Here ya go — seven minutes of gorgeous, slinky, swinging mainstream tenor sax jazz from 1979. Buddy Tate was a pillar of the Count Basie band for years, Arnett Cobb showed up on dozens of early r&b records. The rhythm section is a model for this kind of music — Hank Jones …
#229: Jazz sax battle & the roots of rock n roll Read More »
My pal Michael Wrycraft called me yesterday. Where was my daily video link, he asked. Answer: Too busy to send one out – happens sometimes. Okay, he sez, didja know that today was the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s first record? Produced by John Hammond, reputedly for $408.00. They called it “Hammond’s folly” …
For months now, I’ve been planning a week’s worth of Hank Williams songs (or songs about Hank Williams), and I’m still working on it. Here, however, is a bizarre video of Hank Jr. with a child prodigy moppet who was about four, and already knew how to hold his own amid Hank’s rowdy friends — …
#226: Out of the mouths (and accordions) of babies… Read More »
One of the nicest thing about doing these daily missives is the input from you guys. The other day, when I presented some old and new “drug” songs, some of you wrote with suggestions. “Where’s John Prine’s ‘Illegal Smile’?” someone wrote, and here it is. This is a 1978 version. and the audience is amused …