Basildon not good enough? There is always Canvey Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHNZUop7OK0

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Eddy Hinton http://rubbercityreview.com/2012/08/the-lost-soul-of-eddie-hinton/

Initially, things went well for Hinton in Muscle Shoals. He bought a couple of nice cars and a nice house on Shoals Creek, where he settled down with his wife, Sandra. And he was earning six figures from the many hours of session work he was doing with the Swampers. But all that changed when an over-eager cop raided Hinton’s house and busted him with a handful of weed. He then faced a rough deal that would haunt him for the rest of his life – the local prosecutor would drop all charges, but only if Hinton and wife would move out of state.

Hinton took the deal, which sent him down the same dark path traveled by other troubled musical geniuses (Arthur Alexander and Peter Green, to name a couple) – heavy drinking, drug use, angry outbursts, mental illness… By the mid-‘80s, Hinton was broke, alone, and living on the streets of Decatur, Alabama. Wyker claims he found Hinton “sitting on the bench at the bus stop in front of the Salvation Army… He had his clothes in an old garbage bag and a small handleless suitcase.”

Wyker deserves credit for staging Hinton’s eventual rebound. He took him into the studio to record some songs that, combined with six cuts Hinton recorded with Jimmy Johnson in ’82, were released on the critically acclaimed album “Letters from Mississippi.”

Here’s a standout Hinton original from that album: Wet Weather Man  http://rubbercityreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Wet-Weather-Man.mp3

Wyker also guided him to the Rounder Records’ blues subsidiary, Bullseye, where Hinton made his final recordings. During this time, he mainly lived with his mom in Birmingham, where he continued to write new songs and deal with his personal issues. By 1995 he had completed a successful tour of Italy and was working on his fourth “comeback” album – later released as the even more appropriately named “Hard Luck Guy.” And the gut-wrenching title song might be Hinton’s crowning achievement: http://rubbercityreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hard-Luck-Guy.mp3

But years of hard living finally caught up with him: Hinton died of a heart attack on July 28, 1995. He was only 51 years old.

...rolling back to '79.

Artist: Joe Jackson.

Album: Look Sharp.

Prime Cut: Look Sharp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dv0poW-ic8

New one from The People's Temple, "More for the Masses."

A Detroit Cobras mix disc for the car.

"Raw Power" by Iggy and the Stooges, because I was in a bad mood and that always makes it worse.

The xx - Coexist

Ketty Lester - Some things are better left unsaid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBm_oIDEsU

l never normally listen to mainstream pop music because it's simplicity gets me bored quickly, but today l am. Feel in the mood.

l'm listening to my favourite girl ever, little Kelly.

MLWSWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRM70Jw7F4M

and

Stronger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I

My listening this week has been dominated by Orchestral songs by Richard Strauss - sung by Soile Isokowski, Jessye Norman and Renee Fleming.

Better than the Beatles, the Shaggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQqK1CjE9bA