Hello Again Kats & Kittens, Friend & Fiend,
MADE THIS…
Trying something new…..look down at ALBERT HAMMOND, it is now a button to push, takes you to his webpage…look for ARTISTS or RECORD LABELS in BOLD CAPS, Take a journey.
ONWARD!
MISH MASH day…
Always lemon sunny in LALA this time of year…Gibralterian ALBERT HAMMOND thinks so too, success at writing tunes, “The Air That I Breathe” (HOLLIES), “Gimme Dat Ding” (PIPKINS), plus many more…only one hit singing though… “It Never Rains In Southern California” Obvi he hasn’t been here in February.
FunFact: Mr. HAMMOND is an OBE (hit buttons, look up) & Junior is in THE STROKES.
Latin Boogaloo with CAFE is NOW! Off the wonderful El Barrio comp….supplied by the fine folks at FANIA Records (button) find music you like…go buy.
Here’s “Identify Yourself”
According to scribes in Austin, Oil State, WALKER LUKENS is one to watch & listen…solid writing here…from a single release here’s “Every Night”…. Toe tapping should take over soon…
Brazillian percussion whiz AIRTO with his honey FLORA PURIM…ah what nice sounds….from his 1989 album Samba De Flora….the ultra quiet,”Mulambo”. This Kat plays anything that needs smackin’, hitting’, banging’…World’s best percussionist from ‘72-’85…that’s a lot of thumpin’!
Astonishing! LOST then FOUND! Recorded 50 years ago….IndiaNoPlace’s 5-man rock band ICE….recorded an album in ChiTown, then broke up, two singles got released, then poof!….closet time……until the folks at RIDING EASY RECORDS dusted off the 2” Master tapes, cleaned up the tracks, remixed…Boom! Album is made…A pretty good one too.
Here’s two, 1970’s The Ice Age by ICE. “Gypsy” & “I Can See Her Fly”…Rock on………
BONUS TIME!……Entire day mixed as one…. with extra secret tunes please enjoy! ☟
End of today’s roadshow….
Thanks for listening, until tomorrow.
Peace & Distance.
American Woman is the album….Winnipegian’s THE GUESS WHO with “No Time”. This tune originally on the Sept.’69, Canned Wheat LP, then revised & released on 1970’s American Woman, mostly tempo change with lyrics transposed…by the by these kats released two full albums in 1969.
EL-HARU KUROI hail from East LALA….this trio is powerful… a few albums out, they are making some ripples in Angel City… EDDIKA EDULÉ ORGANISTA, Vocals/Guitar MICHAEL ANTHONY IBARRA, Elect. Bass + Standing Bass DOMINIQUE "CHIEF" RODRIGUEZ, Percussion, Drums….we know CHIEF as a member of the CALIFORNIA FEETWARMERS…does spectacular work here with this grouping. Heart & Soul…who needs more.
We have a couple from the album Sabung….“Jaqui” then “Aprovetir”.
Philly close native KURT VILE is here with something to say…interesting Kat, got a banjo (hated it) from Pa @ 14, learned, then wrote tunes on it…. started LO-FI recordings, liked it, kept going with it, still does…. produces for others too.
“Loading Zones” from 2018’s Bottle It In LP…Kool stuff here.
It’s highly unlikely we’d be heading to a Swedish Church with GHOST (B.C.) PAPA EMERITUS (Roman Catholic anyone?)is singing lead….band members are known as the NAMELESS GHOULS, these cloaked & masked heathens are ripe for the listening…cross our hearts…..Black Metal? Maybe, more early BLACK SABBATH….with crueller imagery…We keep seeing 666….
Two from the 2018 Prequelle album, “Ashes” & “Dance Macabre”. Bang heads & pray.
Fun Fact: (rumor) Foo Meister DAVE GROHL once sat in with these Kats live in paint or mask…no one knew…
QUENTIN TARANTINO ruined this song didn’t he? Or did he? STEALERS WHEEL might not think so…OGs JOE EGAN & GERRY RAFFERTY wrote “Stuck In The Middle With You” & are still getting “mailbox candy” (royalties for that one tune…in that one movie). Mr. RAFFERTY hung with the band for its first couple albums, splitsville to sololand…hits with “Baker’s Street”, “Right Down the Line”.
Take it away Mr. MADSEN, uhm we mean Mr. BLONDE …….”pleeeeeeeeeeese………pleeeeeeese”