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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Previously Unseen Bob Dylan Press Conference - Rare Uncut Interview (1986)

 

The full cut of the 1986 Hearts of Fire press conference has emerged online. Anyone who has read Michael Gray's book Outtakes On Bob Dylan will know that Michael's epic essay on 'Belle Isle' ends at this press conference, where Michael's friend impulsively asks Bob about the song. It was exciting to see this finally. The question is wildly out of context, so far out that Bob almost looks like he might engage with it, which is more than can be said for all the other questions he faces. Eagled-eyed viewers will also spot Michael at the end of the video, just behind Bob as he shuffles out of the building with his leather jacket draped over his shoulders like a cape. Very odd event. 




On 18 August 1986, Bob Dylan held a press conference at the National Film Theatre in London. Promoting his latest acting venture, Hearts of Fire, Dylan shared a stage with director Richard Marquand, producer Iain Smith, and fellow cast members Fiona Flanagan and Rupert Everett. In a remarkably long interview, the usually-reticent Dylan answered questions on a range of subjects including how he came to be involved in the film, why he wasn't writing funny songs about Ronald Reagan, the timeless power of The Times They Are a Changin', and moving on from his work in the 1960s. Only three minutes of the Hearts of Fire press conference footage made it into ITN's bulletin on the day of recording. The original rushes of the interview were recently recovered and digitised by the ITN Archive team, and are being shared publicly here for the first time.


ITN Archive

From the brilliant publisher Route

NEIL YOUNG on todays recordings . . . . .. (Don’s Tunes - Facebook)

 

Photo Credits: Henry Diltz

Neil Young: If you're an artist and you created something and you knew the master was 100 percent great, but the consumer got 5 percent, would you be feeling good? I like to point that out to artists. That's why people listen to music differently today. It's all about the bottom and the beat driving everything, and that's because in the resolution of the music, there's nothing else you can really hear. The warmth and the depth at the high end is gone.


A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realize that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl and that’s because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl,” Young said in an interview with southern California radio show the Frame. “And they’re only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement.”


Punk and rock and roll are all the same thing. Or what it degenerated from is what rock and roll is now. It’s not rock and roll. It’s pop. It’s fabricated for the masses. An imitation, a shoddy semblance of what it was. There are still people that play rock and roll, but they call this other music “rock and roll.” It’s Perry Como music compared to real rock and roll. Remember when real rock and roll started? There was real rock and roll, and then that other music that your parents listened to and everything? It’s like rock and roll now is the music that our parents listened to. It’s like gone.

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Don's Tunes 


More George? Don’t mind if I do! | Give Me Love (Live) : GEORGE HARRISON

 

go on click it . . . . . you know you want to!

George Harrison fans club special


Note Andy Fairweather-Low on slide guitar

Reggae portrait of the Day | BOB MARLEY by David Corio 1980


"This was taken at Bob Marley’s last London show in 1980 at Crystal Palace Bowl, although at this time few people knew he was ill. The only way to get close to the stage was to wade into the waist deep lake at the front of the stage with 1 camera, 1 lens and a few rolls of film in a carrier bag. Bob Marley was one of those few people that it was almost impossible to take a bad photo of. His charisma always seems to shine brightly." - Photographer @david.corio⁠

One Love: Bob Marley (1973-1980) will be on view through March 16, 2024. ⁠

#BobMarley #DavidCorio #MusicheadGallery #MusicPhotography #OneLove #ArtGallery

Start your Day with some Reggae N’yah man :: Lee & the Clarendonians - Night Owl (1972) |GUESS I’M DUMB!


Marvellous harmony group reggae cover of Tony Allen and the Champs' 1955 chestnut.

There's no need to hang around . . . .


GUESS I’M DUMB!

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

BOB DYLAN NASHVILLE SESSION 1969 - VOODOO WAGON | A Jobe Special

Bob Dylan - NASHVILLE SESSIONS - Voodoo Wagon




Now I have a version of this from 2012 but hey, whatcha gonna do its well worth a revisit and is fine fine quality here so dump the ole one and get this one I say!








I don’t think I posted the inner sleeve texts and pictures before so this is worth a read too

Thanks Brother Jobe!


LOU REED LIVE IN BOSTON! The Orpheum 1976 - FLOPPY BOOT STOMP | A JOBE SPECIAL

Lou Reed Live at The Orpheum 1976 - Floppy Boot Stomp



This is great!
Thought I had this one but no . . . . . . . .nothing this good in the vault well it's great and is soundboard FM broadcast quality from WBCN 104.1 FM so you KNOW it’s fun!

This is a Brother Jobe special! 

Lou Reed & The Every Man Band / "Claim to Fame" LIVE Boston 1976
Orpheum Theatre
Boston, MA, USA
October 29, 1976

Lou Reed: vocals, guitar
Michael Fonfara: keyboards
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: saxophone
Michael Suchorsky: drums

Photo by Steven de Bie in Den Haag, 1977

From other sources!

For Charley Browne who left me a message over at the Beefheart site so in the faint hope he might drop by, this is for him!

EXTRAORDINARY RARITY From Marios today :: Michael Wendroff 1973 - The ROCKESTERIA

Michael Wendroff (1973) Plain & Fancy


'ON THE HIGHWAY'

Michael Wendroff began his musical career performing on the streets, alleys, and subway stations of New York. He also endured the long, cold nights in New York by working in an a cappella group that created amazing music using only the sound of his voice and two fingers hitting together.Τhe group he was a member of, "The Holidays", caught the eye of a record company and signed a recording contract. This happened when Michael was 16 years old. 

Around that time, Michael began learning the guitar and became involved in the explosively growing folk scene centered in Greenwich Village, where he met Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Eric Anderson, and Phil Ochs. In addition to listening to Ochs' music, he also performs his own songs. While attending Queen's College, Michael formed a rock group called "Sly Boots" with his friend David Greenberg and performed mainly his own songs. Οne day, Michael visited the Record Plant studio in New York to record (Notes On A Journey), which was scheduled to be released by Records, and while looking around the building, he discovered Jimi Hendrix recording a guitar solo. Jimi asks Michael, who unexpectedly attends the session recording, which is the best, after playing three different solos, and they both agree that the second one was the best. Michael was mesmerized. Jimi's solo, -which he enjoyed-, is included in "All Along the Watchtower." 

After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in sociology, another fateful encounter approaches Michael. He produces Van Morrison's legendary album (Astral Weeks), Lewis Merenstein showed interest in his music and introduced Michael to Buddha Records president Neil Bogart. Neil immediately signed Michael to a long-term contract and released three albums, "Michael Wendroff" 1973,  "Southpaw" 1974, and "Recorded Live" 1976, all produced by Merenstein. In addition, French/Moroccan hard rock band Les Variations Co-produced Sion's album (Caf é de Paris) with Merenstein, was in charge of lyrics for Ray Charles' "Just Because " , and was the backing vocalist for Lou Reed's "Sally Can't Dance" We are expanding our activities in many ways, including participating in and co-mixing “Coney Island Baby.”

After leaving Buddah Records, Michael worked with various musicians in Woodstock, New York, while composing many songs on the piano . It is contained in the beautiful 1978 album "Kiss The World Goodbye" (Ariola America Records), created in a small villa in Woodstock and Michael's apartment in Brooklyn Heights.  MARIOS

Tracks
1  On The Highway - 5:22
2  Now That You’ve Found Out - 3:51
3  Louise - 3:23
4  I’m Alright-You’re Alright - 3:58
5  A Different Place - 3:58
6  You Two - 3:09
7  I Was Trying - 3:16
8  Notes On A Journey East - 3:37
9  You Deserve Delicate Treatment (Donna) (Michael Wendroff, Garry Halpern) - 3:09
10. Acapella - 4:19
All songs by  Michael Wendroff except where indicated

Musicians:
*Michael Wendroff - Vocals
*Kirk Hamilton - Bass
*Rick Marotta - Drums
*Bob Mann - Guitar
*David Spinozza - Guitar
*Hugh McCracken - Guitar
*Don Grolnick - Keyboards
*Eric Kihss - Keyboards
*Frank Owens - Keyboards
*Michael Brecker - Sax
*Barry Rogers - Trombone
*Randy Brecker - Trumpet
*Jim Maelen - Percussion

  



Really worth a listen people - check him out!

Albums That Should Exist : Ron Sexsmith covers Vol III 2002 -2005

 

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 3: 2002-2005

This is Volume 3 of my Rox Sexsmith stray tracks collection. It mostly consists of cover versions, but there are a few originals in there.

All but two of the songs are officially release. Those two are "Guess Things Happen That Way" and "Wrecking Ball." They're from concert bootlegs. But they're probably from soundboards, because their sound quality is excellent.

Regarding the officially released songs, six of them come from the 2004 album "Has-Been and Wives:" tracks 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, and 15. Technically, this album was credited to "the Kelele Brothers," but that's just another name for Sexsmith and his backing band. They did another album in 2001, and I included some songs from that on the last album in this series. As with that volume, I've only included the songs where Sexsmith is the lead vocalist. I've scattered them between some other songs because the sound is ukelele-centric, and I wanted to spread that out.

Regarding the other songs, they're generally from various artists collections and appearances on other artists' albums. For instance, there are songs from tribute albums to Stephen Foster, NRBQ, and Gordon Lightfoot. There's also one song, "All Too Much," that's a bonus track.

Note that the first song, "Wastin' Time," appears on his debut studio album "Ron Sexsmith." But this is a piano-centric version that I figured was different enough to merit inclusion.

As with the rest of this series, thanks to Pete BBBB for help finding the songs and organizing the information about them.

This album is 50 minutes long.

Here's a list of the original artists for each song: 

01 Wastin' Time [Piano Version] - Ron Sexsmith
02 Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
03 Guess Things Happen That Way - Johnny Cash
04 Drifters - Gordon Lightfoot
05 Chick Habit - Serge Gainsbourg / April March
06 All Too Much - Ron Sexsmith
07 Wrecking Ball - Neil Young
08 Father Christmas - Kinks
09 Boredom and Loneliness - Ron Sexsmith
10 Comrades Fill No Glass for Me - Stephen Foster
11 I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - Randy Newman / Dusty Springfield
12 My Girlfriend's Pretty - NRBQ
13 Blue, Red and Grey - Who
14 Los Mismo Que Yo [If Only] - Alex Cuba & Ron Sexsmith 
15 One Brown Mouse - Jethro Tull  
16 Song No. 6 - Ane Bruno. 

For George - RINGO - NEVER WITHOUT YOU

Ringo ❤️ for George

 What with all the lovely posts about George on his birthday a couple of days ago now and all across the Interwebbie mcthingiemabob and every day since seemingly this year as in all years since our loss and then I spotted someone had posted this from our Ringo . . . . . . . . .  

yikes, not a dry eye in the house

Singer songwriter of The Day :: The Six O' Clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes - John Hartford | O My Soul



The Six O' Clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes

thanks as ever to 

O My Soul

for a heads up on this one and reminder

Hartford is the author composer of classic country song 'Gentle on My Mind' and the three time award wining song enabled him to live a life singing and performing at festivals and gigs all over the USA he passed away from cancer in 2001 aged just 63

John Hartford by Ginny Wynn

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Jo Ann Kelly - TRAMP 1974 | VOODOO WAGON

Jo Ann Kelly - TRAMP 1974 - Voodoo Wagon




Jo Ann Kelly - Tramp 1974
(Reissued 2000)
Studio Recordings @192
(Out of Print) 
From the BOSS - SILENT WAY 
The British blues singer/guitarist Jo-Anne Kelly (1944-90) was a little-known treasure. She was a member of the same generation of musicians as the Rolling Stones, but she was more interested in reviving prewar country blues than in popularizing postwar electric blues. Jo-Anne sat in with the Yardbirds in early in their early Clapton days, had a long association with The Groundhogs, and in the 1970s did a stint in the blues-rock band Tramp. But mostly she played acoustic guitar and performed in folk music clubs. She was a regular support act for American blues musicians of an older generation touring England, such as Fred McDowell and Big Joe Williams.
Jo-Anne didn't record much, and her records were hard to find in the shops - certainly in my country(Australia). Those that that I did lay my hands on revealed a powerful voice and a driving, rhythmic guitar style. Her heroine was Memphis Minnie.

Digitally remastered 2001. A great mix of previously unreleased & rare live & studio sessions (14 tracks, over 65 minutes of music). Features contributions from Fleetwood Mac's Danny Kirwan, plus Keef Hartley, Bob Brunning & Bob Hall. Tracks 9-14 feature Danny Kirwan.  


Track List: 
1. Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone
2. Love Blind
3. Nicki Hoeky
4. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home
5. Jump Steady Daddy
6. Put A Record On
7. Help Me Through The Night
8. Travellin' Mood
9. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)
10. It's Too Late For That Now (Live)
11. What You Gonna Do (Live)
12. You Don't Love Me Baby (Live)
13. Put A Record On (Live)
14. You Got To Move (Live)




Now this is a really great addition to the British blues pantheon from a lesser known voice with great power and range that we are all the poorer for her loss from her death in 1990 . . . . . 

Enjoy and thanks Ess-Dubya!


Go on check it out - you won’t regret it!

Fancy a taster? Have at this!

Jo Ann Kelly - Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's ( Rare & Unissued Recordings, Vol 3 ) 1974

Jo-Ann Kelly & Backwards Sam Firk - Death Letter Blues (Live, 1969)

- Excerpt from the documentary film "Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival" on Fat Possum Records -

UPDATE:
As regular visitor (yeah I got regulars now!? ) Dell pointed out the reference here to Pete Frame’s original Rock Family Trees it was worth mentioning the 2 volume book is available through my favourite book supplier and source of all things literate Abe Books

John Prine - Live at the Point Depot 1989 - Full Concert (audio only) and no guest spot! but . . . . . .

 From the Lyle Lovett posting yesterday I tried to find the complete set of John Prine’s gig in Ireland back in 1989 but couldn't find the video but there is THIS!


AND!

Introducing Lyle Lovett 

Dylan Of The Day | Bob Dylan ~ Hard Times Come Again No More [for Willie Nelson 60th Birthday]

 



For Willie’s 60th birthday . . . . . . Nelson that is!

Bob Dylan ~ Hard Times Come Again No More Lyrics Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There's a song that will linger forever in our ears Oh, hard times, come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sign of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door Oh hard times, come again no more. There's pale drooping maiden who foils her life away With a worn out heart, whose better days are o'er. Though her voice it would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day, Oh, hard times, come again no more. Tis the song, the sign of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door Oh hard times, come again no more. Tis the song, the sign of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door Oh hard times, come again no more.

Stephen Foster  [1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28]


 

MAESTRO Speaks! Bob Dylan on his place in the pantheon!?


Bob Dylan, The Rolling Thunder Revue, 1975 © Ken Regan. 

"I don’t consider myself a songwriter in the sense of Townes Van Zandt or Randy Newman. I’m not Paul Simon. I can’t do that. 


My songs come out of folk music and early rock ‘n’ roll, and that’s it. I’m not a classical lyricist, I’m not a meticulous lyricist.


I don’t write melodies that are clever or catchy. It’s all very traditionally documented..."

[Bob Dylan]


I’m sorry!? Does anyone have a clue as to what he means here? If he ain’t one of the finest songwriters who ever lived I’ll eat my fedora!



 . . . . . . . . Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,

Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,

The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,

Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,

Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,

With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,

Let me forget about today until tomorrow. . . . . . . . . 

Robyn Hitchcock - Round Song (2003) | GUESS I’M DUMB

 

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Robyn Hitchcock - Round Song (2003)

"This one must’ve slipped past me when it was released back in 2003. “ 

I remember all too suddenly

Doesnt seem to want to play on any media tho cant see why here try this

https://youtu.be/XIqLHwlNykI?si=RNdD2gSka1g86rwo

Thanks as ever to Guess I’m Dumb