Related tags:
music + (241)
blues + (29)
art + (25)
piano + (23)
obituary + (23)
youtube + (22)
history + (21)
Rock + (21)
guitar + (15)
obit + (15)
swing + (15)
HipHop + (14)
film + (14)
soul + (14)
classical + (13)
video + (13)
folk + (12)
milesdavis + (11)
saxophone + (11)
fusion + (10)
funk + (10)
freejazz + (10)
documentary + (10)
coltrane + (10)
pop + (10)
photography + (10)
johncoltrane + (9)
animation + (9)
BigBand + (8)
bebop + (8)
bluenote + (8)
musician + (8)
Improvisation + (8)
louisarmstrong + (7)
neworleans + (7)
musicians + (7)
poetry + (7)
Culture + (7)
country + (7)
singer + (7)
dance + (6)
avantgarde + (6)
BillEvans + (6)
TheloniousMonk + (6)
BBC + (5)
bass + (5)
brokenlink + (5)
concert + (5)
comedy + (5)
drummer + (5)
gospel + (5)
politics + (5)
npr + (5)
orchestra + (5)
records + (5)
slyt + (5)
Sublime + (5)
television + (5)
NYC + (4)
ninasimone + (4)


Users that often use this tag:
y2karl (19)
flapjax at midnite (16)
filthy light thief (11)
Trurl (10)
kenko (8)
Joe Beese (7)
Kattullus (7)
nicolin (7)
Miko (6)
madamjujujive (6)
MiguelCardoso (5)
bluedaniel (5)
sleepy pete (5)
Seekerofsplendor (4)
growabrain (4)
languagehat (4)
jonp72 (3)
timsteil (3)
netbros (3)
semmi (3)
safetyfork (3)
miss lynnster (3)
klangklangston (3)
beelzbubba (3)
not_on_display (3)
progosk (3)
ornate insect (3)
Lutoslawski (3)
idiopath (2)
The Emperor of Ice... (2)
overeducated_allig... (2)
puny human (2)
Rhaomi (2)
St Urbain's Horseman (2)
louche mustachio (2)
motty (2)
shakespeherian (2)
fings (2)
rossination (2)
gman (2)
snsranch (2)
nola (2)
zarq (2)
box (2)
plep (2)
crunchland (2)
Smart Dalek (2)
LinusMines (2)
carsonb (2)
LeLiLo (2)

The Now Sound of the Sixties is what's groovy, baby! Even Big Bands and Canadians are getting warm, wild, wonderful with the crazy sounds of that love generation. Check out Ella Fitzgerald singing Sunshine of Your Love and Lord Sitar's I Can See for Miles. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 do Wichita Lineman and Day Tripper, while lounge act Jackie & Roy do a rare cover version of the Beatles' The Word. The Alan Copeland Singers can't stop Goin' Out of My Head, but the Back Porch Majority looks like an outtake from A Mighty Wind with the hippie anthem, Get Together. But the hippest hep daddy of them all is Bing Crosby, who has both a Beatles medley and another medley of hit '60s tunes.
posted by jonp72 on Dec 5, 2007 - 20 comments

The Neon Philharmonic consisted of members of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, a producer of country & western records named Don Gant (who produced Jimmy Buffett's first hit), and a jazz pianist named Tupper Saussy. Strangely enough, this odd combination produced an unexpected Top 20 hit, Morning Girl. The group was briefly mentioned as an obscure music hipster reference in a devastating indie-rock takedown of current critical darling Sufjan Stevens, but such a throwaway reference to the Neon Philharmonic does not do justice to the bizarre life of its founder, Tupper Saussy.(more inside)
posted by jonp72 on Aug 1, 2006 - 6 comments

Shooby Taylor, the Human Horn, Has Been Found! In 1983, the retired postal worker, William "Shooby" Taylor, recorded a legendary bootleg tape at Angel Studios, Manhattan. After the tape attracted attention from the legendary freeform WFMU radio station, a underground cult of Shooby fans developed, enthralled by his unique scatting style resembling Dadaist sound poetry. Shooby was believed dead, but the dedicated efforts of his fans found him.
posted by jonp72 on Dec 20, 2002 - 6 comments