So we will sign off for the day with this treat from the stunning Olivia Dean ( we like her) with the reminder she is on Later with Jools tonight at 10.00pm (if you are in the UK - ED) . . . . with a couple of tracks from her second album, ‘The Art of Loving'
John Sebastian1969-10-05Fillmore WestSan Francisco, CASoundboard Recording
Speedy says: John Sebastian 1969 - Back to Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back To back saet featuring John Sebastian at the Fillmore West in 1969. This one is a soundboard recording from October 5, 1969, 56 years ago today.
How long does a man live after all?
A thousand days or only one?
One week or a few centuries?
How long does a man spend living or dying
and what do we mean when we say gone forever?Adrift in such preoccupations, we seek clarification.
We can go to the philosophers
but they will weary of our questions.
We can go to the priests and rabbis
but they might be busy with administrations.So, how long does a man live after all?
And how much does he live while he lives?
We fret and ask so many questions –
then when it comes to us
the answer is so simple after all.A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
for as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams,
for as long as we ourselves live,
holding memories in common, a man lives.His lover will carry his man’s scent, his touch:
his children will carry the weight of his love.
One friend will carry his arguments,
another will hum his favourite tunes,
another will still share his terrors.And the days will pass with baffled faces,
then the weeks, then the months,
then there will be a day when no question is asked,
and the knots of grief will loosen in the stomach
and the puffed faces will calm.
And on that day he will not have ceased
but will have ceased to be separated by death.How long does a man live after all?
A man lives so many different lengths of time.
Brian Patten
In late 2024, I posted a BBC concert he did in 1976. At the time, that was the only BBC material I could find. Now that I've found this, that other one has been renamed to "Volume 2." Here's the link to it if you want to redownload it with the changed cover art and mp3 tags and such:
https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2024/12/ralph-mctell-bbc-sessions-old-grey.html
The music for this volume comes entirely from the "Top of the Pops" BBC radio show. (As usual, I'm obliged to point out that was totally different than the BBC TV show of the same name.) Once again, this is all thanks to my anonymous source, who has given me material from this show that is so hard to find that in this case I don't think it even has been bootlegged until now. McTell's first album came out in 1968. The performances here began in 1970, with the first four songs. The next three are from 1971, then three from 1972, and the last three are from 1974.
Ironically, this ends with "Streets of London," because that was his biggest hit by far, reaching Number Two when it was rerecorded and rereleased in 1974. I'm sure the BBC wanted to have him on more after that, and I'll bet they did. But that was the point where the "Top of the Pops" generally switched from broadcasting unique BBC performances to just playing the recorded versions. In fact, we're lucky to get some songs from 1974, because that transition mostly happened in 1973.
If you look at the song list, you'll see that eight out of the 13 songs have "[Edit]" in their titles. That's due to BBC DJ Brian Matthew's bad habit of talking over the starts and ends of songs. He started easing up on that around 1972, which is why most of those are from the first half of this album. As usual, I got rid of his voice using the UVR5 audio editing program.
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. Oh, and generally speaking, these are solo acoustic performances.
This album is 46 minutes long.
01 Daddy's Here [Edit]
02 Eight Frames a Second [Edit]
03 Spiral Staircase [Edit]
04 Too Tight Rag [Edit]
05 Lay Your Money Down [Edit]
06 First and Last Man [Edit]
07 In Some Way I Loved You [Edit]
08 First Song
09 Gypsy
10 When I Was a Cowboy
11 Let Me Down Easy
12 Nanna's Song
13 Streets of London
In 1985 Guitar World ran a photo essay of Johnny Winter, Dickey Betts, and Brian Setzer displaying their tattoos. Johnny’s photo also graced the cover of Easy Riders: Tattoo Magazine of Skin Art in 1989. Getting tattooed exposed Johnny’s skin, and his music, to a new audience. “A lot of bikers like my music now that didn’t before I got tattooed,” he says. “More bikers bought my records because they identified with me.” A line drawing of Johnny’s Lazer guitar, a streamlined instrument that resembles a Steinberger bass, accompanied the 1989 interview “Rockin’ Tattoo Blues.” He bought it from luthier Mark Erlewine in the early 1980s, but didn’t start playing it until 1984, when he broke a string on his Firebird.Erlewine, who made the Automatic guitar for Johnny’s friend Billy Gibbons in ZZ Top (as well as Don Felder of the Eagles and Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits), brought a Chiquita, a guitar about a foot shorter than a Stratocaster, to Johnny’s gig at the Austin Opry House. Johnny liked the Chiquita. The following year, Erlewine showed him a Lazer, a lightweight full-scale guitar, and Johnny bought a black model. “I remember trying it and liking it,” says Johnny. “It feels real good and it s pretty lightweight. The Lazer is a little bit easier to play than the Firebird. The action is as high, but the strings pull easier. It sounds close to a Fender. It’s a better sounding guitar than the Firebird; it’s more biting and has more of a treble sound. But I still use the Firebird on slide songs; the slide still sounds better on the Firebird.”
How did I find out about Jugband Music . . . . . . . I think I identified with this song as I was a sickly child!
The doctor said give him jug band music it seems to make him feel just fine
I was down in SavannahEatin' cream and bananasWhen the heat just made me faintI began to get crosseyedI thought I was lostI'd begun to see things as they ain'tAs the relatives gathered to see what's the matterThe doctor came to see was I diedBut the doctor said give him jug band music,It seems to make him feel just fine
I was told a little tale about a skinny as a railEight foot cowboy with a headacheHe was hung up in the desert swappin' ratsAnd tryin' ta get a drink of water with his knees an'gettin' mud cakedAnd I'll tell you every sentence how he stumbled into Memphis TennesseeHardly crawlin', lookin' dust bakedWe gave 'im little water; a little bit of wineHe opened up his eyes but they didn't seem to shineAnd the doctor said give him jug band musicIt seems to make him feel just fine
So if you ever get sicklyGet sister run quickly to the dusty closet shelfAnd pull out a washboard; and play a guitar chordAnd try a little do it yourselfCall on your neighbours to put down their laboursAnd come and play the hardware in time'Cause the doctor said give him jug band musicIt seems to make him feel just fine
I was floatin' in the oceanGreased with suntan lotionWhen I got wiped out by a beach boyHe was surfin' when he hit me but jumped off his board to get meAnd he dragged me by the arm just like a child's toyAs we staggered into land with all the waiters eatin' sandwichesWe tried to mooch a towel from the Hoi PoloiHe emptied out his eardrums; I emptied out mineAnd everybody knows that the very last line isThe doctor said give him jug band musicIt seems to make him feel just fine
And the doctor said give him jug band musicIt seems to make him feel just fine
Songwriter: JOHN SEBASTIAN
a favourite teenage album Hums By the Lovin’ Spoonful
Dating to the 1940s, this short film presents "The Jug Band", a group which was better known as the "Dixieland Jug Band" or the "Henry Miles Jug Band" after its leader, Henry Miles of Louisville. Miles worked in an orchestra but could also play the fiddle, guitar, violin, and mandolin. Oh and did we mention he could sing and dance too? He is probably most remembered for his fiddle playing with the Ballard Chefs (1929-1932). The group performs "I Had a Dream Dear" (;27), "Shine" (1:57) and "Who's Sorry Now" (4:23).
Not much is known about the band shown here, other than that they were from Louisville. Henry Miles is the violinist and was still playing in Louisville (and elsewhere) with his jug band into the '80s and died in 1984. Noted music historian Mark Cantor says he believes the lineup with Miles is Bee Ferguson, rhythm guitar; Rudoph Thompson, jug; James Hardy, spoons, and George Stewart playing the four-string tenor Dobro.
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Janis Joplin and her crew arrived at the Woodstock Festival by helicopter on August 16, 1969. They had to be picked up from their motel due to the huge traffic jam caused by the massive attendance at the festival. Janis felt dizzy and nervous seeing the huge number of people from the helicopter. Despite wanting to perform immediately, she had to wait for about 10 hours backstage and watch the performances with her partner Peggy Caserta before going on stage in the early hours of August 17.
01. Lovin' You02. Sitting On Top Of The World03. Magical Connection04. You're A Big Boy No05. Introduction to 'The Room Nobody Lives In'06. The Room Nobody Lives In07. Daydream08. Fishin' Blues09. Younger Girl10. Red-Eye Express11. She's A Lady12. Darling Be Home Soon
Speedy says: John Sebastian 1969 - Back to Back - #1: John Sebastian wasn't scheduled to perform at Woodstock in 1969, but he went to the festival as a spectator. When rain played havoc with the schedule and staging however, the festival organizers asked Sebastian to perform an acoustic set while they cleared water off the stage in order to set up the amps for Santana. Sebastian's Woodstock set consisted of 3 songs from his recorded but not yet released John B. Sebastian album (How Have You Been, I Had A Dream", and "Rainbows All Over Your Blues) and 2 Lovin' Spoonful songs (Darling Be Home Soon and "Younger Generation). Two months later, Sebastian played the Fillmore West, and featured many of the same tunes in his set list. This soundboard recording captures his first night in San Francisco, on October 4, 1969, 56 years ago today, Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back to Back Set.
Now I have posted this set before and bear with me but the Lovin’ Spoonful were the first real discovery of my own after a burgeoning education from having an older brother who was blues based but also like The Shadows et al from the UK and I wanted to find a band that was MINE! John B and the boys were it and as soon as I saw them on the Teevee I was hooked ‘Darlin’ Companion' and 'Lovin’ You’ life long faves and Nashville Cats or a LS top hit for me and his appearance at Woodstock in which he didn’t even have a guitar with him but picked up someone’s Harmony and entertained the assembled masses with sheer aplomb [and guts it has to be said] . . .I bought John B Sebastian when it came out and there we left him . . . . . a sentimental journey for me so here it is!
Sunday? . . . .better mention Jesus? No problems . . here he comes now,
quick everybody look busy!
JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH - IT’S NICE UP NORTH (2006)
I frequently haven’t ever dared to post this . . . it is UNBEARABLY funny to the point of being excruciating! Ricky excels here of course the mock Jamaican accent is excruciating in extremis here but after repeated viewing the performance from fellow comedy genius Doc Brown is priceless!
Can’t take my eyes off him! The expressions from the get go are just comic genius!
Biddly Biddly Biddly Biddly BONG!
Now we’ve been waiting for this one . . .Kostas excels again and shows us his knowledge of the extraordinary gals who make up . . . . .
Thee Headcoatees were an all-female garage band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1991.
