Turn up the volume for the new trailer for PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?, an incendiary new documentary from Garth Jennings on one of Britain’s most singular bands.
In cinemas beginning September 18. Exclusively on MUBI from September 25.
Todays is, as well as the start of the week but also a public holiday here so lets start rough and rowdy with a Groobin’ Stooves cover! A Flackennahack random
Dave Stewart and Vanessa Amorosi ‘ Gimme Shelter’
Dave he say:Hit the road Friday with @vanessaamorosi just found this footage of us jamming #gimmeshelter by @therollingstones from 10 years ago!
Date: MAR 14 2014
Location: El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Thanks to Sonic Surprises whose version wouldn’t play here so I found other versions . . . . .
Ray Charles and The Raelettes - "Hit the Road Jack" (live on Brazilian TV in 1963)
Percy Mayfield wrote "Hit the Road Jack" and recorded it as an a capella demo in 1960. The song became a hit when Ray Charles recorded it with vocalist Margie Hendrix of The Raelettes
The demo that started it all You know Ray Charles’ version. But have you heard Percy Mayfield’s demo?
Stripped bare, sly as hell, and absolutely dripping with attitude.
The demo is the highlight for me — then Ray Charles comes roaring in and turns it into a classic.
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (Rare Live Take) (1961)
"The Jimi Hendrix Experience were booked to perform on April 26, 1969 with opening acts Chicago Transit Authority (soon-to-be renamed Chicago) and Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys, the latter of whom shared management with the headliners. By the time The Jimi Hendrix Experience took the stage to blaze through a spirited set, live concert sound had drastically improved from the time of The Beatles baseball stadium tours, but crowd control was still a major concern. Between songs, Jimi pled with audience members to stop rushing the stage. A heavy police presence is felt; lyrics for their hit “Purple Haze” are altered (“’Scuse me while I kiss that policeman!”) and Jimi dedicates “Spanish Castle Magic” to “the plain clothes police out there and other goofballs.”
