Steven Wright surprised by Sunny And The Black Pack covering his song ‘Maybe Why'

 Speaking of a message on a Sunday! 

Sunny And The Black Pack

who say: 

"Steven Wright was completely surprised when we performed his own song for him, live! Steven wrote the song “Maybe Why” and when we first heard it, we all fell in love with it right away. It truly has touched our souls and will be a part of us forever.

Thank you Steven for not only sharing your comedy, but your music with the world!

Our version of “Maybe Why” is available NOW on Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and more!”

Now I had known Steven Wright and his lugubrious straight-faced word play comedic genius but did we all know he wrote songs too? Not me!

This is truly wonderful

JOHN ARMSTRONG- Down By The River | Alan Dearing | INTERNATIONAL TIMES

 John Armstrong & friends: ‘Down by the River’

https://internationaltimes.it/john-armstrong-friends.../

John invited Alan Dearling to preview his latest musical release

International Times article here

Alan Dearling adds: 

“This is a rather lovely and quirky round-up, a sample of John’s worldwide music. I particularly loved the ethereal, floaty, gentle and lilting composition, ‘Flow like Water’ with Beana on vocals… And, ‘Valle del Reay’ is an extremely atmospheric, Spanish flamenco-styled piece, with a nice plaintive female vocal edge, plus exquisite guitar playing from Vernon Bigsby… ‘Faded’ explores Alan Walker’s melody, which is often a crowd favourite with John’s audiences. Nice piano opening, well-paced. Romantic and sympathetic – a lovely, cleverly balanced recording with Lindsay’s vocals kept at just the right level in the mix.”

https://northzone.bandcamp.com 

https://northzone.bandcamp.com/album/down-by-the-river

 

Dr John - Everybody Wanna Get Rich Right Away [single] | jt1674

 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/823198724815732736/dr-john-everybody-wanna-get-rich-rite-away

Love - You Set The Scene | sonic and visual surprises

 Perhaps from my top greatest album of all time ( frequently) I loved Arthur Lee's writing and the arrangements seem to have been collaborative but heck this does exactly what it says and sets the scene

sonicandvisualsurprises

YOU SET THE SCENE - LOVE

1967

Love at their most breathtaking

Seven minutes of pure psychedelic beauty, carried by Arthur Lee’s poetic vision and one of the most gorgeous arrangements of the era.

Stump Johnson, "The Duck Yas Yas Yas" 1929

 Someone posted a clip of this on Flackenahook so here ’tis!

Stump Johnson, "The Duck Yas Yas Yas" 1929 

I LIKE IT!

For a Sunday . . . just a jammin' . . . .

 Found this clip of Cory Henry just playin’ around on a Hammond -XK5 I guess at a trade fair . . . note the master Dr Lonnie Smith in the background . . . . . 

Gary Lucas’ profile of Earl Hooker

 

Mississippi-born blues guitarist Earl Hooker (born January 15, 1930, in Quitman County near Clarksdale) delivered a standout performance on the 1969 American Folk Blues Festival tour of Europe and the UK. Already ailing from the tuberculosis that would claim his life the following year, Hooker still showcased the fluid slide technique and pioneering wah-wah pedal work that earned him peerless respect among fellow musicians.

Accompanied by Carey Bell on harmonica, Mack Thompson on bass, and Robert St. Julien on drums, he tore through instrumentals and vocals including “Earl’s Boogie,” “Off the Hook,” and “Going Up and Down.” His clean, bell-like tone and inventive phrasing—sometimes biting the strings for extra bite—electrified audiences at venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall. Film and audio from the tour capture Hooker at a late peak: economical yet dazzling, bridging Delta roots with modern Chicago blues fire. The performances remain essential documents of one of the genre’s most underrated masters.

Gary Lucas 

 

LAST KNOCKINGS . . . . . gently gently posting the BLUES

 RORY GALLAGHER - TORE DOWN (1972)

Feelin' The Blues

"The high-octane, foot-stomping moment an Irish roots-rock champion stood before a West German television camera, dug into a relentless, driving boogie-woogie groove, and supercharged a classic Texas shuffle with pure working-class lightning. Rory Gallagher delivers an absolute masterclass in rapid-fire electric precision and raw, engine-room vocal grit fully live on the set of the legendary television program Beat Club. Recorded in 1972 and later unearthed for the definitive Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher archival compilation, this spectacular broadcast captures the ultimate guitar hero leading his definitive early power trio through a scorching, previously unreleased performance of the blues standard, "Tore Down."

This 1972 studio session stands as a monumental showcase of raw technical endurance and telepathic performance chemistry. Completely ditching the polished production values of mainstream rock television, Gallagher anchors the room alongside his powerhouse rhythm section—featuring the driving, ultra-reliable bass pocket of Gerry McAvoy and the crisp, swinging snare work of drummer Wilgar Campbell. Wielding his heavily weathered, battle-scarred Fender Stratocaster, Rory treats the composition to a ferocious, guitar-driven assault, firing off a barrage of stinging pentatonic turnarounds and aggressive string bends while simultaneously shouting the lyrics with a full-throated, soulful growl.

Originally written by Sonny Thompson and immortalized as a career-defining 1961 single for the legendary "Texas Cannonball" Freddie King, the track was completely retrofitted by Gallagher into a high-voltage blues-rock tour de force. Do you think the loose, unvarnished spontaneity and live television sweat of this 1972 German Beat Club broadcast inject a more thrilling, dangerous rock-and-roll fire into the shuffle than the highly structured, horn-heavy studio templates recorded during the golden age of early electric blues?"

Sneakin’ in a last few sounds before a complete hardware overhaul . . . maybe tomorrow now . . . .  

AFK : Update!

 Aww crap people, the Mac at Swappers Mansions HQ here has fallen over three times in the past twelve hours so may have to be away from keyboard and posting for a while until I get new hardware!!🖥️🖨️🖱️⌨️🕹️💿

Nightmare! Will try n post using iPhone and iPad but it won’t be the same somehow!

Apologies in advance . . .bear with

Bear with . . . . . . .

Conspiracy theories notwithstanding (it is over ten years old, I thought they worked forever!) I sense a gremlin in the works

Update on the update can’t post pictures or video clips and am wrestling with my usual reviews link to other sites with the iPad

Sorry people!😟😳😡🤬🤯

ENGLAND’S GLORY! For Diamond Dave . . . he’s a Diamond you know!?

 THE GUVNOR

in the guise of Kilburn and The Highroads!

“ENGLAND’S GLORY”

anyone remember the matchboxes ( the UK had a famous matchbox with the Englands Glory moniker and image)

Here’s a rarely-seen clip of Ian Dury and Kilburn and the High Roads performing ‘England’s Glory’ for the London Weekend Show with Janet Street Porter, in 1975. The show covered the burgeoning punk scene at the time. The clip is from the 2010 documentary Ian Dury: Rare and Unseen, which includes excellent footage of Ian, the Kilburns, and the Blockheads.

 

FULL CLIP (roun’ the ear'ole) heeyah!

Go on you know you want to!

Why you can sing along at home!

This one's for Julie, who we love
I love her almost as I do Alma
But we don't do Alma no more
It's called 'England's Glory'. if you want to sing
Please sing

There are jewels in the crown of England's glory
And every jewel shines a thousand ways

Frankie Howerd, Noel Coward and garden gnomes
Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes
Monty, Biggles and Old King Cole
In the pink or on the dole
Oliver Twist and Long John Silver
Captain Cook and Nelly Dean
Enid Blyton, Gilbert Harding
Malcolm Sargent, Graham Greene (Graham Greene)

All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's Glory something new

Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton Park
 Maxy Miller, Gracie, Cilla,Petula Clark, 
Winkles, Woodbines, Walnut Whips
Vera Lynn and Stafford Cripps 
Lady Chatterley, Muffin the Mule
Winston Churchill, Robin Hood
Beatrix Potter, Baden-Powell
Beecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud)

Billy Bunter, Jane Austen
Reg Hampton, George Formby
Billy Fury, Little Titch
Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all
Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all

Alright England?
G'wan England
Oh England  

All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's glory something new

Somerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' Brigade

Mortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of Trade

Henry Cooper, Wakey Wakey, England's Labour
Standard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workers
England's glory