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.
Monday, January 31, 2022
Saturday, January 29, 2022
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.
Hope you enjoy.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
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
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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
Monday, January 24, 2022
All Roads Lead to the Exit
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.
Saturday, January 22, 2022
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.
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Friday, January 21, 2022
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.
Thursday, January 20, 2022
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.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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.
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Monday, January 17, 2022
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.
Hope your day is going well.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
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.
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
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.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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