'Conviction (1)'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Have you guys seen the little picture of Robert Plant at the R&R Hall of Fame thing in the most recent issue of Rolling Stone?
It's horrifying. Rockers shouldn't look that old. Keith Richards excepted, if only to be a walking anti-drug PSA. But maybe Plant was a big druggie, too. I have to admit to not being up on my Zep knowledge.
But maybe Plant was a big druggie, too.
Not compared to Page or Bonzo.
So I bought Gene Clark's No Other (1974) and I liked it so I bought his first solo album after the Byrds (Gene Clark w/ the Gosdin Brothers, 1966).
In our book, writer Alec Palao (Zombies box set guy) argues that Gene's first album is better, but I'm kind of liking No Other better. It's gorgeous, and every once in a while Big Rock Star 70s Style. But mostly it's Cosmic Cowboy stuff that msbelle would like a lot.
In fact I'm going to make a Cosmic Cowboy mix with Gene, Burritos, Flatlanders and Townes, I think.
The first solo album, though is very cool in its own right - not least because it's a fantastic guitar album. Bearing in mind that it came out in 1966, I hear multiple examples of riffs that were pilfered for years to come, snatches of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" ('68), "Last Train to Clarksville" ('66), "Ballroom Blitz" ('74?ish). Of course Gene's got Clarence White playing guitar on this. (Glen Campbell too.)
Also prompted by somebody's review in the book I bought a BeBop Deluxe record, a collection of their A and B sides. I like their earliest stuff best, when they still had a big glam/Bowie influence (laced with Steve Howe-like noddling). Hard to resist a title like "Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus." (b/w "Third Floor Heaven" a hot little glam rocker). Later on they get too proggy, but the earliest stuff had bits of Sparks and power pop and Roxy too. Unfortunately that period didn't last very long.
oooooh, I want a Cosmic Cowboy mix.
Hi. I lurk here a lot, but I'm usually veeewwwwy quiet.
Just wanted to say that Sting is going to be playing near me this summer. I am very excited to go see him!
I like No Other, but it shore nuff is a weird album. It sounds like a mountain of cocaine to me.
My favorite Gene albums are White Light (which is his Pink Moon) and his first album with Doug Dillard, Through the Morning, Through the Night. The first half of Roadmaster is brilliant, too. I'd never recommend Echoes over any of that stuff.
Just got back from "Viva Las Vegas," the rockabilly weekend in LV. So much fun. Best things were the reuniting of "Go Cat Go" with a new lead singer, the 21-year-old Eddie Glendening. Blew the room away. I also heard an east LA group "Los Rhythm Rockets" who were high-energy, very tight with a kicking horn section and a fun mix of Mexican/Rock/Western//Big Band influences. I have always liked rockabilly but am not part of the scene in any way and only own a smattering of CDs, but I will say that it is IMPOSSIBLE not to have a great time at a Rockabilly show!
A cartoon for the Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell fans.
Robin, do you want I should send you some Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Trio?
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