They Started Playing Tom Petty - Free Fallin’ . . . . .
we love thtis song . . . and we miss Tom don’t we . . . . . thanks boys
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Lightning Hopkins - Mojo Hand | blues.in.colour
Somebody posted this take of Lightning playing Mojo Hand with his band and then refuised to share so here’s a colourised version . . . . . .
The one and only Lightning Hopkins filmed in Baden-Baden, Germany for the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk channel in September 1964.
Lightning Hopkins - Guitar & VocalWillie Dixon - BassClifton James - Drums
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Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner 40 Tons of Steel
Emmylou Harris
Luxury Liner 40 tons of steel
With Albert Lee (guitar) and The Hot Band
Jane Asher - Muses contd. 137 ( Deep End 1970)
DEEP END (1970) dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
“I remember sitting up late every night rewriting my dialogue. But Susan was terrific to play. She’s at that stage where she’s completely aware of her sexual power and uses it ruthlessly.” (x)
Possibly Asher most controversial and openly erotic work on film . . . . . powerful actor
Another AI artwork from Kelly Eldridge Boesch
Kelly posts another one I like . . . .its about conspiracy theories
Kelly says:
"I really love this image style. The surreal realism. And the lighting is beautiful. This song is called “Rabbit Holes” and is about conspiracy theories and strange things people believe. I am completely fascinated with how some people are susceptible to falling for this stuff. I listened to a podcast about a young woman from a very liberal family who went down the Qanon rabbit hole in one weekend on YouTube and turned into a Qanon conspiracy theorist and ended up going to the Capitol and getting crushed and suffocated to death on the stairs of the capitol. Insane story. Or some of the totally strange things in some religions. I am not a religious person but I am spiritual in ways. I just don’t buy into organized religion. But to each his own and just as I wouldn’t want anyone telling me what to believe I would never tell anyone else. We all need to follow our own path. I believe in kindness and empathy and treating people with respect. Loving our earth and animals. I am very thankful for the beautiful messages people send to me. I want to compile some and share them. It means a lot to me that you take time out of your day to watch and write. Thank you so much. I do try to respond the best I can but I post on 6 platforms and get thousands of messages so it gets really hard. I do all of this myself. Creating, posting, uploading, answering. Sometimes I see my followers answering questions people ask and it’s so sweet. Like where to find the music etc. I appreciate all of you ❤️❤️❤️”
I LIKE HER!
(have I said!?)
Billy [Preston that is!] drops by on the Beatles . . . . . .
We have had this clip before but it always get’s to me! Billy Preston drops by to see his old friends from touring with Little Richard and sits in (sic) on electric piano as The Beatles thrash out Abbey Road from I’ve Got a Feeling right through to Get Back etc and the ‘concert’ on top of the Savile Row rooftop!!
The Memphis Blues Box | Bear Family Records | BUTTERBOY
The Memphis Blues Box, Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914–1969 [2023] (20 x CDs)
This is amazing and another from the legendary Bear Family Records. If you like your blues early and regional consider this Memphis spread of over 500 tracks . . . . .
MEMPHIS BLUES
Released in November 2023 by Bear Family Records, The Memphis Blues Box is a monumental 20-CD anthology that traces the evolution of Memphis blues across five decades. Spanning recordings first issued on 78s and 45s between 1914 and 1969, the set offers a panoramic portrait of the city’s musical soul, from its acoustic street-corner origins to its electrified postwar transformations.
Curated and part-written by Martin Hawkins, with contributions from Charlie Musselwhite, David Evans, Paul Swinton, and others, the box includes 534 tracks and a hardcover book filled with newly researched biographies, discographical notes, essays, and rare photographs. This is a sonic biography of Memphis itself.
The early discs document the jug bands, country blues, and vaudeville-inflected street music of artists like Frank Stokes, Furry Lewis, Will Shade, and Gus Cannon. These recordings, often made in hotel rooms or field sessions, reflect a porous musical culture where storytelling, syncopation, and communal rhythm were central. Labels like Victor, Paramount, and Bluebird captured this raw immediacy, preserving the sound of Beale Street before the war.
As the chronology unfolds, the box traces the rise of urban blues, gospel-inflected ballads, and proto-R&B, spotlighting figures such as Memphis Minnie, Robert Wilkins, Willie Nix, and Doctor Ross. The transition from acoustic to electric instrumentation is gradual but unmistakable. Guitars gain bite, vocals grow more assertive, and arrangements tighten into groove-based structures that prefigure soul and rock. Labels like Sun, Checker, RPM, and Meteor emerge as key players in this sonic shift.
Later volumes delve into the postwar club scene, where artists like Rosco Gordon, Junior Parker, and Bobby “Blue” Bland fuse blues with jump rhythms, horn sections, and gospel cadences. These recordings reflect Memphis’s growing role as a regional hub for Black music, feeding into the rise of Stax, Hi Records, and the broader Southern soul movement. The box closes just before that explosion, offering a prequel to the soul era while remaining firmly rooted in blues tradition.
Bear Family’s production is meticulous. The remastering is sympathetic, preserving surface noise where appropriate to retain historical texture. The accompanying book provides session dates, label provenance, artist histories, and contextual essays that situate each track within Memphis’s broader musical ecology. The set avoids redundancy, favoring rare sides, field recordings, and under-documented artists, making it a vital resource for researchers, collectors, and historians.
The Memphis Blues Box is rich with rarities, offering a trove of previously unreissued tracks, field recordings, and limited-run 78s and 45s that rarely surface outside specialist archives. Bear Family Records prioritized obscure artists, alternate takes, and under-documented labels, restoring sides from Victor, Bluebird, Sun, Meteor, and Library of Congress sessions with sympathetic remastering. These aren’t filler, they’re essential artifacts that illuminate Memphis’s porous musical culture, capturing the city’s street-level creativity before the blues became codified. For collectors and historians, the rarities are the heartbeat of the box.
More than a retrospective, The Memphis Blues Box is a living document. It captures the texture of a city in motion, where rural traditions met urban realities, and where blues evolved through dialogue, migration, and community. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of American music, this box set offers not just a compilation, but a narrative, resonant, foundational, and profoundly human. (B)
BUTTERBOY
check the links for expansive track listings
Saturday Sessions: Robert Plant performs "It's a Beautiful Day Today"
CBS TV Saturday Morning Sessions:
Robert Plant and Saving Grace performs "It's a Beautiful Day Today ”
Rock and Roll legend Robert Plant, the former frontman for Led Zeppelin, is covering traditional folk in his latest album, "Saving Grace," and touring the U.S. with his band to support the album. Here's Robert Plant with "It's a Beautiful Day Today.
Friday, November 28, 2025
Wow and there’s Groobin’ Stooves all over the place (well here and HQ!? ) Jobe hits the OVERDRIVE | Floppy Boot Stomp AND Voodoo Wagon
The Rolling Stones - Lonely At The Top
The Wagon!
JOBE SPECIALS
Jobe says: "Here is the next set of boots I promised. Nothing really new here that you haven't heard before, but maybe you're late to the game."
and frankly I AM late to the game and this is studio quality and I knew/know NONE of these songs . . . . . I should explain maybe but the Stones left me at Sticky Fingers really (Exiles at a pinch but I didn’t buy anything post Fingers!) . . .a couple since but not a fan of the late work post Mick Taylor. So this is fun at least to listen to!
Now then there is this around end of July ’72 from Mickies Birthday gig at The Garden!!
The Rolling Stones - Happy Birthday Mick Madison Square Garden July 72
What’s Floppy?!
(my Boot is what!)
"I guess ultimate quality as listed here on the back cover means good audience recording.” Jobe
and as Jobe points out this is very much NOT a soundboard recording as stated on the cover and frankly is as rough as a badgers bum! Sounds like it was reccorded from under the stage floorboards!!
Why have I echoed the post here? Well of course there is the argument that all Rolling Stones boots should be heard like this!?!
😂 🤩 😎
Wot?
Now Brother Jobe thanks stalwart Dave for these and I merely mention that as it must be some sort of reciprocal deal that Jobe promised him . . . . . . still listen to Lonely At The Top and tell me (us?) what you think!
Have at it!It’s THE GROOBIN’ STOOVES!!
ROLLING STONES: Lonely At The Top (Outtake 1979)
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