Blind John Davis was an accomplished session pianist who played on many seminal records in Chicago in the 30s and 40s and who was later a missionary of the Blues as it took root in Europe. John went blind at nine years of age and began playing piano in his father’s Chicago ‘speakeasy’ in the late 20s. His obvious talents brought him to the attention of Bluebird Records in 1938 where he cut several solo tracks, but it was his work on the records of John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson, Tampa Red, Lonnie Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy that made his name. Outside his session work, John led his own small band on the vibrant Chicago club scene. In 1952 he joined Big Bill on his ground-breaking tour of Europe that did so much to spark interest in the Blues beyond America, and opened a new chapter in John’s career. John was a popular visitor to Europe over the whole of the rest of his life, and he cut several albums there, most notably ‘Stompin’ on a Saturday Night’, a live album recorded in Germany in 1976. John’s lilting voice and smooth piano style gave his Blues a sophisticated flavour, but when he played boogie-woogie he could really rock out. John was a strong performer on the Chicago club scene for the rest of his life, which came to an end in his hometown in 1985.
woensdag 18 mei 2022
Blind John Davis - Annie Lou Breakdown
Blind John Davis was an accomplished session pianist who played on many seminal records in Chicago in the 30s and 40s and who was later a missionary of the Blues as it took root in Europe. John went blind at nine years of age and began playing piano in his father’s Chicago ‘speakeasy’ in the late 20s. His obvious talents brought him to the attention of Bluebird Records in 1938 where he cut several solo tracks, but it was his work on the records of John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson, Tampa Red, Lonnie Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy that made his name. Outside his session work, John led his own small band on the vibrant Chicago club scene. In 1952 he joined Big Bill on his ground-breaking tour of Europe that did so much to spark interest in the Blues beyond America, and opened a new chapter in John’s career. John was a popular visitor to Europe over the whole of the rest of his life, and he cut several albums there, most notably ‘Stompin’ on a Saturday Night’, a live album recorded in Germany in 1976. John’s lilting voice and smooth piano style gave his Blues a sophisticated flavour, but when he played boogie-woogie he could really rock out. John was a strong performer on the Chicago club scene for the rest of his life, which came to an end in his hometown in 1985.
dinsdag 17 mei 2022
Lonnie Mack & Carlos Santana -Live at the Sweetwater Bar Mill Valley U.S.A 30 Oktober 1991
Lonnie Mack & Carlos Santana
Meestal zien we Carlos en zijn band in de grote stadions ,leuk om hem ook eens in een kleinere club aan het werk te zien
Blues for Salvador
De altijd kalme Lonnie Mack en de immer drukke en nerveuze Carlos Santana ,een mooie combinatie.
Deze show is 2 dagen na de begravenis van Bill Graham(kwam om het leven bij helicopter crash op 25 Oktober 1991)
Trail of Tears
The Band:
Carlos Santana,Billy Johnson,Tony Lindsay,Karl Perazzo,Raul Rekow,Benny Rietveld,
Chester Thompson
Lonnie McIntosh (July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016,known as Lonnie Mack
Dearborn County, Indiana) is een rock en blues gitarist/vocalist. Speelde naast zijn solocarriere samen met o.a The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughan, James Brown, Freddie King, Joe Simon, Ronnie Hawkins, Albert Collins, Roy Buchanan, Dobie Gray Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, en vele anderen.

Devadip Carlos Santana (Autlan de Navarro, 20 juli 1947)
Zag de goeie man voor het eerst,,live,,op die mooie vrijdagmiddag in het Kralingse bos in Rotterdam (1970)onvergetelijk!!
maandag 16 mei 2022
Neil Young - Sleep With Angels
Neil Young- Sleep With Angels (Rock am Ring 2005)
Neil Young knew that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) had a drug problem, and when he learned that an overdose of Kurt had nearly killed him in Rome, he tried to get in touch through the usual channels. with the singer/guitarist. That probably didn't work out, but ironically enough, in Kurt's suicide note after his suicide, there was a quote from one of Neil's most famous songs Hey,Hey,My,my "It's better to burn out than to fade away."
Neil Young- Sleep With Angels (Rock am Ring 2005) There are many similarities between Danny Whitten (guitarist Crazy Horse) and Kurt Cobain , blonde hair, a tragic penchant for heroin, singer/songwriter/guitarist artist and dead before age 30. Dedicated to Kurt Cobain "Sleeps With Angels" She wasn't perfect She had some trips of her own He wasn't worried At least he wasn't alone Too late He sleeps with angels Too soon He's always on someone's mind He sleeps with angels Too late He sleeps with angels Too soon She was a teen queen She saw the dark side of life She made things happen But when he did it that night She ran up phone bills She moved around from town to town Too late He sleeps with angels Too soon He's always on someone's mind He sleeps with angels He sleeps with angels
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana.
zaterdag 14 mei 2022
T-Bone Walker - Woman You Must Be Crazy
donderdag 12 mei 2022
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (Wembley Arena London 24-4-83)
Mitchell said this about writing the song to journalist Alan McDougall in the early 1970s:
I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart... this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song.[5]
The song is known for its environmental concern – "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot" and "Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now" – and sentimental sound. The line "They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum / And charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em" refers to Foster Botanical Garden in downtown Honolulu, which is a living museum of tropical plants, some rare and endangered.[6]
In the song's final verse, the political gives way to the personal. Mitchell recounts the departure of her "old man" in the titular "big yellow taxi," which may refer to the old Metro Toronto Police patrol cars, which until 1986 were painted yellow.[7] In many covers the departed one may be interpreted as variously a boyfriend, a husband or a father. The literal interpretation is that he is walking out on the singer by taking a taxi; otherwise it is assumed he is being taken away by the authorities.
Mitchell's original recording was first released as a single and then, as stated above, included on her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon. A later live version was released in 1974 (1975 in France and Spain) and reached No. 24 on the U.S. charts. Mitchell's playful closing vocals have made the song one of the most identifiable in her repertoire, still receiving significant airplay in Canada. In 2005, it was voted No. 9 on CBC's list of the top 50 essential Canadian tracks.
dinsdag 10 mei 2022
John Lee Hooker-Ry Cooder-Carlos Santana-Albert Collins-Nick Lowe e.o. Live at the Sweetwater 08-05-1991
Village Music Record Store was/is a beautiful music store in Mill Valley California. The owner John Goddard regularly organized concerts at the nearby club The Sweetwater. This was one of them, a great session with John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Carlos Santana Albert Collins and Nick Lowe. The images are a bit dark, but the sound is fine. The Village Music Record Store, I could spend a day here.
John Lee Hooker is on top form, Ry Cooder is relaxing, Carlos is having a great time and Albert Collins is as energetic as ever
Boogie (with Carlos Santana, Albert Collins, Robert Ward, Austin deLone, Jim Guyette and Bowen Brown)
It is with no small amount of regret that I announce that 2007 will be Village Music's final year. We will be closing on September 30, 2007.
While the deciding factor in this decision has been the rent levels necessary to maintain a business in Mill Valley, this is only one of several reasons I've reached this decision. Basically - it's time. I've had a great time here for a great many years. The things I've learned, the people I've met, and the ways in which my musical horizons have expanded (and on some levels, solidified) have been probably the major focus of my life for 40 years. it has been, for the most part, wonderful.
Beginning on January Ist, we will begin a phased liquidation of not only the stock in the store, the contents of my storage area (some of which have never seen the retail light of day), but also most of the memorabilia on the walls, which has helped make the store world-famous. There will be various prices which will change (and/or) decrease monthly as September approaches. I will also be considering reasonable offers on the higher-end memorabilia on the walls.
We will continue adding to the stock right along, as we will not stop acquiring stock for some time. Credit slips, as always, will only apply to sticker prices, not sale prices. All consignment products must be picked up by July 31st, at which point whatever is still there will be "consigned" to the bargain bins.
This is a decision, which has been a long time coming, and the final decision has not been taken lightly. As I said - it's time. I would like to take this time to thank all of my past and present employees, from Robin through Gary, without whose help this store would not be what it is today.
As Bob Hope so famously put it - Thanks for the Memories,
- John Goddard
donderdag 5 mei 2022
Gov,t Mule - After Midnight
MOUNTAIN JAM (5-31-08)
After Midmight (JJ Cale)Warren Haynes (guitar)-Matt Abt (drums)-Danny Louis (keys) -Andy Hess(bass)
More Mule.......
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2015/04/govt-mule-gamblers-roll-1996.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2013/07/govt-mule-with-beth-hart-at-roots-in.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2013/07/govt-mule-with-beth-hart-at-roots-in.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2017/05/govt-mule-black-crows-sometimes.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2017/05/govt-mule-dreams-songs.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2011/10/govt-mulke-hook-herrera-working-class.html
https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2019/11/govtmule-plays-traffic-low-spark-of.html
woensdag 4 mei 2022
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
The Palace Theatre in NYC (1973):
"Fly Like an Eagle" is a song written by Steve Miller for the album of the same name. The song was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976 and in the United States in December 1976.It went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of March 12, 1977. The single edit can be found on Greatest Hits (1974–1978). The song has an unusually mellow and "dreamy" feel. It is usually played in tandem with "Space Intro", but the song also segues into "Wild Mountain Honey".
Steve Miller — lead vocals, guitar, ARP Odyssey,Lonnie Turner — bass,Gary Mallaber — drums Joachim Young — B3Hammond
vrijdag 29 april 2022
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic,s Previeuw (Temple Bar Music Centre,Dublin)
"Saint Dominic's Preview" is the title song of the sixth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. It was recorded at the Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco in April 1972, with overdubs made later on. Morrison wrote it in a stream of consciousness in the same vein as some of his earlier works, particularly those on Astral Weeks. The song's narrative moves from France to San Francisco, Morrison's place of residence at the time, to Belfast, where he grew up, to New York City ("52nd Street apartment").
Morrison revealed that the song came to him in a stream of consciousness, but only found out afterwards that a mass that was being held in a St. Dominic's church in San Francisco for peace in Belfast.He told John Grissim:
I'd been working on this song about the scene going down in Belfast. And I wasn't sure what I was writing but the central image seemed to be this church called St Dominic's where people were gathering to pray or hear a mass for peace in Northern Ireland. A few weeks later I was playing at a gig in Reno, Nevada. I picked up a newspaper, and there in front of me was an announcement about a mass for peace in Belfast to be said the next day at St Dominic's Church in San Francisco. Totally blew me out. Like I'd never even heard of a St Dominic's Church.
dinsdag 26 april 2022
Johnny Cash - The Man Who Couldn.t Cry
Manhattan Centre (Hammerstein Ballroom)NYC 1994
The Man Who Couldn.t Cry (Loudon Wainwright III)
Wainwright spoke of the song's genesis, and legacy, in an interview with the A.V. Club:
"That's a kind of strange, long, allegorical song. I just kind of made
that one up about somebody, although the idea of not being able to cry
is an interesting one, particularly for men. The exciting thing about
that one is that Johnny Cash recorded it, which was a huge thrill, to
have somebody of his stature think it was good enough to record. I
always think of that when I think of that song."
Cash recorded the song during a live performance at the Viper Room nightclub in Los Angeles. It was released on his 1994 American Recordings album.














