THE HOLMES BROTHERS - SO MANY ROADS | A SPEEDY SPECIAL

Speedy dropped by to mention his following of The Holmes Brothers who we played earlier and he has several really noteworthy recordings over at his base camp that won’t disappoint. Not least for a couple with Joan Osbourne.

Speedy says:

The Holmes Brothers here at So Many Roads: For those of you unfamiliar with them, the New York Times described the band as playing “Timeless, deeply soulful and uplifting gospel-drenched blues, street corner doo-wop, ballads, R&B, country and funk. “ In the late 1980s. I got to see the Holmes Brothers several times in small nigh clubs in New York City, and trust me they are everything the Times says and then some. I was always amazed by their version of The Beatles tune “And I Love Her”, totally reworking it and making it their own. This soundboard recording captures The Holmes Brothers on April 12, 2001, 14 years ago today, in Canada. Download this one, and while you listen, pay close attention to And I Her Love as it may take you a minute to recognize it. And then go here to read more about this fine band. 

 https://so-many-roads-boots.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Holmes%20Brothers 

https://www.theholmesbrothers.com

Enjoy!

I did!

Ear worms and One Hit Wonders feat portrait of the week (Andre 3000)

 

Andre 3000

16 years earlier!

Outkast - Hey Ya!

X - Sex and Dying in High Society [Los Angeles] | jt1674

 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/824196549867405312/x-sex-and-dying-in-high-society

Blondie - Paradise Ballroom, Boston, MA, 11-4-1978 | Albums That Should Exist

Blondie - Paradise Ballroom, Boston, MA, 11-4-1978

Paul says: Here's an excellent concert by Blondie. I've posted a couple of Blondie concerts, but I've been wanting to post another from earlier in their career. (The earliest one I've posted is from late 1979.) 

This is arguably when they were at their peak. Their most acclaimed album is "Parallel Lines," released in September 1978. So this was part of the tour to promote that album. "Parallel Lines" has been widely acclaimed as one of the best albums of all time. For instance, Rolling Stone has put it in their list of the top 500 albums of all time, at No. 146 in their most recent list (as of 2020). NME magazine has gone even higher, putting it at 45 on their list of the top 500 albums of all time.

I believe this comes from an FM radio broadcast, so the sound quality is excellent. One problem though was that the lead vocals were too low in the mix. So I fixed that with the use of the MVSEP audio editing program.

This concert is unreleased.  

This album is an hour and three minutes long. 

Any excuse to feature this track mostly because of the drummer! R.I.P Clem Burke!

01 talk by emcee
02 In the Sun 
03 talk 
04 X Offender 
05 Hanging on the Telephone 
06 Detroit 442 
07 talk 
08 Fan Mail 
09 Picture this 
10 11-59 
11 talk 
12 Pretty Baby
13 [I'm Always Touched by Your] Presence Dear 
14 Sunday Girl 
15 Denis 
16 I'm on E 
17 talk
18 Will Anything Happen
19 Fade Away and Radiate 
20 One Way or Another 
21 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
22 Heart of Glass 
23 Bang a Gong [Get It On] 

(all tracks Blondie) 

Blondie Live on TOTP 1978 - Denis

Blondie - I’m Always Touched By Your Presence Dear

Dashboard Bar · The Holmes Brothers [Soul Street]

 Speaking of Funky I found this! THE HOLMES BROS

Dashboard Bar · The Holmes Brothers

we do so love a Saxamaphone!

Levon Helm : MIDNIGHT RAMBLE SESSIONS The Battle Is Over (but The War Goes)

Somewhat oddly The Band : History Facebook page forbid this one being shared of Levon and Amy Helm (and others)at the Helm barn doing The Battle is Over

So ‘yere ’tis!

From another great DVD by the Levon Helm Band, Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol. 2.

If this doesn’t get you in the funk bone check your pulse!

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - “Stay”

 Someone on Tumblr threw this up on my algorithm!

 (I know I got a cloth!)

"Stay" by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories hit the Billboard number one spot on August 6, 1994. "It had been a hit on the radio for months at this point, but had a slow climb to the top spot. It was released in February of that year as the lead single from the Reality Bites soundtrack. I honestly despise that movie, but this single is great.”

"My friend Alice and I went to see the movie and we both hated it; in the span of time between the movie coming out and the single finally claiming number one, I graduated high school and was burning myself out working at Target and trying to decide what to do next. I remember hearing this song a lot back then, and this year is probably how I remember the 90s the most. This song was the perfect song at the perfect moment.

Lisa Loeb was discovered by her neighbor and friend Ethan Hawke, who recommended the song to Ben Stiller for the movie, and who directed the video.

Terrible movie, timeless song.” sorry missed your name but if you get in touch I will credit your comments meanwhile thank you in absentia!

Andy Warhol and Frank Zappa . . . . . .

My memories on Flackenahok showed up this one

It always makes me smile the story of Frank not quite getting the New York crowd

Andy says . . . . . . .  oh wait!

 

Love that man and whilst I am not uncritical of aspects of his life (he did next to nothing to save Edie (Sedgwick from herself or Jean Michel Basquiat come to that) the role of bystander has a responsibility too! [IMHO] 

Edie Sedgwick photographed Jerry Schatzberg, 1966

 

But great artist? 

Truly!  

Interestingly Frank Zappa hated Warhol and the Factory crew (Frank was notoriously anti hard drugs but ironically a life long nicotine addict and pro-tobacco) when they met Andy and Lou pulled this routine on Frank and didn't speak to him at all! 

They left Gerard Melanga, I think, to say everything and the boys just sat there looking bored. Zappa was incensed but Andy would have thought it hilariously funny. 

'Oh darling it was FABULOUS!" 

Poor Frank just didn't 'get it'!

Andy Warhol & Edie Sedgwick Interview on the Merv Griffin Show in 1965.

Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick appear on The Merv Griffin Show in this rare 1960s interview. At the height of the Factory era, Sedgwick had become Warhol’s most recognizable collaborator, known for her style, charisma, and presence in his films.

The segment captures their dynamic on live television (Warhol’s quiet, detached responses contrasted with Sedgwick’s energy) highlighting the moment when underground art entered mainstream media.

A rare look at Warhol and Sedgwick during one of the most influential periods in pop art and 1960s culture.

POP Goes The Weasel!?

Lonesome Andy & his One Man Band: Can't Get That Stuff No More (Tampa Red cover)

BLISS!

My namesake rocks this Tampa Red! 

Andy says: Here's my version of "Can't Get That Stuff No More" by slide guitar wizard "Tampa Red".

Nice song from the prohibition era...

Lonesome Andy & his One Man Band

Bowie on Iman . . . . . .

 

Journalist: "What do you think is your greatest achievement?"

David Bowie: "Marrying my wife."

"But as a musician?"

"Nothing else matters."

Heck we miss him huh?