Tracy Chapman - For My Lover

 Tracy Chapman - For My Lover

 . . . . . . because [36 years ago . . . . someone asked if anyone was still listening to this from her debut album

the answer is yes]

might sign off for the day with this lovely number from our Trace!

Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1989-11-29 - Denver, CO | Heavybootz FM soundboard

 Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1989-11-29 - Denver, CO

The Dr is IN!

Stevie Ray Vaughan
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
1989-11-29 (partial show)

fm sbd
mp3 @ 320 
sq:: EX

01 Tightrope
02 Look At Little Sister
03 Leave My Girl Alone
04 Riviera Paradise
05 Wall Of Denial
06 Superstition
07 Cold Shot
08 Crossfire
09 Voodoo Chile

tt: 1:01:03

w/ Jeff Beck

Stevie Ray Vaughan 'Riviera Paradise' Live McNichols Arena Denver CO Nov '89

Stevie Ray Vaughan Cold Shot (Live: McNichols Arena, Denver, CO 29 Nov ’89)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1983-04-11 - Austin, TX | Heavybootz FM Austin Radio Texas

Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1983-04-11 - Austin, TX

The Dr is IN!

Stevie Ray Vaughan
KUT Austin Radio, Austin, TX
1983-04-11

fm
mp3 @ 320 

01 The Sky Is Crying
02 Come On (Part III)
03 I'm Crying
04 Love Struck Baby
05 Dirty Pool
06 Letter To My Girlfriend
07 Look At Little Sister
08 Texas Flood
09 Rude Mood 
10 Lenny 

tt: 40:35

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble “Crossfire” Austin Texas 1983

Lou Reed & John Cale - Hello It’s Me [Songs for Drella] | HERBERG DE KELDER

 

Hello It's Me

for Andy Warhol . . . . sad song for ‘Drella’

HERBERG DE KELDER

Andy Warhol at The Factory 1977 by Bobby Grossman

Elliott Smith & Heatmiser - Mic City Sons (Elliott Smith Edition) (1996) | Albums That Should Exist

 Elliott Smith & Heatmiser - Mic City Sons (Elliott Smith Edition) (1996)

This is a really fascinating artefact and no mistake, Paul says: I've been on another Elliott Smith kick lately, so here's something else from him. This is an officially released album, the last album of a band he was in early in his music career called Heatmiser. But that band had two singer-songwriters, and split their output roughly evenly. Due to some recently released bonus tracks, I was able to make an all-Elliott-Smith version. That original version is still out there for those who want it this way. But for those especially keen on Smith's songs, here's an option for you. I would argue that if this was actually one of Smith's solo albums, it would be considered one of his best.

Heatmiser was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1991. The two main singer-songwriters were Smith and Neil Gust. The two of them were friends, as well as being roommates for several years. 1991 was the year that grunge started to make it big up the coast in Seattle. Thus, at the time, there was a lot of incentive to ride the popularity of the grunge sound, and that's what Heatmiser did. The band's first two albums in particular, "Dead Air" in 1993 and "Cop and Speeder" in 1994, really rock in a way that can sound shocking for those only familiar with Smith's later acoustic-based style. They were heavily influenced by bands like Husker Du and Fugazi.

Heatmiser found a lot of popularity in Portland, and performed there practically constantly. But their albums came out on an indie label and didn't make much impact elsewhere. At one point, they played a laudromat in Cleveland, and their entire "audience" left when that person's laundry was finished.

Smith later dismissed the band's music as "loud," and complained that being in Heatmiser changed the songs he was writing at the time into "loud rock songs with no dynamic." Furthermore, in a later interview, he said of his time in the band:

"I was being a total actor, acting out a role I didn't even like. I couldn't come out and show where I was coming from. I was always disguised in this loud rock band. [In the beginning] we all got together, everyone wanted to play in a band and it was fun, then after a couple of years we realized that none of us really liked this kind of music, and that we didn't have to play this way. You didn't have to turn all these songs you wrote into these loud... things. [...] It was kinda weird – people that came to our shows, a majority of them were people I couldn't relate to at all. Why aren't there more people like me coming to our shows? Well, it's because I'm not even playing the kind of music that I really like." 

In 1994, Smith released his first album, "Roman Candle," in a drastically different, semi-acoustic style. His solo career soon began to find a growing audience. Then in 1995, he released a second solo album in that style, "Elliott Smith," and his following continued to grow even more.

However, while that was going on, Heatmiser was working on their third album. The band's other main singer-songwriter, Neil Gust, was going through a similar musical transformation, moving away from a punk and/or grunge influenced rocking style to a more melodic one. Their 1996 album, "Mic City Sons," was a big musical leap forward, in my opinion, and many other people agree. 

For instance, here's part of the album's AllMusic.com review, by Michael Frey: "The quartet's finest and final album, 'Mic City Sons' features a decidedly more pop feel than its predecessors and marks Smith's maturation into the role of the band's visionary. From the opening notes of the swaggering, bass-heavy 'Get Lucky' to conclusion of the album with a soothingly soft hidden track ['Half Right'], 'Mic City Sons' is an outstanding collection of diverse and invigorating tracks. Songs like 'Plain Clothes Man' and 'You Gotta Move' exhibit the interplay of soulful, smooth vocals over gentle guitar strumming that has been so evident in Smith's solo work. The Gust-penned tunes, like 'Cruel Reminder' and 'Eagle Eye' are more rugged and aggressive, but complement Smith's songs brilliantly. ... Despite the success Heatmiser's members have achieved since their disbanding, it's unfortunate that this collective decided to split up just when they had reached such a creative peak."

As that review points out, Gust's songs are very good. One should hear the original version of this album, with an even number of Smith and Gust songs. But, in my opinion, it's also nice to listen to this Smith-centric version. The first seven songs here are from the original album. The remainder are from a deluxe edition released in 2025. That edition also contained two demos, but I didn't include them because they were full-band demos that didn't sound that different, and they were of songs from the original album. 

It would have been really interesting if Heatmiser could have kept going, along with Smith's solo career. But Smith's growing popularity basically made that impossible, especially due to some record company intrigue. For their third album ("Mic City Sons"), the band signed with a major label, Virgin Records, for the first time. Smith later explained what happened next:

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin. I was the guy who made that gravy-train crash so to speak, and it was a gravy-train at the time. The breakup happened almost immediately after the contract was signed. I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members. In the event of the band dissolving, any members could be kept to that contract with or without their consent under the same terms. They didn't pick up Neil's option, only mine. It turned out to be a fucked-up situation because they said the reason they had signed Heatmiser was that they'd been hoping this [the breakup] would happen - or something to that effect. They said that right in front of Neil and I couldn't believe it."

Basically, the record company didn't want Heatmiser to succeed because they were only interested in Smith's solo career material. A 2018 article about the band by the Oregonian newspaper commented that "at some point in [late] 1996, the band fell apart. 'Mic City Sons' was released on a smaller Virgin sister label, Caroline, and slipped into the world quietly." In my opinion, the album really is a lost classic, be it the original version or this Smith-centric version.

This album is 43 minutes long.

01 Get Lucky
02 Plainclothes Man 
03 The Fix Is In 
04 You Gotta Move 
05 Pop in G 
06 See You Later
07 Half Right 
08 I'm Over That Now 
09 Burned Out, Still Glowing
10 Everybody Has It 
11 Christian Brothers [Rock Version] 
12 Untitled Instrumental

 (all tracks Heatmiser) 

Heatmiser - Plainclothes Man 

Dusty Roads?

Dusty Springfield on Later With Jools Holland 

ten minutes with Dusty 

So Speedy (you know him! So Many Roads ) dropped by to say he has Dusty to share and hit a link here . . .all the links are working he says which is more than can said of this shambles here at The Blog that Nobody reads . . . . . !!?!!

DUSTY TOO

Friday you say!? You dancin’?

“You askin’?”

I’m askin’!

“I’m dancin’!"

 

Truth - Ain’t Superstitious (Jeff Beck Ron Wood Rod Stewart and Micky Waller)

 again sounds bought when they came out! We dashed around to each other’s houses excited about this . . .so it’ll do for a FRIDAY YAAAAAY!

It stood out as the whole album does and many numbers still do including this one posted by Gary Lucas Facebook page yesterday morning! [Thanks Gary for the reminder . . . . ]

TURN IT RIGHT UP!

Birthdays : Dusty Springfield

 Dusty Springfield was born as Mary O'Brien in London on this day in 1939. Thanks to Route for the reminder

Dusty Springfield - All I See Is You from her tv show in 22 August 1967

Dusty Springfield and Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This (Live at The BRITs 1988)

Kelly Boesch · Quiet Rebellion/I Just Wanna Be A Dancer

 KELLY BOESCH 

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Kelly Boesch · Quiet Rebellion

Kelly says:

Some fun fashion for one of my favorite songs I have written. It’s on my new album. ❤️❤️❤️ I would to make some of these fashions some day.

[Verse 1]

I’m unraveling the thoughts from a dream I forgot

Tying my spirit in a delicate knot.

The wallpaper peels in a floral decay

I’m finding the colors the sun threw away.

I am a liquid form in a world made of stone

I melt at harsh words to which I am prone

[Chorus]

Oh, let the rhythm be wide and the logic be thin

I’m living in the spaces where the secrets begin.

It’s a quiet rebellion, a soft kind of war

To be something the world hasn’t tasted before.

There is a fire in the fold, a grace in the strange

I am the ink on the page that refuses to change.

[Verse 2]

My heart beat’s a pulse that I wear on my sleeve

I only tell stories that I want to believe.

I’m a bird made of paper, a boat made of breath

I’m dancing on the edge of a beautiful depth.

Don’t ask for the sun, don’t ask for the shore

I’ve opened a lock on an invisible door.

[Chorus]

Oh, let the rhythm be wide and the logic be thin

I’m living in the spaces where the secrets begin.

It’s a quiet rebellion, a soft kind of war

To be something the world hasn’t tasted before.

There is a fire in the fold, a grace in the strange

I am the ink on the page that refuses to change.

 

I Just Wanna Be a Dancer

again Kelly says:  

I originally posted this video last year as a short but made a full version as the song just went up on streaming. There are some original clips but I made some new clips to make it into horizontal format. I have always loved this one. It makes me happy. Maybe it will make you want to dance too :-)

I Just Wanna Be A Dancer

[Verse]

I never found a reason

Why I had to learn to dance

My feet and music found each other

We knew it at first glance

From the moment I could walk

My feet just up and ran

When I hear a song

I see a floor

My feet just understand

[Prechorus]

Dancing in the street

Or in a subway car

I love the beat

And moving in the dark

[Chorus]

It don’t make sense

But I love it

I just wanna be a dancer

I just wanna be a dancer

I just wanna be a dancer

[Verse 2]

The mirror and my feet

They move in synchrony

And when they touch the floor

The ceiling disappears

I’m floating in the air

The rhythm lifts me higher

When I close my eyes

I could swear I’m on a wire

[Prechorus]

And if you see me

Dancing in a store

Just let me be

And let my feet explore

[Chorus]

It don’t make sense

But I love it

I just wanna be a dancer

I just wanna be a dancer

I just wanna be a dancer

Lyrics written by me, Kelly Boesch.

Kelly Boesch