He is very cool. Derek (Bloodshot Bill ) is a good friend of mine. It's eatin' my heart out that I won't be able to see his return to the stage , here. He cracks me up , man......

Pheck said:

Bloodshot Bill killed it this weekend.  Met the dude, he was very cool!

Bloodshot Bill killed it this weekend.  Met the dude, he was very cool!

I picked up a Hallmark 59 Custom back in the spring and could not be more satisfied. Mr. Causey and Browning from Man or Astro-man? picked them up a few years ago and after speaking to both of them for some time. I cannot say that it was not money well spent. The guitar is flawless and, compared to the Mosrites that my friends own, I find it to be a superior guitar in every way.

As far as the Eastwood Sidejack that was mentioned earlier, I have one of these as well and have been satisfied. Of course it is not the quality of a Hallmark. It also cost half the price. So, what would you expect. It has a great tone, holds tuning and the pickups are hot. I keep it out on the road as my backup and have used it on many recordings, as it has a different tone from my Hallmark to work with. I would highly suggest them to anyone looking for a Mosriteish guitar on an entry-level budget.

This really was something special...nice to see the efforts of two such amazing people celebrated with an appropriate level of enthusiasm.  The bands were all terrific, but for me I have to say the Swingin' Neckbreakers add-on to replace the Real Kids topped off the whole event!

The hits keep comin' . Thank you , Swahili Bob.

SWAHILI BOB said:

greg cartwright solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNjReg4IxSQ

daddy long legs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xph-jkv5U-g

? and the mysterians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRMenrjS2Xg

Pat , I see. somehow , your message kept turning uplike it was new...No big thing , tho'.

Pat said:

I left this message some months ago... i'm in France .

 

John Battles said:

Pat , did you just leave this message ? It reads like you did . I could be mistaken , my apologies if I am. Tonight (Sunday) is the last night. My friend told me you could'nt get tickets for love or money , if you just showed up on the street , but that a couple of people got in on one , but not all four , nights after some heavy hustling. It was that way  for that OTHER festival....

John Battles said:

It's the same all over. I saw The Cynics last week with about 35 people , and The Fleshtones , several months ago , to maybe fewer , still. The Woggles do OK when they're here , but they have'nt been in several years. In the 90's , when the economy was better , and there was a band boom , I bought way more new records than I needed. Some of the new "Garage" bands I only really needed to listen to once or twice , and then move on. Whereas , I first saw The Fleshtones in '84 , and The Cynics in '87 or early '88. They still bring the rock (Super Rock !), so , I'll still go see 'em....I can tell the hipsters , my Garage Rock is still alive , sorry about yours.

Rinjo Njori said:

This is NYC and Garage Rock shows for the big boys (Dirtbombs, Gories, Black LIps, etc. ) fill places like the Bowery, but bands like The Woggles, Fleshtones,etc. can barely fill a 100 person venue. Reigning Sound played at the Bell House but I missed the show.
The Bellhouse is great, not too big and not too small. It's rectangluar, but the stage is on the long side so no matter where you stand your pretty close to the stage. I would guess there will be more out of towners than actual New Yorkers.

Pat said:

Does anyone knows how many tickets are available ?? is the venue big enough ??

 

i 'll try to figure how to get there, i've just come back from NY two weeks ago !!!!

You're killin' me....with kindness. Hope , otherwise your stay here was as good as can be.

SWAHILI BOB said:

A Bones with Cyril Jordan & Roy Loney
http://youtu.be/l5gAa9pQYsI

bloodshot bill
http://youtu.be/4YxkOOiogxw

swinging neckbreakers
http://youtu.be/0nVEmj6MbgE

tandori knights
http://youtu.be/3xvNULHQrs8

sonics
http://youtu.be/Es_JZMc8kPs

it was such a privilege to see all these amazing bands - flying back to Australia tomorrow, partially deaf and full of great memories !

gig videos from our whoie 6 week trip at http://www.youtube.com/smartabrett

A Bones with Cyril Jordan & Roy Loney
http://youtu.be/l5gAa9pQYsI

bloodshot bill
http://youtu.be/4YxkOOiogxw

swinging neckbreakers
http://youtu.be/0nVEmj6MbgE

tandori knights
http://youtu.be/3xvNULHQrs8

sonics
http://youtu.be/Es_JZMc8kPs

it was such a privilege to see all these amazing bands - flying back to Australia tomorrow, partially deaf and full of great memories !

gig videos from our whoie 6 week trip at http://www.youtube.com/smartabrett

Epic NYC siege for two nights of Norton and the Sonics at Maxwell's. Thanks to Billy and Miriam for knowing how to have fun. 

the Record Detective said:

See y'all at the bell house friday night, saturday too! I'm rested and ready for some high octane rock and roll. And beer drinking in twelve hour shifts.

i dont know if it really fits the description but it's definitely spooky

Mojo Nixon and Reverend Horton Heat, of course.

* Wolf Call! by Various Artists. Another fine Norton collection of greasy, sleazy rock 'n' roll and R&B from the late '50s and early '60s.

This isn't quite as diverse as other Norton compilations like Mad Mike's Monsters or the I Hate CDs series. But he'll, plaster a picture of a stripper on the cover and you probably could pass this off  as a new Las Vegas Grind volume.

Wolf Call! features music from the Golden Crest label, a Long Island-based company, though the best known band on the album, The Wailers, was from Tacoma. hjat band has two songs here, their classic "Tall Cool One" and "Snake Pit." Both are rollicking instrumentals

"Cleopatra" by The Precisions reminds me a lot of The Coasters, except the weird little Del Shannon organ seller in the middle. "I'm Buggin' Out Little Baby," is some good obscure rockabilly byDonny Lee Moore. "Let Your Love Light Shine" by The Kack-ties is raw, unfetterfed doo-wop.  "Roaches" is early '60s soul, sounding like the Isley Brothers would have sounded had they been exterminators. The singer notes that the Civil Rights Bill has passed, but there's nothing in the bill that guarantees you a home free of roaches.

"Bandito" by The Banditos has  south- of-the-border rhythms and a corny, probably offensive to some, monologue between the "bandito" and a bartender. But the strangerst here is "The Beatle Song" by The Japanese Beatles. It puts the ethnic stereotypes in "Bandito" to shame. In fact, shame's a pretty good word here.

* Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans by Iggy & The Stooges. I couldn't resist. This is one of those concerts where a band plays a classic album in its entirety decades later. Lou Reed got away with it on his recent live version of Berlin, so why not Iggy?

The original Raw Power has been remixed, repackaged and regurgitated so many time it's hard to keep track. The 2010 version included a live disc from a 1973 concert in Atlanta featuring half of the Raw Power songs.

But this new show, recorded last year at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in New York, featuring original Raw Power ax man James Williamson on guitar duties, is a welcome addition.  Iggy and the other surviving original Stooges are in their mid 60s now (Bassist Mike Watt, who's been a Stooge on recent outings, is the baby of the group. He's only in his 50s.). Even so, they rock like young bucks half their age.

Here's a video: * South of Nashville by Honky Tonk Hustlas. When I first saw this band's name I feared it might be some crappy alt country/hip-hop fusion. But then I heard a song of theirs on Outlaw Radio Chicago and realized these guys sound a lot more like Wayne "The Train" than Cowboy Troy.

The Hustlas come from Montgomery, Alabama. The core of the band is , T. Junior on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Stemp on stand-up bass. The sound is acoustic-based traditional country with lots of fiddle, mandolin and dobro.

Even if country radio still played good country music they'd never play the HTH -- not only because of the occasional use of profanity, but because the lyrics to some of the songs are so dark. "My Worst Enemy," "Pray I Won't Wake Up" and even the upbeat "Never Gonna Quit" deal frankly with self-destructive urges. And the chilling  "Death's Cold Sting" reminds me a lot of Hank Williams' "Alone and Forsaken" -- which wasn't exactly a big radio hit for Hank.

So they're just going to have to make do with being played on shows like Outlaw Radio Chicago and, of course, The Santa Fe Opry. I hope to hear more from this band.

* Miami by The Gun Club. I confessed a couple of months ago when I downloaded their wonderful debut album Fire of Love  that I'm just a newcomer to the glory that was The Gun Club. 

This is the second album. Some consider Miami to be a sophomore slump for Jeffrey Lee Pearce and the Club. But while it's true that it doesn't quite match Fire of Love, there's plenty to love here.

Actually there's a song called "Fire of Love" here (it wasn't on the album of the same name.)  It borrows liberally from Jody Reynolds' "Endless Sleep."

Almost as powerful is "Like Calling Up Thunder" It's like a hoedown for maniacs (and Ward Dotson plays a guitar lick lifted from "Dixie" as Pearce sings, "Look away, look away ..."

Also there's a couple of great covers here. "John Hardy" is a wild cowpunk update of the the old outlaw ballad. But even better is the ferocious version of Creedence Clearwater Revivals' "Run Through the Jungle." This might even be more nightmarish than the original tune.

PLUS

* Three songs from Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great Grandma:  "The Skeleton In The Closet" by Putney Dandridge," "Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue" by Smiley Burnette and "Hush, Hush, Hush (Here Comes The Boogie Man" by Henry Hall. This is the second year in a row I hit up this fun collection for some Halloween material for my radio -- and this year my podcast -- Spooktaculars.

I doubt if any of these novelty tunes from the 30s would scare the bloomers off anyone, even your great granny. But they're still lotsa fun.

* "Ghoulman Confidential" by The Fleshtones. I used this one on the 2011 Big Enchilada Spooktacular also. This is the second "Ghoulman" song by The Fleshtones I'm aware of, the first being "Dance With the Ghoulman." Are there more?

It's funny, but this was actually one of the first garage rock albums, compilation or otherwise, that I ever heard.  I randomly stole it from a friend's digital music collection and never looked back.

Also "You Treat Me Bad" by the Jujus.

Yeah, this trailer can elicit a giggle or two, but on a serious note, this is actually a very good film. Well "good" as far as drive-in movies go. If you get a chance, check this out, I think you'll be entertained. I have this on dvd, as it came packaged with a bunch of other exploitation films in a "bargain priced" boxed set. But you may be able to find it online (streaming on Netflix?), or your local dvd mart.

John Battles said:

OMFG ! I don't think I've even heard of this !!! The roughest bunch since..."The boys in  the band". HA HA HAAAAA.....THERE'S GAY CAR CLUBS , THERE'S PROBABLY GAY MOTOCYCLE "CLUBS" , TOO . THERE'S THE EXTREMELY BUTCH BIKER NOVELTY SONG "I'D RATHER FIGHT THAN SWISH".....

joey fuckup said:

I know this is technically a music discussion, but I had to include this trailer from an often overlooked classic, "The Pink Angels". Personally, I like some of the tunes included in this film:

That IS a real good soundtrack... Davie Allan spoke of playing the huge bike rally , The Love Run , in California. It's bigger than  Sturgis , I've read. The Bikers asked him to play some      C & W , INSTEAD OF BADASS BIKER MUSIC...    There is a difference between the movie soundtrack music and the stuff a lot of Bikers prefer. The Grateful Dead always had a huge following with The Angels. So did Big Brother and The Holding Co. . Blue Cheer , it seems , had a lesser following. Even tho' they had an ex- Angel Manager , and they sounded like a chopper being dumped off the top of The Empire State Building....David Allan Coe , too , has a very big Biker following. I like him , too , but , it's surprising when you realize how mellow music for badasses can be....

OMFG ! I don't think I've even heard of this !!! The roughest bunch since..."The boys in  the band". HA HA HAAAAA.....THERE'S GAY CAR CLUBS , THERE'S PROBABLY GAY MOTOCYCLE "CLUBS" , TOO . THERE'S THE EXTREMELY BUTCH BIKER NOVELTY SONG "I'D RATHER FIGHT THAN SWISH".....

joey fuckup said:

I know this is technically a music discussion, but I had to include this trailer from an often overlooked classic, "The Pink Angels". Personally, I like some of the tunes included in this film:

although a cover, the Johnny's do a great version of Chris Spedding's Motorbikin'

And just like when it's purchased in a record store , music sounds better , purchased at a live show. You know you're helping the band with the bare necessities (No , not beer and porn , I mean gas , food , guitar strings , whatever...) , and you're probably saving money getting it straight from the source....

DammitDave said:

"...bands who are clueless how to distribute their music via the Internet..."

 

I guess I am clueless.  I would have thought that a band would have a better chance at selling music at the show right after having played live.  If you don't have something to sell right then and there, the music purchase will get blown off and forgotten about unless you made a huge impression.  Though I prefer vinyl, CDs are a lot cheaper to make and easier to transport than records (2 big plusses for labels, bands, and buyers) so in my opinion, they still have a place.

"to people on low incomes/no bank account who have limited or no access to internet facilities".

I think this was more in reference to people who have problems BUYING stuff on line, not bands who have trouble selling on line.  Not clueless. Just don't have a credit card or a bank card with enough funds on the account, not to mention fees a bank will hit you with for using the card.

"...bands who are clueless how to distribute their music via the Internet..."

I guess I am clueless.  I would have thought that a band would have a better chance at selling music at the show right after having played live.  If you don't have something to sell right then and there, the music purchase will get blown off and forgotten about unless you made a huge impression.  Though I prefer vinyl, CDs are a lot cheaper to make and easier to transport than records (2 big plusses for labels, bands, and buyers) so in my opinion, they still have a place.

It doesn't matter how much you like them or how handy you might think they are for bands who are clueless how to distribute their music via the Internet (*ahem*, Bandcamp?), but it has a LOT to do with the fact that CDs JUST AREN'T SELLING anymore. Period. And when stuff stops selling, it doesn't matter how fancy you think it is/was, it's gonna go the way of the dinosaur, or, in this case, the 8-track tape.

Jonclock said:

CD's might well become obsolete but not in the next two years? CD's are still relative to bands that want to get their own music out and to make it as accessible as possible to as wider audience as possible i.e to oldies like myself who can't be bothered signing up to yet another internet music provider or to people on low incomes/no bank account who have limited or no access to internet facilities. Not to mention that small independent vinyl/cd shops are some of the more interesting places to go on the high street these days. What about CD audio superiority and audio production aspects? I'm not being nostalgic - I like CD's. Don't believe the hype - long live the cd.

The Cynics and The Buff Medways. Also Black Mountain recorded a couple awesome garage rock songs for the latest version of the Sub Pop Singles Club.

Well, in terms of that pure unadulterated garage sound, I humbly suggest THEE DIRTYBEATS, from Chapel Hill NC.  We specialize in recreating the tough primitive vibe of early garage and psychedelia (the sound that inspired early proto-punk pioneers like MC5 and The Stooges) using period instruments, including original KAPA, Mosrite, Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, Fender and Ampeg amps, Big Muff fuzzes, and Morley wahs.

The sound is prickly, gritty, unpredictable... and utterly glorious.

For a limited time, you can download our just-released debut ep for free at

http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com  It's been doing shockingly well (3 straight weeks on WXDU DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDENT RADIO'S TOP TEN OF THE WEEK), which we take to mean there is quite a thirst out there for the pure stuff.

Warm regards,

THEE DIRTYBEATS - maximum vintage garage
http://www.theedirtybeats.com
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I think it was on a Monday and before anybody knew who they were.

You guys should save your pennies and bring them to Windor next time they come 'round.