How Deep Is The Ocean?- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Goodnight Sweet Josephine- The Yardbirds
The Apocalypse Song- St. Vincent
Too Much Lovin'- Joe Bataan
Waiting On You- Coverdale • Page
No One Told Him- Thin Lizzy
Peace On Earth- Adrian Belew
How Deep Is The Ocean?- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Many moons ago, on my very first trip to New Orleans, I bought about 50 CDs at the Louisiana Music Factory, some for me and some for the shop. This Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton was one of them, and when I played it, I sold it. Every time. Listen and you just might buy it, too.
Goodnight Sweet Josephine- The Yardbirds
A bit of fluff and certainly something out of left field for these birds, but I always loved it and Jimmy Page's guitar solo.
The Apocalypse Song- St. Vincent
I want to thank BBJ for that St. Vincent weekend mix a few years ago. I hadn't heard a note of her music at the time and now, I love all of her records. (Well, not "Daddy's Home," so much. But the first five are all killers.)
Too Much Lovin'- Joe Bataan
Man, do I love Latin boogaloo records from the mid-60's to early 70's, and Joe Bataan's classic from 1967 "Gypsy Woman" just got a stunning Kevin Gray remaster vinyl release. Put on your dancing shoes and "push push."
Waiting On You- Coverdale • Page
To paraphrase...if you put 100 monkeys in
a room with 100 instruments, 4 of them will eventually churn out a
cliche-ridden, innuendo-filled, riff-heavy hard rock album that almost
everyone will mock. And I say that with all...ahem...you know...due
respect. Such was the case of Jimmy Page and David Coverdale and their
rhythm section of original Montrose drummer Denny Carmassi and Gloria
Estefan's bassist...that's right...Jorge Casas in 1993. And while I will not even begin to defend
David Coverdale's hair or any Whitesnake videos with or without Tawny
Kitaen, (though I really do like Whitesnake's records, so sue me), if you know me by now, it shouldn't surprise you that I am here
to celebrate and defend 1993's "Coverdale • Page" release, as well as
the simple pleasures of a big drum
sound and just about anything that sounds like Led Zeppelin. This one kicks ass.
No One Told Him- Thin Lizzy
From one of my favorite Thin Lizzy albums that most Lizzy fans do not like, "Renegade," here is one of my favorite Phil Lynott songs. It's got all the things I love about Phil, his storytelling, his turns of phrase, his melodies, and a beautiful guitar solo. This shoulda been a hit.
Peace On Earth- Adrian Belew
Yes, please.
6 comments:
Speaking of Goodnight Sweet Josephine, have you heard the songwriter's (Tony Hazard )) album Demonstration? It's a collection of his demos from the sixties, but he put it out in 2022. They sound like fully produced songs, And the version of Goodnight Sweet Josephine on the album is not unlike the Yardbird's version ( sans Mr. Page's touch ), and the same can be said for Ha ha Said The Clown. I love the album. A nice pairing with Graham Gouldman's The Graham Gouldman Thing.
I'm just glad to see a defense mounted for Coverdale • Page!
Hey, I dig Coverdale as a vocalist just fine, and Page is the man. Looking forward to checking out this track...
I first heard Goodnight Sweet Josephine when browsing in the House of Oldies when it was on Bleecker St. I was blown away by it and it remains my favorite Yardbirds track.
There's no need to defend Coverdale/Page. It was the best thing Page has done since Zeppelin.
"4 of them will eventually churn out a cliche-ridden, innuendo-filled, riff-heavy hard rock album". And here I thought you were talking about Zep themselves, a band I still make fun of for all the excess, even as I'm drawn to the undeniable power and ambition (see also: Springsteen). I don't know Whitesnake from green lizard (what my drunk customers used to call Aqua Velva when they'd come in to buy and I cut them off the legit booze), but I'll listen with open ears.
C in California
You Cannot get enough of Philo. Thanks man. The band that should have been bigger than they were.
The Lizzy track had me go fetch & play the Renegade album to see what else I'd overlooked or not heard in ages. So thanks for that. Cheers!
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