Elliott Smith - No Name No 1 | O My Soul

O My Soul

No Name #1Elliott SmithRoman Candle

Marianne Faithfull - Penthouse Serenade [Strange Weather] | Herberg De Kelder

Penthouse SerenadeMarianne FaithfullStrange Weather

HERBERG DE KELDER

strange weather indeed . . . . . we miss Marianne

The Björk Stalker: Will Howard | DANGEROUS MINDS

Bjork Stalker a parasocial relationship - DANGEROUS MINDS

Link here in aquamarine blue

The idea of the parasocial relationship is a meme these days.

Will Howard

Tue 27 January 2026 18:33, UK
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"Ricardo López was a troubled soul. An introverted young man who had few friends, and what few he did have were all other men. He was chronically shy and deeply sensitive about his appearance, so much so that when he dropped out of high school to pursue art, he managed to convince himself that people would reject him from art school due to the way he looked. Thus, he became a recluse. Supporting himself by intermittently working at his brother’s pest control business and retreating into a fantasy life otherwise.” W.Howard

a terrifying sad story of parasocial relationships gone horribly wrong . . . . . .

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Ashtray Heart [Doc At The Radar Station] | jt1674

 For all at The Radar Station (obvs) and all the gang at Floppy Boot Stomp!

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/806929577483075584/captain-beefheart-and-the-magic-band-ashtray

Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man [Into The Purple Valley] | jt1674

  . . . . .from a favourite album from Ryland P . . . . .bought when it came out (obvs!)

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/806932490724016128

Buddy Guy - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, USA 1968 | Albums that Should Exist

 Buddy Guy - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, 8-24-1968

Here's the fourth album I've found from the 1968 Philadelphia Folk Festival. It's a set by Buddy Guy.

If you look at the list of performers at this festival, this music seems out of place. Guy came to rock, with a full band, yet it was a folk festival. It must be one of the very few times songs like "I Got You (I Feel Good," originally by James Brown, were played at a folk festival! But hey, I'm not complaining. Since it seems most everything from these festivals were professionally recorded, this is one of the first live recording from Guy's long music career that has survived with excellent sound quality.

At least Guy started out in folky mode. The first three tracks here actually come from an afternoon performance at some kind of acoustic workshop. So the two songs there consisted of just Guy and an acoustic guitar. Later in his career, he performed many acoustic concerts, often with his frequently musical partner Junior Wells. But apparently this was very unusual for him at this point in his career.

The rest of the songs are from a concert that evening. That portion is 45 minutes long. In it, Guy and his band straddled the line between soul and blues. In addition to playing the James Brown song mentioned above, they also did a version of the soul classic "Knock on Wood."

This album is 51 minutes long.

01 talk 
02 Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl 
03 Rock Me Baby 
04 Instrumental 
05 talk
06 Crazy about You Baby
07 talk 
08 Sweet Sixteen
09 talk
10 I Got You [I Feel Good] 
11 Knock on Wood 
12 Call It Stormy Monday 
13 Mary Had a Little Lamb 

Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, USA 1968 | Albums that Should Exist

 Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, 8-24-1968

Paul says: Here's the third album I've found of music from the 1968 Philadelphia Folk Festival. This one is a set by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.

I don't have much more to say except that the sound quality is excellent, like all the music I've found from this festival. And, like all the music from this festival, this appears to be unreleased.

Oh, and note that the first two albums I posted from this festival (the Doc Watson and Joni Mitchell sets) are from August 23rd, but this one was from August 24th.
 

This album is 27 minutes long. 

01 talk
02 Uncle Pen
03 talk 
04 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 
05 talk 
06 Train 45 
07 talk
08 Blue Grass Breakdown [Instrumental] 
09 talk 
10 Down in the Willow Garden
11 talk
12 Wayfaring Stranger 
13 talk 
14 Dusty Miller
15 talk
16 Orange Blossom Special [Instrumental] 

Joni Mitchell - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, USA 1968 | Albums That Should Exist

 Joni Mitchell - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, 8-23-1968

Paul here says: Here's the second out of six albums that I'm posting from the 1968 Philadelphia Folk Festival. This one features a short acoustic set by Joni Mitchell.

Note that while I'm posting all I have from this festival in a bunch, I'm not attempting to organize the albums into "Part 1," Part 2," and so on. That's because it was a three day festival, and I only have a couple of sets from each day. I also don't know the order of the performances. 

Joni Mitchell wasn't a big name yet in 1968, at the time of this concert. She was getting a lot of acclaim for her songwriting, and some famous musicians were already covering her songs. But she'd only released one album at the time of this concert, and that one, "Song to a Seagull," didn't make the charts. So it looks like she was only allowed a pretty short set. She only played one song ("Cactus Tree") from the sole album she'd released so far. Instead, three songs would come from her album "Ladies of the Canyon," one from "Clouds," and one from "Blue." 

This album is 26 minutes long.

01 That Song about the Midway (Joni Mitchell)
02 talk (Joni Mitchell)
03 Cactus Tree (Joni Mitchell)
04 Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell)
05 talk (Joni Mitchell)
06 Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
07 talk (Joni Mitchell)
08 The Circle Game - Little Green (Joni Mitchell)

 

not really that bothered about posting Mitchell works anymore but this is early and pre-Morgellons and all that Fag-ash Lil routine that so gets my goat! Gone right off her to be fair apart from the earliest more innocent work . . .so this is short enough but haven’t listened to it its only here because of the company she was in from Country and Bluegrass masters to blues master Buddy Guy who may have seemed out of place at this “Folk” festival but is worth a check!

Doc Watson - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, USA 1968

 Doc Watson - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, 8-23-1968

Paul says: If you've been following this blog a while, you may have noticed that I put a special emphasis on trying to post music from big rock festivals. Here's another example of that, though it's a folk festival this time.

The Philadelphia Folk Festival is one of the longest running folk festivals in the U.S., along with the Newport Folk Festival. It started in 1962, and it continues to this day (as I write this in January 2026). I've noticed that big portions, if not all, of these festivals have been professionally recorded. However, it seems only a few sets here and there leak out to the public, and almost none of it has been officially released. I noticed that there was an unusually big amount of recordings available to the public for the 1968 festival. I found enough material for six albums, all with soundboard quality, when most years I might find zero, one, or two. So I decided to focus on 1968, especially since I think it's important to try to save and share recordings of this quality that go all the way back to the 1960s. So here's the first album, a set by Doc Watson.

This album is 26 minutes long. 

01 talk 
02 When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
03 talk 
04 Anniversary Blue Yodel [Blue Yodel No. 7] 
05 talk 
06 Spikedriver Blues 
07 talk 
08 Otto Wood the Bandit
09 talk 
10 Open Up Them Pearly Gates 
11 talk 
12 Southbound
13 talk 
14 Bill Cheatham
15 talk 
16 Blackberry Rag

Bob Dylan appears on The World Of John Hammond TV program September 10, 1975: Simple Twist of Fate

For my old pal Stephen Blackman whose birthday it is today and he would have been 69 I think . . . . a lifelong passion for all things Dylan just one of the things we shared and I miss sorely since his untimely loss in 2012

Robert Wyatt - Worship [Dondestan] | jt1674

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr Wyatt . . .from Tripping Mantras . . . . oh and me!

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/806983226331742208/robert-wyatt-worship

News From Greenland! Neil Young makes an offer . . . . . . . . . .😉

 

The legendary musician has donated access to his music to all residents of Greenland for one year to "ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats" from the United States government.

Is it all about the BASS?! | Guitar and bass prog metal duet! La Vaca Mariposa

 We have previously explored bass players (new gals esp) and featured guitarists who excels with shred techniques and you will know I am not such a fan of virtuosity for virtuosity's sake but heck these guys are having fun too!

Guitar and bass prog metal duet! La Vaca Mariposa

this from the Drumbo Club on Flickennabokk

(trans: John French on Facebook)

John seems to have found this at someone we have featured before the most excellent

Felix Martin

 and FM Guitars

Birthdays: ROBERT WYATT

 A very happy birthday to Robert Wyatt, born as Robert Wyatt-Ellidge in Bristol on this day in 1945. 

Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls. (Elvis Costello)

Route

Jessie Buckley . . . . photo of the day!

 As we find the force of nature that is the wonderment of Jessie Buckley up for awards for her role in Hamnet this past few days there comes this marvellous photo . . . . . . . . curious caption mind

Jessie Buckley in Gucci, photographed by Jack Davison for British Vogue, February 2026

as my dad used to say; 'don’t wish your life away' . . . it’s still only January people! 

I can SEE into the FUTURE!

Tuba Skinny - Fats Domino/Big Bill Broonzy tune, All By Myself, Wilmington, DE, Sept. 3, 2025

 but what I really need to start the day is more Tuba Skinny . . . they’re from Nawleans (I think!)

From Bobby Charles & Clarence Frogman Henry to Fats Domino via Big Bill Broonzy . . . it a gumbo melting pot tha’ knows! Jamabalaya crawfish pie feelie gumbo yah yah!

Tuba Skinny- Big Bill Broonzy/Fats Domino tune, All By Myself, Wilmington, DE, Sept. 3, 2025

Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim - All By Myself

Clarence Frogman Henry - The Jealous Kind (1962) [Bobby Charles] | Guess I'm Dumb

Clarence Frogman Henry - The Jealous Kind (1962)

I"’ve been on a Bobby Charles kick lately - here’s tune he wrote -NOLA R&B. Clarence does not sing like a frog on this song.”

I am a huge Bobby Charles fan and Clarence Henry somewhat less but appreciate him none the less . . . . . 

Kelly Boesch todays videos: ‘Market of Impossible Things' & 'Breathing in The Quiet'

Kelly Boesch on Facebook

Two from Kelly today as what she says on her posts on Facebook rang true

"Market of Impossible Things"

Kelly said : "With all of the horrible scenes playing out on social media, I want to try to give people a few minutes away from these thoughts and feelings to try to think of a place filled with kindness and joy...and a bit of strange. I write about this over and over but I think it’s important to keep your hopes up and try to stay strong and stay together. This piece is called ‘Market of Impossible Things’. Another adult fairy tale story

I make videos about markets a lot. I love exploring flea markets and looking at the people and coming up with stories in my head about their lives. I made these images using a beautiful Midjourney style ref code. Animated with both VEO3 and #Pika. VEO will not animate kids so I used Pika for these. Their new release is really good. Lyrics written by me, Kelly Boesch. Music created under my creative direction with assistance from Suno"

BREATHING IN THE QUIET

Kelly Says: "I always struggle with meditation. My brain is like an internet browser with 2,847 tabs open. 400 are frozen and I don’t know where the music is coming from. But sometimes I find that calm in the madness. And it’s beautiful. And I try again the next day. I made this video as a visual for myself to fall back to when I am trying to calm my mind. Being an Aquarius and heading into the Age of Aquarius...hopefully sooner than later...has made this a crazy journey lately. So many wonderful things happening at the same time as so many horrific things happening for others. It creates quite the paradox in my brain. Hard to feel good when so many are going through difficulties. I want to feel it all and need to feel it all or life will be too dark. The song is called “Breathing in the Quiet”. Lyrics written by me, Kelly Boesch. Music created under my creative direction with assistance from Suno."

check her Facebook and follow her it’s really worth it . . . . Kelly Boesch 

Bob Dylan - Neighbourhood Bully (Infidels Alternate Take)

 Neighbourhood Bully alternate take . . . for Sly too on drums . . . . . . 

Neighbourhood Bully (Infidels Alternate Take)

Jesse Winchester - That's a Touch I Like (debut Jesse Winchester)

 That’s A Touch I Like

Jesse WinchesterJesse Winchester

Jesse Winchester has always been a favourite since coming across his album with Defying Gravity on and this is his debut featuring support from Levon Helm Robbie Robertson and Todd Rundgren too

Bonnie Raitt and David Lindley - Everywhere I Go [Looking Into You Tribute to Jackson Browne] | HERBERG DE KELDER

 Everywhere I Go

Bonnie Raitt & David LindleyLooking Into You: A tribute To Jackson Browne

HERBERG DE KELDER

Bonnie Raitt & David Lindley: Behind the Scenes recording "Everywhere I Go”

Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne (released April 1, 2014 on Music Road Records.) 

    

Bonnie Raitt: vocal, slide guitar

David Lindley: vocal, electric lead guitar

George Marinelli: electric guitar

James "Hutch" Hutchinson: bass

Mike Finnigan: Hammond B3 organ, clavinet

Ricky Fataar: drums, percussion

Recorded & Mixed by Ryan Freeland

Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA

Mixed at Stampede Origin Studios, Culver City, CA

David Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughan - Dallas Moonlight (1983) | soundaboard

 

David Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughan - Dallas Moonlight (1983)

David Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live on April 27, 1983 at Las Colinas Soundstage, Dallas.

It's the soundcheck from the rehearsals for the Serious Moonlight tour and the only known recording with Stevie Ray Vaughan before he left Bowie's band.

Note that Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborated on Bowie's 1983 successful album Let's Dance.

Total playing time: 132 minutes.

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

Disc 1

01. Star

02. Heroes

03. What In The World

04. Look Back In Anger

05. Joe The Lion

06. Wild Is The Wind

07. Golden Years

08. Fashion

09. Lets Dance

10. Red Sails

11. Breaking Glass

12. Life On Mars

13. Sorrow

14. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

15. China Girl

16. Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)

17. Rebel Rebel

18. I Can't Explain

19. White Light White Heat

Disc 2

01. Station To Station

02. Cracked Actor

03. Ashes To Ashes

04. Space Oddity

05. Young Americans

06. Soul Love

07. Hang Onto Yourself

08. Fame

09. TVC15

10. Stay

11. Jean Genie

12. Modern Love

13. Life On Mars (Mess Up)

from AtticRock at soundaboard 

Leo Kottke - Why Ask Why [Dreams and All That Stuff] | jt1674

 . . . . I don’t believe I will ever not post Tripping Mantras posting Leo Kottke! 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/806831871778537472/leo-kottke-why-ask-why

John Mayall - Waiting For The Right Time [Empty Rooms] | jt1674

  . . . we haven’t played any John Mayall for too long . . . I used to adore his work . . . .  

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/806892964316135424/john-mayall-waiting-for-the-right-time

Bob Dylan - License to Kill

 For Sly . . . . . . 

Canned Heat - Marianhill, Arcen, Netherlands, 8-12-1971 | Albums That Should Exists

 Canned Heat - Marianhill, Arcen, Netherlands, 8-12-1971

Paul says: I've been looking for a really good concert bootleg for the band Canned Heat, and I recently found this one. It took place in the Netherlands. I'm not sure, but I think it was broadcast by a Dutch radio station, thus explaining the excellent sound quality.

Unfortunately, one of the band's two lead singers and leaders, Alan Wilson, died in 1970. So he's not on this recording. But on the plus side, two of the band's three hits are here: "Let's Work Together" and "Goin' Up the Country." The version of "Goin' Up the Country" is very different from the hit version, being much faster and more rocking. Personally, I don't like it as much, but I give them points for trying something different anyway.

On most of the songs, the lead vocals were rather low in the mix. I fixed that by using the MVSEP program.

This album is 54 minutes long. 

01 Let's Work Together 
02 talk
03 Hill's Stomp [Instrumental] 
04 talk 
05 That's All Right 
06 talk 
07 Goin' Up the Country 
08 Long Way from L.A. 
09 Pay My Rent Boogie 
10 talk 
11 Utah 
12 Big City 

As Paul notes the extraordinary Al Wilson was dead by this recording and his story is tragically sad. Struggling all his life with what we would now call ‘low self esteem’ and he suffered the ‘Blues’ all his life . . . .considered almost homeless at his end ( he was found dead 'camping out' in Bob 'The Bear’ Hite’s back garden) 

Univerally acknowledged by many in the guitar blues genre, he suffered from his introverted personality and perhaps his somewhat plain looks meant he had little to no success with the opposite sex and seemed universally lonely, sometimes even on stage. His unique voice (check Going Up The Country and On The Road Again will be forever identified as being remade by him!) and his encyclopaedic knowledge of early blues platters were without equal 

After seeing them at the festivals in Southern England I was hooked and bought the first three album but after Al died I kind of left them be

Canned Heat - Lets Work Together Under The Dutch Skies 1970-74

Song For The Day . . . sadly as relevant now as it ever wa . . . but seriously Enough Is Enough!

 Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation - Enough Is Enough

Photographer of the Day - Craig Barlow

 Craig Barlow

Waseley Hills, Birmingham, UK

Love these . . . . and all things considered I wish I was there

Brits might care to spot the location . . . not the usual views of Birmingham!