Let's call today blue yodel day, with the singing brakeman showing us the way. Taylormade, no hand me downs. It's the truth, honey. Hey hey.
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 6
Jimmie Rodgers - Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 10
Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Woman Make A Fool Out Of Me)
Nearly forgotten soul singer Joe Hicks wasn't called Mighty Joe for nothing. Funky but clean, if you know what I mean.
Joe Hicks - Train Of Thought
Rusty Wier - Stoned, Slow, Rugged
Faithful Robyn Hitchcock recently paid tribute to Syd Barrett on what would have been the late Floyd frontman's 75th birthday. Will you please keep on the track?
Robyn Hitchcock - Gigolo Aunt
Got some fine fine Don Van Vliet rarities for you today. Genius at work. Where will you go from here?
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Tupelo (live San Francisco '67)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Orange Claw Hammer ('75 radio)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Owed T'Alex ('76 version)
Chasing the Trane today, with the obscure Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe, with the great tenor player Clifford Laconia Jordan and, last but certainly not least, with his talented widow Alice.
The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe - Coltrane
Clifford Jordan Quartet - John Coltrane
Alice Coltrane - Something About John Coltrane
Had I discovered Seaside Ghost Tales just a little bit earlier, this collection of hypnotic gnostic folk trips from down under would have made my end-of-year list for sure. Using more or less exotic instruments like tablas, lute and dulcimer, head Trappist Adam Geoffrey Cole often recalls Current 93 at its most melodic here. This was Cole's last project under the Trappist Afterland moniker by the way; curious to see what he'll come up with next.
Trappist Afterland - The Unquiet Grave
Just got the sad news that Mark Keds no longer walks among us. The talented singer and guitarist of London pop-punk formation the Senseless Things was only 50 years old. Miss him.
Senseless Things - Ex-Teenager
Senseless Things - Got It At The Delmar
Numero's latest entry in its acclaimed Eccentric Soul series focuses on the tiny Cuca label from Wisconsin. Lots of treasure to be found as usual; take this fine fine track by Harvey Scales for instance. "You don't even remember my name, you're so wrong..."
Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl
How much did it cost, indeed. Militant jazz from '69. Right on, and swings like crazy, too.
Leon Thomas - Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' To Vietnam)
We're in Memphis, Tennessee in the year of 1928. Gus Cannon plays jug, with Elijah Avery on guitar and Noah Lewis on harmonica. Can you do the Pig Ankle Strut? Surely one of the weirdest and otherwordly tunes ever put to shellac.
Gus Cannon - Pig Ankle Strut
A couple of fine recent covers, plus the originals of course. Yo La Tengo honours my beloved Ronnie Lane in patented Fakebook style, while Lambchop grooves to Ohio's artpunks the Mirrors. Good taste, y'all.
Yo La Tengo - Roll On Babe
Lambchop - Shirley
Ronnie Lane - Roll On Babe
Mirrors - Shirley
It's the spring of 1967, and maestro Sonny Rollins plays a couple of gigs and radio shows in the Netherlands. He's backed by talented locals Ruud Jacobs (bass) and Han Bennink (drums), which works a treat indeed. Great find from the Dutch Jazz Archive.
Sonny Rollins - Love Walked In
Welcome anywhere you come from, gringos. Let's ring in this new year together with some old fashioned patchanka by Manu Chao and the gang. Here's to a happy and healthy 2021, y'all. ¡Salud!
Mano Negra - Indios De Barcelona
