Here’s Ha Ha Tonka at Twangfest last year, singing that very song in the previous post.
Live At Simon's
My pal Steve Dawson (one of the founding members of the insanely great Chicago-based band Dolly Varden) put out a live album from a show last April, and it’s available for the ridiculously inexpensive sum of $5 at Bandcamp. It’s a nice mix of songs from his last two solo records, both of which I like a lot.
If you don’t listen to anything else, check out the second track, “Love Is A Blessing”, one of the standout tracks from Steve’s 2005 album, Sweet Is The Anchor.
If you find it, share it with the rest of us.
I’ve just learned that the original lineup of Grant Lee Buffalo (Grant-Lee Phillips, Paul Kimble, and Joey Peters) are reuniting for what appear to be a select few dates at the end of the year. I hope with all my might that they deign the Midwest worthy of a show, because right now, there are only a handful of dates scheduled for New York City and along the West Coast, and I am not in a position to be in either of those places. I would sell a body part to be there, though, because, for my money, they’re one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, and I saw them too few times. Fuzzy and Mighty Joe Moon should be in everyone’s music library.
A sample for the unfamiliar:
Mockingbirds
America Snoring
For two nights at St. Louis’ fabulous Off Broadway club, fuzz guitar, soul shouters, pulsing drums, and wailing sax will combine to celebrate the fact that a good tune and a solid rockin’ sound are timeless. It’s brought to you by the coolest record store around, Euclid Records, and some of the folks behind Twangfest, which for over a decade has established a reputation for being the most fun, most fan-friendly destination for music lovers anywhere. The premiere lineup looks to be one hell of a way to start…from legendary garage rock (The Fleshtones) to white-hot soul (Charles Walker and the Dynamites), from Memphis (the Bo-Keys) to Detroit (The Sights), from genre-bending (JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound) to hardcore (Mondo Topless). Yes, from the first blast of horns on Friday November 5 to the last scream of a classic 60’s organ on Saturday November 6, Beat ‘n’ Soul will showcase some of the most REAL music America has to offer. We hope you’ll join us.
Beat ‘N’ Soul: That’s right, it’s Beat ‘n’ Soul
So that’s one thing I’m doing. John, Marie, Mark, Joe and I, anyway. It’s gonna be a hell of a good time.
(via beatnsoul)
Source: beatnsoul.com
Grant Lee Buffalo — Tecumseh
1:07 of awesome. One of my fondest concert memories was when The Captain (Lane, not Morgan) and I went to see Grant Lee Buffalo at Bogart’s in Cincinnati. We found ourselves right up front, pressed against the security barricade in front of bassist/keyboardist Paul Kimble, who grinned when he saw us singing along to every song.
Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams
The full feature film is now available on Hulu.
I’ve been working for/with Twangfest for 9 years, and the greatest thing I’ve done, the thing I’m proudest of, is convincing my fellow board members to book Andre Williams for Twangfest 13 sight unseen. The man is a legend and a treasure.
And batshit crazy.
And the subject of some of my favorite musician photos I’ve ever shot.
(The dashboard doesn’t show that the words in the last sentence link to those photos of which I speak. I’ve italicized them, just because.)
Huey Lewis Honors Stax Records’ Legacy On First Album In Nine Years | American Songwriter
Call me crazy, but I’m truly looking forward to this.
Source: americansongwriter.com
