Hey Steve! Thanks for sharing your review. I'm going to check James out!

swt said:

If we're talking recent stuff, my favorite pure honky-tonk album of the year is Mighty Lonesome Man by a Texas guy named James hand.

I reviewed that here: http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2012/11/terrells-tuneup-country-al...

If we're talking recent stuff, my favorite pure honky-tonk album of the year is Mighty Lonesome Man by a Texas guy named James hand.

I reviewed that here: http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2012/11/terrells-tuneup-country-album-of-year.html

Cold Sun is working on a new album. I just played at a gig a couple of weeks ago here with Billy in Santa Fe. He was backing ex-Angry  Samoan Gregg Turner. That's Billy on autoharp below.

John Battles said:

Divine Horsemen is a good call. They were'nt that popular in their day , but , they put on a GREAT show. Their singer was Chris D. From The Flesheaters , and their Bassist , Robyn Jameson from the same band (a  version of the band.), and their early Guitarist was Cam King of The Explosives , Roky Erickson's primary band , tho' not anymore.....Their  other singer , Julie Christenson, was married to a member of The Conqueroo before she married Chris D.

They combined Country with traces of Punk and even Metal , not as The Flesheaters did , tho' , it was far more subtle....

If you like the Texas Psych oriented stuff , I URGE you to check out Cold Sun , an early - mid 70's "Psych when you could'nt give it away" band , very dark , led by Bill Miller, who later went on to Roky  Erickson and The Aliens. It's some mindbending shit , but , it won't come cheap.

 

HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA........Would you like to claim your prize , now , or as you're leaving the studio?
 
sideshow Barty said:

kinda like having to choose between alzheimers and cancer.

kinda like having to choose between alzheimers and cancer.

NO , i DON'T MEAN THEY WERE APING DYLAN'S MUSICAL STYLE ON MOST OF THEIR RECORDS , BUT , RONNIE WEISS (MOUSE) , NINE TIMES OUT OF NINE , STILL HAD THAT DYLANESQUE INFLECTION IN HIS VOCALS.....AT LEAST , UNTIL , AS I SAY , THEY CUT THE BALLSY EARLY HARD ROCKER "WICKER VINE" , AND CONTINUED RECORDING , SPORADICALLY , AT LEAST INTO THE MID - LATE 70'S.

Judging from the one Mouse & the Traps compilation I own, they got off the Dylan jag fairly early. After "Public Execution," just about everything else they did sounds like your typical 1960s garage band. (Which isn't a knock, by the way - I like their stuff a lot. I just never thought that their sole purpose was to emulate Dylan.)
 
John Battles said:

Like Billy Miller said , I like select Dylan soundalikes more than the man himself - (like) Mouse and The Traps' entire back catalogue (Except Wicker Vine , And I Believe Her , The Bottom LINE AND A FEW OTHERS.).

To be truthful, I wouldn't want him to.
 
KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas said:

Someone may argue that Dylan never wrote a song quite as poppy or fun as Sunshine Superman.

Dylan, for damn sure.

He had a rock & roll/blues edge that Donovan did not possess.

"The Letter," the Box Tops
"Bluebirds Over The Mountain," Ersel Hickey
"I Want Some More," Chan Romero
"The Hunch," Mad Mike & the Maniacs
"Pendleton Man," Royal Pendletons
"Life Don't Mean Nothin'," Michael & the Messengers
"Dang Me," Roger Miller

(NOTE: most of these I looked up on my iPod!)

Blues Magoos - "Albert Common is Dead", from their second and best LP , "Electric Comic Book" , which also contained the Thirtysomething second opus , "Intermission". I used to know a guy whose teen band played it in the 60's , when they'd take a break.....

"If critics bought records , we'd be HUGE !" John Doe , X.

(Note: I have to buy the majority of the records , CDs and DVDs I review , but , in his case , Doe was right. John. ).

"Man , I played , one time with this band called Germs. They busted bottles and glass and shit on stage ! I personally took a broom and swept that shit UP ! Then , I did "Orange Skies" , and got down to some MUSIC !"  Arthur Lee (As told to John Battles.).

"We did this show at The Coconut Grove , with The  Buffalo Springfield and some other bands , but ,  The Beatles were in the audience , The Mamas and The Papas , and The Monkees were there , too. Davey Jones came up to me , and said "How'd you get so TALL?". I WAS 6 FOOT 3 (MY GOD , HE'S AT LEAST 6'6" , NOW.) , and he was pusing 3' 8" , at the time , and he's going "How'd you get so TALL?!!".  Dave Aguilar , The Chocolate Watchband (As told to John Battles.)

If you can find it , Screamin' Jay later put out a great album on Phillips , in '69 or '70 , called "What That Is" , produced by Milan Melvin , who did Blue Cheer's third album. It hearkens back to the Hard R'n'B sounds of The 50's , with great (Then) contemporary mixing tricks.

He had another one on Phillips before it , alternately known as "Because is In Your Mind" , "Armpit Rubber" , or just to confuse things further , "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" .  The crazy cool cover painting (  WHICH IS STILL DISPLAYED AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO FROM TIME TO TIME.) is largely the reason for the confusion.....OF THE TWO , THOUGH , I THINK "WHAT THAT IS" IS THE BETTER LP , BUT BOTH ALBUMS WERE RE-RELEASED TOGETHER ON LP , CASSETTE , AND , POSSIBLY CD , 20 - ODD YEARS AGO ON EDSEL. Yes , i know , it's time to do it again.  iT COULD BE , THERE ARE ISSUES WITH HIS ESTATE. I USED TO SEE SCREAMIN' JAY REISSUES ALMOST ALL THE TIME WHEN HE WAS LIVING ,  AND , HE MAINTAINED , UNLIKE MOST OF HIS PEERS , THAT HE DID GET ROYALTIES.
 
Trash Freak said:

 (The Rats wasnt '63 , though a youtube clip claims it is, but The Kingsmen's cut of Louie Louie in 63)  I guess Screamin' Jay Hawkins is tickin a few boxes with some earlier stuff... '56 & '57...

http://youtu.be/wLU8lfy0slw

http://youtu.be/wLU8lfy0slw

http:/http://youtu.be/wLU8lfy0slw

painted ship

Hell , Yeah ! The Friggs were great. Only saw 'em once. They came back later , opening for The Selecter. I was MANY years over the Two - Tone thing , and figured their set would get cut short.
 
G. Wood said:

The Friggs, from NY, I guess. Or Palmyra Delran's band. They/she are Hideout members, but not very active, I think.

FUN - NEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!  : )
 
buy my carpet said:

Know the difference between a singer and a terrorist?
You can negotiate with terrorists

How many singers are needed to change a lightbulb?
One, and the world keeps on revolving around them.

Well said , but even the best of leaders can get drunk with power , and the soldiers will revolt.

G. Wood said:

Is it the instrument, or the role, that creates the ego, or is it the other way around? It's always best to have one creative leader and a few good soldiers.

They'll probably be a footnote at best (I have'nt seen the book.) , but , Sam Gopal and The Rockin' Vicars rate a mention , too. Lemmy's days as a Hendrix Roadie , AND his brief stint with The Damned (As "The Doomed") might have some amusing anecdotes , as well. Hawkwind were definitely Lemmy's gateway drug to Motorhead , but , reportedly , he's renounced their one hit , "Silver Machine" (Which was just as uncommercial as anything else the band did in their prime.). Funny, last time I saw Motorhead , it was playing on the loudspeakers before they went on. 

That would be really cool , if you could. They need all the help they can get.

  "Oh , Yoda , I'm loaded."   "Oh no , dear , oh , no dear" (?)

"John , I'm Only Dancing" - David Bowie.     Thanks to Chris Morris.