I went to see Marianne Faithful last night which gives me an excuse to run the above photos, two of my favorites, and some clips, including the only watchable parts of the otherwise awful flick Girl On A Motorcycle (1968).The [...]
Swig Swig Puff Puff
Posted by rockindomp3
If you haven't seen this yet (it's been making the rounds for a couple of weeks) all I can say is-- wow! It would be hard to imagine such a tune making it on to a Network (or even basic cable) TV show in this post "Just Say No" era. It's like you [...]
Frankie Lee Sims
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Frankie Lee Sims was probably born in New Orleans, April 30, 1917. However in the only interview he ever gave, he told Arhoolie Records' Chris Stachwitz that he was born February 29, 1906. Oddly enough, since 1906 was not [...]
Eddie Bo 1930-2009
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This year's death toll just keeps a risin'. Eddie Bo (Edwin Joseph Bocage) died last Wednesday (March 18th) , felled by a massive heart attack. A pianist, singer and songwriter, Eddie Bo, was born in New Orleans [...]
Gillian's Found Photo #5
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It's already our 5th week on what's proved to be one of the most popular features of this blog--Found photos from the collection of my wife, Gillian "The Fang" McCain. This snap shot has the date January 64 printed in the [...]
Broken Records (and how they got that way...)
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Yes, they break if you sit on them, shoot 'em, step on them, run them over. Sometimes 78's break if you look at 'em the wrong way. Here's my collection of broken discs and how they got that way.From the top photo we find [...]
Sinatra- Bim Bam Baby
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"Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, desperate vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. Rock n' roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons, and [...]
Kid Thomas
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I guess I'm starting to repeat myself in my old age, since I wrote a similar piece to this one in Kicks magazine #3 back around 1981, but since that was a whole generation ago I might as well. If you are unfamiliar with [...]
Gillian's Found Photo #4
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In this, our fourth installment of our Gillian's Found Photo feature, we delve into another area of the Fang's photographic collecting interests-- Black G.I.'s (she recently unearthed an amazing scrapbook of Black Panther [...]
This Week's 5 Pack
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Something for every sort of personality disorder this week.First off is from New Orleans' legendary Booker label, the same label that issued the amazing Rev. Charlie Jackson 45's (see the Nov. '08 posting Guitar Evangelists [...]
Herbie Duncan
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Herbie Duncan died recently. I don't know what killed him or the exact date that he died. Does it matter?Herbie Duncan cut three 45's: Hot Lips Baby b/w Little Angel (Mar-Vel, 1958, re-issued and still available [...]
Gillian's Found Photo #3
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Are those the coolest ear muffs ever? Is this young cowgirl being attacked by Kung Fu Chimps?What is going on in this photo is anybody's guess. Anyone out there have any ide [...]
Screaming Lord Sutch
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I'm a sucker for a good novelty. Hence, a minor fascination with that notable British rock'n'roll character Lord David Sutch aka Screaming Lord Sutch, proof positive that, sometimes, in the world of rock'n'roll having no [...]
Sugar Boy
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James "Sugar Boy" Crawford Jr., b. Oct 12, 1934 is one of the last of the great New Orleans rock'n'rollers still alive. Old timers remember him as having the best band in the city for a decade or more, as well as being [...]
Gillian's Found Photo #2
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In the latest installment of our new weekly feature we delve into Gillian "The Fang" McCain's collection of found photos and ask ourselves, what do we say about this one?My guess is that this is Siomone Mareuil recovering [...]
