The Faces - The Marquee Club, London * 7th December 1970

De BBC kwam onlangs met het bericht dat er sprake zou zijn van een reunie van de nog levende leden van de legendarische Britse rockband The Faces. Een mooi moment voor een terugblik naar deze bijzondere band.

De band werd opgericht in in 1969, nadat Steve Marriott de band The Small Faces verliet om de eigen band Humble Pie op te richten. Nieuwe leden Rod Stewart (zang) en Ron Wood kwamen over uit de Jeff Beck Group en gingen verder met de oude leden van de band Ronnie Lane (bas), Ian McLagan (keyboards) en Kenney Jones, (drums).Humble Pie zag ik eenmaal optreden op het Jazz Bilzen festival,The Faces zag ik nooit live.

                    "Flying" van het eerste album "First Step"
De beelden komen uit een zeer relaxt optreden in de legendarische  Marquee Club in London.
Een nog wat ingetogen Ron Wood,de altijd uitbundige Rod Steward ,de stevige drummer Kenney Jones,de vrolijke Ronnie Lane op bas en de zeer muzikale Ian McLagan op Keyboards.

                                            "Maybe I'm Amazed " van het tweede album "Long Player"

Dit nummer is geschreven door Paul McCartney en komt van zijn eerste solo album.
McCartney schreef het liefdeslied vlak voordat The Beatles uit elkaar gingen voor Linda McCartney  vanwege haar steun aan Paul tijdens de breuk.

                                         Gasoline Alley/Around The Plynth

Naast zijn lidmaadschap vanThe Faces  werkte Rod stewart ook nog aan een solocarriere.
Gasoline Alley is de title track van zijn tweede soloalbum ,een in mijn ogen een klassieker.Prachtalbum met mooie uitvoeringen van Only A Hobo(Dylan),It,s All Over Now(Womack)Country Comfort(Elton John) en My way Of Giving(The Small faces),ovigens werkten de leden van The Faces ook hier aan mee.

 Rod Stewarts solocarrière overschaduwde al snel The Faces, en de band maakte nog een studioalbum, Ooh La La, om in 1975 te besluiten uit elkaar te gaan.
Na het uiteenvallen van de band, gingen de verschillende leden hun eigen weg. Ron Wood ging bij de Rolling Stones spelen; Ronnie Lane vormde de band Slim Chance; Kenney Jones ging na de dood van Keith Moon bij The Who spelen; en McLagan werd een sessiemuzikant. Rod Stewart bouwde een succesvolle solocarrière op.


 Ronnie Lane, geboren als Ronald Frederick Lane  (Plaistow (Newham) , 1 april 1946 - Trinidad (Colorado) , 4 juni 1997)Halverwege de jaren zeventig werd bij hem multiple sclerose vastgesteld. Na zijn vertrek bij The Faces richtte hij de band Slim Chance op. Daarnaast heeft hij enkele soloalbums opgenomen en met verschillende artiesten gewerkt, onder wie Ron Wood en Pete Townshend.

                                                  Ronnie Lane R.I.P

                                         Ian McLagan  R.I.P


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Selwyn Birchwood - Reconsider Baby (Night Of The Blues Wuustwezel Belgium 30-4-2015)

                                         Foto Arthur
Leuk festival gisteravond inWuustwezel,o.a met Hat Fitz & Cara en deze voor mij onbekende Selwyn Birchwood.Prima optreden van deze nieuwkomer op het Europese bluesfront,begeleid door een uitstekende band.

Reconsider Baby (Lowel Fulson)

 Selwyn Birchwood (born March 9, 1985) is an American blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from Tampa, Florida. He was the winner of the Blues Foundation’s 2013 International Blues Challenge (band category), as well the winner of the Albert King Guitarist of the Year award, presented at the same event.[1] To win, he bested 125 other bands from around the country. Birchwood plays electric guitar and electric lap steel guitar. His live performances feature his original songs. Living Blues magazine said, "Selwyn Birchwood is making waves, surprising people and defying expectations. Be on the lookout. He revels in the unexpected."[2] The Tampa Tribune said Birchwood plays with "power and precision reminiscent of blues guitar hero Buddy Guy. He is a gritty vocalist [who is] commanding with his axe."[3] Rolling Stone said "Birchwood is a young, powerhouse guitarist and soulful vocalist. Don’t Call No Ambulance is a remarkable debut by a major player."[4] The Washington Post said, "Selwyn Birchwood is an indelibly modern and original next-generation bluesman; his tough vocals, guitar and lap steel touch on classic Chicago blues, Southern soul and boogie." (Wikipedia)

Doug Seegers & Jerry Miller (Sodertalje Sweden - 2014)

Doug Seegers started playing music in New York and Austin, Texas, before moving to upstate New York, where he got married and raised two children. Eventually, Seegers made his way alone to Nashville, where he played on the streets and became a regular at The Little Pantry That Could, a West Nashville charity that holds regular songwriter nights. He basically lived as a homeless struggling musician. On 17 December 2012, Aaron Espe an American singer-songwriter and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee uploaded a live 1 minute 11 second rendition of Doug Seegers singing "Going Down to the River" on his own YouTube account. Espe entitled his upload "Who Is Doug Seegers?". The video did not pick up much reaction though. Doug Seegers became known to the Swedish public when he appeared during the Swedish TV show presented by Jill Johnson titled Jills veranda on 5 March 2014.Jills veranda was a 6-episode SVT TV series recorded in Nashville, where Johnson and six Swedish artists explore the city. At the time the program was recording, its presenter Jill Johnson, her guest Magnus Carlson and the production team from Eyeworks met Seegers who was sitting on a park bench in Nashville. Just minutes earlier, Johnson, was buying food from a street vendor, and the latter upon hearing she was filming a documentary about music in Nashville, recommended that they give a listen to a street musician just across the street telling her "You have to hear him, he has the most unique voice in country music". Johnson took the advice and headed towards Seegers. Doug Seegers performed his own song "Going Down to the River". Johnson and Carlson loved his performance so much that they returned some time later and offered to record the song with him in Johnny Cash's old studio in Nashville. 

Doug Seegers gained instant popularity after the episode was broadcast. His Facebook account was inundated by new Swedish fans and the song "Going Down to the River" was number 1 on Swedish iTunes Charts for 12 consecutive days. The track also appeared on the Jill Johnson album Livemusiken från Jills Veranda Nashville. The album topped Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Albums Chart and was certified gold. 

On guitar,the faboulus Jerry Miller,one of my favourite guitarplayers these days.Nice guy saw him many times with the Eilen Jewell band.Hope to see him later this year back in The Netherlands
 with the E.J.B.

Jerry Miller feat Eilen Jewell
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2013/04/jerry-miller-feat-eilen-jewell-what.html

Eilen Jewell feat. Jerry Miller
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/2011/08/eilen-jewell-queen-of-minor-key.html

Van Morrison - Come Running (Randall,s Island 1970)

                                        Van Morrison live at Randall,s Island Popfestival
John Klinberg- bass,Jeff Labes-keyboards,Gary Mallaber -drums,John Platania - guitar,
Jack Schroer -sax,Keith Johnson - trumpet,Dahaud Shaar.-drums

"Come Running" is a song written by singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album Moondance. The song was first recorded at the Warners Publishing Studio, New York in early 1969 with Morrison's producer at the time, Lewis Merenstein. It was then rerecorded in both the spring and summer sessions in the same year, before Morrison returned to the track in the September to November sessions at the A&R Recording Studios, 46th Street, New York, that resulted in the recording of most of the tracks that were released on Moondance.

Little Village - Across The Borderline (Dusseldorf Phillipshalle 1-4-1992)

                               Little Village was an American/British rock band, formed in 1991 by Ry Cooder (guitar, vocal), John Hiatt (guitar, piano, vocal), Nick Lowe (bass, vocal) and Jim Keltner (drums). Each of the group's members had previously worked on Hiatt's 1987 album Bring The Family, and formed in 1991 while on a break from their own musical projects.
The group's name was initially (and jokingly) announced as Hiatus. It was soon changed to Little Village, in reference to the foul-mouthed in-studio diatribe by Sonny Boy Williamson II, on a Chess reissue album titled Bummer Road. The group released its only album, Little Village, in early 1992. The songs were composed by all four group members and mainly sung by Hiatt, although Lowe took lead on two songs and Cooder one. While the album was met with general commercial indifference, it was nominated in 1993 for a Grammy Award as Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or a Group.^[1The album peaked at #23 in the UK Albums Chart.
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Little Village - Across The Borderline... door morrisanddylan

 ACROSS THE BORDERLINE (THE BORDER, 1982)
Across the Borderline was written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt and Jim Dickinson, and was sung by Freddy Fender for the movie soundtrack for The Border, starring Jack Nicholson. Ry Cooder later performed his own version of the song, which is about immigrants trying to cross the Mexican border into America. Cooder said: "To me, that borderline may be inside yourself." Willie Nelson has also recorded a beautiful version of this song, which includes the lines:

 Up and down the Rio Grande
A thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal a secret no one can define
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Tell me who is next to cross the borderline.

Van Morrison & Chris Farlow Live at The Barbican York 25-02-2000

                               The Barbican York

 
It,s All Over Now, Baby Blue(Bob Dylan)

Big Hand For The Band:
Robin Aspland-Richard Buckley-David Hayes-Matt Holland-Bobby Irvin-Johnny Scott-Geraint Watkins-Mick Green-Mark Isham

Big Hand for The Woolhalltapers!! Thanks!!!



John Henry Deighton (Londen, 13 oktober 1940), beter bekend als Chris Farlowe is een Britse pop- en R&B zanger.

Farlowes muzikale carrière begon in een skiffle-bandje, The John Henry Sciffle Group, in 1957. Later werd hij vooral bekend door covers van Rolling Stones-nummers. Hij werd bekend door zijn nummer één-hit in 1966, Out Of Time, ook oorspronkelijk van de Rolling Stones. Farlowe brengt nog steeds albums uit, zijn laatste was At Rockpalast (2006).

Chris Website
http://www.chrisfarlowe.co.uk/



It,s All Over Now ,Baby Blue(Them)

Johnny Cash present Bob Dylan (Johnny Cash Show 1969)

Those of you that were lucky enough to tune in to the first Johnny Cash Show on June 7, 1969 would have been intrigued and maybe a little surprised by Bob Dylan's appearance.(Bron Every Bob Dylan song)

                                         I Threw it all away(Nashville Skyline)

  You would've seen Bob walk out on stage, You would have seen him perform three songs, including a charming version of "I Threw It All Away", as well as reprising his duet with Cash on "Girl of the North Country" that arguably improves on the album version by virtue of being a tighter, more focused take (Bron Every Bob Dylan Song)

                       ^{Livin The Blues (SelfPortrait)}   
                  
And you would have been even more surprised to hear a song that had never appeared on an album before, another low-key country song (a cover? an original?) with some nice backing from Cash's house band. That song would be "Living the Blues", a Bob Dylan original, and one of the highlights of Self Portrait (indeed, it probably would've been one of the highlights of Nashville Skyline). Why he played it on TV instead of, say, "Lay, Lady, Lay" is anybody's guess, but it's a pretty cool thing that he did, one of those strange side roads in Dylan's career.(Bron Every Bob Dylan song)

"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969. That recording became the first track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan's ninth studio album.

Lucas & Willie Nelson - Moonlight in Vermont

Dad and I did this video together of "Moonlight in Vermont" written by John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf (Lucas Nelson)

Sea Level - instrumental (Macon 1976)

 Lamar Williams -bass,Chuck Leavell-piano/organ/vocals.Jaimoe - drums.Jim Nalls-guitar

Sea Level is the name of a fusion group that mixed jazz, blues and rock. Initially, it was an offshoot of The Allman Brothers Band, but as tensions grew between the loss of two of its founding members, and personal grievances between Gregg Allman and other bandmates and associates, Sea Level took on a life of its own as an independent band.

After the initial breakup of the Allman Brothers Band when Gregg Allman and Dicky Betts left, most of the remaining members who evolved into Sea Level were the trio "We Three" comprising bassist Lamar Williams, drummer Jaimoe and Chuck Leavell (piano, keyboards, vocals). The trio would occasionally open shows for the group in 1975 and 1976. With the Allmans disbanding in 1976, the trio added guitarist Jimmy Nalls and named the band based on a phonetic pun of their new bandleader Chuck Leavell's name: "C. Leavell." They toured relentlessly, experimenting and refining their sound, eventually signing with Capricorn Records (home of the Allman Brothers) and recording their self-titled debut album in 1977.

 Chuck (Alfred) Leavell (Birmingham, Alabama, 28 april 1952) is een Amerikaanse pianist en toetsenist. Hij speelde bij The Allman Brothers Band in hun hoogtijdagen en is de oprichter van de jazzrockgroep Sea Level. Hij is tevens een bekende sessiemuzikant (onder meer voor Eric Clapton) en hij speelt sinds 1983 bij The Rolling Stones. Hij werd in 2004 opgenomen in de Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band (Ridderkerk 18-4-2015)

                                                        Meena Cryle(Foto Arthur)
Veel bekenden op het bluesfestival van Ridderkerk.Sugarboy & The Sinners,Neal Black& The Healers, David Gogo,Mofo Party Band ,we zien ze regelmatig op de Nederlandse (blues)podia.
Deze dame,met een uitstekende band,had ik nog niet eerder gezien en was een aangename verrassing.


Meena Cryle & Chris Fillmore Band at RidderkerkBlues (Holland) 18 -4-2015 from Aart van Hoften on Vimeo.

"Meena can´t be described with just two words, same with her music. Even if you try hard, you won´t find a word for the mixture of early austrian folkmusic, blues, soul, rock, singer songwriter, punk – as she says by herself  ” I´m influenced even by the background music in the supermarket”.(Bio)


Meena Cryle & Chris Fillmore Band at RidderkerkBlues (Holland) 18 -4-2015 (p2) from Aart van Hoften on Vimeo.
""She recorded in teamwork with Chris Fillmore and cooperated by Ruf Records her first record in Memphis and went on Tour with the “Bluescaravan”. As “Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore  Band”, they were nominated for the European Blues Challenge and the International Challenge in Memphis, also for the Austrian Amadeus Awards. Meena headed the way of the Band consistent in the right direction and right means for her – compromisses only if she likes them"(Bio)

.                                                                Chris Fillmore