Sexy Coffee Pot- Tony Alvon & The Belairs
American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)- King's X
Breaking Up A Dream- The Ways & Means
When You Finally Gonna Come Through- Jules Shear
Roll Call- NRBQ
She- Dwight Yoakam
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken- Ian Hunter
Sexy Coffee Pot- Tony Alvon & The Belairs
(Everything about this is funky from the title and the band name, to the groove, of course.)
American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)- King's X
(Went down a King's X rabbit hole last week. They are hard to describe. The easiest label would be heavy metal,
because of their fan base. But that only tells part of the story. They
are heavily influenced by The Beatles, as much as they are Led Zeppelin
and Yes and even gospel music. This is a deep cut from the 1996 album "Ear Candy.")
Breaking Up A Dream- The Ways & Means
(One of the first U.K. bands to play surf music in the early 60's, though this single, their last, owes more British psych, or at least I think so.)
When You Finally Gonna Come Through- Jules Shear
(When you finally gonna release another pop album, Jules?)
Roll Call- NRBQ
(Are you here?)
She- Dwight Yoakam
(Lots of jangle on this Dwight track.)
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken- Ian Hunter
(There were two versions of this track on the album of the same name, a ballad and this upbeat version, which I prefer.)
4 comments:
Looks like a great mix. Man I loved seeing NRBQ back in the day, when Al Anderson was with them.
I'd still love to see them, with Terry Adams still in there leading things. And I like their recent records.
@Noel - Agreed. Nothing like them - seen them a mere six times over 40 years in Scandinavia. And Sal, good stuff as usual.
/R, enthusiast
Yes, Jules, get right on that, please.
Tiddlywinks is one of my fave 'Q' albums... like Noel, I love their recent releases, also.
Thanks for the mix!
Randy
One of my favorite NRBQ moments was when they played the Cotton Club in Atlanta in the early-mid 90s. The whole band was getting lunch before the show next door at a famous (now long-gone) taqueria ... surprised me when I walked in. They were all sort of shoehorned into a booth together.
One of them had a Creative Loafing (Atlanta's music/culture weekly) and was reading out loud to the others a writer's article about the band - a preview of their show that night. It was a hoot to hear them read it and laugh at this or object to that.
I'm an occasional music writer myself, so the only thing cooler would have been if I had written that article! :)
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