In 1965 guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was doing the chitlin circuit with R&B acts, where he honed some of the guitar artistry as well as the showman skills that would soon set the world on fire. Here's a taste of that pre-rock star Jimi, as a member of the Buddy and Stacy revue, doing the Junior Walker classic
Shotgun. If you want more pre-rock star Jimi, well, there's...
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on May 6, 2013 -
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Evolution of Mom Dancing [SLYT] In honor of the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign, and to encourage parents everywhere to get up and get moving with their kids, Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama present the "Evolution of Mom Dancing."
posted by Fizz
on Feb 23, 2013 -
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A unique (to say the least) musical voice from the past emerges, with a timely tune to those along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Yes, friends, it's Nervous Norvus, with
Evil Hurricane.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 26, 2011 -
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Here’s the thing about Pottersville that struck me when I was 15: It looks like much more fun than stultifying Bedford Falls — the women are hot, the music swings, and the fun times go on all night. If anything, Pottersville captures just the type of excitement George had long been seeking. A different take on a classic
movie.
posted by dersins
on Dec 19, 2008 -
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Drummer and vocalist
Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group", who appeared on more Mothers of Invention
records than you could shake a stick at, has passed away. Here's Jimmy drumming with The Mothers of Invention
live on French TV 1968,
live on BBC TV 1968, singing with
The Muffin Men, 2002, and on one of his last gigs, singing Capt. Beefheart's
Dropout Boogie in June 2008, in his duo with mad banjo wizard Eugene Chadbourne which they called
The Jack and Jim Show.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Nov 3, 2008 -
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When I first saw
it, my jaw hit the floor. After years of thinking I would suffer alone with the memory, I found others who
knew. Along the way, I discovered other
gems... even though my personal tastes were more
epic. When she asked why I loved
them so much, I replied, "Because they are so
ambitious. They try so
hard".
posted by squidfartz
on Sep 22, 2006 -
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St. James Infirmary, in a funereal, no lyrics, brass-band version underlies a persistent scrum of half-remembered songs about New Orleans rising in concert with the waters, lapping at the sandbags of my mind. Up front,
Tom Waits (
I Wish I Was in New Orleans) and
Randy Newman (
Lousiana 1927) are duking it out for time at the piano, elaborately filigreed chords overlapping and changing the dominant lyric at the moment of harmonic convergence, while in the background
Arlo Guthrie (
The City of New Orleans) warbles about a train ride.
Professor Longhair and/or
The Dixie Cups (
Big Chief,
Iko Iko) sort of amusedly fight to keep sliptime with the martial drums from Jimmy Driftwood's
The Battle of New Orleans (caution: embedded quicktime) behind the whole toxic soup of sonic residue. I'm sure the stew will grow more dense over the next couple weeks.
Got a New Orleans song to toss into the waters?
posted by mwhybark
on Aug 30, 2005 -
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