THE KANNEH-MASON FAMILY!

 Speaking of youngsters who restore our faith in humanity, music and creativity, this is a whole family of ‘em . . . I recall these guys from when they were much, much younger but aww heck are they growing up and then some!? So I might just sign off with some classical and this wondrous family and refer you to Isata’s Mr Sandman variations . . . . . . 

This is ISATA 

(she is keen on Prokofiev and seems to specialise on Prokofiev 3 lately! Here she is with a lullaby from Beethoven!)

Here with a bit of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

and here with some more Prokofiev The Love of Three Oranges

oh and you thought classical players didn’t jam or improvise?

Here she is with a strain from Mr Sandman - geddit?!

Isata has a new single out!

she says: My new single “Prélude” by Prokofiev is out now!

and this is what she say about The Lord of The Rings 

- appears to be a running gag with her brothers

and speaking of her brothers . . . . 

this from brother Sheku’s page

and here are the sisters talking about siblings and working together!

here’s Jeneba!

ADVERT BREAK! Speaking of Taj he has a New Album out! Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band : Time

A huge thank you to WORLD FAMOUS V.I.P. RECORDS IN LONG BEACH, Tavis Smiley, and of course all of the wonderful fans who came out to Taj & Phantom Blues Band's celebration of the 'Time' album release on May 3!  

It was amazing to be able to celebrate with such a strong community of fans. 🕰️❤️

Listen to their new album 'Time' at the link below.

https://30tgrs.ffm.to/time

Listen to Taj Mahal : TIME here. . .

Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band - Wild About My Lovin’

I first heard this song from The Lovin’  Spoonful back in 1965

“If you wanna be a girl of mine you got to bring it with you when you come"

TajMo - Diving Duck Blues (Taj Mahal & Keb Mo)

 You know after the wonderful sign off from the Polish National Orchestra and Keb Mo in tribute to Taj, I mentioned TajMo and someone asked me what that meant . . . . . ‘ere ‘tis

If you listen to one piece today here listen to this . . . oh and TURN IT UP!

TajMo - Diving Duck Blues

The wind is gonna rise and blow my blues away . . . #TajMo

Keb' Mo'

 and Taj Mahal

Kansas Joe McCoy (with Memphis Minnie) - When The Levee Breaks (1929)

 

Wilbur Joe "Kansas Joe" McCoy (1905–✝️1950) was a pivotal American Delta blues musician and songwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with his wife, Memphis Minnie, and for writing the original blues standard "When the Levee Breaks" (1929)

Country Blues Images

Man Ray - on the creative process

 Man Ray on Creativity, Imagination vs Craft

Like much of Marcel Duchamp’s sayings or interviews context is everything but this amused me!

Rory Gallagher Shadow Play live at Montreux 1979 | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

 Rory Gallagher Shadow Play live at Montreux 1979

Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Madness on The Young Ones - All Things Rik and Ade

 Madness on The Young Ones

All Things Rik and Ade

Back to 80 music - BLASTS FROM THE PAST : House of Pain - Jump Around (1981)

 THE HOUSE OF PAIN - JUMP AROUND

Tommy Boy Records is a legendary Hip Hop & Electronic record label founded in New York City in 1981. The label is credited with launching the careers of notable legends Queen Latifah, House of Pain, Coolio and Naughty By Nature.

Tommy Boy

Birthdays : Brian Eno

 Happy birthday to Brian Eno, born in Melton, Suffolk on this day in 1948.

Brian Eno - Ring Of Fire

Roxy Music - Ladytron - OGWT 1972

Brian Eno - Making Gardens out of Silence (2022)

Eno portrait - A.Swapp iPad drawing 2012

FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE Es: Bob Dylan Sings for Juvenile Delinquents in Texas 1976 | RAY PADGETT

Bob Dylan Sings for Juvenile Delinquents in Texas

1976-05-15, State School for Boys, Gatesville, TX

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Nick Russell photo via @rockintomm

Throughout this Rolling Thunder 1976 anniversary series, I’ve emphasized all the ways this iteration of the tour differs from Rolling Thunder 1975. And there are many. But today might be the day that feels the most in the spirit of Rolling Thunder 1975.

Just like he did near the end of the ’75 tour, near the end of ’76, Dylan and the band played at a prison. This time, though, the appearance has nothing to do with Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. It doesn’t have anything to do with anything that I could figure out. For reasons that remain murky, Dylan and co. set up shop at a juvenile detention facility, the Gatesville State School for delinquent boys.

The show was a last-minute affair. Two Dallas shows were originally on the printed itinerary, according to a couple participants. But those were cancelled. Then plans were made for a free show in Austin at legendary music hall Armadillo World Headquarters. But that got scrapped too, in favor of this shortened performance for 300 juvenile delinquents. 

Professor William Bush, who wrote a book about the history of the Texas juvenile system—where this Gatesville facility was particularly notorious—explains that this show came about because of a new boss tasked with fixing things up:

Ron Jackson was the executive director of the Texas Youth Council, the state agency that oversaw all of the state’s ‘training schools’ for juvenile delinquents. He ascended into that role thanks to a major class-action civil rights lawsuit that concluded in 1973-74. Jackson was considered much more progressive than his predecessor, and he was younger and clearly open to hosting a show like that.

Stage manager Gerry Bakal remembers that certain kids there, the worst offenders, were not going to be invited to attend. When Dylan heard about that, though, he objected. “Bob insisted that everybody sees the show or nobody’s going to see a show.” So they were all invited. 

Bandleader Rob Stoner recalls the performance:

It was an admirably altruistic act of social conscience but terrible conditions. The poor kids at the institution didn’t know who Dylan was, sort of like at the NJ prison gig, where the inmates only attended because it was break from their daily routine. The daytime event was hot as hell and there was no canopy to shield us from the Texas sun.

As Stoner notes, this was the Rolling Thunder Revue out of its element, performing for an audience that did not necessarily care about Bob Dylan. “Play some Led Zeppelin,” someone yelled at one point.

They did not. Rather, they played a curtailed version of their usual show—just two hours, rather than four. Dylan played a shortened but otherwise unsurprising set, with no songs he hadn’t already played on the tour. The day’s big surprise Dylan song wasn’t actually performed by him. Joan Baez sang Dylan’s prison-themed folk song “Walls of Red Wing” for the occasion.

Bob Dylan - You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 1976

Joan Baez - Walls of Red Wing (Bob Dylan) ~ 15-May-1976, Gatesville, USA

Another song from the newly surfaced soundboard recording made available just yesterday via the Dylan newsletter "Flagging Down the Double E's".

Taped by David Hendel (thanks!!!), soundman during the second half of the '76 Rolling Thunder Tour.