Which later became Cover of the Whenever.
November 2010 I have been thinking a lot about mortality this year. I am sure many of you have been as well. Starting to see more friends leaving. I have discussed this in this space already, so no need for the site to be a repository of a singular obsession. And yet, here is a …
Some recently unearthed Billy Ruane-related videos. This first one is the gig I mentioned in the last post, when Billy booked us for one of, if not our first Boston gig. You can see the cash flying when he throws money at us during the song. There here is on stage after, in full MC …
Kitchen Door, a Buffalo Tom Song usually sung by Chris Colbourn. But I have some assistance from Will. Sorry for the cutesyness.Will gets cut off on the blog screen ratio. I would go watch on Youtube for the complete effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXrlq65CEIo [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXrlq65CEIo?fs=1] While we are on Buffalo Tom covers, here is one by the band …
May 2010 Lynyrd Skynyrd were one of the pillars of my musical development, as mentioned in this space before. I still think of us wiry 13 year-olds, self-named 200 Proof, playing Southern Rock numbers in my parents basement. While Buffalo Tom has fooled around with “Tuesday’s Gone” at soundchecks, I don’t think we ever played …
Covers of the Week 81 + 82 Sweet Tuesday Morning and Tuesday’s Gone Read More »
May 2010 When I was a kid in the late 1970s, Jackson Browne was already ever-present on the radio. I really loved “Doctor My Eyes.” And The Load Out was one of those gargantuan live albums, along with Cheap Trick At Budokan, and Frampton Comes Alive! But I was pretty agnostic on the guy, sorta …
Cover of the Week 80 Here Come Those Tears Again Read More »
April 2010 After I flew back from Florida this week and watched three hours of the Goldman Sachs drubbing on Capitol Hill on the airplane satellite TV, I posted on Facebook/Twittered the snarky but undeniably cute mock equation: “Goldman Sachs = Pete Rose + $ $.” Simplistic, yes, but not far from the truth; guys …
April 2010 I have always loved Teenage Fanclub, Glasgow’s favorite sons. It is one of those bands that every guy in Buff Tom loves. Both bands got started around the same time. I think we predated them by about a year with our first record. I was smitten by the first listen of “Everything Flows,” …
Yeah, been remiss, wid da cuvah da week. Buff Tom and real estate (and I believe I still have a family) been keeping me busy. So, I make it up with a two-fer (as they say in the south — here they say “too-fuh”). And, in the great annals of famous duos — Simon and …
Sam Cooke’s amazing “Nothing can Change This Love. Please excuse the hat/glasses. This was recorded in the morning. I don’ look pretty in the morning. I’m doing you a favor. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0zsvCRcIW4] http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
I never had a chance to meet Mark Linkous, the musician behind the band Sparklehorse who committed suicide late last week. But I have envied him. I envied his talent and vision in making a sort of music I dream about making. I envied him for having the sort of talent that attracts heroes of …