Something which appeared "like magic" on my desktop, and giving a listen - haven't heard in a long time...
Powerful! Lynyrd Skynyrd in fine form here!
#music #1974 #70s #RockLegends #LynyrdSkynyrd #musica #musique #musik
One more great taste of Little Feat!
I may have posted this somewhere in a thread but only know totally focused on it, watching, listening, & getting context....
I know I mentioned this in passing, one of the great songs of the more instrumental/jazz flavored versions, similar to how Jethro Tull had a "classic" bent as well as straight-ahead rock.
So this video was made in 2021 (but I sure missed it!) and it is the best take I've ever heard of this song live.
Incredible performance, blazing , and decent audio for way back when and now via YouTube. (Imagine a fatter bass). The guitars! 🔥
And the kicker: Watch the video! LOL....
Great video, great song, great performance here, by a great band.
#LittleFeat #Music #Juliette #musica #musique #musica #legends #musica #musique #musique #1975 #70s
One more dangling response to yesterday's loss of "The Queen of Rock and Roll". (R.I.P. Tina Turner)
If Tina Turner was queen, Long John Baldry may have been a king.
From his 1971 album, "It Ain't Easy".
Sort of consistent with Levon Helm's take on how you take some Southern music roots, add blues, stir, and what do you call it? "Rock & Roll". John Baldry was a wonderful blender of his local (British) blend of influences of blues, rock, and "boo-gee woo-gie"... 🎹 🎸
#JohnBaldry #LongJohnBaldry #music #boogiewoogie #rockandroll #musica #nusique #lclassicrock #70s #1971
Up top of a new post....
One of my very favorite bands and a favorite song of theirs, following some reading and posting about The Band, The Last Waltz, and comments/discussions regarding both the cut-throat rivalries over writing credits and royalties as well as issues of drug abuse, sometimes to the point of overdose &/or suicide.
Listen loud &/or earphones - they were one of the premier bands who were masters of studio recording, and Lowell George played a mean slide guitar (the whole band was razor-sharp tight). 🎧
Well I'm waitin' for something to take place
Something to take me away from this race
'Round city to city, town to town
Runnin' around in the shoes of a clown
And that desperate, no count, desperado
A thief of love, my business is the street
I be shakin' 'em down
In old Colorado
Texas she's nice, but Georgia's oh so sweet
Steal away with me darlin' your lovin' just can't be beat
So it seems that the world keeps on turnin' but so what
I don't doubt it, it just keeps on the move
You're a dream, and that's all that I ask for
So well now, I'm wonderin' just how I'm gonna tell it to you
Skin it back (skin it back)
Somethin' real, somethin' to feel
I can't find a soul who'll take on this mess
It's those rock and roll hours, early graves without flowers
Please, please darlin' put my mind at rest
I'm beggin' please darlin' put my mind at rest
So it seems that the world keeps on turnin' but so what
I don't doubt it, it just keeps on the move
You're a dream, and that's all that I ask for
So well now, I'm wonderin' just how I'm gonna tell it to you
Skin it back tell it to you
Skin it back tell it to you
Skin it back tell it to you
Skin it back tell it to you
#RockLegends #LowellGeorge #LittleFeat #70s #music #musica #musique #RockAndRoll #Barrere #musik #touring
A bit gobsmacked by memories, stories, and a few visits to see some of the video and some of the history....
Re: The Band, Stage Fright, The Last Waltz, the song authors, the challenges, the venues, promoters and friends - like Dylan, Neil Young, & Joni Mitchell.
Thin-sliced: Here's an article from the CBC (fittingly), out 7 yrs ago on the 40th anniversary of The Last Waltz.
Lots of good triviata and fascinating tidbits here... A taste below. Enjoy the article and be sure to see the vids.
To THE Band... and this one's for you @V. T. Eric Layton 🥃 🎶
"The White Room" (ever hear of it?)
As Helm writes in his memoir, it was floor-to-ceiling white, with cutouts of Groucho Marx's nose postered to the walls and glass tables with razor blades "artfully strewn about."
"Cocaine was a big, big deal at the time," writes Helm, adding that the room was "often filled with people tapping razors on the table."
"Neil Young's cocaine booger"
Young must have spent his fair share of time in the Cocteau Room, as he reportedly came out to perform "Helpless" with a large cocaine rock stuck up his nose. You can see it in the teeth-gritting intensity of the performance, but you can't physically see the rock. Robertson has admitted to spending a fair amount of money in post-production editing it out, as per Young's manager's request. "The most expensive cocaine I ever bought," he once said. As he recalls in his memoir, "as soon as Neil Young took the stage, I could tell no one at Winterland was feeling better than he was."
It's not difficult to see how 'buzzed' Young and band are; they sure did seem to be enjoying it, as sad as the end was, but celebrating.
And then there's Joni Mitchell... But not to spoiler alert that bit... Enjoy!
#music #RockHistory #TheBand #70s #1970 #1976 #BobDylan #JoniMitchell #LevonHelm #RickDanko #BillGraham
And...
Joe Walsh, Pt. 3/3
This track/album was not obtainable for a while, as Ravel's ghost objected (copyright issues).
But I have long loved this song medley - especially how he launches into Bolero. 🎸 🎧
Listen loud w/ big speakers or headphones to fully appreciate. Almost like how it sounded live. (Lots of echo, delay, on solos)
No, it's not another "Funk" at the beginning.... just similar, his style (like Fogerty of CCR, with his driving chugga chugga chugga)
#JoeWalsh #JamesGang #funk49 #music #60s #70s #classicrock #GuitarLegend #guitarist #musica #musique #Bolero
Joe Walsh, Pt. 2/3
Saw/re-posted "Funk #49" the other day, performed with Ringo at his 80th Birthday (tnx Netwitch). I was looking for another "ear worm" favorite from James Gang, and came across this, an excellent "three'fer". (triple song fer the price of one). The first funk too!
( #48 )
So here's a triad of Joe Walsh tracks:
🎶 🎸 🎧
For those not familiar with this ancient music history, Joe Walsh - he became the guitar guy with the Eagles (like Paul McCartney's old band was Beatles)... The other song I was looking for was one I saw live, with lots of echo/delay (as he played along with himself, live), and it went into a very memorable version of Bolero, which got the album pulled back from distribution and pulled off radio (copyright issues!).
Stay tuned for part 3 - will post separate so player will display.
#JoeWalsh #JamesGang #funk49 #music #60s #70s #classicrock #GuitarLegend #guitarist #musica #musique
Because...
Tip of the iceberg from an album I tried to remember the name of for years...
Sort of a cross between Genesis (wall of sound), Pink Floyd (vocals), and say Buckingham or McGuinn on guitar/12 string, and Who/Kinks 'rock opera'. Some traces of Traffic as well, part of the overall 60's/70s tapestry. Hm, Pearly Queen reference?
This is my decades old ear-worm, finally free at last. Came to me like nectar from the gods... (Tnx EL!)
Carnival time! (Bit of "Frankenstein" too?)
This is cued up to "Fidgety Queen", a good introduction for the many who have never heard (of) this band.
The track is part of the entire album here; you can let it play on to a lovely guitar song ("Oh Willy") and then a ballad/anthem which features the 12-string and lovely tune, with a refrain which reminds me of Floyd or maybe David Bowie.... Little Boy...
*Gently slip away"
If you get hooked, go back and start at the beginning; starts off strong (Astral Man) and weaves from song to song like a real 'rock opera', IMM at the time, like a circus. Headphones or good/loud speakers strongly recommended. 🎧 This is the #70s (when I was in the biz, and heard this in a studio and later at rock festivals... ) Great album, finally recalled (been online 3 years now I see) Enjoy
#Nektar #rock #RockOpera #classicrock #music #musica #musique #musika
Mark Stewart died Friday at the age of 62. #RIP :-(
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/21/mark-stewart-pop-group-frontman-dies-aged-62
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAFB20OoL0eZiIhUjvON0_7JY2pVFRIE7
#The-PoP-Group #Y #Full-Album as #Playlist #Post-Punk #Avant-Funk #Experimental #70s #80s #Music #Musik #Musique #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
Nice one. 👍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclzdZVX978
Original by: Flash and The Pan - Walking In The Rain (1978)
#Grace-Jones #New-Wave #Art-PoP #PoP #70s #80s #Music #Musik #Musique #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
Music for breakfast. Have fun. ✌️😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzlv7LFmLMg
#Birth-Control #Krautrock #Progressive-Rock #Progressive #Hard-Rock #Rock #70s #70er #Music #Musik #Musique #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
Happy Birthday #Jan-Hammer. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJgwmLP0fNo
#JanHammer #Jan-Hammer-Group #Jazz-Fusion #Synth-PoP #PoP-Rock #70s #Music #Musik #Musique #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
Strong recommend, background &/or close listening, especially but not only for anyone familiar with The Who, and "Tommy".
This is the sound-track from a movie made from the "Rock Opera", Tommy. Some are sung, many are all-instrumental, so it's wonderful background music, even if you don't know the album (or band!) - but for fans or the interested in an amazing journey....
I haven't heard this in years; did a radio show and made a tape with a chunk of this. Who? Yes. No, Who. Who's on first... 🙀
#TheWho #RockLegends #Tommy #Who #70s #RockOpera #SoundTrack #Music #musica #musique #musik
Karma express...
Sometimes a walk is heaven, sometimes things are not right, and it's a good time to walk..
This was a little blip of airplay in a fun time to be, mid-70's and Neil's walking the guitar in new directions,... Fun times for walks.
I remember the good old days
Stayed up all night gettin' crazed
Then the money was not so good
But we still did the best we could
Ooh baby, that's hard to change
I can't tell them how to feel
Some get stoned, some get strange
Sooner or later it all gets real
Walk on, walk on
#music #musica #musique #musik #NeilYoung #rocklegend #70s #ClassicRock
Plongez au cœur des années 70 et 80 à travers un #florilège de #publicités et #Jingles #TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrwdxNfkRA
#bestof #télévision #70s #80s #télé
Interessant, gerade erst mitbekommen. Seit dem 09. März im #Kino. 👍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcoT1iFu9kE
Porträt und Werkbiografie des Keyboarders, Dirigenten und Komponisten Irmin Schmidt, der als Gründungmitglied der avantgardistischen Rockband „Can“, aber auch als Filmmusiker bleibende Spuren hinterlassen hat. Der in weiten Teilen chronologisch montierte, angenehm unprätentiös erzählte Film räumt Schmidt und seiner Ehefrau Hildegard viel Raum ein, setzt aber auch musikalisch markante Akzente und zeichnet überdies den kreativen Erschöpfungsprozess nach, der Ende der 1970er-Jahre zur Auflösung der Gruppe führte. via Filmdienst
#Can #Irmin-Schmidt #Doku #Film #70s #Krautrock #Experimental-Rock #Rock #Avantgard #Musik #Musique #Music #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
A lunchtime diversion - late 60's/early 70's - FM Radio transitions and segues - A baker's 1/2 Dozen Faves 🎶
It began with the posting of a Fat Mattress (1969) song, which rang a bell. Fat Mattress has a tiny niche-of-honor in my memories and in music history. To me it was sort of a cross between early Jethro Tull (This Was) and Traffic, with the backbone of Noel Redding here.
The band - not coincidentally?! - also featured Chris Wood (Traffic) on the track "All Night Drinker", which makes perfect sense as another foggy memory is seeing Chris Wood fall off the stage, drunken... Oh, and Martin Barre (Tull) was in the band briefly, too.
This said, seeing the image of the album (which I have on vinyl, without the song which was posted - UK version) - set off many associations to the album and its context (1969).
And that brings me to an immediate short-list of tracks comprising 1/2 dozen of my most beloved songs for radio segues between or into/out of sets.
From the 1969 Fat Mattress album (in my 3rd hand as I type)...
"I saw a bird, flying in the sky... He looked at me, I wonder why..."
Pretty depressing actually, maybe reflecting Neil Redding's situation at the time, booted from Hendrix.
He doesn't even play the bass on this track (plays guitar).
"Context and Perspective!"
But before I forget, one more to add to this 'baker's 1/2 dozen' of 'easy listening' FM/LP fare, and favorite segues:
#music #ClassicRock #60s #70s #musica #musique #segues #JethroTull #JoeWalsh #BluesProject #SeaTrain #Beatles #FatMattress #BloodwynPig #musik #RockHistory
You realize you're getting old when younger colleagues don't know "Deep Purple" anymore. And that was only 50 years ago ;-)
Rock on. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
#Deep-Purple #Hard-Rock #Progressive-Rock #Rock #70s #Musik #Musique #Music #YouTube #Video #Wikipedia ☮️
Alice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq-YSgzKzU
2:43 min video
#alice #sex #educatioon in the #70s
