See you Thursday night 12/28 at The Buccaneer for a soul-stirring tribute to the legendary James Brown from two of Memphis' most respected and knowledgeable soul music DJ's, Buck Wilders & The Hook-Up. Don't come crying, come down prepared to dance.
James Brown was like most of the truly great artists and creators in the world. When he was good, he was brilliant and when he was bad, man, that cat was super bad. Through his many trials and tribulations, no artist ever so richly deserved the title "the hardest working man in show business" as James Brown, and few, if any, will leave the impact on popular music and culture that he did. He changed the way people thought about rhythm, about song structure, language, and the importance of giving 110% on stage every time. ...
December 25, 2006 2:15am (AP) James Brown, the legendary singer known as the "Godfather of Soul," has died, his agent said early Monday. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized Sunday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital with pneumonia and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, Copsidas said.
The agent said Brown's family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," Copsidas said.
E.J. Says: This is horrible news and it caught me, ...
I said it earlier this summer, I'll say it again. This year, 2006, was not groundbreaking in music. No new precedents were set, nothing huge and earth-shattering happened, nothing twisted my caps back and made me run screaming naked onto the silent freeway. The same held true for many of you out there, it seems, as I've glanced at similar comments from other music writers whose opinions I respect. Not every year is going to be a golden year. It just doesn't work like that, unfortunately, but a few sparkling moments always manage to surface.
There's ...
If you read this blog in 2006, you would know that when this email came in I was beside myself. So wonderful it was that I had to give this up to you guys, a great cover from one of my favorite bands anywhere, what a wonderful way to start the holidays up!
Holiday update from the band:
Christmas came early for us this year. In May, we found ourselves in Atlanta , playing a festival with the Moaners, De La Soul, the Flaming Lips, and Big ...
If you are seeing this message, then it means that I'm someplace other than at home & whatever I'm calling in about was worth posting about. Listen, listen, listen....
I've often lamented the loss of key pieces of my own collection of vinyl. I have always loved the smell of a record, the feel of it, the way the static charge is released from it when you crack the plastic for the first time and pull the record from its sleeve. I love the warmth of vinyl records, the way it sounds, and even the inconvenience of having to turn the record over to hear the other side. My love affair with vinyl is lifelong and, up until recently, I thought it made me a dinosaur ...
This link clicks thru to an eBay auction on one of the rarest pieces of rock and roll memorabilia in the world. Purchased at the Sunday fair in Chelsea for 75 cents, the unreleased acetate of Velvet Underground & Nico features an alternate sequence of the record and a series of alternate versions of the tracks on the album long thought to have been lost completely due to time and circumstance. Among those tracks are "European Son", "Venus In Furs" and a completely different take of "Heroin" complete with some different lyrics and more primitive drums.
The listing ...
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