Monday, October 29, 2007

Porter Wagoner R.I.P.






















The management here in Fluville is saddened to learn the news of the passing of the great Porter Wagoner. I'm grateful that I did get to see him perform once about 10 years ago when the Opry was holding court at the old Ryman.

Here's a repost from April with some added tracks...














Download: "A Satisfied Mind" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1954.
available on The Essential Porter Wagoner















Download: "Itchin' For My Baby" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1954.

The birth of cosmic country music.

"A Satisfied Mind" mp3
by The Byrds, 1965.
available on Turn! Turn! Turn!

"A Satisfied Mind" mp3
by The International Submarine Band, 1967.
available on Safe At Home

























**** BONUS ****

"I'll Go Down Swinging" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1964.
available on The Essential Porter Wagoner

"Green, Green Grass of Home" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1965.
available on The Essential Porter Wagoner

"The Carroll County Accident" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1967.
available on The Essential Porter Wagoner

"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1967.
available on Rubber Room

"The Rubber Room" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 1972.
available on Rubber Room

"Committed To Parkview" mp3
by Porter Wagoner, 2007.
available on Wagonmaster

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"Hey, Porter!" mp3
by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, 1955.
available on With His Hot And Blue Guitar

"Rubber Room" mp3
by Alex Chilton, 1987.
available on High Priest

Friday, October 26, 2007

Earl King


















Hey folks, today we're gonna listen to the great Earl King - his first single on Savoy with Huey Smith on piano (as Earl Johnson), his follow-up on Specialty, where he does his best Guitar Slim imitation (King was Guitar Slim's understudy and performed convincingly as Guitar Slim to unsuspecting audiences when Slim was in a car crash and out of commission), also an early version of "Come On" as "Darling Honey Angel Child" and "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights."

Dig it and have a good weekend...

Download:



















"Have You Gone Crazy" mp3
by Earl Johnson, 1953.
available on Earl King 1953-1955



















"Beggin' At Your Mercy" mp3
by Earl Johnson, 1953.
available on Earl King 1953-1955



















"A Mother's Love" mp3
by Earl King, 1954.
available on Earl's Pearls



















"I'm Your Best Bet, Baby"
by Earl King, 1954.
available on Earl's Pearls

"Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" mp3
by Earl King, 1955.
available on Earl's Pearls

"Darling Honey Angel Child" mp3
by Earl King, 1960.
available on Earl's Pearls

BONUS

"Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" mp3
by Dr. John, 1972.
available on Dr. John's Gumbo

"Let The Good Times Roll" mp3
by Dr. John, 1972.
available on Dr. John's Gumbo

"Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)" mp3
by Freddie King, 1974.
available on Burglar

"Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)" mp3
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1968.
available on Electric Ladyland

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Everybody's Talkin'























Fred Neil wrote "Everybody's Talkin'" in five minutes at the end of a recording session in 1966 and recorded it immediately in a single take so he could take off and go back home to Miami. It's a great song and an unlikely standard that he probably never thought much of. It made him millions though after it was used in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (sung by Harry Nilsson) and was subsequently covered by at least a hundred other artists. Fred Neil spent the last 25 years of his life in Florida.

Ratso wasn't so lucky.


Download:

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Fred Neil, 1966.
available on Fred Neil























Download:

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Harry Nilsson, 1968.
available on Greatest Hits

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Bill Withers, 1971.
available on Just As I Am

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by The Meat Puppets, 1982
available on Meat Puppets

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Luna, 1998.
available on Lunafied

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Bobby Bare, 2005.
available on The Moon Was Blue

"Everybody's Talkin'" mp3
by Madeleine Peyroux, 2006.
available on Half The Perfect World

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********** >>> BONUS <<< *********** "Bleecker & MacDougal" mp3
by Fred Neil, 1965.
available on Bleecker & MacDougal

"Little Bit Of Rain" mp3
by Fred Neil, 1965.
available on Bleecker & MacDougal

"You Don't Miss Your Water" mp3
by Fred Neil and Gram Parsons, 1971(?)
available on The Many Sides of Fred Neil

more on Fred Neil in the current issue of The Oxford American
on sale now at finer news stands.

everybody's talking at me except you listeners, comments are welcome and encouraged below.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Hawks




















Enough doom and gloom already.



















Download:

"Farther Up The Road" mp3
by Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1957.
available on The Anthology

"Further On Up The Road" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on A Musical History



















Download:

"She's Nineteen Years Old" mp3
by Muddy Waters, 1958.
available on The Anthology: 1947-1972

"She's Nineteen Years Old" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on A Musical History



















Download:

"I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks" mp3
by Marie Adams, 1952.
available on
Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969

"Honky Tonk" mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, 1964.
available on A Musical History

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************ BONUS **********************
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"What A Party" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on Crossing The Great Divide

"You Don't Know Me" (live in Texas) mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, 1964.
available on Crossing The Great Divide

"The Stones That I Throw" (sketch) mp3
by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, 1965.
available on A Musical History

"The Stones That I Throw" mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, Atco Single 1965.
available on A Musical History

"Tell Me, Momma" (live in Liverpool) mp3
by Bob Dylan and The Hawks, 1966.
available on A Musical History

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Yes It Is



















Another day, another waltz.

Download:

"Yes It Is" mp3
by The Beatles, 1965
available on Past Masters Vol. 1

"Yes It Is" mp3
by The Beatles, 1965
available on Anthology Vol. 2

"Yes It Is" mp3
by Robert Quine and Jody Harris, 1995
available on Come Together: Guitar Tribute to The Beatles Vol. 2

Monday, October 8, 2007

Stop, Think, and...




















....listen.


"Stop And Think It Over" mp3
by The Compulsive Gamblers, 2000.
available on Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing




















"Think" mp3
by The "5" Royales, 1957.
available on Monkey Hips and Rice

"Think" mp3
by James Brown, 1960.
available on The CD of JB 2

"Think" mp3
by Vicki Anderson and James Brown, 1967.
available on Mother Popcorn

"Think" mp3
by James Brown, 1973.
available on The CD of JB


















"Think It Over" mp3
by Guitar Slim, 1955.
available on Sufferin' Mind



















"Please Think It Over" mp3
by Roscoe Shelton, 1959.
available on Roscoe Shelton Sings

"Think It Over" mp3
by Buddy Holly and The Crickets, 1958.
available on Gold

***BONUS***

"Think It Over" (take 1) mp3
"Think It Over" (take 2) mp3
take 2 for completists and minimalists only
mostly silence
"Think It Over" (take 3) mp3
"Think It Over" (take 4) mp3
"Think It Over" (take 5) mp3
by Buddy Holly and The Crickets, 1958.
from What You Been A Missin'
Bootleg

Saturday, October 6, 2007

The Paradoxical Waltz























The waltz is magnificently improper -- the art of tone turned lubricious. There is something about a waltz that is irresistible. Try it on the fattest and sedatest or even on the thinnest and most acidulous of women, and she will be ready, in ten minutes, for a stealthy smack behind the door -- nay, she will forthwith impart the embarrassing news that her husband misunderstands her and drinks too much and is going to Cleveland, O. on a business trip tomorrow.

H.L. Mencken, 1919.


Sorry for the lull, but I've been dealing with some complications of the heart here in Fluville, and fearing that perhaps I may be toeing the line toward the maudlin, I've restrained myself from dragging you listeners through my personal life.

However, there's just too much good music to ignore, and for reasons too complicated to explain I got to thinking about waltzes. So, forgive me while I indulge myself here for a bit - and then we shall resume our regularly scheduled programming - whatever that may be.

Today, we'll listen to some sad songs composed in a time signature that exists for an intimate dance. Therein lies the paradox. Not all waltzes are sad, yet 3/4 time or 6/8 - the imperfect waltz - lends itself well to songs of sadness, longing and loss.

The waltz, originated as a peasant folk dance - La Volta meaning "the turn" from Volver "to revolve." Louis XIII found it to be immoral for its sensual movements. The German word for this is waltzen, and it was from Austria where it emerged as a musical form most notably through Johann Strauss.

That's not what we're gonna listen to here.


Download:

"The Old Country Waltz" mp3
by Neil Young, 1977
available on American Stars 'n Bars



















"I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry" mp3
by Hank Williams, 1951
available on 40 Greatest Hits

"Weary Blues From Waitin'" mp3
by Hank Williams, 1952
available on
40 Greatest Hits

"Alone And Forsaken" mp3
by Hank Williams, 1949
available on The Complete Hank Williams Box Set


















"The Last Waltz" mp3
by Webb Pierce, 1951.
available on More and More



















"Kentucky Waltz" mp3
by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, 1948.
available on Anthology



















"I Wonder If I Care As Much" mp3
by The Everly Brothers, 1958.
available on The Complete Cadence Recordings

"Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" mp3
by X, 1982.
available on Under The Big Black Sun

"Waltz #2 (xo) mp3
by Elliott Smith, 1998
available on XO

"Long, Long, Long" mp3
by The Beatles, 1968
available on The Beatles

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A pair of songs written in 4/4 and covered in the ternary meter.

"Oh, Lonesome Me" mp3
by Neil Young, 1970.
available on After The Gold Rush

"Girl Don't Tell Me" mp3
by Jay Sherman-Godfrey, 2006.
available on Twoscore

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"You Don't Miss Your Water" mp3
by William Bell, 1961.
available on The Soul of a Bell


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And finally, a pair of songs that walk hand in hand down life's lonely highways and an early John Fogerty number that starts in 6/8 and takes off after the break when it switches to 4/4...

"Edge Of Town" mp3
by Clare Burson. 2007.
available on Thieves

"I Found A Reason" mp3
by The Velvet Underground, 1970.
available on Loaded

"You Better Get it Before It Gets You"
by The Golliwogs 1967.
available on Creedence Clearwater Revival Box Set