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 …
I remember distinctly, in my first year of living in Massachusetts, the autumn of 1982, and going to Newbury Comics on Newbury Street in Boston and buying the New Order tape Power, Corruption, and Lies, which I was burning to have ever since I had heard “Age of Consent” and “Blue Monday” on the radio. I …
An old George Jones number, live at the upright in Q Division Studio B [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyZLIoBBT1w] – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default