Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar... ...Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock afterward launched a prolific solo career. Hitchcock's musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock's lyrics tend to include surrealism, comedic elements, characterisations of English eccentrics, and melancholy depictions of everyday life. His themes include the eternal contingencies of existence — namely: death, sex, and eating. (Recognising these themes, he released an EP in 2007 called Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas.) He was signed to two major American labels (A&M Records, then Warner Brothers) over the course of the 1980s and '90s, but mainstream success has been limited. Still, he has maintained a loyal cult following and has often earned strong critical reviews over a steady stream of album releases and live performances.
trax: 01 Be Here Now (Studio Outtake) 02 Blue Moon of Kentucky (PT Session Vocal Nick Lowe) 03 Candyman (Nashville with the Tennessee Crawdads) 04 Changes (3 King Halloween 2010 MSF Benefit) 05 Copper Kettle (Propellor Time session) 06 I Still Miss Someone (PT Session Vocal Scott McCaughey) 07 LIfe On Mars (Live at the 3 Kings Halloween 2010 MSF Benefit) 08 Pink Moon in C (Studio Outtake) 09 Quicksand (Live at the 3 Kings Halloween 2010 MSF Benefit) 10 Song for Bob Dylan (3 Kings Halloween 2010 - MSF Benefit) 11 Very Cellular Song (Lead Vocal Mike Heron at Petsival 2009) 12 Wang Dang Doodle (Propellor Time session)
mostly because Mike Heron is featured on this collection I couldn't find them doing a Very Cellular Song togather but found ‘Olé' and . . . .
Mike doing his very own Cellular Song on Record Store day back in 2013
The Mike Heron Band - "A Very Cellular Song" live at Record Store Day 2013
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (L-R Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans, Chris 'Whipper' Layton and Stevie Ray Vaughan - seated) pose for a portrait in February, 1987 in Boston, Massachusetts.(Photo by the legendary David Gahr)
Stevie Ray Vaughan: I started getting into using different fret wire because I noticed that I had an easier time playing when I had a little bit more fret. With normal guitar frets, I was wearing them out so fast, and I found out that I could put bigger frets on the guitar, raise the action, and use bigger strings. For me, all that made it feel easier to play. This works better for me because I can play hard with both hands.
The gauges vary because it’s based on the shape my fingers are in. I go from an .011 to an .013 on the high E, which is the only one I lighten up on. As a rule, the others are .015, .019, .028, .038, .054 to .056 or even .058. The good thing about such heavy strings is that you can hit ’em hard and they don’t move—when you pop ’em, they stay there.
SHANNON: He would literally glue his fingers back together after burning them up. His method was very scientific. He would make this concoction of glue, put it on the end of the finger he wanted to fix, and the finger he was taking the skin off of, push the two fingertips together, and then slowly pull away the finger that he was grafting the skin from.
LAYTON: He would also add some skin oil to help the skin peel away, like peeling back a sticker real slow, so that it won’t rip while you’re pulling it off.
SHANNON: You’d be sitting there talking to him, and he’d suddenly rub his finger on your face to get some skin oil. This would last most of the gig, but by the end, he’d worn through it.
DONNIE OPPERMAN, guitar tech: Stevie was a brutally physical player. I sometimes changed his strings two or three times the same night! When I first met him, he would push extra high E and B strings through the bridge and he’d tape them to the face of his guitar. If he broke one of those strings, he’d just grab one of the new strings, pull it straight, and wind it himself onto the peg. He had this technique where he could bend the very end of the string down and then snap it off in one move before sticking it in the tuning peg. Super strength in his hands. I can’t do that, and I’ve tried hundreds of times.
- From Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan By Alan Paul and Andy Aledort
So Diamond Dave dropped by and dropped this! . . . . he’s a neighbour tha knows!
Early EARLY Chuck Prophet from 2013! Can ya digit? I think you can . . . . . . I know t’other Dave [Sealyman} will . . .this one’s for him . . . it’s ALL his fault!
Chuck Prophet - 2013-09-07 - Austin, TX
(Soundboard FLAC)
- I converted it to MP3 if anyone wants it drop me a line! A kin send it and everee fink!
This lovely chap was on Sunday Brunch (TV UK) this morning and signed off with this song most like his performance here on Jools’ Later (Sunday Brunch may well post their version later and I will doubtless post it again) lovely sing and heartfelt about friendship and closeness, support and love and affection . . . . .beautifully done and beautifully written . . . I send this out to anyone who may need to hear it!
Tom Odell - Don’t Cry, Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Later... with Jools Holland) 2 months ago now
or well finally with this lovely song from Tom who was on the telebox here this morning . . . . .
Aww shucks another Butterboy compilation to download . . . alt (ernative) country has always interested me from John Prine, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle to Gillian Welch and Neko Case, Nanci Griffith et al
ALT COUNTRY
Butterboy says: Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music. Alternative country artists are often influenced by alternative rock. However, the term has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences from alternative rock, indie rock, roots rock, bluegrass, neo traditional country, punk rock, rockabilly, punkabilly, honky-tonk, outlaw country, folk rock, indie folk, folk revival, hard rock, R&B, country rock, heartland rock, and Southern rock.
Here are the first of 2 Volumes, each 50 Tracks, of Alt Country songs from my collection. Some new, some old, some you know and some you may not know. But as always, some of my favorites. Enjoy!
...Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock afterward launched a prolific solo career. Hitchcock's musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock's lyrics tend to include surrealism, comedic elements, characterisations of English eccentrics, and melancholy depictions of everyday life. His themes include the eternal contingencies of existence — namely: death, sex, and eating. (Recognising these themes, he released an EP in 2007 called Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas.)
...Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock afterward launched a prolific solo career. Hitchcock's musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock's lyrics tend to include surrealism, comedic elements, characterisations of English eccentrics, and melancholy depictions of everyday life. His themes include the eternal contingencies of existence — namely: death, sex, and eating. (Recognising these themes, he released an EP in 2007 called Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas.)
