Little Bit of Love- Free
Down Home Girl- Alvin Robinson
I'm Into Something Good- Sugar 'N' Dandy
The Wheel- Jerry Garcia
Brother Louie (Instrumental)- Matumbi
Cannonball- The Darkness
Endlessly Jealous- Lou Reed
Little Bit of Love- Free
(Great single that feels like the template for Bad Company's "Good Lovin' Gone Bad.")
Down Home Girl- Alvin Robinson
(I first heard this on a Rolling Stones' record. I bet many of you did, too. Good cover, but Robinson's is greasier.)
I'm Into Something Good- Sugar 'N' Dandy
(The first of two new favorite reggae covers I discovered this week.)
The Wheel- Jerry Garcia
(Dead haters don't be afraid. I think you might dig this track.)
Brother Louie (Instrumental)- Matumbi
(Here's my second new fave reggae cover.)
Cannonball- The Darkness
(Just read a story of Justin Hawkins asking Ian Anderson to play an extended flute solo on this track and Anderson agreed! Then, no one else in the band wanted it on the "Hot Cakes" album, so it was relegated to bonus track status, leaving Dale Hawkins to wonder if Ian would ever talk to them again.)
Endlessly Jealous- Lou Reed
("New Sensations" has really aged well. I play this album more now than I did then. Actually, my friend Tim Vega hated "I Love You Suzanne" because his sister was convinced Lou had written it for her. We'll never know.)
5 comments:
Both Alvin Robinson and Matumbi are very good and new to me.
- Paul in DK
A solo track by Garcia? Never heard of him putting out solo LPs - looking forward to hearing. And, a Lou Reed track I've never heard of.
Noel,
He's got about 25.
I love 'New Sensations' too. The motorcycle ride on the title track! Great stuff
I think Lou made 3 great albums in the 80s. The Blue Mask, New Sensations and New York. After New York, his output was less enjoyable.
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