Sure is some great stuff up here to welcome me b ack.  I can't match any of it at this point.  I have precious little time these days.  Hopefully soon, the mania will end. 

awesome, if you limit me to 5 years, you might as well kill me now.  Which allows me to address Dandy-Pie's comment about oldsters being stagnated in their time.  When have you ever known me to shut out any music of any period? 

Ewe, do you think we could get Newton Faulkner to sing us to sleep every night?  Truly a strong voice - talented guy.

is the only DVD I've ever been inclined to buy.  It IS heartfelt and sincere, heartfelt sincerity in all how-many-ever people performed in that concert.  Never will that kind of empathy die, as long as we who still remember are alive.  Thank you, Dandy Sweets.

TJ:Thank you, TJ, for the post.  What a pleasure it is to see you in here.  Please come and post more often.

These guys defined the period of change in the music of a nation, and of the world.

Don't tell me this ain't rock 'n roll

Martin Luther King was assassinated the next day.  No, he will not get there with us.  He has already gotten there.  And, because of the technology we have today, he speaks to us for eternity..

(This is 22 minutes long, so listen when you have the time to really hear it, maybe for the first time.)

Let us spend this day in reverence for this man of whom the U.S.A. can be proud.  He speaks to all races.

awesome:  Heavens YES!  It night be that we were inundated with so much innovation in music at that time it was hard to digest some of it.  But, I loved being a part of it, didn't you?

Nice collage, and thank you so much for opening the MLK window.  That was my intent for this day, but I have been handling some administrative issues. 

In my opinion. what Martin Luther Kind did was open the door.  It may be centires before the transvformation is finished.  Meanwhile, we still have racial stresses in this country.  I, as a woman,  have him to thank for opening the eyes of wo many people.  I believe his work not only benefitted the African Americans in this country, but minorities everywhere.  His work has just begun.  It is up to us to live his legacy. 

awesome:  I always wonder where you come up with this stuff...or rather GI/w you come up with it.  Thowe sounded more 50s than 70s, to me.

I'm on Wolfgang's Vault as I type listening to a Paul Carrack concert.  It's a real feel-good thing....so far.  But, it has been his voice all along.  How does one describe thrilling and soothing in the same breath?  You could owe it to yourself to scoot on over there and take a listen.  Just search for Paul Carrack.  It's a 1988 show at the Ritz in NY, NY.  Nice venue. 

Oh!  And, while you're prowling around there, he brought in a new Grateful Dead concert that's pretty nice grooving while you play your games.  He also  has established a liason with Daytrotter.  Daytrotter is putting the necessary components to allow indies to do their thing.  It looks like an interesting place to discover.  I think I'll be spending a little time there.  Stay tuned.  OR, you could go and deliver us a report.

Jim Dandy: Oh, I know the players change, but not the main ones as a general rule.  I find myself wondering who in that clip wasn't real.

Sgtranger things have happened, but to my knowledge the same three guys were the Kingston Trio from chilchood.  Give me a few minutes on that. 

Oooops, I'm terribly wrong about that.  They started out in 1957 with Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds,  John Stewart joined and lead the group starting in 1961, when Guard left.  Since then, they've been through all kinds of transformations, none of which included John Phillips.  But, the trio is now none of the original three.

John Stewart of the Kingston Trio died of a stroke on the 19th of January 2008.  If you'd like to read up on it, here's a link:

Eriisa:  I felt sorry for the old boy.

Eriisa:  We allow links here.  How about hooking us up with that guy's ex-ex wife?

Lord, it's slow here.

awesome:  Oh yeah!  I loved The Aces.  Hmmmm, I wonder if it was Paul Carrack's voice all along?

Dandy Sweets:  You always amaze me, but this time you touched me, all the way from Toronto to Dallas.  That song by Mike and the Mechanics has been one of my big emotional triggers ever since the first time I heard it.  Today, I cried, for the first time in a year.  Thank you.  Joss Stone really does have a great voice.  Take a look at the faces in the audience.  The women weren't too impressed.  My idea of perfection in a woman is one who doesn't choose sides.  But, then I'm different from you.  Re: Triumvirat, this should be interesting.

OK, my turn.  I haven't been around much of late.  I worked 96 hours over the last 2 weeks trying to catch up.  Dallas (I know y'all get tired of hearing about Texas, but it's a big place, with lots going on) has a way of bringing up bluesmen.  We had Stevie Ray.  We also have a very closely held secret, Bugs Henderson.  He hasn't had much of a jones for travelin' far, so we get to have him mostly to ourselves.  And, guess what?  He's still alive!  WooHoo!!!  Bugsy grew up in Garland, right outside my kitchen window.  And, he is fantabulous.  I call attention to the drummer, Linda Waring, for she is one of the best around.  She uses lots of cowbell, I think Dandy-Pie will like that.  But, she is one rockin' soul.  Oh, and the Granada.  Someday, we'll talk about that.  Snuffer's is right next door.  Talk about GREAT chili cheese fries.  That is a heart attack in a basket, but sooooooo deeeeelicious, kinda like this:


Give this one a listen. Ny rating is "EXTREMELY HOT".  Of course, I think I've said it before, I got this thing for harp players.  They have marvelous diaphrams.  Just watch the diaphram of the next harp player you see live, and you'll see what I mean. 


And, this is Bugsy at his finest.  Just sit back and groove

Jim Dandy:  Hahahaha!  You're a dandy, that's for sure!

Pretty amazing drumming, huh, Dandy-Dear? 

You guys are so cute.  You do me proud. 

Ewe has consented to help Hunkey and me host the board.  Ewe has been a consistent contributor to this board, and she has a broad range of music knowledge.  I am so happy you consented to come aboard, Ewe.  Welcome to the team.

Thanks, awesome.  My favorite was Poke Salad Annie, of course.  It's a song of my fatherland - well close, 'bout 2 hours drive.  Ever had poke salad?  You have to parboil it, pour off that water (it's toxic to the human gut), then cook it again in fresh water.  But, it really is delicious.  

who sneaked up on me today.....

I hope everyone can excuse my absence from this board the past week or so.  As you know, I started a new temp job three weeks ago.  It's a boiler room, and we have a huge number of tax returns that have to be turned by the 20th of this month.  I have not only the load of the tax returns to be prepared (that includes developing the numbers to put on them), I have the learning curve to contend with.  Given my age, and my health limitations, I think that proves I have stamina beyond even my own estimation.  But, I'm here to tell you I have been exhausted.  If the world had ended last week, I probably wouldn't have even noticed.

I see we have had some wonderful things posted in my time away.  It is taking quite some time to get through all of it, but let me say there are tears and smiles within minutes because of the wealth of material just posted over the last week.  It is so wonderful to be in a place where you people bring in so many new things for consideration, and so many old things that remind us of our past, present and future.

There has been an issue raised due to something I wrote when my friend the Hunkey came onboard, and I just want to say there has been a huge misunderstanding.  I don't want to blow it out of proportion, so, I hope you will be satisfied with discussing this with me off the board if you have further concerns, baddessi.  But, let me reiterate that this is all a misunderstanding.  It was my fault for not being more succinct when attempting to make a new person feel welcome when feeling saddened by the departure of two people I have considered two of my dearest friends.  I would never say anything I thought would hurt you, baddessi.  I value your friendship far more than that.  You have brought so much to this board for so very long.  The board will suffer due to your parting, and that grieves me terribly.  There were a lot of emotions flying around my head during that time.  Thank you, Mousetrap, and Jim Dandy for picking up on the attempt at levity in my comments, and bringing them to the fore.

As a way of apologizing, let me give to you someone who is very personal for me.  I love him dearly, so much that I have refused introductions for fear a bubble will burst, and I couldn't stand that.  baddessi, this is for you, he was born in Forth Worth, but he's a long time home boy of yours....well close, Houston.  Hence friends in common.  Two pieces follow....one demonstrates the range of his voice, and the sensitivity of his heart (and he's real, I'll guarantee you).  The second one is a very timely piece that says what so many of us want to say to the powers that are. Gentlehims and Gentlehers, Shawn Phillips:

Ewe:  Interesting you brought in Patti Smith.  There were some interviews last week on National Public Radio in which she interviewed Bob Dylan.  I thought they might be up on their podcasts, but the NPR website doesn't find them.  Something else to check into.

Jim Dandy:  You want to tell us about that band, Devendra Banhart?  And, what was that last little skit?

I have this

Andersp:  You're KIDDING!  I might have been watching that American Bandstand show, unless it was previous to 12-58, which it probably was.  That song was still big when we got home from overseas.

Andersp:  That was a great one!  Released 1957.  Do you remember it?????  I do.  Hahaha! 
I heard this on my way home from work tonight, made the drive worth it.  This is a tribute to Bon Scott, rest his soul.  He's been gone since 1980, but I still have to shed a tear when I hear him. 

Dolittle:  You didn't have to leave.  We have plenty of room at the top.  Want your old seat back?

Jim Dandy;  Mm mm mm, he touches so many levels of my spirit.  Thanks for that.

awesome:  Yeah, Ted Nugent was born a master guitarist.  He made Amboy Dukes, and he broke them too.  But, he remains, as great as ever.

Dandy-Pie:  And, you do such good work!  I wish I had the time to do the research.

Jim Dandy:  I don't know how you do it, but you do it.  Totally apropos.

MadMonkey:  Didn't you post some things from that concert not long ago?  I think you did.  It was great stuff.

Please say hello and a word of welcome to our new moderator.  I'm happy to have him aboard.  All my help left, and good help is hard to find.  But, we found him. 

Best of luck to you, MadMonkey.  I must be a tyrrant chasing off all those other people.  But, the truth of the matter is I wanted you here all along.  Make yourself at home.

Hahaha!  Cute, Dandy-Pie.  You know I'm week for kitties.  I kept expecting the cat to give the performance two paws up.  Hahaha! 

I hope everyone has a prosperous and a healthy new year.  My best wishes for all of you.

Tai Shan - China sings to me all the time.  Before I die, I want to go there, and walk on the Great Wall.  If I could just do that, I would be happy.  7,000 steps.  Can you imagine?

Molly Hatchet - Oh yeah!  Fine stuff. But, Danny Joe was having his problems even during that performance.  That was hard on him, but he came through like the champ he was.  And...um...I thought you might like to know that I, for one, have a pulse.

Rare performance from Elvis.  He always surprises me, though.

Blue Moon of Kentucky - Ain't it fun when two, strikingly different, types of music meld into one, and it occurs to you that one begat the other?  I wish you could find more of them too, Andersp.  But, without a name....what's a person to do?  Write to the YouTube member who uploaded it?

Frank Marino - maybe he is!

nivabef - Want to tell us about the Weepies, and what they mean to you?

srnity:  Do you really believe that was a bedroom recording?  Love the song, though, and it's a propos for this time of year.

Jim Dandy:  Very good band, Armed and Ready.  I especially liked the percussion section. 

Dolittle: You know I don't want to.  But, since you want me to, I will.  I hope you'll come see us from time to time, and don't forget where you're welcome.

Jim Dandy:  I have loved that Cheech and Chong piece since the first year it arrived on the charts.  It's priceless.  Thank you.

Nirvana:  That one's making the rounds this year.  It's really cute, though.  You gotta laugh.

Hunkey:  Thanks for that little piece.  I think I've only heard that song once, and was surprised it even existed.  I don't personally know that I would say Thank God it's Christmas, but I'm sure there are those who feel that way.

nivabef:  We really appreciate your post, I don't believe we've heard much from you.  I'm with you in the Dixie Chicks, being from their town, and being a Texas chauvinist.  Antigone Rising, I have heard, but they don't seem to be on my radar much - not sure why.  I liked that piece, though.  They are really high energy.  

I hope to hear more of the White Stripes too, maybe I'll buy one of there 6 (?) CDs.  But, I loved them the first time I heard them.  There are some really interesting indies out there right now.  I'll be bringing some to the fore after all this holiday mess is over.  Thanks again - come often.

Jim Dandy:  I had spent all morning composing a message with links to pictures and some stories that meant something to me.  I wrote them using html in the plain text editor, and when I finished, and sent the message, I tested the links, and none of them worked.  That is destroying links. 

The reason it took me all morning to get the message done was that after I posted the message, it just disappeared.  So, I had to redo the thing, and send it again.  That is blitzing messages.  You know?

Jim Dandy:  I'm working on a piece that includes them.  But, as I told you, I'm not setting anything up on this site anymore, it just destroys my links, and blitzes my messages.  I posted some stuff last night, and it's not even here.  I might just post a link to texastoasty.com, and you can enjoy it there.

Nirvana:  Thanks, Nivana.  I'm looking for a particular song, though.  They, like so many bands, play in different styles.  

Jim Dandy:  Do/did The Angels and Great White share any people? 

I always appreciated Brian Eno.  What's wrong with me then if everybody ignored him.

One band I'm enamored of this week is White Stripes.  It's a woman and a man who went to school together, and all the time they were in school, they talked and dreamed of forming a band when they graduated.  Well, they graduated, and they formed a band - a 2 person band.  She plays the drums, and he plays the guitar.  I intend to do some more research on them this weekend.  I'll put up more as I find it.

What lovely music to come home to after a grueling day.  Thank you, Dandy-Pie. 

I heard of a band I had never heard of before this morning on my way to work.  I'm going to be researching them the next few days, and I'll put something up for everybody.  Not only are they talented, their story is interesting.

I have never paid enough attention to him to know who he married.  Maybe he married a Beatle, I wouldn't know. 

Klaatu, interesting.  I haven't heard about them in a while.

While I was looking for Taj, I kept running into Yanni at the Taj Mahal.  I did watch that video twice, and found this woman, Karen Briggs, on violin (fiddle) and she's quite a star.

This piece is a performance at the Acropolis.  I'm not a big fan of Yanni, but I do love fusion.  This embodies fusion, and is quite exciting to me.  It contains a violin duel between Briggs (the beautiful, passionate woman in red), and the conductor Shardad Rohani.  Karen Briggs gives me chills that start at the base of my spine and end at the top of my head. There is some stunning tribal percussion in this also.  Within Attraction

So, off I go looking for more Karen Briggs, and what do I find?  Karen Briggs, Bella Fleck (be still my beating heart) on the banjo and Stanley Clarke on bass.  A little improv

Taj Mahal - I was looking for Taj's "Cajun Waltz", but YouTube came up short on this one.  But, I did find this, and it's timely.  If you live in Washington D.C., oh you bourgeois thang.  Bourgeois Blues

Ewe:  1958????  Umm.....yeah, prolly so.  Actually, it came out before 1958, because we came home in December of 1958.  There was a coup in Pakistan, and we weren't American government employees - no protection if all hail broke loose.  So, we skeedaddled.  Dad was finished with the pipeline, anyway.  We left Karachi in mid-November, and made it to San Antonio on Christmas day, 1958.  (That's a story in itself.).  Lemme just check the release date on that number.....OK, possible.  It was June of 1958.  

OK, wind the clock back.  My grandparents sent this 45 rpm to me along with a whole box of Fleer Double Bubble when we lived in Pakistan.  This will flat take you back.  Sheb Wooley

rod03801:  I caught a Brian Setzer solo concert last night on Wolfgang's Concert Vault, and I wanted more today.  So, I played a few of the YouTubes, and thought to share.  I'm glad you had fun with it. 

Winchester didn't always play with Setzer, but I would have liked to have seen that whole concert.  He was awesome, I agree with you.

Thanks for the post.  I was trying to catch different times, and different venues.  We should have flown to Japan, and caught that concert, don't you think?

Jim Dandy:  I haven't thought about Corkey and the Juice Pigs in several years.  I have a friend in BC who used to send me their stuff by the bushel.  I loved all of it.  Are any of them doing anything these days?

I don't know about you with a monocle.  Just wear your tux.  You'll wow 'em.

The maple leave was a little hard to see being white on blue.  I kept looking for red.  Ya'll shouldn't try to mess with us suth'n chicks' haiyuds.

Struck me silent with Billie Holiday.

Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats have had an off and on history, but as of August of this year, they were together and touring again. 


Brian Setzer, an unsung hero pulled these Japanese youth out of their staid heritage and had 'em rockin' and a rollin' with Mark Winchester on bass, and Bernie Dresel on drums. 


Here, Setzer does Stray Cat Strut which is an interesting mix of big band, and rock (abilly). 

Jim Dandy:  Oh my!  Don't get any on you.  Hahahaha!  That looks lovely, I would enjoy it.  Maybe you will too.  That's what it looked like to me too, a city within the building.  That set is really elaborate.

i'm not going to any of those kinds of things.  I talked to my sister-in-law today, and she invited me to come to the country.  So, I took her up on it.  I may have to stay at the lake, but it's called Hidden Lake, because it is.  There's a fireplace out there, and a nice big picture window on the lake.  I will probably enjoy it.  There'll also be midnight services at one of her churches.  The other one has to have theirs earlier since she's the only minister in town.  Their two grandchildren will be there, and kids make it fun.  Her brother will be there, and he's a good friend of mine online and off.  We talk for hours and are oblivious to anyone else.   There'll be  17 of us, maybe 19.  So, it's a party!!!!  And a road trip.  So, y'all will have to do without me for a couple of days.

Jim Dandy:  You don't need to be forgiven, Jim Dandy.  You express a sentiment held by millions.  Everytime I see or hear Tina Turner, I thank God she got herself out of that marriage alive, and that she has been able to spend the rest of her life as far away from the devil as she could get.  At least now her life is full of the good.  You described Ike Turner to a T.  My first reaction to the news of his death was, "finally".  Beyond that, I did not go.  Thank you for voicing your true feeling.

srnity:  It's difficult to watch those videos when one feells so powerless.  It's like being socked in the face.  What I'd like to see is a solution, and an attempt to put that solution into action.  We know what the problem is.