Andre has an expression he used to use - His Son would say , "Daddy , every time things are going good , you gotta go and throw a brick at an ambulance !". In other words , he manages to land on his feet (His personal problems are well documented.) , but ends up in a deeper ditch than the ones he fell in , before. It is'nt just about money , though he's been ripped off by the best of 'em. Last time I saw Andre was at a reading from his book , "Sweets" . It was quite an affair - Bo Dudley , Miriam Linna , Dan Kroha , Cynthia Plastercaster , and John Drake from the original Amboy Dukes were all there. 'Dre WAS IN HIS GLORY . I HOPE HE CAN STAY THAT WAY.....
 
Matthew Nykodym said:

Andre Williams maybe not always the most frugile with his money is still working at age 76 not necessarily because he wants to, he has to. Great, yet sobering documentary done back in 2008 Agile, Mobile, Hostile.  Check it out if you haven't already.

There are also stories of people like Bruce Springteen paying medical and living expenses for Mary Wells when she was battling oral cancer. The Rolling Stones paid to bury Howlin' Wolf's lead guitarist, Hubert Sumlin, I am sure there are more stories to count of this happening to musician we know and love.  I think a lot how some of these people are getting by.

That's true about "Our Souls" ...Of course , Gene is a classic example of someone who worked his balls off until he dropped , because he HAD to....
 But , he was stubborn , and refused to have his mangled leg operated on, even though it meant he might , with some therapy  , be able to walk , pretty much , like he did before his accident. He was blacklisted in The U.S. for refusing to pay Musician's Union dues , and survived mostly on earnings from European and Canadian shows , later in life. There were pockets of people in LA , The Rolling Rock crowd and such , and fans and drinking buddies like Alice Cooper and Jim Morrisson , who were all very supportive , but it was too late , the industry and his ex- wives robbed him blind. P.J . Proby even stole his clothes , right from under his nose. 
Mark George Harrison said:

Don Arden, now there was a man who made money, for himself! Theres a really late Gene Vincent song called 'our souls' which GV repeats faster and faster at the end to sound like arse/assholes, he then can be clearly heard to say 'how was that Mr. Arden?'

The thing with the 'industry' is that people who are in it to make music are there because thats what they love and want to do, theyre not businessmen and have no interest in that side of it, leaving them open to the sharks!

Well , I think that's the beauty part. If someone really interprets a song their own way , it can be as though you've never heard it , otherwise. Today , I heard a horrible Black Metal version of some 80's Journey or REO song , I forget which. The forced  irony , in this case , did'nt make it sound any better.
 
kopper said:

Ha! I'd totally forgotten that Devo song was a Lee Dorsey cover. Duh.

John Battles said:

The best - known non - Country song about coal mining would have to Lee Dorsey's original "Workin' In The Coal Mine".

Ha! I'd totally forgotten that Devo song was a Lee Dorsey cover. Duh.

John Battles said:

The best - known non - Country song about coal mining would have to Lee Dorsey's original "Workin' In The Coal Mine".

" IT'S HERE.....TO STAY. ROCK AND ROLL , COUNTRY AND WESTERN , IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AS LONG AS IT'S GOOD MUSIC ! " Jerry Lee Lewis.

Good call on the Nancy   and Lee song. I had the  good fortune to meet them both. It goes without saying that Nancy is as down to earth as they get , but , Lee , too , was really pleasant , and he seemed blown away that he had so many fans. He'd been away so long , I think what's obvious to us had eluded him. But , he lived to see it , anyway.....
 
hicksville hogwash said:

Whoop.... another unforgettable forgotten thanks John, also there is Lee and Nancy's Arkansas Coal (suite) which I guess is country but I've always found Lee as psychedelic as hell.....  and a Chubby Checker song - Lazy Elsie Molly "used to carry coal on her back" but this is a little chirpy.

Man the big coal companies know how to throw cash at the silencing the anti coal rockers?!

Whoop.... another unforgettable forgotten thanks John, also there is Lee and Nancy's Arkansas Coal (suite) which I guess is country but I've always found Lee as psychedelic as hell.....  and a Chubby Checker song - Lazy Elsie Molly "used to carry coal on her back" but this is a little chirpy.

Man the big coal companies know how to throw cash at the silencing the anti coal rockers?!

.....Radio , for the most part , has been pathetic since at least the early to mid 70's. I was'nt around in the 50's or the early to mid 60's , but , when you could still hear music from those eras on a regular basis , it was  exciting.  AM was exciting when I was a kid , because people still knew how to write songs. Catchy tunes that still hold up , today. The conditions we're seeing , today , are nothing new. Sure , you have manufactured Pop stars like Lady Gaga , but , Madonna and 80's - era  Michael Jackson approached their careers and "Music " the same way. In the mid to late 70's , you could feel the onslaught of Disco coming on , but , also ,  very bad Rock and Pop ruled the airwaves.You had The Bee Gees in decline , Fleetwood Mac already past it , and a lot of weak stuff in between, There was the occasional Hard Rock hit that did'nt suck , like "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy , or genre - defying killers like "I'm on Fire " by Dwight Twilley , but , the writing was on the wall. 

Radio is'nt the answer. The answer is getting out there and finding the bands that are for you , past and present. Internet Radio can be a good tool for finding out about new things , but , if you're willing to get your hands dirty , there are still plenty of good records , CDs , AND CASSETTES WITH YOUR NAME ON THEM. GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN.

The Nomads and The Hellacopters. Have 31 Hellacopters' 7" singles alone. 25 Nomads' 7" singles.  Got albums and cds too. 

Ha-ha!!! Man, that's super-hip that you have a Japanese 'Blitzkrieg Bop'! I'll put that on the jealousy list along with the Dutch 'Don't Cry Wolf' that's in your pic!! I've got the German New Rose alluded to elsewhere, as well as a yellow vinyl Belgian 'Don't Cry Wolf'...so many wonderful things to buy!!

Mike said:

Damn, I forgot to pull that one out for the photo!............. allright smart ass, you know that is a high dollar and rare one. That thing was going for hundreds back in the early-mid 80's as I recall.  I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never own that one, I'll just have to be content with my Japanese 'Blitzkrieg Bop' instead.

 

Mole said:

Impressive pics! Couldn't see the Japanese 'Neat Neat Neat' though....!!

Mike said:

The Damned followed by the Ramones. Mostly because they both have released so many damned (get it?) records and 7" sleeve variations etc etc that sucker a collector nerd like me to buy. No picture of me, but a set a photos I'd snapped for another forum. I have to give credit though to an old friend who sold me his entire Damned 7" collection back in the 80's. I knew it hurt him, but he knew it was going to a good home. That's where a good chunk of my Damned and Capt. Sensible singles came from.

Elvis (maybe 50 albums) followed by the Ventures (about 20 albums). After that it might actually be the Astronauts which I have quite a few Japanese PS 45s of along with several of their albums.

The Ventures

The Astronauts

The Lively Ones

Link Wray

The Surfaris

The Chantays

Heh, if they match yes!  Worked for The Ramones...

What if your Jeans, T-shirts and sneakers all match?

THE ELECTRIC MESS said:

A friend once said about dressing to go on stage something like "you shouldn't look like you could be just someone in the audience."  You're putting on a show.  Nothing wrong with flashing it up a bit or making a little effort to look good, unless you're playing "grunge" or some sort of punk I guess.  But for anything with a 60's garage vibe, surf, rockabilly, etc. sneakers, t-shirts, and jeans don't cut it in my book...

A friend once said about dressing to go on stage something like "you shouldn't look like you could be just someone in the audience."  You're putting on a show.  Nothing wrong with flashing it up a bit or making a little effort to look good, unless you're playing "grunge" or some sort of punk I guess.  But for anything with a 60's garage vibe, surf, rockabilly, etc. sneakers, t-shirts, and jeans don't cut it in my book...

Rag on it all you want but  I enjoyed getting to see the backstage of MSG and as someone who likes Springsteen getting seats like that for free is not something I won't complain about.

You might want to give "The Above" a try.  Sounding very much like The Pretty Things or early Kinks.  "Bollywood Woman" is fantastic!!!

http://theabovebrooklyn.com/

Some of my favorite recent scores were the self titled Cheap Time, Baseball Furies "Greater Than Ever", The Rippers "Tales Full Of Black Soot", Spider Babies "Undressed To Kill", The Spits "V", The Vagrants "I Can't Make A Friend 1965-1968", & Blowin Through Yokohama (16 hot skillet muck muck r&b blasts)

The Oblivions singles CD on Sympathy.

OR The Sonics, Boom!

I Love everything by the Deadly Snakes.... I have recently re-discovered "Porcella"!

One of my all time Favorites!

MixtapeTalia said:

Ode To Joy - The Deadly Snakes or anything by Jackie Shane you can get your hands on!

I've always liked the Boss Bass Overdrive pedals.  They're pretty simple, but have a great sound.

Lordy I know this is an ancient thread, but wanted to send out a new shout-about...

So after many fuzz stomp sessions since the Get Wets began, I've decided upon the Bass Big Muff Pi...it's worth statin' that tho I ain't the bass player anymore (I just sing/shout/stomp & shake a tambourine now) I still care a snot-ton about the bass fuzz sound of my band...with that in mind, we're on the verge of addin' back into our beat combo mix a sax-blower and a brand new baritone guitar-slinger (who will also be playin' thru a fuzz if I have anything to say about it)...

...I'm curious how a baritone guitar would respond to a bass eq'd fuzz box...I'll let y'all know once we get to rehearse with the new baritone goon this week...

Of course , there's "S.F. SORROW"by The Pretty Things.

 Some of Alice Cooper's later albums , such as "Welcome To My Nightmare" and "Goes To Hell" could be called story albums.

Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play" WAS CONCIEVED AS A PLAY , EVEN WITH A SHORT CHILDREN'S STORY IN THE MIDDLE.  "Too Old To Rock 'n'Roll , Too Young To Die" , which I don't even own , was also constructed as  a play , or a short story , about an early British Rocker , once a hero , now , unable to cope with the changes in the 70s (Even with The Rock 'n'Roll Revival , it seems...). Great comic book foldout.  

Maybe , if you push it , David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World" could be called thematic , particularly "Width of a Circle" (Protagonist becomes a monster , meets God in the form of a young man , and gets it on with Satan.) or "The Supermen" (re. The Holocaust in the horrific , yet wildly delusional P. O.V. of the perpetrators.). In any case , it's a great fucking album.

I've been listening to one of my favorite albums from maybe 5 years ago... The Deadly Snakes, Porcella.

When I listen to it, I can't help but feel like there's a story, or theme in there somewhere.  I can't figure out what it is.  Maybe there isn't one, or maybe I'm just too fucking dense to figure it out.

Trying to think of some great albums with themes, or a story from beginning to end.

Talking about Kenny and the Kasuals, do you know if they did release a single or whatever back in the day for their great cover of "Down in Mexico" as M.K. Lipscomb's (aka the fabulous Scotty McKay) backing band under the name of GATOR SHADES BLUES BAND ? I've searched this thing for years...and never ever saw one single copy.

John Battles said:

Kenny and The Kasuals.  I know there's a UK comp that , like most , scratches the surface. I have the Live at The Cellar Club LP (DON'T FREAK , IT'S THE LATE 70'S REISSUE.), one of two EVA (Trademark of suck quality...BUT , when I was just getting into this stuff , I did'nt care) LP collections and a decent EP on the same label. I even have some of their Late 70'S stuff , most of which is pretty good . Still , a complete collection with GOOD sound and maybe minus a few ballads is 30 years overdue. Oh , well....