Good to be home after almost three weeks on the road. Next week I'll feature my favorite artists from this year's Wintergrass Festival in Bellevue WA. This week's featured artist is the Byrds, maybe the first alt-country band. Wikipedia has this history:
Check out the other Byrds links with the Sweetheart cover plus any other Byrds vids you are drawn to. Each incarnation had its qualities, but the period with Gram Parsons aboard was especially fecund though it did end badly.
You Don't Miss Your Water off Sweetheart of the Rodeo, one of my desert island discs:
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Reading Material:
Alan Lomax Collection goes digital:
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Nice articles in the SF Chronicle on Chubby Checker (Bev and I saw him at Peppermint Lounge in SF sometime around 1961-64, but neither of us can remember the details):
The Twist was the song that made him famous:
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Shreddin' vids take playful pokes at popular artists:
What Phish sounds like to people who hate Phish:
http://www.livemusicblog.com/
ople-that-dont-like-phish/
Santana:
http://www.livemusicblog.com/
ople-that-dont-like-phish/
Santana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
John Williams:http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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John Williams:http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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P.S. to our last ukulele edition:
Herman Vandecauter's lovely arrangement of an old French song "Une Jeune Fillette" or La Monica:
Gone But Not Forgot:
Ronnie Montrose, hard rock guitarist, 64:
Frisner Augustin, Haitian drummer, 63:
Two-part documentary on the music, Part 1:
Part 2:
Jimmy Ellis, lead singer in dance band Trammps, 74:
Andrij Dobrinsky, Met opera singer, 81:
Robert B. Sherman, Disney songwriter, 86:
Lucio Dalla, Italian troubador, 68:
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That's all for this week, keep on musicking!
Bob Loomis
In Loving Memory of Shannon Christine Loomis, 1967-2010
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