T-Bone Walker - Woman You Must Be Crazy

                                             with the Dizzy Gillepsie Band feat.Clark Terry

 

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

 

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (Wembley Arena London 24-4-83)

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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.

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.

 
                                                    http://www.villagemusic.com/                                                             

Village Music opened during the 1940s and the location moved twice before it settled at 9 East Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley in 1961. John Goddard was born in Mill Valley and in 1957, at the age of 13, he started working at Village Music when it was a mom‐and‐pop music store in the Sequoia Theater building. Goddard purchased the business in 1968.

  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)

Dear Friends, Customers and Fans of Village Music,

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