Category Archives: Music

>Standing In the Shadows of Motown

Posted on 12 October, 2008 by jb

> The Funk Brothers played on more number-one records than The Beatles, Elvis, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys combined. They were Motown’s studio band. Joan Osborne – “Heatwave” from the movie.Buy it.

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 30 September 2008

Posted on 30 September, 2008 by jb

> Jackson Browne – A Child In These Hills from Saturate Before UsingRod Stewart – Bring It On Home To Me/You Send Me from SmilerOsha – Come Again from Putumayo Presents: Caribe! Caribe!Marc Cohn & Jackson Browne – Crazy Love … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 16 September 2008

Posted on 16 September, 2008 by jb

> Robert Cray Band – Bouncin’ Back from Midnight StrollRasputina – Cage In A Cave from Oh Perilous WorldIvor Cutler – The Even Keel from Velvet DonkeyNusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Eddie Vedder – The Face of Love from Dead … Continue reading →

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>There is no better rock song

Posted on 11 September, 2008 by jb

> Living easy, living freeSeason ticket on a one-way rideAsking nothing, leave me beTaking everything in my strideDon’t need reason, don’t need rhymeAin’t nothing I would rather doGoing down, party timeMy friends are gonna be there too I’m on the … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 9 September 2008

Posted on 9 September, 2008 by jb

Buddy Holly – Ain’t Got No Home from The Buddy Holly Masters Arid – At The Close Of Everyday from 2 Meter Sessies Volume 9 Bob Dylan – Bound To Lose, Bound To Win from Witmark & Sons Demos Tommy … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 2 September 2008

Posted on 2 September, 2008 by jb

> Leon Russell – Alcatraz from Leon Russell and the Shelter PeopleTorrez – The Evening Sun Miranda Lambert – Famous In A Small Town from Crazy Ex-GirlfriendDavid Thomas – Fishing Blues from The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2Avril Lavigne … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 26 August 2008

Posted on 26 August, 2008 by jb

> Montefiory Cocktail – Agua De Beber from Putumayo Presents: World LoungeB.F. Shelton – Darling Cora from People Take Warning 3: Man Vs. ManJimi Hendrix – Day Tripper from BBC SessionsThe Residents – Fire ’99 / Santa Dog 2nd Millenium … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 19 August 2008

Posted on 19 August, 2008 by jb

> DJ Vee Feat. The Mighty Asterix – The Best In Me from The Green Room 003: (Ear)thCreedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary from Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1969King Of Prussia – Misadventures Of The Campaign Kids from Save … Continue reading →

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>Talk about obsessive….

Posted on 13 August, 2008 by jb

> The Wired Blog – coincidentally on Vinyl Record Day (the 131st anniversary of the invention of the phonographic record of which they appear to be naively unaware) – reports on the efforts of Cliff Bolling, a young man from … Continue reading →

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>It’s just not cricket…..or "Exercises in unsportsmanlike behavior"

Posted on 11 August, 2008 by jb

> Good lad that he is, (the other) jb at The Hits Just Keep On Coming invited me to again join him and our friends for this year’s Vinyl Record Day blogswarm.An honour and a pleasure. I was abducted the … Continue reading →