dinsdag 5 december 2023

JJ Cale at the 2 Meter Sessions (1994) John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013)

                                                                 
   
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Het was een mooi programma De 2 Meter sessies  van Jan Douwe Kroeske.Het leverde prachtig beelden en een en rits prachtige cd,s.op. In deze show wordt sinds 1987 bekende en nieuwe artiesten de mogelijkheid geboden om in een studio-omgeving een inkijk in hun liedjes te geven en deze regelmatig tot een akoestische basis terug te brengen. In de afgelopen jaren werden meer dan duizend sessies opgenomen, met onder andere the Black Crows .Counting Crows, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, REM, Bush, Anouk, Nirvana, Milow, Crowded House, Venice, K's Choice, Joe Cocker, De Dijk, Sepultura, Golden Earring en Coldplay.Naast het optreden van The Black Crows  was het optreden van JJ.Cale wat mij betreft ook zeker een van de hoogtepunten.
 

Traveling Light

 John Weldon (J.J.) Cale (Oklahoma City, 5 december 1938) is een Amerikaanse singer-songwriter en gitarist. Hij groeide op in Tulsa, en is dan ook de bekendste vertolker van de Tulsa Sound.
 Heel veel artiesten hebben zijn nummers gecoverd "After Midnight"en "Cocaine" door Eric Clapton,"Cajun Moon" door Randy Crawford, "Magnolia" door Jai, "Bringing It Back" , Kansas, "Call Me the Breeze" en "I Got the Same Old Blues" door Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Travelin' Light" en "Ride Me High" door Widespread Panic, "Tijuana" by Harry Manx, "Sensitive Kind" door Carlos Santana, "Cajun Moon" door Herbie Mann met  Cissy Houston, en "Same Old Blues" door Captain Beefheart.



After Midnight

Het handelsmerk van Cale is het zogenaamde laid back-zingen,waar dit optreden zeker een voorbeeld van is. Dit is nét na de tel inzetten. Daarnaast is Cale, door zijn diensttijd bij de luchtmacht, handig met elektronica waardoor hij zijn eigen muziek mee produceert en zijn opnamen een specifieke sound krijgen. Onderdeel hiervan zijn het dubben van de zang en een lome, ingetogen sfeer.


Devil In Disguise
 De dame in de band is Christine Lakeland ,de gitariste/zangeres speelt op bijna alle albums van JJ Cale mee van sinds einde jaren 70’s.Ze zat in de studio en trad op o.a met Tanya Tucker, Hoyt Axton, Merle Haggard en  Leon Russell.

Meer 2 meter sessies P1
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2008/12/2-meter-sessies-1.html
-The Cranberries Jackson Brown- Rythm Kings-Joni Mitchell

Nog meer 2 meter sessies P2
 http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/01/2-meter-sessies-2.html
James Taylor-Trigically Hip-Tom Jones&Stereophonics-Anouk&Sarah Bettens-The Prodigal Sons

 2 Metersessies met Willy DeVille
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/12/willy-deville-2-meter-session-1999.html

maandag 4 december 2023

Gov't Mule - Soulshine (encore) Tivoli/Vredeburg (14 nov.2023)

                              The end of a wonderful evening, the ladies had a great time.....

"Soulshine" is a song written by American musician Warren Haynes and originally recorded by Larry McCray on his 1993 album, Delta Hurricane. 

                                                           Tivoli/Vredeburg (14 nov.2023)

https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2023/11/govt-mule-tivolivredeburg-14-nov2023.html

vrijdag 1 december 2023

The Notting Hillbillies (feat.Mark Knopfler) - Blues,Stay Away From Me)

                                                Live at Ronny Scotts Jazz Club 1990

The Notting Hillbillies were a country rock project formed by British singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler in May 1986. The group consisted of Knopfler (guitar and vocals), Steve Phillips (guitar and vocals), Brendan Croker (guitar and vocals), Guy Fletcher (keyboards and vocals), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Marcus Cliffe (bass), and Ed Bicknell (drums).They gave their first performance at a small club in Leeds, and followed up with a tour

                            Brendan Crocker                    Mark Knopfler             Steve Phillips

https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-notting-hillbillies-are-we-in.html

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2011/08/notting-hillbilies-live-at-ronnie.html


dinsdag 28 november 2023

zondag 26 november 2023

Jimi Hendrix - "Red House"

                                            

                                                      Live Maui, Hawaii, USA. July 30, 1970.

                              "On a windy day, with dancing ladies"                                                                      

       Their performance on Maui was the trio's second-to-last in the U.S. during their final "The Cry of Love Tour". During the first set, they played mainly songs from the Experience studio albums and Band of Gypsys. The second set mostly contains new songs Hendrix was in the process of recording for a planned fourth studio album.                                                     

                        Jimi Hendrix                                 Mitch Mitchell               Billy Cox

                                                                       Red House

                    https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/01/red-house-jimi-hendrix.html


vrijdag 24 november 2023

Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away (Paris 1974)

        Tattoo is the fourth studio album and fifth album overall released by Rory Gallagher, in 1973

Rory Gallagher – guitars, vocals (2 maart 1948 - Londen, 14 juni 1995)R.I.P.

Gerry McAvoybass guitar 

Lou Martinkeyboards, accordion (12 August 1949 – 17 August 2012)R.I.P

Rod de'Athdrums, percussion (18 June 1950 – 1 August 2014)R.I.P.

 


                                                                               more Rory......

                     https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/search?q=RORY+GALLAGHER

dinsdag 21 november 2023

Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen (album Caucho) 12 August - 2006

Gaucho is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released by MCA Records on November 21, 1980.

                                                                   "Hey Nineteen"

According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover".

The lyrics are about an aging hipster attempting to pick up a girl who is so young that she does not recognize "'Retha Franklin" playing on the stereo. The song closes with the ambiguous line, "The Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombian, make tonight a wonderful thing," leaving the listener to decide whether the narrator is consuming tequila and drugs with the love interest, or if he is in fact alone........

 Donald Fagen: Vocals, Fender Rhodes, Melodica
Walter Becker: Guitars, Vocals

along with,

"Heavy Rollers Band"

Carolyn Leonhart: Backing Vocals
Cindy Mizelle: Backing Vocals
Jeff Young: Nord Electro, Hammond B-3, Backing Vocals
Michael Leonhart: Trumpet
Jim Pugh: Tenor Trombone
Roger Rosenberg: Baritone Saxophone
Walt Weiskof: Tenor and Alto Saxophone
Keith Carlock: Drums
 Ready  Freddie Washington: Fender P-Bass
Jon Herington: Guitars


zondag 19 november 2023

Fill Your Head with Rock (Side 1& 2)

                             

Fill Your Head with Rock (1970) was the third release in the successful CBS Records Rock Machine UK budget sampler album series. It broke new ground, by extending the format to a double album, and also featured more UK artists than previous samplers.

                                                                             SIDE ONE

 1 "Listen" (R. Lamm) : Chicago (from the LP Chicago 66221)[(3:22)
 Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, then shortened the name in 1969. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns", Chicago's songs often combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music.
 
 
2 "Savour"] (Santana) : Santana (from the LP Santana 63815) (2:46)
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone multiple recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana the only consistent member 

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"Give a Life, Take a Life" (California/Adler) : Spirit (from the LP Clear 63729) (3:47) Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles. Their most commercially successful single in the United States was "I Got a Line on You". They were also known for their albums, including their self-titled debut album, The Family That Plays Together, Clear, and Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.

                       4 "Passing Through" (K. White) : Steamhammer (from the LP Mk II 63694) (5:17) Steamhammer is an English rock band from Worthing, England, that was formed in 1968 by vocalist Kieran White, guitarists Martin Quittenton and Martin Pugh, bassist Steve Davy, and drummer Michael Rushton.

 5"Smiling Phases" (S. Winwood-J. Capaldi-C. Wood) : Blood, Sweat and Tears (from the LP Blood, Sweat & Tears 63504) (5:10)

 Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. The group's self-titled second album spent seven weeks atop the U.S. charts, spun off three Top 5 hit singles, and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970. Their follow-up album, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3, also reached number one in the U.S.

                                                                   SIDE 2 

                           1 "Tired of Waiting" (Flock[4]) : Flock (from the LP Flock 63733) (4:35) 

The Flock was an American, Chicago-based jazz rock band, that released two albums on Columbia Records in 1969 (The Flock) and 1970 (Dinosaur Swamps).[1] The Flock did not achieve the commercial success of other Columbia jazz-rock groups of the era such as Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears, but were recognized for featuring a violin prominently in their recordings. The violinist, Jerry Goodman, went on to become a member of Mahavishnu Orchestra and a solo artist.[1]

                    

"Come to the Sabbat" (Clive Jones-Jim Gannon) : Black Widow (from the LP Sacrifice 63948) (4:55)

 Black Widow were a rock band that formed in Leicester, England, in September 1969. The band were mostly known for their early use of Satanic and occult imagery in their music and stage act

               

          3 "Dance in the Smoke" (R. Argent-C. White) : Argent (from the LP Argent 63781) 

Argent were an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of the Zombies. They had three UK top 40 singles: "Hold Your Head Up", which reached number five and spent 12 weeks on the chart, "Tragedy" (number 34), and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" (number 18). Two of their albums charted in the UK: All Together Now, which peaked at number 13 in 1972, and In Deep, which spent one week at number 49 in 1973

                  4 "Gunga Din" (G. Parsons) : The Byrds (from the LP Ballad of Easy Rider 63795) (3:02)

 The Byrds  were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member. Although their time as one of the most popular groups in the world only lasted for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are today considered by critics to be among the most influential rock acts of their era. Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly 12-string Rickenbacker guitar was "absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.


                              5"Living in Sin" (James) : Skin Alley (from the LP Skin Alley 63847) (4:35)

 Skin Alley were a British progressive rock band founded by Thomas Crimble and Alvin Pope in the autumn of 1968. The original lineup consisted of Crimble on bass guitar and vocals, Pope on drums, Max Taylor on guitar, and Jeremy Sagar on lead vocals. Taylor and Sagar left early in 1969, and were replaced by Krzysztof Henryk Juszkiewicz on Hammond organ and Bob James on saxophone, flute, guitar and vocals

                                 




Fill Your Head With Rock (Side 3 & 4 )


Fill Your Head with Rock (1970) was the third release in the successful CBS Records Rock Machine UK budget sampler album series. It broke new ground, by extending the format to a double album, and also featured more UK artists than previous samplers.

Compiler David Howell (later Managing Director of Pete Waterman's PWL label) stated that while the earlier samplers were merely aimed at promoting specific full-price releases, this record was part of a major push to establish the label as "the top label in contemporary music" in the UK, and also to establish the market for double albums.

                                                                               SIDE 3

 

                        1"Gibsom Street" (L. Nyro) : Laura Nyro (from the LP New York Tendaberry 

 Laura Nyro  born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969)

  1.       2 "You Know Who I Am" (L. Cohen) : Leonard Cohen (from the LP Songs from a Room  
  2.  Leonard Cohen (Westmount, Montreal, 21 september 1934Los Angeles, Californië, 7 november 2016[1]) was een Canadese folksinger-songwriter, dichter en schrijver. Hij had hits met onder andere Suzanne, Hallelujah en So Long, Marianne.  

  3.  
    3 "Stamping Ground"[6] (L. Hardin) : Moondog (from the LP Moondog 
     
     Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as a child,[1] and Latin American music.[2] His strongly rhythmic, contrapuntal pieces and arrangements later influenced composers of minimal music, in particular American composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
     
     4 "The Inbetween Man"[7](A. Kane) : Amory Kane (from the LP Just to Be There 63849) (5:22)
     
     Jack Daniel Kane Jr. (born March 28, 1946), known professionally as Amory Kane, is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for his work in Britain in the late 1960s.
     
     5"The Garden of Jane Delawney" (T. Boswell[8]) : Trees (from the LP The Garden of Jane Delawney 63837) (4:05)
     
     Trees was a British folk rock band recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years, and underwent a renaissance in 2007 following Gnarls Barkley's sampling of the track "Geordie" (from Trees’ second album On The Shore) on the title track of their multi-million selling album St. Elsewhere.
     
     
    6 "A Small Fruit Song" (Al Stewart) : Al Stewart (from the LP Zero She Flies 
     
     Al Stewart (Glasgow, 5 september 1945) is een Schots singer-songwriter. Hij brak wereldwijd door in 1977 met het album Year of the cat en de gelijknamige single. Het album bevat ook de hit On the border.
     
     7 "Driving Wheel" (T. Rush[9]) : Tom Rush (from the LP Tom Rush  
     
     Thomas Walker Rush (born February 8, 1941)[1] is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist and songwriter who helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and has continued his own singing career for 60 years.[

                                                                                       SIDE 4

 1  "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (J. Ragavoy-C. Taylor) : Janis Joplin (from the LP I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!

 Janis Lyn Joplin[1] (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals[ and "electric" stage presence.

 2 "One Room Country Shack" (Mercy Dee Walton) : Al Kooper (from the LP Kooper Session 

 Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on the Bob Dylan song "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale", among many other appearances. Kooper also produced a number of one-off collaboration albums, such as the Super Session album that saw him work separately with guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills


 

3  "Six Days on the Road" (C. Montgomery-E.Greene) : Taj Mahal (from the LP Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home  

 Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. (born May 17, 1942), better known by his stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments,[1] often incorporating elements of world music into his work. Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his more than 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Hawaii, and the South Pacific

 4  "Don't Think About It Baby" (M. Bloomfield) : Mike Bloomfield (from the LP It's Not Killing Me  

 Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American guitarist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969.[1] Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival.

 5 "Bluesbuster" (C. Allen) : Pacific Gas & Electric (from the LP Pacific Gas and Electric 

 Pacific Gas & Electric was an American rock band in the late 1960s and early 1970s, led by singer Charlie Allen. Their biggest hit was the gospel-tinged "Are You Ready?" in 1970.

 6 "I Love Everybody" (J. Winter) : Johnny Winter (from the LP Second Winter

 John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer and guitarist.[1] Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s. He also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

 


 

 

woensdag 15 november 2023

Gov't Mule -Tivoli/Vredenburg - (14 Nov.2023)

.It was in 2005 that I saw Gov,t Mule perform for the first time, on a rainy day in the beautiful open-air theater "Rivierenhof" in Antwerp (Belgium). I was very impressed, I continued to follow the band. After having seen 8 or 9 concerts by the band, it was now the turn of Tivoli / Vredenburg, one of my favorite venues.


Nice setlis with a solid start with songs from their early period (Mule, Monkey Hill). In my opinion the sound was adjusted a bit and we continued with Get Behind The Mule (Tom Waits)Wake Up Dead (album Heavy Load Blues)Larger Then Live (album Dose)Trane/Rumble/Sex machine/St.Stephen Jam ,great!!!After The Storm (album ..Peace like a river) and 32-20 (Robert Johnson) Beautiful first half, relax and time for coffee...

                                           

Good start to the second half, "Dreams" by The Allman Brothers. Warren Haynes has a good voice and great guitar playing. The biggest surprise is bassist Kevin Scott, powerful and beautiful collaboration with Warren.
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We continue with beautiful "Ain't No Love in The Heart Of The City" by Bobby "Blue" Bland, beautiful performance.I Ask Her For Water (Howlin Wolf),Sco-Mule,One of the many highlights of the evening, instrumental. Bassist Kevin goes wild!Gone Too Long(album Peace like a River),Shake You Way Out(Billy Gibbons) and Mr Man((album Deja VooDoo)

                                                          By Gerco van Oene Thanks!!

                          And then it's over?? Of course not. Curious about the encore...

                                                          By Michael Costello Thanks!

After a long intro from Danny Louis, the sounds of "Soulshine" emerged. A wonderful end to a wonderful evening!!!

                                                                  Until the next time!! (Arthur)
 
 

                          Kevin Scott                                Warren Haynes                        Mat Abt

                                                                           Danny Louis