Influential Music

[wayved8]

ayinger: I just checked out that "once you Understand" by Think--thats insane! Theres a little bit of unwanted nihlism/questioning authority in there--"what is there to life?" I have been told that wondering why you are "here" is an adolescent concern. I think its a human concern. Dad in the song does not say anything--next thing you know his kid is dead! Solid hilarious depressing gold! This is almost as bad as Les Cranes Deserderata or whatever.

Where is the updated version of this song? "No I-Phone and no Texting for you!" "But MOM!" "Thats right! No Miley Cyrus concert for you!" "Fuck you mom!"

Does anyone remember David Geddes? "run Joey Run" "Last Game of the Season"?
When I was a little kid, maybe 7 or 8--my brother would pick out toys and shit, my sister would get barbies and shit, and I would go directly to the music department. I was too young to know what was cool. My mom and dad were cool when I was little--they used to let me pick what a 45 when we went shopping--I got some bad ones (Andy Gibb's Someone I Aint, Disco Duck--but as a kid, Disco Duck was the shit--"barely White (the B Side) was solid Gold even though I didnt get it at the time--its funny how I remember this stupid shit) but the best one was drum roll.......

David Geddes! "Run joey Run" b/w "Last Game of the Season" Reissue on Big Tree--two hits on one! I didnt know it as a kid--just thought it was cool for the label.

Do you remember this song? Run Joey Run? As a kid, it scared me. Some dudes gotta gun and is gonna kill someone and shit. When you're a kid you don't know. hey someones gotta DIE! When I found out that this father's daughter is pregnant and he's gonna shoot the Dad--man thats some crazy shit! The flip side--"The Last Game of the Season" as a kid sucked--no action--UNTIL I listened to it a few years ago with a friend of mine. I finally found the 45 and put it on a CD--and him and I were talking one day and Im like "check this shit out" -- he has the same taste as me and would probably find some humor in it. He laughed so HARD that he started crying. Upon seeing him laugh I started too. I have never seen a grown man laugh that hard in my entire life. Its so dramatic and terrible. David Geddes man.

[phil]

'I hope we passed the audition'

'I hope we passed the audition': John Lennon's final words
from the Beatles' last public performance, a rooftop concert in 1969.

This programme explores how the concert came about.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h3450

From the BBC... 6 days left to listen to that piece ...

40 bloody years ago ...

Time do fly when you're having fun!!

[maarts]

[maarts]

A little bit of good news from one of the nicest guys in rock- Peter Case- from his blog:

Tours Postponed, Gigs Rescheduled, For Health Reasons

On January 15 I underwent emergency open heart surgery, at a hospital in Santa Monica. The surgery was successful, but I am now on a long program of recovery.
In other words, I'm glad to be alive, but it really kicked my ass.

The UK/Euro tour has been postponed. I'll have news on this later.

We've rescheduled the McCabe's 'Peter Case 25th Anniversary' show (25 years as a solo artist) for April 3.

Classes are rescheduled, tentatively, for March.

I'll have some more news on all of this in a few weeks, but I'm dropping out again for now. Thanks to everybody who wrote or called, thank you for your thoughts and support.

best, Peter

Speedy recovery, mate!

[maarts]

"New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at 72
Posted by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune February 18, 2009 2:30PM



Snooks Eaglin, the idiosyncratic New Orleans rhythm & blues guitarist known for his fleet-fingered dexterity and boundless repertoire, died Wednesday afternoon. He was 72.

"He was the most New Orleans of all the New Orleans acts that are still living," said Mid-City Lanes owner John Blancher.

Even in a city and musical community known for eccentric characters, Mr. Eaglin stood out. Extremely private, he lived with his family in St. Rose. For many years, he refused to perform on Friday nights, reportedly because of religious reasons.

The digits on Mr. Eaglin's right hand flailed at seemingly impossible angles as he finger-picked and strummed a guitar's strings. A set by the so-called "Human Jukebox" could range from Beethoven's "Fur Elise" to Bad Company's "Ready for Love."

He thrived on feedback from onlookers, gleefully took requests and challenged his musicians to keep up. Utterly unselfconscious, he would render fellow guitarists slack-jawed with a blistering run, then announce from the stage that he needed to use the bathroom.

Mr. Eaglin was born Fird Eaglin Jr. in 1937. As an infant, he was diagnosed with glaucoma and a brain tumor, which robbed him of his sight. He earned his "Snooks" nickname after his mischievous behavior recalled a radio character named Baby Snooks.

Given a guitar at age 5 by his father, he learned to pick along with songs on the radio. He attended the Louisiana School for the Blind in Baton Rouge with pianist Henry Butler. By 14, he had dropped out to work full-time as a musician.

His first steady job was with the Flamingos, a popular seven-piece rhythm & blues band that also included a young Allen Toussaint on piano. Post-Flamingos, Mr. Eaglin briefly billed himself as Lil' Ray Charles. In the late 1950s, he performed on street corners and recorded two acoustic albums for a folk label. His studio work included the guitar parts on Sugarboy Crawford's "Jockamo."

In the early 1960s, Mr. Eaglin released a handful of singles for Imperial Records under the name "Ford" Eaglin. He logged three years in the house band at the Playboy Club off Bourbon Street.

After the British Invasion decimated the market for New Orleans rhythm & blues, he semi-retired. The launch of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970 brought with it fresh opportunity.

Mr. Eaglin performed with Professor Longhair during the pianist's "comeback" gigs. He also contributed to Longhair's landmark "New Orleans House Party" album and the Wild Magnolias' early recordings.

In 1987, Mr. Eaglin released "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!," his first formal, full-length album on Black Top Records. Several more well-received albums on Black Top further heightened his profile.

His annual appearances at Jazz Fest were hugely popular. In addition to legions of local fans, Mr. Eaglin's admirers included prominent musicians from around the globe.

It was Robert Plant, in fact, who first made Blancher aware of Mr. Eaglin.

In 1990, not long after he took over the Mid-City Lanes, Blancher received a call from Plant. Following a New Orleans concert, Plant wanted to throw an after-party at the bowling alley. He asked Blancher to book Mr. Eaglin; years early, Mr. Eaglin had performed at a party in New Orleans for Plant's former band, Led Zeppelin.

The party didn't happen, but the Mid-City Lanes became Mr. Eaglin's preferred venue. He played as frequently as once a month.

"He's an irreplaceable guy," Blancher said. "More celebrities came to see Snooks than anyone. His reputation was as big as anyone's in New Orleans. And he wouldn't travel, so if you wanted to see Snooks you had to come to Rock 'n Bowl."

During the 2000 Jazz Fest, Bonnie Raitt showed up at the Mid-City Lanes to hear Mr. Eaglin. He exclaimed from the stage, "Listen to this, Bonnie! You gonna learn something tonight, girl!" She later lent a hand by replacing a broken string on his guitar.

Blancher would often pick up Mr. Eaglin in St. Rose and drive him to and from shows at the Rock 'n Bowl. Along the way Mr. Eaglin regaled him with stories.

Among the most infamous is the time Mr. Eaglin drove the Flamingos home following a Saturday night gig in Donaldsonville. The musicians were so intoxicated that they decided their blind guitarist was the most qualified driver.

Mr. Eaglin claimed he navigated the curves of the road from memory. The crunch of gravel under the tires warned him when the '49 Studebaker strayed onto the shoulder. The story concludes with Mr. Eaglin pulling up to his house early Sunday morning and his mother suggesting the musicians proceed directly to church.

Mr. Eaglin met his future wife, Doretha "Dee" Eaglin, at a Flamingos gig on Galvez Street around 1959. She became his constant companion and confidant. In recent years they were rarely apart. Dee would sit nearby as her husband performed.

Blancher was among the few music industry figures that Mr. Eaglin allowed to visit his house. But even he was unaware of the guitarist's deteriorating health. Blancher learned in January that Mr. Eaglin had been battling prostate cancer.

Mr. Eaglin last performed at the Mid-City Lanes in July. Blancher spoke to him last week about booking a show in March. "He said, 'I'm going to wait until Jazz Fest. I'm not going to do any gigs until then,'" Blancher said. "I was surprised by that."

Mr. Eaglin apparently checked into a hospital last week with high blood pressure, then was released. He returned to Ochsner Medical Center on Tuesday, and went into cardiac arrest

Blancher recalled that Mr. Eaglin often said his mother took care of him until Dee took over.

Mr. Eaglin died on his mother's birthday.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

[RocDoc]

sounds like snooks had one hell of an interesting life...although a life full of trade-offs.

i'll have this one tomorrow to listen to:

<sub>Snooks Eaglin - april 30, 1997. WWOZ-FM studios, New Orleans

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Snooks Eaglin
4/30/97 & 5/5/85

1. Billy Dell talk/intro
2. Drive It Home
3. Davell Crawford & Snooks talk with James "Sugarboy Crawford" on phone
4. Kiss of Fire
5. Piano/Guitar duet w/ Davell Crawford
6. Goodnight My Love- vocals- Davell Crawford
7. Billy Dell chats w/ Davell Crawford
8. Pinetop's Boogie
9. Cry Me a River
10. Down By the Riverside
11. I Shall Not Be Moved
12. Billy Dell talks
13. Hello Josephine
14. Funky Malaguena
15. You're So Fine
16. Come On (Parts l & ll) aka Let the Good Times Roll
17. That Same Old Train
18. Mustang Sally
19. I Got Loaded
20. Junco Partner
21. Nine Pounds Steel
22 Down Yonder
23 Bright Lights Big City
24 Cha Cha Cha
25 I Went to the Mardi Gras


26 Young Boy Blues
27 Money (That's What I Want)
28 Drop the Bomb
29 Sorry Harry( title???/ bit of audience noise)
30 Jambalaya
31 Yours Truly
32 Funky Malaguena
33 Lucille (fades out)

_____________________________

tracks 1-25:
WWOZ-FM studios
New Orleans
april 30, 1997.
with Billy Dell's "Records From the Crypt"
Davell Crawford tracks 1-7

tracks 26-33:
Jazzfest
New Orleans
may 5, 1985.
audience recording
Snooks Eaglin- guitar, vocals
George Porter, Jr. - bass
Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste- drums</sub>

from dexondaz...

[maarts]

This one hits a bhit closer to home, seeing I've always been an ELO-fan:

It is with great sadness that I have to inform the fans of the Electric Light Orchestra that Kelly Groucutt died on the afternoon of 19th February 2009 of a heart attack. Our hearts and thoughts go out to Anna and Kelly's family. He touched all of our lives with his love, kindness and generosity as well as his talent for music and song. He was a true and wonderful friend who loved every second of life and he will be greatly missed by us all.


63 years!


This is gonna be a long, long year.

[maarts]

Talk about interesting lives- Joe Cuba- the legendary salsero has left us as well.
Tell you what, St. Peter's busy at them pearly gates this year.

[maarts]

You gotta love a good rant-like Fat Bob's doing here:

www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=20628

[maarts]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2009

The Beatles' Entire Original Recorded Catalogue Remastered By Apple Corps Ltd. And EMI Music For Worldwide Release On September 9, 2009


Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.

The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK, and 'Magical Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles’ core catalogue when the CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14 titles over 16 discs. This will mark the first time that the first four Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc. These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set.

Within each CD’s new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the 'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past Masters'). As an added bonus, the mono “Help!” and “Rubber Soul” discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label designs retained.

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.

www.thebeatles.com

U.S. Media Contacts UK Media Contact
For Apple Corps Ltd.: For Apple Corps Ltd.:
Shore Fire Media MBC PR
Matt Hanks Moira Bellas
[phone] / [e-mail] 0 20 7483 9205 / [e-mail]
Brendan Gilmartin
[phone] / [e-mail]

For EMI:
Jennifer Ballantyne - EMI Music North America
[phone] / [e-mail]

The Stereo Albums (available individually and collected in a stereo boxed set)
The stereo albums have been remastered by Guy Massey, Steve Rooke, Sam Okell with Paul Hicks and Sean Magee
All CD packages contain original vinyl artwork and liner notes
Extensive archival photos
Additional historical notes by Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley
Additional recording notes by Allan Rouse and Kevin Howlett
* = CD includes QuickTime mini-doc about the album
Please Please Me* (CD debut in stereo)
With The Beatles* (CD debut in stereo)
A Hard Day's Night* (CD debut in stereo)
Beatles For Sale* (CD debut in stereo)
Help!*
Rubber Soul*
Revolver*
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (also includes 1987 notes, updated, and new intro by Paul McCartney)
Magical Mystery Tour*
The Beatles*
Yellow Submarine* (also includes original US liner notes)
Abbey Road*
Let It Be*
Past Masters (contains new liner notes written by Kevin Howlett)

‘The Beatles in Mono’ (boxed set only)
The mono albums have been remastered by Paul Hicks, Sean Magee with Guy Massey and Steve Rooke
Presented together in box with an essay written by Kevin Howlett
+ = mono mix CD debut
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles For Sale
Help! (CD also includes original 1965 stereo mix)+
Rubber Soul (CD also include original 1965 stereo mix)+
Revolver+
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band+
Magical Mystery Tour+
The Beatles+
Mono Masters

Re-mastering the Beatles catalogue

The re-mastering process commenced with an extensive period conducting tests before finally copying the analogue master tapes into the digital medium. When this was completed, the transfer was achieved using a Pro Tools workstation operating at 24 bit 192 kHz resolution via a Prism A-D converter. Transferring was a lengthy procedure done a track at a time. Although EMI tape does not suffer the oxide loss associated with some later analogue tapes, there was nevertheless a slight build up of dust, which was removed from the tape machine heads between each title.

From the onset, considerable thought was given to what audio restorative processes were going to be allowed. It was agreed that electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance and bad edits should be improved where possible, so long as it didn’t impact on the original integrity of the songs.

In addition, de-noising technology, which is often associated with re-mastering, was to be used, but subtly and sparingly. Eventually, less than five of the 525 minutes of Beatles music was subjected to this process. Finally, as is common with today’s music, overall limiting - to increase the volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only. However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The Beatles’ music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the original dynamics of the recordings.

When all of the albums had been transferred, each song was then listened to several times to locate any of the agreed imperfections. These were then addressed by Guy Massey, working with Audio Restoration engineer Simon Gibson.

Mastering could now take place, once the earliest vinyl pressings, along with the existing CDs, were loaded into Pro Tools, thus allowing comparisons to be made with the original master tapes during the equalization process. When an album had been completed, it was auditioned the next day in studio three – a room familiar to the engineers, as all of the recent Beatles mixing projects had taken place in there – and any further alteration of EQ could be addressed back in the mastering room. Following the initial satisfaction of Guy and Steve, Allan Rouse and Mike Heatley then checked each new re-master in yet another location and offered any further suggestions. This continued until all 13 albums were completed to the team’s satisfaction.

[RocDoc]

...i love that they're doing it, but i doubt i'll be any part of their 'market' for this.

beatles outtakes and alternate versions are about all that will grab me anymore.
i've heard the finished product (GREAT as it is) pretty much to death, since 1963-64.

[RocDoc]

and mono i've got.
bought 'em myself...actually i take that back.

the first few i pestered my parents do death for.
thank god they understood.

[maarts]

I feel that this project's coming about 10 years too late. Many first-time Beatle-fans who this is aimed at are too old or dead already.

[maarts]

Just read on pitchfork- Where's strawman???



Coming soon- click on this link where you can download a new track off their new album!
pitchfork.com/news/35512-the-clean-release-first-lp-in-eight-years/



STRAWMAAAAANNNN!

[maarts]

God-DAMN:

chrisknox.blogtown.co.nz/


15th June 2009
Media statement from Ward-Knox family
Re: Chris Knox

“We have been overwhelmed by the level of support for Chris from around the world since his stroke. We’d like to express our thanks to everyone who has helped or wished us well in the last few days.

“Like many other families who are currently experiencing a similar change to their lives we are learning a great deal about strokes and their long-term effects. We have learned that it is too early to predict the ramifications of a stroke with any degree of accuracy. However, positive anecdotes have been flooding in which fill us all with hope.

“Chris is not in pain and is responsive to family and friends who are very optimistic and focused on Chris’s well being. He enjoyed his vegetable frittata this morning but I suffered the classic Knox withering look when I mentioned beer.

“As the situation becomes clearer to us we will happily inform those who wish to know.

“We have created a site at chrisknox.blogtown.co.nz for this purpose. We aim to keep this site as current as possible.”

Family contact - Roy Martyn