Marshall Crenshaw - Steel Strings, Blues is King, Someday, Someway, Crying, Waiting, Hoping, LIVE For Brother Jobe (Fanxt Bro)

You need to get over to the motel! 

Thanks JOBE!

Steel Strings

TURN IT UP!

Blues is King

"Someday, Someway"

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

Better Back Off - Live on David Letterman

The New Adult Bookstore Motel, Records and Liquor

George Harrison - 12 Arnold Grove | Voodoo Wagon

George Harrison – 12 Arnold Grove

 An XRAY Special

George Harrison – 12 Arnold Grove

Liberated Bootleg 1997

XRay says: This CD, AKA "Pirate Songs Part 2" collects The Best Of What's Left including music From George Harrison's Movie "Shangai Surprise" As well as the music from his appearance on The Rockline Radio Show. Other highlights include George's demos of "Abandoned Love" and "I Don't Wanna Do It", written By Bob Dylan.

If you haven’t got this set, get it!

George Harrison - Abandoned Love

Jesse "Ed" Davis - Ululu (1972 2003 Japanese remaster)

Seeing Jesse on the Rock and Roll Circus clip of Taj Mahal I was mixed to post this from Plain and Fancy 

Jesse "Ed" Davis - Ululu (1972 USA,  2003 Japananese remaster)

Red Dirt Boogie Brother - Jesse Ed Davis

Jesse Ed Davis was perhaps the most versatile session guitarist of the late '60s and early '70s. Whether it was blues, country, or rock, Davis' tasteful guitar playing was featured on albums by such giants as Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, John Lennon, and John Lee Hooker, among others. It is Davis' weeping slide heard on Clapton's "Hello Old Friend" (from No Reason to Cry), and on both Rock n' Roll and Walls & Bridges, it is Davis who supplied the bulk of the guitar work for ex-Beatle Lennon.

Born in Oklahoma, Davis first earned a degree in literature from the University of Oklahoma before beginning his musical career touring with Conway Twitty in the early '60s. Eventually the guitarist moved to California, joining bluesman Taj Mahal and playing guitar and piano on his first three albums. It was with Mahal that Davis was able to showcase his skill and range, playing slide, lead, and rhythm, country, and even jazz guitar during his three-year stint. 

The period backing Mahal was the closest Davis came to being in a band full-time, and after Mahal's 1969 album Giant Step, Davis began doing session work for such diverse acts as David Cassidy, Albert King, and Willie Nelson. In addition, he also released three solo albums featuring industry friends such as Leon Russell and Eric Clapton.

In and out of clinics, Davis disappeared from the music industry for a time, spending much of the '80s dealing with alcohol and drug addiction. Just before his death of a suspected drug overdose in 1988, Davis resurfaced playing in the Graffiti Band, which coupled his music with the poetry of American Indian activist John Trudell. The kind of expert, tasteful playing that Davis always brought to an album is sorely missed among the acts he worked with. 

His second album "Ululu" is far more a collector's record than an actual "turntable staple," it is a significant improvement from Davis' first solo outing. During the title track in particular, as well as a cover of Merle Haggard's "White Line Fever," Davis' voice achieves a ragged glory that makes the listener realize why sloppy rock & roll can be so much fun. Other standout moments include a version of the tune that Davis co-wrote with Taj Mahal, "Further on Down the Road," and the Davis-penned "Reno St. Incident." In all, it is the fun record that you would expect from a standout session player like Davis. 

by Steve Kurutz

Tracks
1. Red Dirt Boogie, Brother - 3:44
2. White Line Fever (Merle Haggard) - 3:03
3. Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me) (Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis) - 3:14
4. Sue Me, Sue You Blues (George Harrison) - 2:45
5. My Captain - 3:23
6. Ululu - 3:40
7. Oh! Susannah  (Traditional) - 2:45
8. Strawberry Wine (Levoln Helm, Robbie Robertson) - 2:13
9. Make A Joyful Noise - 3:51
10.Alcatraz (Leon Russell) - 3:15
All songs by Jesse Ed Davis except where noted

Musicians
*Jesse Ed Davis - Vocals, Guitar
*Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
*Jim Keltner - Drums
*Mac Rebennack - Organ, Piano
*Billy Rich - Bass
*Larry Knechtel - Organ
*Leon Russell - Piano
*Chuck Kirkpatrick - Backing Vocals 
*Albhy Galuten - Piano
*Stan Szeleste – Piano
*Arnold Rosenthal - Bass
*The Charles Chalmers Singers, Clydie King, Merry Clayton, Vanetta Fields - Backing Vocals

For those who didn’t quite make it: The Family Cat | GUESS I’M DUMB

 

The Family Cat - Rockbreaking (1994)

Being in a band that has some success, but never breaks through is really frustrating and demoralizing (spoken from experience). Maybe I’m projecting, but that’s what this song is about. It’s a cool song from a mostly forgotten British group from the early 90s. Love the guitars.

I’m the kind who should be worth a million

But each day I wake up and I’m fuck all

I like this one and that sound. . . . .  

Andy Partridge - Everything [The Bull With The Golden Guts| jt1674

 . . . . . what we need is more ‘Andy’! 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/812635053302661120/andy-partridge-everything

The Cure - A Forest (1980)

 

The Cure - A Forest - (album version 1980)  - TopPop

Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band the Cure, which he co-founded in 1978. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984, and was part of the short-lived group the Glove in 1983

This is a very rare recording by Gothic rock/ post punk rock band  The Cure in the original line-up with Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, and Lol Tolhurst on the TROS TOP50 TV program on July 3, 1980. Simon and Robert have exchanged their instruments in this video with Simon playing guitar and Robert playing bass.

This tape was recently discovered in the vaults of AVROTROS and we are very happy to present the full version now for the first time since the first broadcast in 1980.

This is the long version of the video that we released some months ago! It was broadcast on the same day as the 'Play For today' video.

TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.

World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.

Advert Break - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL @ The Moth Club Jun - Sept 2026

 

Following 21 instant sell-outs in their long-running London residency, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn return to the intimate 200-capacity MOTH Club for SIX more shows - three in June, and three in September.

The dates at MOTH are Sun Jun 7, Mon Jun 8 and Tue Jun 9. And Sun Sep 13, Mon Sep 14 and Tue Sep 15. 

Tickets (max 2) go on sale at 6pm BST tomorrow, Thu Apr 2 via DICE.

Part acoustic, part electronic, they’ll be playing songs from their years both as a duo and solo, accompanied by Rex Horan (double bass) and Family Stereo’s Blake Watt (guitar, vocals). The events are billed as Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn

The venue is mostly seated with some additional standing. Seats are allocated on first-come-first-served basis. Doors 7pm. No support. Stage time 8pm. Two sets with interval.  

What to do next?

(1) You will need the DICE app on your phone AND an account set up to complete your purchase and access your tickets. If you haven’t got the app, download it now and create an account
(2) Get a ticket link for your preferred night either below, or at linktr.ee/ebtg or through the DICE app
(3) Use your ticket link to purchase ticket(s) at 6pm BST this Thu Apr 2 
(4) If you are unsuccessful - and remember, many will be trying at the same time - you will be placed immediately on the DICE Wait List and may be offered a return closer to the dates
(5) Please be aware, even if you click on the stroke of 6pm you may be added to wait list seemingly instantly. This is because others connected to the app ahead of you and are completing their purchase. Joining the wait list is recommended. Every show so far has seen returns from ticket-buyers who can't make it.

And lastly ...

We understand the huge popularity of these shows, and we consider DICE the fairest way to provide tickets. No secret pre-sale or priority booking prior to on-sale time. No dynamic pricing. System negates touts. It is simply a question of fastest finger first when the tickets go live.

** Please note the two shows at Union Chapel on May 4 and 5 are already 

SOLD OUT **

Picture of the Day - John Cash archive

 

Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins, and Johnny Cash play music while Vivian Cash and friends listen.

I sometimes forget quite how beautiful Johnny’s first wife was as we concentrate so much on June being from the legendary music family of the Carters. Vivian was the mother of his four daughters Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, and Tara. She left him as she could no longer cope with his drug taking

VA - Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 [2013] Vol. 2 [2015]| Butterboy

 VA - Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 [2013] + Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 2 [2015] (8 x CDs)

This is fun! A follow on from the Sixties the other day Butterboy excels again

Magic of The SEVENTIES

Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 and Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 2 

make the most sense when they sit together on the shelf and play as one long program. 

They arrived a couple of years apart, yet the intention feels shared, a patient walk through 
the lighter side of seventies radio where melody carried the day and singles were built 

to live comfortably beside each other.
The first volume settles in gently. 

Early tracks lean toward bright pop craftsmanship, the sort of recordings that once drifted 
across afternoon airwaves without announcing themselves too loudly. 

Piano led arrangements, clear vocal lines, tidy rhythm 
sections, everything arranged with the kind of balance that defined the early 

part of the decade. 

As the discs move along, the character of the seventies begins to show itself 

a little more clearly. 
The guitars gain confidence, choruses stretch wider, and the sense of studio polish 

becomes part of the atmosphere rather than the goal.

By the time the listening reaches the second volume, the decade feels fully in motion. 
The songs arrive with slightly bigger gestures, glam leaning rhythms sit comfortably 

beside melodic pop, and the sequencing allows those contrasts to breathe. 

A track by Slade might bring a burst of stomp and swagger, while something from 

Alice Cooper adds theatrical colour, yet the surrounding selections keep the tone 

balanced. It never tips into a single style for long.
What gradually appears, almost without noticing, is a portrait of how varied 

everyday seventies listening could be. 
Pop, light rock, glam touches, singer songwriter warmth, all sharing the same radio space 

and often the same chart weeks.
Played straight through, the two volumes form an easy flowing sequence that rewards 

unhurried listening. 
Nothing demands attention, the songs simply take their turns. 

Leave the discs running long enough and the decade 

begins to reveal itself in small ways, one single at a time. (Butterboy)

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Marshall Crenshaw - 2002-03-30 - Philadelphia, PA | So Many Roads - a Speedy Special

 Marshall Crenshaw - 2002-03-30 - Philadelphia, PA (late) (SBD)

 

Marshall Crenshaw

2002-03-20

Tin Angel 

Philadelphia, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Nervous Breakdown

02. Little Wild One

03. Where Home Used To Be

04. What Do You Dream Of

05. Just Not For Me

06. Cynical Girl

07. Endless Sleep

08. TMD

09. Tell Me All About It

10. Cleaning Windows

11. Television Lights

11. 2541

12. Kick Out The Jams

13. instrumental (Burt Bacharach tune)

14. My Little Red Book

15. Pushin' Too Hard

Speedy says: 2000s - #7: As long time readers of So Many Roads Know, one of my favorite musicians is Marshall Crenshaw. Crenshaw is so under rated that he makes John Hiatt, whose lack of attention I have frequently mourned, look like Mr Popularity. Crenshaw was born in Detroit, MI but got his big break in New York, when he played John Lennon in the off Broadway production, Beatlemania. While in New York, he recorded Someday, Someway, a song that Robert Gordon covered and took to #76 on the Billboard charts in 1981. Crenshaw released his version the next year, which went to #36 in the charts, his only top 40 single. Crenshaw’s first 2 albums are must owns for every rock fan. Famed critic Robert Christgau summed those 2 discs up in one simple word - PERFECT. This soundboard recording captures Crenshaw, in Philadelphia on March 30, 2002, 2 dozen years ago today.

and that’ll do for me! Ever a fan of John Hiatt and agreeing wholeheartedly with Speedy about his lack of attention (especially in the UK? sic!?) I have to admit I know little to nothing about Crenhshaw and have heard of him but he did not travel well into the UK (Europe?) so give this a listen folks

more importantly do you actually know any MERKINS who can cover George Formby!??!? (Cleaning Windows is NOT the Van The Man classic but much MUCH earlier! He should cover more George! Leaning on The Lampost I recommend!!!?)

I like him!

More of a taster?

From Paul over at ALBUMS THAT SHOLULD EXIST!

Paul says: "I'm back with another volume of Marshall Crenshaw performing cover songs. This is the sixth volume so far, and there are still three more to go to get caught up to the present day (as I write this at the end of 2023).

By now, if you know the other volumes in this series, you should know the drill. As usual, I'm struck by the breadth and depth of Crenshaw's musical tastes. He performed a fair number of classic, well known songs here, but also some obscurities. For instance, "When I'm Cleaning Windows" dates to the 1930s, and was considered so racy that the BBC banned it for a while.

All but four songs are unreleased. Those four that are released happen to the the first four. One is from an Aerosmith tribute album, and two more are from a Nick Lowe tribute album.

The fourth released one, "Walk Away Renee," is from an official Crenshaw live album. Ironically, this one had more sound issues than most of the unreleased songs. While the song itself sounded fine, there was some annoying laughing and cheering over the music, including in the middle of the song. So I used UVR5 to wipe that out while keeping the music. Because I did a lot of that, I put "[Edit]" in the title. I also removed cheering from most of the other songs, but just at the end. There were a couple where it was too problematic to remove though. "When I'm Cleaning Windows" also has "[Edit]" in the title. If I remember correctly, that's because he stopped in the middle of song when he forgot how it went. I edited out that mistake."

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 Big Ten Inch Record - Bull Moose Jackson / Aerosmith

02 Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe

03 Television - Nick Lowe

04 Walk Away Renee - Left Banke

05 Danny Says - Ramones

06 I'm Only Sleeping - Beatles

07 The Girl on Death Row - Lee Hazlewood with Duane Eddy

08 El Paso - Marty Robbins

09 Kick Out the Jams - MC5

10 My Little Red Book - Manfred Mann / Love

11 Pushin' Too Hard - Seeds

12 Nervous Breakdown - Eddie Cochran

13 When I'm Cleaning Windows - George Formby

14 Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds

15 I Want to Tell You - Beatles

16 Beyond the Sea - Charles Trenet / Bobby Darin

Albums That Should Exist - Paul on The Tube