Otis Redding - I Want to Thank You (1964)
I think I got this factoid from Q.I but maybe not . . . . . . it got me researching with VERY mixed results! Enjoy!
“Lonely Silver Dove
Sweet Apache maid
Lonely Silver Dove
Sweet Apache maid
Alone, all alone by the campfire
She dreamed of her love, her delight
Away, far away on the prairie
Her love Golden Hawk shared the night
Sometimes at night with the moon, he would come
Sweet were the moments they shared
But with the dawn, he was gone with the sun
A smoke sign arose from the prairie
A breeze sighed a sad mournful song
The brave Golden Hawk had departed
Had gone to that great, great beyond
Sometimes at night when there's rain in the sky
She hears her love high above
He and his pony go thundering by…” 🤢
Music: Jerry Lordan
Lyrics: Johnny Flamingo and sung by Sonny James
Jorgen Ingmann 1961 heard by the Shadows although Bert Weedon recorded it first though never released it! (go figure! maybe he heard the song!?!??!?)
The truly AWFUL song
Sonny sings from his 1967 RCA album "Young Love". Apache was released in February 1961. First RCA session for SONNY JAMES on February 14, 1961 at Nashville's RCA Victor Studio. A vocal version of the Shadows hit "Apache" is coupled with "Magnetism" for release on RCA 47-7858 at the end of February. It charted at #87 on the Pop charts.Written by Jerry Lordan and Johnny Flamingo.
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jorgen-ingmann/apache
ALTERNATIVELY!!
Hal Leonard Marching Band . . . . . . say what now!?
Paul, Mary and Heather McCartney, Scotland, 1970
© Linda McCartney | Scanned by lindamccartneysphotography
Chris Bailey was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on this day in 1956.
He's stranded far from home.
"I'm a band leader and I know what I want to play in my band — who can be good friends of mine," Mayall said in an interview with the Southern Vermont Review. "It's definitely a family. It's a small kind of thing really."
A small but enduring thing. Though Mayall never approached the fame of some of his illustrious alumni, he was still performing in his late 80s, pounding out his version of Chicago blues. The lack of recognition rankled a bit, and he wasn't shy about saying so.
"I've never had a hit record, I never won a Grammy Award, and Rolling Stone has never done a piece about me," he said in an interview with the Santa Barbara Independent in 2013. "I'm still an underground performer."
Known for his blues harmonica and keyboard playing, Mayall had a Grammy nomination, for "Wake Up Call" which featured guest artists Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Mick Taylor and Albert Collins. He received a second nomination in 2022 for his album “The Sun Is Shining Down.” He also won official recognition in Britain with the award of an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2005.
He was selected for the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class and his 1966 album “Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton,” is considered one of the best British blues albums.
Mayall once was asked if he kept playing to meet a demand, or simply to show he could still do it.
“Well, the demand is there, fortunately. But it’s really for neither of those two things, it’s just for the love of the music,” he said in an interview with Hawaii Public Radio. “I just get together with these guys and we have a workout.”
A selection of reels from the Swarb's Flittin’ Album and mostly because Wallingford is just up the road . . . . [Diamond Dave knows . . . . . . he’s from a similar village nearby!)
Kim Cypher was on Radio 4’s Women’s Hour (I’m allowed to visit! I’m a senior citizen and identify as a unicorn!) playing this hypnotic tune that by turns made me dance around the kitchen and bursting out laughing! ❤️
It should now be adopted as the Theme Tune!
Took me a while Randy (81 today) to get this level of humour . . . . . . sheesh but then when you get it . . . .you know by LISTENING! then you get it . . . . . probably couldn’t sing it no mo’!
Steve Winwood & Carlos Santana “Why Can’t We Live Together” Live @ Montreux 2004
Leonard Cohen - The Partisan
Freedom soon will come . . . . . .
with me since it came out . . . . . . some Cohen is part of my inner soundtrack . . . . .this
From Fields From Forests From Far . . . . . (I see what you did there!)
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 Rose1. Kensington Blues2. 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
WITH BOB DYLAN, GLASTONBURY 1998, PHOTO BY BLEDDYN BUTCHER
Chuck Prophet - Seattle, WA, October 22, 2024 - "One Lie For Me, One For You”
so this delightful couple covering ‘This is The Life’ reminded me that Amy has announced a gig slot for next year, if like me lots of you have been wondering where she is and what she’s been up to but it also caused me to think and go on a bit of rant! She lost her beloved dog Arnold quite recently (he was a miniature Schnauzer - a favourite breed) she announced the loss on social media which frankly she is more than vocal on and even entertaining us throughout lock down and if she has gone quiet then that is her business but what we don’t ado is TURN UP AT HER HOUSE!
Fans recently, and doubtless for the best of intentions, tuned up at the singers house and scared the beejazus our of her! DON’T DO THAT! Headlines reeked of how upset she was and rightly so We DON’T do that!
We don’t know her, we are not her friends, she may have been taking some private time with her handsome husband, (she married Partick Thistle star Richard Foster in 2016), the known petrol head sold most of her fleet of supercars during the lockdown including a £250,000 Ferrari 458.(!)
She will share her talent when she is good and ready so be patient and hey presto she announces a gig slot! Buy a ticket go see her and sing THIS IS LIFE
at the top of your lungs!
Here’s her original video of her classic anthem of what it was like to be young . . . .
Bobby Charles, the legendary Louisiana songwriter behind classics like "See You Later, Alligator" and "Walking to New Orleans," played a unique role in The Last Waltz, The Band’s historic farewell concert in 1976. While he took the stage to perform "Down South in New Orleans" with Dr. John, his performance was the only one cut from the final film, thought he ended up on the soundtrack.
Though excluded from the final edit, Bobby Charles' connection to The Band ran deep. He was a steady collaborator with Rick Danko, who played a key role in producing Charles' critically acclaimed 1972 self-titled album. Their partnership continued on Danko's 1977 solo album, where Charles contributed his signature blend of swampy grooves and soulful lyrics.
I loved Bobby Charles and can’t believe he was cut!?
This past April, many of us assumed the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour was over. The posters had all along read “2021–2024,” after all, and Dylan had just announced his first non-Rough and Rowdy tour to follow the final Spring show in Austin. Surely he wouldn’t do three full months of the entirely different Outlaw Tour, then suddenly lurch back into Rough and Rowdy mode, right?
You know where this is going. And, to be fair, I kind of did too. After all, the very first words in my post the morning after that Austin show were:
Last night marked the end of the Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour.
Maybe.
That post kicked off a giant five-part Rough and Rowdy Ways tour finale series. If that Austin show was indeed the end, I didn’t want to miss the moment to commemorate the entire three-year run. And if it wasn’t? Well, I concluded that same post:
If, after all this, he does announce one more leg of the tour in the fall, I will update all of these with any new arrangements/covers/etc at the end of the year.
Here we are. As I’m sure everyone reading this knows, he sure enough did announce one more leg of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in the fall. It just finished at the Royal Albert Hall this month. So, as promised, I have updated my giant five-part series. This time, for the real tour finale.
Two parts I updated a lot: New Arrangements and Harmonica Solos. The final leg featured a ton of both.
Two parts I updated a little: The Tour-Basics Intro and My Personal Highlights. New bits here and there, but less dramatic overhauls.
One part I didn’t update at all: The Covers. He didn’t do any this fall.
Rather than re-running them each individually via email—which seems redundant since, if you read them in the spring, you’ve already read like 80% of what’s here (and 100% of the covers one)—I’m just linking all the updated versions below.
If you did read them already this past spring, I’ve clearly marked everything new with “Update Fall 2024:” in bold. So, if you don’t want to re-read everything, just scroll through until you see that label pop up here and there. (And skip Covers).
And if you didn’t read them this spring, grab a coffee, a comfy chair, and some headphones (there are a lot of audio samples)—you’re gonna be here awhile. Start at the beginning, or just pick the topic that most interests you and jump straight there
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