Comfort Food Just Add Cheese with the Red Sauce

 

One morning it was in the low 20s Fahrenheit in Central Texas.  This was not supposed to happen.  Although last year the entire state was devastated by an unexpected snow storm, which they said would happen every 100 years.  One of the best way to combat freezing temperature is to eat comfort food.  Boil some spaghetti noodles al dente style.  Drain and set aside.  Heat tomato sauce and throw in leftover meat from yesterday's hamburger.  Spice it up.  Pour the sauce over the noodles. Add diced fresh parsley. And don't forget the grated Parmesan cheese. Enjoy with a glass of Pinot Noir.  Bon Appetit.  

Art Pepper - Desafinado (1974 recording vinyl)

 

Art Pepper - Desafinado (1974 recording vinyl)

 

"Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life" - ART BLAKEY

 

From the album "Artworks" featuring:

Art Pepper -  saxophone, clarinet 

George Cables - piano 

Charlie Haden - bass 

Billy Higgins - drums

Recorded May 25-26, 1974, Burbank, California

 

Art Pepper, born in Gardena, California on September 1, 1925 and raised in nearby San Pedro, began playing clarinet at age 9 and, by 15, was performing in Lee Young's band at the Club Alabam on Central Avenue, the home of jazz in prewar Los Angeles.

 

He joined Stan Kenton's band, touring the U.S. and gaining fame, but was drafted in 1943 serving as an MP in London and performing with some British jazz bands. He returned to the States and to Kenton, touring and recording. In 1952 he placed second only to Charlie Parker in the Down Beat jazz poll. Probably his most famous recording from that period is his stunning performance of 'Art Pepper,' written by Shorty Rogers (as part of a series of charts Kenton had commissioned to feature members of his band).

 

Art left Stan Kenton in 1951 to form his own group, occasionally recording for Rogers and others. He signed with Contemporary Records in 1957.

 

From the beginning Art's playing combined a tender delicacy of tone with a purity of narrative line—a gift for storytelling that was made irresistible by an inherent, dancing, shouting, moaning inability to ever stop swinging.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

by Art Pepper,  Laurie Pepper.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

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Peter Paul and Mary - It's Raining (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

Peter Paul and Mary - It's Raining (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring

Bumped his head and he went to bed

And he couldn't get up in the mornin'

Rain rain, go away, come again some other day.

"hey I got an idea ... we could all play hide and go seek inside,

Now everybody hide and I'll be it!"

Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight,

Wish I may, wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring

Bumped his head and he went to bed

And he couldn't get up in the mornin'

Rain rain, go away, come again some other day.

Five ten fifteen twenty.

Twenty-five thirty. thirty-five forty.

Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home.

Your house is on fire, and your children,

They will burn, they will burn.

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring

Bumped his head and he went to bed

And he couldn't get up in the mornin'

Rain rain, go away, come again some other day.

Forty-five fifty. fifty-five sixty.

Sixty-five seventy. seventy-five eighty.

Won't be my father's jack,

No I won't be my mother's jill,

I'll be a fiddler's wife and fiddle when I will.

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring

Bumped his head and he went to bed

And he couldn't get up in the mornin'

Rain rain, go away, come again some other day.

Eighty-five, ninety. ninety-five, a hundred.

anyone round my base is it! ready or not, here I come!

allee allee in free!

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Naomi Neville

 

Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar

Noel "Paul" Stookey – vocals, guitar, banjo

Mary Travers – vocals

Russell Savakus – double bass

Paul Prestopino – guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro

Produced by Milton Okun

Musical Director: Milton Okun

Assisting Instrumentalists: Russell Savakus, Paul Prestopino

Associate Producer: Phil Ramone

 

Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It contains hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon", among others. The album reached No. 12 on Billboard's Top LPs chart. The single "Day is Done" reached number 7 on the Easy Listening chart and number 21 on the Pop Singles chart.  At the Grammy Awards of 1970, Peter, Paul and Mommy won the Grammy for Best Recording for Children.

 

According to Paul Stookey, the album grew naturally from the fact that all the previous albums the trio had released contain at least one children's song. The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as "It's Raining" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon)", found on earlier albums, were re-recorded for the album with a backing children choir. The single "Day is Done", written by Peter Yarrow, is also a different recording from the one on the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by Tom Paxton.

 

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan, as well as covers of other folk musicians. They were enormously successful in the early and mid 1960s, with their debut album topping the charts for weeks, and helped popularize the folk music revival.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  Unless noted, this channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #folksinger #childrensong #lyrics #folktrio #traditional #folkballad #folksong

Peter Paul and Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

Peter Paul and Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

There is something wonderful yet melancholic about this song everytime I hear it.  Yet I never tire listening to it.  This is for you, Devin. I hope we can sing it together one day. - Lolo

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff

And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff

Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail

Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came

Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name

Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys

Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys

One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain

Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane

Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave

So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave

Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Lipton Leonard / Yarrow Peter

 

Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar

Noel "Paul" Stookey – vocals, guitar, banjo

Mary Travers – vocals

Russell Savakus – double bass

Paul Prestopino – guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro

Produced by Milton Okun

Musical Director: Milton Okun

Assisting Instrumentalists: Russell Savakus, Paul Prestopino

Associate Producer: Phil Ramone

 

Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It contains hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon", among others. The album reached No. 12 on Billboard's Top LPs chart. The single "Day is Done" reached number 7 on the Easy Listening chart and number 21 on the Pop Singles chart.  At the Grammy Awards of 1970, Peter, Paul and Mommy won the Grammy for Best Recording for Children.

 

According to Paul Stookey, the album grew naturally from the fact that all the previous albums the trio had released contain at least one children's song. The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as "It's Raining" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon)", found on earlier albums, were re-recorded for the album with a backing children choir. The single "Day is Done", written by Peter Yarrow, is also a different recording from the one on the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by Tom Paxton.

 

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan, as well as covers of other folk musicians. They were enormously successful in the early and mid 1960s, with their debut album topping the charts for weeks, and helped popularize the folk music revival.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  Unless noted, this channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #folksinger #childrensong #lyrics #folktrio #traditional #folkballad #folksong

NOLA Street Musicians - Basin Street Blues (Cafe Du Monde)

 

NOLA Street Musicians - Basin Street Blues (Cafe Du Monde)

 

Street musicians performing Basin Street Blues in front of the Cafe Du Monde in NOLA one morning.  January 6, 2022.

 

Basin Street is the street

Where the best folks they meet

In New Orleans, land of dreams

You'll never know how nice it seems

Exactly what it really means

 

Basin Street Blues is another New Orleans jazz standard with a fascinating back story.

 

The song was composed by Spencer Williams and originally recorded by Louis Armstrong – two New Orleanians who grew up on and around Basin Street. However, when the song was recorded in 1928, the street no longer existed. City leaders, anxious to erase the area’s reputation for legal prostitution, had changed the street’s name to the innocuous “North Saratoga.”

 

Because of the song’s popularity, the city changed the name back to Basin Street. But by that point, the Storyville legacy was long gone and the street really wasn’t a place for tourists to visit.

 

As often happens with great songs, the lyrics are malleable.  https://sweeneygumbo.com/2016/04/13/going-beyond-the-lyrics-in-basin-street-blues/

 

I do not own the copyright to the music.  (Images and recording on this video were captured as is. Copyright 2022 Rob Castro.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #NOLA #streetmusicians #FrenchQuarter #CafeDuMonde #streetphotography

Peter, Paul and Mary - The Marvelous Toy (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

Peter, Paul and Mary - The Marvelous Toy (1969 vinyl LP Peter Paul and Mommy )

 

A day after my 63rd birthday, I became officially a grandfather to Devin. I know it wouldn't take long for the baby boy to grow.  I don't know what it would take to be a good granddad.  But perhaps I could share with him the music that I heard growing up as a young lad in the 60s.  Devin, this is for you. - Lolo

When I was just a wee little lad

Full of health and joy

My father homeward came one night

And gave to me a toy

A wonder to behold it was

With many colors bright

And the moment I laid eyes on it

It became my heart's delight

It went "Zip" when it moved

And "Bop" when it stopped

And "Whirrr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up

I had a big surprise

'Cause right on the bottom were two big buttons

That looked like big green eyes

I first pushed one and then the other

Then I twisted its lid

And when I set it down again

Here is what it did

It went "Zip" when it moved

And "Bop" when it stopped

And "Whirrr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will

It first marched left and then marched right

Then marched under a chair

And when I looked where it had gone

It wasn't even there

I started to cry, but my daddy laughed

'Cause he knew that I would find

When I turned around my marvelous toy

Would be chugging from behind

"Zip" when it moved

And "Bop" when it stopped

And "Whirrr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will

Whirr, whirr, whirr

The years have gone by too quickly it seems

I have my own little boy

And yesterday I gave to him

My marvelous little toy

His eyes nearly popped right out of his head

And he gave a squeal of glee

Neither one of us knows just what it is

But he loves it just like me

It still goes "Zip" when it moves

And "Bop" when it stops

And "Whirrr" when it stands still

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Tom Paxton

 

Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar

Noel "Paul" Stookey – vocals, guitar, banjo

Mary Travers – vocals

Russell Savakus – double bass

Paul Prestopino – guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro

Produced by Milton Okun

Musical Director: Milton Okun

Assisting Instrumentalists: Russell Savakus, Paul Prestopino

Associate Producer: Phil Ramone

 

Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros. in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It contains hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon", among others. The album reached No. 12 on Billboard's Top LPs chart. The single "Day is Done" reached number 7 on the Easy Listening chart and number 21 on the Pop Singles chart.  At the Grammy Awards of 1970, Peter, Paul and Mommy won the Grammy for Best Recording for Children.

 

According to Paul Stookey, the album grew naturally from the fact that all the previous albums the trio had released contain at least one children's song. The album contains new songs as well as some songs they had previously recorded. Songs such as "It's Raining" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon)", found on earlier albums, were re-recorded for the album with a backing children choir. The single "Day is Done", written by Peter Yarrow, is also a different recording from the one on the album. "The Marvelous Toy" and "Going To The Zoo" are songs by Tom Paxton.

 

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan, as well as covers of other folk musicians. They were enormously successful in the early and mid 1960s, with their debut album topping the charts for weeks, and helped popularize the folk music revival.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  Unless noted, this channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #folksinger  #lyrics #childrensong #folktrio #traditional #folkballad #folksong

All Roads Lead to the Exit

 

After sauntering on the halls of the New Orleans Jazz Museum for over an hour, it was time to call it and let our mind and eyes see other things at NOLA before we head home.  Interestingly, we noticed a small sign before heading to the exit door.  No Food or Drink.  Now, why would anyone place this sign where people where just about ready to leave the place? If anyone knows why, please let me know.

I don't own the copyright to the original image.  Appropriation is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

Hope your day is going well.

Joan Baez - Wagoner's Lad (1972 Vinyl LP Joan Baez Ballad Book)

 

Joan Baez - Wagoner's Lad (1972 Vinyl LP Joan Baez Ballad Book)

Oh, hard is the fortune of all woman kind

She's always controlled, she's always confined

Controlled by her parents until she's a wife

A slave to her husband the rest of her life

Oh, I'm just a poor girl my fortune is sad

I've always been courted by the wagoner's lad

He's courted me daily, by night and by day

And now he is loading and going away

My parents don't like him because he is poor

They say he's not worthy of entering my door

He works for a living, his money's his own

And if they don't like it they can leave him alone

Your horses are hungry, go feed them some hay

Then sit down near by me as long as you may

My horses ain't hungry, they won't eat your hay

So fare thee well darlin I'll be on my way

Your wagon needs greasing your whip is to mend

Then sit down beside me as long as you can

My wagon is greasy, my whip's in my hand

So fare thee well darlin, no longer to stand

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Joan Baez

Wagoner's Lad lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing LLC

 

From the the Joan Baez Ballad Book, a 1972 compilation of traditional folk material, culled from Joan Baez' first five Vanguard albums. Though Ballad Book has since been supplanted by the reissue of most of Baez' original Vanguard catalog, for a number of years, it remained the only source to obtain a number of these cuts, as most of her early Vanguard albums temporarily went out of print in the early 1980s.

 

Joan Chandos Baez  (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.  Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice.   Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages.

 

Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. 

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from News.Gr.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #folksinger #traditional #folkballad #folksong

Making Sense Out of the Mundane

 

Vincent Van Gogh did it.  He painted of things, which he saw in his room while he was in the asylum.  So I thought I could do it too.  Of course, I'm not Van Gogh.  

Hope your day is going well.

Joan Baez - All My Trials (1972 Vinyl LP Joan Baez Ballad Book)

 Joan Baez - All My Trials (1972 Joan Baez Ballad Book)

Hush, little baby, don't you cry

You know your mama was born to die

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

River of Jordan is muddy and cold

Well, it chills the body, but not the soul

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

I've got a little book with pages three

And every page spells, "Liberty"

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

Too late, my brothers

Too late, but never mind

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

If living were a thing that money could buy

You know the rich would live and the poor would die

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

There grows a tree in Paradise

And the pilgrims call it the Tree of Life

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

Too late, my brothers

Too late, but never mind

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

All my trials, Lord, soon be over

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Joan Baez

All My Trials lyrics © Chandos Music

From the the Joan Baez Ballad Book, a 1972 compilation of traditional folk material, culled from Joan Baez' first five Vanguard albums. Though Ballad Book has since been supplanted by the reissue of most of Baez' original Vanguard catalog, for a number of years, it remained the only source to obtain a number of these cuts, as most of her early Vanguard albums temporarily went out of print in the early 1980s.

 

Joan Chandos Baez  (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.  Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice.   Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages.

 

Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. 

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from Alamy.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

You can also view my jazz uploads at Juzno's Jazz.

 

INXDS.   #folksinger #traditional #folkballad #folksong

Curtis Fuller - Undecided (1959 vinyl "Blues-ette")

 

Curtis Fuller - Undecided (1959 vinyl "Blues-ette")

 

"I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that's about as much cooking as I do." - Betty White

 

Blues-ette is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label.

 

Curtis Fuller - trombone

Benny Golson - tenor saxophone

Tommy Flanagan - piano

Jimmy Garrison - bass

Al Harewood - drums

 

The Allmusic website awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sessions in any genre of music are all too often described as "sublime," but seldom has that description been better deserved than with this relaxed hard bop classic... Any serious jazz collection is incomplete without this record. Period".

 

Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932 – May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.

 

Fuller's  father had emigrated from Jamaica and worked in a Ford automobile factory, but he died from tuberculosis before his son was born. His mother, who had moved north from Atlanta, died when he was 9. He spent several years in an orphanage run by Jesuits. He developed a passion for jazz after one of the nuns there brought him to see Illinois Jacquet and his band perform, with J. J. Johnson on trombone.

 

Fuller attended a public school in his hometown, together with Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones, and Milt Jackson. There, he took up the trombone when he was sixteen - studying under Johnson.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original LP.)  This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

 All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

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Going Going Gone

 

“Daddy?”

 

“Yes, sweetie.”

 

“Who’s the greatest band  in the world?”

 

“The Beatles, of course.  And anyone else who played with Bob Dylan.”

 

“So who’s the greatest songwriter?”

 

“Bob Dylan, of course.”

 

“And who’s the greatest singer?”

 

“That would have to be … Freddie Mercury.”

 

Going Going Gone - written by Bob Dylan

 I’ve just reached a place

 Where the willow don’t bend

 There’s not much more to be said

 It’s the top of the end

 I’m going

 I’m going

 I’m gone

 

 I’m closin’ the book

 On the pages and the text

 And I don’t really care

 What happens next

 I’m just going

 I’m going

 I’m gone

 

 I been hangin’ on threads

 I been playin’ it straight

 Now, I’ve just got to cut loose

 Before it gets late

 So I’m going

 I’m going

 I’m gone

 

 Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart

 And you’ll be fine at the end of the line

 All that’s gold isn’t meant to shine

 Don’t you and your one true love ever part”

 

 I been walkin’ the road

 I been livin’ on the edge

 Now, I’ve just got to go

 Before I get to the ledge

 So I’m going

 I’m just going

 I’m gone

Copyright © 1973 by Ram's Horn Music; renewed 2001 by Ram’s Horn Music

Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Harmonica

 

THE BAND

Robbie Robertson -- Guitar

Rick Danko -- Bass

Levon Helm -- Drums

Garth Hudson -- Organ

Richard Manual -- Drums, Piano

Released         January 17, 1974

Recorded        November 5, 1973

Village Recorder, 1616 Butler, West LA

 

Though Dylan shuns autobiographical ties to his songs, he wrote “Going, Going, Gone” during the eight-year-long recovery from his motorcycle accident in 1966 (during which he could not tour). Most likely this was also around the time his marriage to his first wife was beginning to unravel (they divorced in 1977). [ https://blog.sevenponds.com/expressive-music/going-going-gone-by-bob-dylan]

 

Critics have admired the interplay in the song between Dylan's desperate vocal and guitarist Robbie Robertson's lead guitar. Rock critic Tim Riley wrote that "The Band's windup pitch to "Going, Going, Gone" is a wonder of pinpoint ensemble playing: Robertson makes his guitar entrance choke as if a noose had suddenly tightened around its neck", adding that The Band's sympathetic "shaping of the song ... is so perfectly attuned to the bottomed-out quality of Dylan's mood that Robertson's guitar sounds like it's scratching the itch in Dylan's throat".  (Riley, Tim (1995). Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary. Plexus Publishing. pp. 215–216.)

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Images on this video were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS.   #folkrock #bobdylan #theband #vinylrecord

 

A Line Drawn on Canal Street

 

As we were going back to our hotel, I noticed these images on Canal Street in New Orleans.  The street once served as a “neutral ground” between the old families of Spanish and French descent,  and Creoles living in the Vieux Carre (now known as the French Quarter) and the newly arriving European immigrants, who preferred to settle on the other side of the street (today’s Central Business and Warehouse districts.)  I thought the image depicts that distinction.  On the upper side of the photo, one can see a double exposure of a worker of European descent.  The lower half of the photo seems to portray the original settlers.  The only problem with my assessment is that a greater part of the French Quarter is located north of Canal Street.

Image captured with the iPhone and appropriated as my own artistic version.   I do not own the copyright to the original photograph.  My apologies for not giving credit to the photographer.  My guess would be Jack Robinson.  If anyone know who took these images, please let me know.  

Original photo displayed on the window of a building on Canal Street.

Hope your day is going well.

Willis Jackson - Hey Jude (restored 1971 jazz vinyl LP "Gatorade")

 

Willis Jackson - Hey Jude (restored 1971 jazz vinyl LP "Gatorade")

 

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain

 

The music is from the album Gatorade by saxophonist Willis Jackson.  It was recorded in August 1971 and first released on the Prestige label.

 

 • Willis Jackson – tenor sax

 • Carl Wilson – organ

 • Boogaloo Joe Jones – guitar

 • Jerry Porter – drums

 • Buddy Caldwell – conga

 

Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

 

Jackson joined Duke Ellington alumnus Cootie Williams's band in 1949 as a teenager, after being discovered by Eddie Vinson. During the 1950s Jackson participated in R&B and jazz recordings, primarily as a session musician.  Jackson joined Prestige Records in 1959, making a string of jazz albums that proved to an influence on the burgeoning soul jazz movement. During this era, Jack McDuff and Pat Martino became famous through association with Jackson. Jackson's main influences were Lester Young and Illinois Jacquet.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from WBSS Media.  -  https://wbssmedia.com/artists/detail/734) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS.  #bebop #jazzsaxophone #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

Raphael Robin, Isleño fisherman and trapper

 

The sign says "Raphael Robin, Isleño fisherman and trapper".  Found his image in the New Orleans Jazz Museum.  Don't know much about him.  I searched the internet and could not find who he was except that he was an Isleños who worked as a fisherman and a trapper.  I'm assuming he was a trapper of alligators.  The Islenos or otherwise called the Canary Islanders were from the south of Spain.  From 1778 - 1783, approximately 2,000 Spanish Canary Islanders arrived in New Orleans: men, women, children, and infants.  Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Galvez arranged for their settlement. He positioned the newcomers at four strategic sites surrounding the port of New Orleans to defend Spain's Gulf trade routes from the English. 

 

On the opposite side of the New Orleans Jazz Museum lies the beginning of Frenchman Street.  A few walks from the Museum, we found ourselves back to the French Quarter.  One morning we experienced the sound of live New Orleans jazz from street musicians.  We hanged out while we sipped cafe-au-lait and indulged on slices of beignet (a fancy doughnut without the hole) at Cafe Du Mounde, a semi-open cafe square.  The coffee was so-so, and the beignet was covered with powdered sugar to mask the oil from the doughnut.  Eventually, all the powdered sugar would fall into our laps, and the more we try to brush it off the more it spreads and smears all over our clothes because our fingers were all sticky with the sugar itself.  A worthwhile experience in getting a taste of the French Quarter in my opinion.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio - A Hard's Night (1966 vinyl LP "Hang on Ramsey!")

 

The Ramsey Lewis Trio - A Hard's Night (1966 vinyl LP "Hang on Ramsey!")

 

"None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back." - Paul McCartney

 

The song is from the vinyl LP  "Hang on Ramsey!", recorded live at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California on October 14-17, 1965.  Background vocals were from audience participation who were obviously having a great time.

 

The Ramsey Lewis Trio, with bassist Eldee Young and percussionist Redd Holt, became a fixture on the Chicago jazz scene, releasing their debut album, Ramsey Lewis & His Gentlemen of Jazz, back in 1956.

 

Lewis earned his first gold record, as well as a Grammy award for Best Jazz Performance, for their swinging version of Dobie Gray’s hit “The In Crowd.”  He returned to the pop charts in 1966 with versions of "A Hard's Night", “Hang On Sloopy” and “Wade In The Water.” Throughout the years, Lewis’ trio has undergone membership changes, all the while staying true to Lewis’ high musical standards.

 

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos.  (Image post and video art were appropriated from Marcelo Chagas.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

 

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs.  This channel does not use recordings from CDs.  As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album.  Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of  the loudness wars.

 

Hope you enjoy. 

 

INXDS.  #jazztrio #jazzpiano #jazzlive  #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday