon song.
enjoy!
Monday, February 8, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Baroness - "Chlorine & Wine" (2015)
Hello Friends,
Here's the first single from Baroness's end of 2015 release, PURPLE.
Not too shabby. Plus they got some great cover artwork!
Not too shabby. Plus they got some great cover artwork!
Enjoy!
Monday, February 1, 2016
Bee Gees - "Run To Me" (1972)
Hello Friends,
Here's a great early Bee Gees song from 1972's To Whom It May Concern.
Featuring Barry Gibb (aka 'the hunky' one) on lead vocals.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, January 30, 2016
To Whom It May Concern
Bee Gees - "To Whom It May Concern" (1972) - Atco Records
Hello Friends,
To Whom It May Concern is the tenth release by the great Bee Gees. It would be one of their last LPs to prominently feature their folk rock roots with their whimsical, brotherly harmonies and Beatles-influenced melodies.
In just two short years, the band would head in a far more successful R&B/funk/disco direction and they would leave their psychedelic-tinged folky roots behind. On this record they sound more like Donovan or late period Monkees than they do Donna Summer!
We absolutely love this album. Thirteen songs without a stinker among them! Lots of hooks, great vocals and acoustic guitars.
Side One is home the single, "Run To Me", "We Lost The Road", "Never Been Alone", the astounding, "Paper Mache, Cabbages & Kings", "I Can Bring Love", "I Held A Party" and the so-soulful it hurts, "Please Don't Turn Out the Lights".
Side Two drops off a little but still keeps things interesting balancing the whimsy and the melancholy with "Sea of Smiling Faces", the T-Rexy "Bad Bad Dreams", the McCartney-ish "You Know Its For You", the achingly sappy but still beautiful-sounding "Alive", the sleazy-sounding "Road to Alaska" & the rather amazing psych-prog closer, "Sweet Song of Summer" (featuring Maurice playing some druggy moog!)
Good, solid production (if not a little over the top) by the band and Robert Stigwood with some nice string arrangements sprinkled throughout. If anything the record sounds a little too sweet. These songs all sound pretty great, but if they were a little more acoustic, a little more stripped down, this album would probably be an all-time classic!
RATING: 4 Jimmy had a bomb and the bomb went bang Jimmy was everywhere out of 5
To Whom It May Concern is the tenth release by the great Bee Gees. It would be one of their last LPs to prominently feature their folk rock roots with their whimsical, brotherly harmonies and Beatles-influenced melodies.
In just two short years, the band would head in a far more successful R&B/funk/disco direction and they would leave their psychedelic-tinged folky roots behind. On this record they sound more like Donovan or late period Monkees than they do Donna Summer!
We absolutely love this album. Thirteen songs without a stinker among them! Lots of hooks, great vocals and acoustic guitars.
Side One is home the single, "Run To Me", "We Lost The Road", "Never Been Alone", the astounding, "Paper Mache, Cabbages & Kings", "I Can Bring Love", "I Held A Party" and the so-soulful it hurts, "Please Don't Turn Out the Lights".
Side Two drops off a little but still keeps things interesting balancing the whimsy and the melancholy with "Sea of Smiling Faces", the T-Rexy "Bad Bad Dreams", the McCartney-ish "You Know Its For You", the achingly sappy but still beautiful-sounding "Alive", the sleazy-sounding "Road to Alaska" & the rather amazing psych-prog closer, "Sweet Song of Summer" (featuring Maurice playing some druggy moog!)
Good, solid production (if not a little over the top) by the band and Robert Stigwood with some nice string arrangements sprinkled throughout. If anything the record sounds a little too sweet. These songs all sound pretty great, but if they were a little more acoustic, a little more stripped down, this album would probably be an all-time classic!
RATING: 4 Jimmy had a bomb and the bomb went bang Jimmy was everywhere out of 5
Friday, January 29, 2016
RIP Paul Kantner
Hello Friends,
Another day, another dead rock star.
Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship founder, Paul Kanter, passed away yesterday.
Here's a clip of the band playing at the Altamont Free Concert.
R.I.P.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Jose Feliciano & Daryl Hall - "Light My Fire" (2010)
Hola Amigos,
Don't let the Winter blues get you down!
This (and a hot toddy) should warm you up on a chilly January night!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (1977)
Feeling sorry for yourselves friends?
This is the perfect song for some late night, all alone drinking.
Wallow in it friends!
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Muted Jazz
Jonah Jones - "Muted Jazz" (1957) - Capitol Records
Hello Friends,
While Snowstorm Jonah is pounding the east coast tonight, we're hunkered down indoors, in the warm glow of the tiki bar lights and doing some pounding of our own. Pounding drinks, that is.
And we got another Jonah blowing up a storm of his own, jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Jonah Jones.
Jones here sounds like Louis Armstrong-lite. Bouncy and safe swing arrangements with far less gravel on the vocals and much less cojones on the solos. Still Muted Jazz is the perfect album for a cold and blustery winter evening. Transforming the tiki bar into a cozy and nostalgic NYC supper club.
Bring on the snow, we're gonna burn some us some steaks!
SIDE A
Rose Room
Mack the Knife
I Can't Get Started
On The Street Where You Live
Undecided
SIDE B
St. James Infirmary
Too Close For Comfort
Main Title from The Man With The Golden Arm
My Blue Heaven
Royal Garden Blues
As Tiki T. put it (through wine-stained lips), "What are we in a fucking Woody Allen movie?"
RATING: 4 stretched our on a long white table, so cold, so sweet, so fair out of 5
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
David Bowie - "Drive In Saturday" (1973)
OK friends... here's one more Bowie performance for you!
Its been over a week and it still sucks!
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