Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday January 2nd, 2013 with Bruce Walton
Ray Davies/Emmett Miller/Willem Breuker/Fontella Bass
A mixed bag to kick off 2013 - not new recordings, but music newly come to my attention, as well as a brief tribute to soul singer Fontella Bass, who passed away last week
| Set Me Free (orig May 65) Ray Davies - The Storyteller (1998) |
| Autumn Almanac (orig Oct 67) Ray Davies - The Storyteller |
| I was unaware of this recording until I heard parts of it on the Saturday Morning Show. Thanks Pat. |
| 20th Century Man (orig Dec 71) Ray Davies - The Storyteller |
| The Third Single Ray Davies - The Storyteller |
| Your Really Got Me (Aug 64) The Kinks - Kinks (1964) |
| Similarly, I had never heard of Emmett Miller until reading Country, The Twisted Roots Of Rock & Roll, by Nick Tosches |
| The Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues (w/Phil Pavey, vcl) Emmett Miller's Georgia Crackers - The 1928-1929 Okeh Recordings |
| Lovesick Blues (w/Dan Fitch, vcl) Emmett Miller's Georgia Crackers - The 1928-1929 Okeh Recordings |
| I Ain't Got Nobody (w/Dan Fitch, vcl) Emmett Miller's Georgia Crackers - The 1928-1929 Okeh Recordings |
| The best concert I attended last year may well have been the Willem Breuker Kollektief at the NAC 4th stage last fall. |
| Homesickness Willem Breuker Kollektief - At Ruta Maya Cafe (2005) |
| Tango Superior Willem Breuker Kollektief - In Holland (1981) |
| La Santa Espina Willem Breuker Kollektief - Bob's Gallery (1988) |
| You know you have too many cd's when you don't even know that the great Don Pullen played on one of your David Murray cd's.
RIP, Fontella Bass |
| 1529 Gunn Street David Murray - Shakill's II (1994) |
| This Little Light Of Mine Fontella Bass - No Ways Tired (1995) |
| Rescue Me Fontella Bass - Free (1972) |
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