Michael Martin Murphey & Suzi Boguss ‘Happy Trails'

so might sign off with an old favourite  . . . Happy Trails all n y'all

Michael Martin Murphey

In June of 1990, Michael Martin Murphey and Suzy Bogguss Music wished Happy Trails to the audiences of Nashville Now with this classic western song.

I have always loved this rather hokey country song but wished everyone Happy Trails for the longest time . . .and this is why!

Ger O Donnell & Trevor Sexton : Marrying The Sea

Trevor Sexton

        Ger O Donnell       

 

 

Trevor says:

Marrying the Sea, the absolutely stunning Declan O'Rourke song. 

We gave it the drone and harmony treatment here with the Hurdy Gurdy and Shruti Box! 

Hope you enjoy!

Shows - upcoming concerts

Beth Hart & Jeff Beck ‘Tell Her You Belong To Me’ live at Jools' Annual Hootenanny | Don’s Tunes

 Beth Hart & Jeff Beck ‘Tell Her You Belong To Me’ live at Jools' Annual Hootenanny

"Beth Hart & Jeff Beck perform Tell Her You Belong To Me live at Jools' Annual Hootenanny. 

Beth: "Jeff Beck is an absolute genius. When I went in for our first writing session together I didn’t even know who he was. Looking back, I’m glad I didn’t because I would have gotten extremely nervous and intimidated. I’ve never met anyone who can play the guitar like that. Later when he asked me to come out the road with him it was phenomenal. Post my set, I would sit on the side of the stage and watch this genius perform up close. 

There has never been and never will be a musician like Jeff Beck."

Don's Tunes

CRANBERRIES Dolores O'Riordan - Live Chile 2007 | Voodoo Wagon | A Silent Way re-boot

CRANBERRIES 

Dolores O'Riordan - Live Chile 2007

Originally posted November 13, 2016

Dolores O'Riordan (Cranberries) 

Teatr Caupolican 

August 23, 2007 

 Santiago, Chile

SET LIST: 
1. Zombie (Cranberries)
2. Angel Fire (Dolores)
3. Animal Instinct (Cranberries)
4. Apple Of My Eye (Dolores)
5. Linger (Cranberries)
6. Ordinary Day (Dolores)
7. Human Spirit (Dolores)
8. Stay With Me (Dolores)
9. Black Widow (Dolores)
10. Pretty (Cranberries)
11. Free To Decide (Cranberries)
12. When You’re Gone (Cranberries)
13. I Cant’t Be With You (Cranberries)
14. Loser (Dolores)
15. Salvation (Cranberries)
16. When We Were Young (Dolores)
17. Ode To My Family (Cranberries)
18. Accept Things (Dolores)
19. October (Dolores)
20. Dreams (Cranberries)

As Silent Way often has to remind folk if you have enjoyed this please leave a comment (there OR here!) why, it’d be RUDE not to!?

check the link page for a scorching version of ‘Dreams' as closer to this fantastic set . . . .

so we might share the opener . . . 

Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) performing "Zombie" Live in Santiago, Chile on August 23rd 2007.

David Bowie - TVC-15 [Live Nassau Coliseum 1976] | Tripping Mantras [jt1674]

 

https://jt1674.tumblr.com/post/831622472777498624/david-bowie-tvc15

Brian Eno - Later On [Music for Palaces] | Tripping Mantras [jt1674]

https://jt1674.tumblr.com/post/831625131904434176/brian-eno-later-on

Kathy Smith - “2" (1971 USA, 2010 reissue) | Plain & Fancy

 

Kathy Smith - 2 (1971 USA, 2010 reissue)

Again, using this column to shine a bit of light on an album that’s been pinched between the cracks. While there are dozens of reissues pressing down each month, it seems that for each complete knockout, there are just as many superfluous retreads of dollar bin fodder best left to their original incarnations. So Necessary Repress finds me wandering through those records that elude local capture or beg too much on the secondary market. An apt example as any would certainly be the sophomore LP from L.A. folk artist Kathy Smith. Though she’s been a collector’s gem for quite some time, I came to Smith (as I imagine many might have) through Andy Votel’s lovely compilation Folk Is Not A Four Letter Word. Her song “It’s Taking So Long” from 2 gets prime placement on the comp and acts as an easy hook into Smith’s songwriting and style. 

Like her equally scarce debut, Some Songs I’ve Saved, 2 was issued on Richie Havens’ pet label Stormy Forest, which aside from the ‘70s output of Havens himself, only issued the works of Smith, Havens associate Bob Brown, and Canadian folk singer Bruce Murdoch. It’s little wonder then that her albums suffered from a slight lack of promotion. The record breaks from her debut to push a slightly more eclectic mix of songs, though both have a bit of Havens’ stamp of mixed instrumentation and jazz touches – augmenting the album with flutes, slight funk nodes and psychedelic overtones. Her second album is Smith at her peak.

It would have seemed like she was poised for greater things with 2. She’d played to an audience of 600,000 at the Isle of Wight just the year prior and with the album’s expanded palliate it certainly had some potential. However, like other psych-folk gems from the likes of Linda Perhacs, Vashti Bunyan, and Susan Christie, it would prove to slip through the fingers of the buying public. Though unlike any of those it has yet to find a second life in reissue glory. It feels like a record with enough of a cult following to make the crossover. Plus, while its a great record no one needs to spend $100 + on a copy. Recommending this one for a repress, puttin’ the vibes out to the universe. 

by Andy French

Tracks

1. Lady Of Lavender (Jimmie Spheeris) - 3:47

2. It's Taking So Long (C. Jackson Brown) - 4:57

3. Rock 'n' Roll Star (Pamela Polland) - 4:00

4. Willie (Jimmie Spheeris) - 3:55

5. Fly Off With The Wind - 4:32

6. Seven Virgins (Jimmie Spheeris) - 3:49

7. For Emile - 3:43

8. Travel In A Circle - 5:57

9. Blessed Be The People - 4:57 

Lyrics and Music by Kathy Smith, except where noted

Personnel

*Kathy Smith - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

*Don Alias - Drums, Percussion

*Warren Bernhardt - Keyboards

*Jan Hammer - Keyboards

*Gerald Jemmott - Bass

*Leslie Jones - Guitar

*Bill Lavorgna - Drums, Percussion

*Tony Levin - Bass

*Donald McDonald - Drums, Percussion

*Don Sarlin - Guitar

*Jimmie Spheeris - Vocals

*Jeremy Steig - Flute

*Daniel Ben Zebulon - Congas 

Kathy Smith - Lady of Lavender 1971

Kathy Smith - Blessed Be The People 1971

Rick's Music Video of the Day : Billy Strings and Friends ‘Can’t Let Go’ - Rick Grenda

 After Robert Plant and the peerless voice of Alison Krauss’ version of this song by Randy Weeks it was a hard act to follow but this is curiously very interesting, quite relaxed and loose but heartfelt and the singing is wondrous! Check the line up!

Rick's Music Video of the Day 

Billy & Friends, w/ Duane Trucks (drums), Sierra Hull (mandolin, vocals), Rachael Davis (vocals),Vince Herman (guitar), Jerry Douglas (dobro), and Lindsay Lou (vocals), cover this Randy Weeks song

1-11-24 Baltimore

Rick Grenda

What’s The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe (Vocalion 1931) | sonicandvisualsurprises

 What’s The Matter With The Mill 

Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe 

What’s The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe 

1931

Trouble at the mill. Blues in the groove.

Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe bring their voices and guitars together in a fine slice of country blues, with an easy interplay that makes this duo such a pleasure to hear.

 

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I think thanks to my old friend and colleague Ian Cole (The Jet Rink Band) Education Officer at MOMA Oxford on my last stint round there who introduced me to this fine fine song first heard by Moon Mullican. What’s up Minnie?

Birthdays: Tracey Thorn [Cherry Red Records]

 

Cherry Red Records

On The Marine Girls!
Happy Birthday Tracy Thorn

Happy Birthday, Tracey Thorn! 🎉 Today we’re revisiting a 2018 clip from her appearance on The British Masters series, hosted by theQuietus’ John Doran. A career that’s taken her from cult indie-pop with Marine Girls, to massive commercial success with Everything But The Girl, collaborations with Massive Attack, and a celebrated run as an author and solo artist along the way