Sad news indeed Hank. I was once a fully paid up member of the "Legion of the Cramped" fan club. I adored them. A legendary band with an awesome front man. Believe it or not I have an Ivy related memory of The Cramps. Going to see them at the Hammersmith Palais (1985?) I wore a black woolen lightweight Brooks Bros sports coat recently purchased for £5 in a vintage clothes store in Bristol. Woefully ignorant of its 3/2 button styling a spent about an hour the night before with a steam iron trying to press the lapel back into 'shape'. Oh dear. All the while cursing whichever fool had previously pressed it. One lives and learns! I still have the jacket but never wear it as it feels too big. I was quite happy with loose and slouchy back in the day.
Staceyboy
i'm still not well you know ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQQ4YTL1P1A
I like this later version best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKo80b-QfK0
Great post Chris. Definitely agree, the original's a keeper.
Feeling Meek-ish
A tribute to Buddy Holly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlcDRB2gbA
Johnny remember me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e4JXwd7XMo
Sky men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-upI27luhM
And the immortal Telstar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOIIaGoGqHY
Haven't heard it... but I don't know the complete recordings...
Anybody read "The Buddy Holly Story" by John Goldrosen?
It's warming up here in T.O.
Walk don't run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ11y7pYl-8
Barbara Ann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=654H4xfDYKM
Be true to your school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijkYkJfg0s&feature=related
Bump!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbrtY7UAfgQ
Mongo Santamaria- Get the Money
With all these comments on cable-knit sweaters, I think a nod is owed to the master:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZFr2Fh66zs
Jacques Brel "Amsterdam"
"Bring me more fish, set it down by my side."
It's a misty, rainy day in T.O. today. Whatever happened to Canadian winters?
A little Shuggie Otis for a mellow day.
Aht uh mi hed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avw50zY4fxc
Inspiration information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcnn0gkaLUc
Strawberry letter 23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ad762mqok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umWBJIdTFYk&feature=related
WILLIAM DEVAUGHN'' BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bADgq3mvpM
Jon Lucien " Dindi "
"Needles and Pins"
The Searchers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B966XxyvceM
Jackie DeShannon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXhzV4h3tc
The Ramones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241gA7qiC34
Couldn't find the Del Shannon version.
Thanks D&F, great stuff. On the same theme:
When You Walk in the Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVCBSIn_1j0
Jackie D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np1sBnJUShg&feature=related
Searchers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5UeDXv0V1I
Pam Tillis, Mel's daughter
Couldn't find the Chris Hillman version
Chris H, your choices remain brilliant.
It's Friday and I'm feeling pretty damn good thank you.
"Nite Owl"
Dukays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BL0fGB-j8A
Tony Allen & the Champs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzLkRtGnlg
Couldn't find the masterful Righteous Brothers' version nor the mellow but cool version by Dick Dale.
Its Fri so feeling good here too Decline & Fall
Hipster Image
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynJjZsqQeo
Sunlovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSJGpN_KKGk&feature=related
Buddy & Cathy Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHubVL0tIh8
And one for the end of the night....THE version of "One For My Baby" by Fred Astaire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7sqGJ3NBg
Have a good Fri folks
some jazz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPSGKLaPMA&feature=related
Swan Blues By King Pleasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk86NiVdemo
Joya Sherrill - I'm Beginning To See the Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1K5hwkQqMI
Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine (feat. Reunald Jones) 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLbCjGjIWbA&feature=related
Betty Roche Trouble Trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM3Sm7-K9s4&feature=related
Oscar Brown Jr. - I Apologize
I was looking for Work Song, The Snake or Dat Dere....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n-gRS_wdI&feature=related
my favorite things
1961 in Baden-Baden Germany: John Coltrane - soprano sax, tenor sax Eric Dolphy - flute, alto sax McCoy Tyner - piano Reggie Workman - bass Elvin Jones - drums
this is my favorite Coltrane piece- love all the versions... and my fave LP is probably "A Love Supreme"
and for D&F:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObThIZ_ZoQ&feature=related
CHARLES MINGUS.Better Git In Your Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY
Charles Mingus - Moanin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzqVXvwMHCU&feature=related
Take The A Train, tune of Billy Strayhorn interpreted by Mingus Sextet in Oslo.
Charles Mingus Double Bass
Eric Dolphy Bass Clarinet
Dannie Richmond Drum
Clifford Jordan Tenor Sax
Jackie Byard Piano
Johnny Coles Trumpet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTEfrmqxws&feature=related
Charles Mingus - Flowers For A Lady (1974)
July 28, 1974; Umbria Jazz Festival, Todi, Italy Charles Mingus (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums), Don Pullen (piano), George Adams (tenor sax), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na_3r_bf5gA&feature=related
1974 in Rome: Ornette Coleman - sax, James Ulmer - guitar, Sirone - bass, Billy Higgins - drums
couldn't find the stuff I was looking for (... albums like Something Else, Tomorrow is the question, The Shape of Jazz to Come...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oVWJI1Dfh4&feature=related
Jumpin' Punkins - Cecil Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oiJMXAgZR0&feature=related
Cecil Taylor - All the Notes (2006, Felver)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWRsHhc_QKQ&feature=related
Inside Out in the Open: An Expressionist Journey Into the World Known as Free Jazz (2008, ESP)
A documentary, directed by Alan Roth
Featured Interviews: Marion Brown, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Alan Silva, Burton Greene, Joseph Jarman, Baikida Carroll, William Parker, Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, Susie Ibarra...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5whf6v8-yZE&feature=related
Albert Ayler "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
HBH, amazing picks! Great list. True inspiration.
Some Hi Records for you Prof Kelp.
Otis Clay "Trying to Live My Life Without You"
I used to smoke five packs of Cigarettes a day
It was the hardest thing to put them away
i drank four or five bottles of wine
I kept a glass in my hand all the time
Breaking those habit was hard to do
But nothing prepared me for the changes
That you put me through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQ37rocXf8
This one's a wrencher. Good Sunday stuff.
Ann Peebles "Trouble, Heartaches and Sadness"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDX0AkoZmaw
I couldn't find Syl Johnson's "That's Just My Luck". I think it has just too much damn soul suffering for youtube. I really cannot recommend the track enough.
What am I doing here, with another man's wife.
I'm shaking in fear, but I'm having the time of my life.
I'm a fool to put my life in jeopardy.
But I can't help myself, she makes sweet love to me.
This ain't the way I was brought up,
But I am sure enough caught up in this chain of love.
I think it's the lyrical equivalent to Jim Thompson's damned men.