New Song: “Noon Hill” (Click Title to Read Post)
The first song from my new solo collection. Please click post title to read post. Or just click the player to listen.
Goodbye to R&B Greats
Losing Johnny Otis and his protege, Etta James, in the same week is a major reminder that the giants of R&B and soul are leaving us. This was always my fave Etta number. Tears me up every time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgLOreeGJps Hopefully, singers like Adele will carry on the legacy:
Some More Clips from the Museum of Fine Arts Show
From last summer: Here I Come Atlantic: Like Shadows (I mess up a lyric in this rarely played one):
Hot Stove Vid
Well, there was so much good about about this weekend’s Hot Stove Cool Music. But then again, there always is. But perhaps the greatest part was the pre-show party the night before at the House of Blues Foundation Room, when a bunch of us played three sets of all-Stones tunes all night, joined in the …
Home Made Buff Tom Vids
About a year ago, before the BT record Skins was released, I was fooling around with iMovie and a couple of the songs from the record. I had forgotten about these. But the long-delayed wintry mix here in Boston reminded me. Please understand that these are not “official” music videos. I might even get a …
Aretha
They will be discussing Aretha Franklin’s seminal Amazing Grace LP today on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook. (Lots of info and clips there, check it out.) It reminded me of my old 2009 post about the same record, specifically her performance of the song, “Precious Memories,” here.
Listening to Gimme Shelter
I am going to tell you what makes this song so great. I am not going to go into Greil Marcus territory and lay out some whole context — real or imagined. We all know everything about the sixties by now. Its arc is perhaps the most-documented six-year era ever. It goes something like this: …