The Sealyman dropped by to comment on the Leo Kottke track ‘Stealin’ t’other day from ‘Mudlark’ and here it all is on YouTube plus a download on The Internet Archive as it is now long out of print . . . .thanks Sealyman for the idea
You know who this is for! . . . . for the Sealyman but the rest of you take a listen too!
Enjoy!
I did!
Green On Red live | Rockpalast | 2006
Setlist | Green On Red live | Rockpalast | 2006
01. Cheap Wine00:00:00
02. This I Know00:05:38
03. Down To The Bone 00:08:21
04. Keep On Moving 00:14:05
05. 16 Ways 00:22:04
06. Time Ain't Nothing 00:26:43
07. The Drifter 00:30:08
08. Sea Of Cortez 00:34:29
09. We Ain't Free 00:40:34
10. Fading Away00:44:48
11. Ballad Of Guy Fawkes 00:50:24
12. Interview 00:54:17
13. Don't Shine Your Light 00:57:21
14. Clarkesville 01:06:15Line upDan Stuart - vocals, guitar
Chuck Prophet - guitar, backing vocals
Jack Waterson - bass, backing vocals
Chris Cacavas - keyboards, backing vocals
Daren Hess - drums
The concert was recorded on August 07 in 2006.
Sealy popped by and dropped this one on me . . . . . he says:
The Beat Farmers Universal Studios ‘85
The original line up with Buddy Blue playing their own stuff on the first album and a few choice covers.
So many favourites...... "Gun Sale at The Church".... very prescient of the way things have gone.
I wasn't sure about an entire set but heck check ‘em out and makes yer own mind up . . . . . . if the Sealymaestro says it’s worth a listen . . . . whatcha gonna do!? But this next one rocked my lil flannel socks right off’n mah feets!
"The absolutely outstanding "Hollywood Hills" with Jerry Raney in for Buddy Blue. I saw this line up at a club in Manchester. Honestly about 20 people in the joint and these guys absolutely blasted the place. One of THE best gigs I've ever seen. Chatting with the guys and sharing a beer when they'd finished.
Brings a tear watching this again.”Sealyman
THE BEAT FARMERS - - HOLLYWOOD HILLS 1987
The best band ever according to the poster and - The Beat Farmers classic line-up with Country Dick Montana and Joey Harris and Jerry Raney and Rollie Love.
So Diamond Dave dropped by and dropped this! . . . . he’s a neighbour tha knows!
Early EARLY Chuck Prophet from 2013! Can ya digit? I think you can . . . . . . I know t’other Dave [Sealyman} will . . .this one’s for him . . . it’s ALL his fault!
Chuck Prophet - 2013-09-07 - Austin, TX
(Soundboard FLAC)
- I converted it to MP3 if anyone wants it drop me a line! A kin send it and everee fink!
The Sealyman popped back to bring me up to speed to say he had meant to post links to Mike Henderson doing I Wouldn’t Lay My Guitar Down ( I know the feeling!) from the 1998 album ‘Thicker than Water’ so y'ere ’tis! This for the legend that is the SEALYMAN!
Hope ya got ya boogie pants on!
lazy poker adds so this explains the dialogue Dave and I had about Mike and Hound Dog Taylor . . . . i.e. not just us!
“I can't recall anymore who once brought Mike Henderson to my attention, the bluesman who turned "new country" songwriter came back to the blues in 1996 with his band ‘The Bluebloods' and the excellent album “First Blood". the 1998 follow-up “Thicker Than Water" was an even stronger outing and featured this great track . . . what a joyful noise (reminiscent of ‘Hound Dog' Taylor) rumbling out of the speakers here, innit?! Enjoy!” Oh, we did Lazy Poker we DID!
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So the Sealyman dropped by (well he emailed me!) with tracks from the new James McMurtry album
and it’s a SCORCHER!
Norman says (records that is!) : James McMurty's eleventh album is a collection of folk tales borrowing subtle traits from himself and his late father. The album's rich harmonies, hearty Americana instrumentation, alongside the witty introspection McMurtry is known for, push it into one of his greatest pieces of personal storytelling.
LAREDO
pretty sure we have all encountered a small dark something . . . . . . .
"When his father died in 2021, James McMurtry went through his effects and discovered a rough pencil sketch of himself as a child. “I knew it was of me, but I didn’t realize who drew it. I had to ask my stepmom, and she said it looked like Ken Kesey’s work back in the ‘60s.” The Merry Pranksters—Kesey’s roving band of hippie activists and creators—stopped by often to visit Larry McMurtry, his wife Faye, and his very young son James. He held on to that drawing as he worked on a new album, The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy, his eleventh. It’s a collection of rough-hewn story-songs and richly drawn characters sketches that have elements of Americana—rolling guitars, barroom harmonies, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a generalized category. Funny and sad often in the same breath, it adds a new chapter to a long career that has enjoyed a recent resurgence as younger songwriters like Sarah Jarosz (who plays on the new album) and Jason Isbell (who took McMurtry on tour) cite him as a formative influence. McMurtry’s characters face similar realizations, although theirs are harder, sadder, and arrive at the end of life rather than the beginning. Sometimes they find life savers, like a calling or a fond memory; sometimes they drown, like that South Texas lawman. Even the songwriter himself doesn’t always know what will happen or what will inspire him. “You follow the words where they lead. If you can get a character, maybe you can get a story. If you can set it to a verse-chorus structure, maybe you can get a song."
We had been talking about Jim White with the Sealyman! and I said I had been contacted by my old boss and mentor (another Dave) who sent me images and asked if I knew him and how much he had enjoyed the set and there is this . . . White had been touring last month (with his trio?) and we missed him it seems . . . in Jan he released this which frankly is a scary and dark as he usually gets! Thanks mostly to Trey I reckon . . . . but phew what a voice!
Now we had some wondrous guitar from Leo Kottke recently and here’s another unique guitar voice in the legendary John Fahey . . . . . . mostly for Sealyman!
Our blogosphere friend the legendary ‘Sealyman' notes after the Leo Kottke track we posted that he discovered this series of extraordinary films about America which featured a Kottke theme intro. . . . . . Road Dreams
Road Dreams (Programme 1)
Preview
Arrival in New York
Travels in New England
"Snowbird" journey to Florida and Georgia
Epilogue
Music
Leo Kottke - Machine #2 (on the Mudlark album)*
Rick Loveridge - Breakfast Special
Keith Thompson - East Side Hum
Rick Wakeman - Dandelion Airs
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - No's 1-4 (on the Penguin Cafe Orchestra album)
A double back . . . . . sadly a terrible loss at a mere 38 from a heart attack Rose has left a body of work really worth exploring . . . . .
Jack Rose
1. Kensington Blues
2. The World Has Let Me Down
I thought I had known Jack Rose and it took regular The Sealyman to point out what a tragic loss Rose’s death truly was . . . . . .worth checking out his story (and albums) on wiki
Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes: "Ford Econoline" (August 25, 2024; San Francisco, CA)
Yes there’s more! As Twilightzone gears up into overdrive on their Ford Econoline there is more from Chuck!
A found out exactly what a Ford Econoline was from Nanci Griffith (think I have everything!) so its fine by me! Here’s Chuck's handle on a classic ( vehicle that is! )
Again mostly for Superfan (of Chuck not of me! ahem) The Sealyman! who introduced me in the first place! (Blame him! I DO!)
