Van Morrison - Snow in San Aselmo

Hard Nose the Highway is the seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The album contains the single "Warm Love," a fan favourite.^[1]
It is his second solo album to contain songs not written by Morrison. A cover version of the song "Bein' Green", usually associated with Kermit the Frog, is included, as is a take of the traditional song "Purple Heather".


Snow in San Aselmo van het album Hard Noise The Highway
29 July 1974 in The Orphanage,


Big Hand For The Band! Mario Cipolinna-Bass,John Colla-AltoSax,John Farey-Keyboards,Brian Hogan-TenorSax,Bill Gibson-Drums,Dennis Langevin-Guitar

De prachtige en zeer verrassende opener van het een in mijn ogen beetje ondergewaardeerd Van Morrison album ,,Hard Nose The Highway,,.Van vertelde over deze song, "Just a sketch on when it snowed in San Anselmo. It's about the images that were happening when it was snowing there for the first time in thirty years."

Live is het nummer slecht 13 keer uitgevoerd ,voor het eerst op 11 Maart 1973 in het Memorial Auditorium,Marin California ,de laatste keer op 26 Januari 2002 in de Butterworth Hall in Coventry.(info Gunther Becker,zie link)
Het is ,zeker deze tijd van het jaar ,een van mijn favoriete Van Morrison nummers.

(Van Morrison)
Snow in San Anselmo
The deer cross by the lights
The mission down in old San Rafael
A madman looking for a fight
A madman looking for a fight

The massage parlor's open
The clientele come and they go
The classic music station
Plays in the background soft and low
Plays in the background soft and low

The silence round the cascades
The ice crisp and clear
The beginning of the opera
Seem to suddenly appear
Seem to suddenly appear

The pancake house is always crowded
Open 24 hours of every day
And if you suffer from insomnia
You can speed your time away
You can speed your time away

Snow in San Anselmo
My waitress my waitress my waitress
Said it was coming down
Said it hadn't happened in over 30 years
But it was laying on the ground
But it was laying on the ground




Veel Van Morrison Info(Gunther becker)
http://ivan.vanomatic.de/

Van Morrison (VanFan) Fansite
http://freewheeler.web-log.nl/freewheeler/2006/04/zappa_en_morris.html

Townes van Zandt - Club K4 Ljubljana Slovenie 18-11 1994

Je ben een wat sombere ,soms zelfs manisch/depressieve, singer/songwriter .En je ziet de club waar je die avond moet moet optreden(zie boven)tja,daar word je ook niet echt vrolijk van.Gelukkig voor Townes waren er zelf in Slovenie liefhebbers van zijn prachtige songs en werd het nog een mooie avond....


Dollar Bill Blues

Tekst: Maurice Dielemans
Publicatiedatum: 01 januari 2004 ( KindaMuzik)
Die laatste keer dat Townes Van Zandt in Nederland speelde, was een regenachtige novemberavond in 1996. Diep verscholen in zijn versleten regenjas slenterde de getormenteerde zanger langs de grachten van de Utrechtse binnenstad. De lange schaduwen van zijn magere gestalte jaagden argeloze voorbijgangers de stuipen op het lijf. Een paar weken daarna, nadat hij zijn laatste optreden gaf in Londen, overleed deze zonderlinge verschijning op tweeënvijftigjarige leeftijd in het bijzijn van vrienden en familie, wat gezien zijn turbulente leven ironisch mag heten.


Goin,Down to Memphis

Net als zijn grootste idool, Hank Williams (1923-1953), stierf hij op een Nieuwjaarsdag. Al in 1978, nadat hij de langspeler Flying Shoes had uitgebracht, was hij al eens zomaar van de aardbodem verdwenen. De manisch-depressieve en toen nog door het grote publiek onbeminde troubadour uit Texas leek voorgoed uitgeput. Ditmaal zorgde de ongezonde levensstijl met teveel drank, drugs en een gokverslaving ervoor dat Townes zich als een kluizenaar terugtrok in een krot ergens in een armoedige buitenwijk van Nashville.


Loretta

Toen hij een dikke tien jaar later terugkeerde met het album At My Window was zijn eerste vrouw gedood door zwervers en waren zijn oudere elpees nog steeds onvindbaar. Tijdens één van de vele optredens stapte Townes Van Zandt wel eens op een fan af, om te vragen of hij misschien wist waar zijn elpees nog te koop waren.


Katie Belle Blues

Veel later, in de jaren negentig, zwierf hij steeds vaker als een echte straatmuzikant door Europa en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika. Soms landde hij op Schiphol met enkel een gitaarkoffer in zijn hand. Dan stapte hij zomaar in een trein. In één of ander boerengehucht in noorden van het land speelde hij dan voor twintig of dertig mensen. Drie uur later was hij alweer verdwenen, op weg naar een ander gehucht.

Townes Van Zandt (7 maart 1944, Fort Worth, Texas - 1 januari 1997, Smyrna, Tennessee)

In die laatste dagen van zijn leven was de gezondheid van Townes niet zo goed meer. Hoewel hij voor onvergetelijke en hypnotiserende optredens zorgde, stond hij ook vaak met bevende handen op het podium. Tussen de liedjes door vertelde hij steeds weer dezelfde flauwe grappen, zoals hij dat pakweg vijftien jaar geleden ook al deed. De jarenlange verslaving aan de godendrank eiste nu zijn tol. Het resulteerde regelmatig in onhandelbaar gedrag. J.T. Van Zandt, die regelmatig met zijn vader op tournee ging, vertelde in een interview dat Townes vlak voor zijn dood visioenen kreeg van engelen. Op het laatst waren die hallucinaties nog het enige dat hem staande hield op het podium.Je kunt het hitdossier er op na slaan, want terwijl mede-outlaws als Willie Nelson en Merle Haggard vette hits scoorden met zijn 'Pancho and Lefty', Emmylou Harris en Don Williams allebei veel succes hadden met zijn 'If I Needed You' en onder andere Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, Mudhoney, Lyle Lovett en Tindersticks eveneens zijn liedjes coverden, opereerde Townes Van Zandt vrijwel zijn gehele leven in volledige anonimiteit en obscuriteit. Nu wordt Townes Van Zandt door velen vooral gemist.(Tekst Maurice Dieleman KindaMuzik)

Townes van Zandt Central
http://www.townesvanzandt.com/
Townes van Zandt Blue Sky homepage
http://ippc2.orst.edu/coopl/tvzindex.html
KindaMuzik
http://www.kindamuzik.net/

Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Band

Kort na het uitbrengen van het album Showtime volgde een toernee met de complete bezetting van het album.Het optreden in Nederland destijd heb ik gemist ,maar gelukkig zijn er deze prachtige concertbeelden uit
BBC TV Centre
Shepherd's Bush
London
U.K.
1977-01-31


The Tattler
Van het prachtige album Paradise &Lunch geschreven door Ry Cooder,Russ Titleman en Waschington Phillips


Dark end of the Street
"The Dark End of the Street" is geschreven door Muscle Shoals songwriters Dan Penn en Chips Moman en was voor het eerst een hit van James Carr.


Jesus on the Mainline
Nog een nummer van het Paradise & Lunch album ,een echte gospel traditional.
Ry exeleert op de slide.


Goodnight Irene
"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is een American folk standard,geschreven in in 3/4 maat, voor het eerst opgenomen door de Amerikaanse blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1932.

Big hand for the Band!
Ry Cooder : Guitar, Vocals
Pat Rizzo : Alto Saxophone
Isaac Garcia : Drums
Big Red : Bass Guitar
Jesse Poncez : Guitar
Flaco Jimenez : Accordion
Eldridge King : Vocals
Terry Evans : Vocals
Bobby King : Vocals

Ry Cooder Soundstage
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/08/ry-cooder-soundstage-part-two1978.html

Ry Cooder & John Lee Hooker
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/08/john-lee-hooker-ry-cooder-10-10-1992.html
Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe Antwerpen
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2009/06/ry-cooder-nick-lowe-antwerpen-21-06.html

David Crosby - Cowboy Movie /Laughin (live in The Matrix 15 Dec.1970)

 David Crosby with Jerry Carcia ,Phil Lesh ,Mickey Hart, (The Grateful Dead)picture is taken  during  recording of Crosby’s 1971 solo record “If I Could Only Remember My Name”

                  Cowboy Movie

Recorded before the release of Crosby’s album, “If I Could Only Remember My Name”, this set comes from a short stint at the Matrix in SF in 1970.  “David & the Dorks” was the name they played under for this gig.
Here two highlights - “Cowboy Movie” - slowly unwinds with more good electric guitar punctuating Crosby’s vocal, a nice version of this tune. (Thanks Big O (http://www.bigozine2.com/)

 “Laughing”

Good preview of Crosby’s solo album, a sensitive arrangement, there’s a slight feeling of menace in this song.(Thanks Big O (http://www.bigozine2.com/)

If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by David Crosby, released in February 1971 on Atlantic Records. It was one of four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album (along with Stephen Stills, Songs for Beginners, and After the Gold Rush). It peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200. It has been in print continuously since its initial release. The album gained new recognition in 2010 when it was listed second on the Vatican's "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" as published in the official newspaper of the Holy See,(Wikipedia)

Dan Penn (feat.Buddy Miller) - It Tears Me Up

     Dan Penn (born Wallace Daniel Pennington, 16 November 1941) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s, including "The Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" with Chips Moman and "Cry Like a Baby" with Spooner Oldham. Penn also produced many hits, including "The Letter", by the Box Tops. Though considered to be one of the great white soul singers of his generation Penn has released relatively few records featuring his own vocals and musicianship, preferring the relative anonymity of songwriting and producing.

   The song It Tears Me Up was written by Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn and was first recorded by Dan Penn in 1965. It was first released by Percy Sledge in 1966. It was covered by Elvis Costello and The Confederates, Hacienda Brothers, Charles Walker 

Here perfomed by Dan Penn at  the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Rooste Stage
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
October 7, 2017

Happy New Year !!!!!!

A look back at my musical adventures of the year 2019. It was a beautiful year ...

Barrelhouse(Zoetermeer)-Arstidir(Goes)-Erwin Java/Kat Riggins(Middelburg)-Cam Pemmer/John Woods(sHeerArendskerke)-Malford Milligan(Goes)-Amanda Ann Platt(Bergen op Zoom)-Birdsong(Middelburg)-Focus(Goes)-Tony Coleman(Ridderkerk)-Diana Jones (Bergen op Zoom)-Barrelhouse(s,HeerArendskerke)-Danny Schmidt (Bergen op Zoom)-JP de Klerk(Goes)-The Delines(Goes)-Walter Broes(Kwadendamme)-The Strikes(Kwadendamme)-Marcel Scherpenzeel(Kwadendamme)-Ralph de Jongh (Kwadendamme)-Hannah Aldridge(Bergen op Zoom)
The Blue Clay (Stekene)-Catfish(Stekene)-Withersins(Hoofdplaat)-Henhouse Prowlers(Hoofdplaat)-Pietman Bluz(Puurs)-Hazamat Modine(Puurs)-Ragtime Rumours(Puurs)-Griot Blues(Puurs)-
James Hunter Six(Puurs)-Curtis Salgado (Grolloo)Johnny Lang(Grolloo)-Van Morrison(Grolloo)
Gary Clark(Grolloo)-Eric Gales(Grolloo)-Lynyerd Skynyrd(Grolloo)-Barrelhouse(Groede)- Dave Warmerdam Band (Culemborg)-Kat Riggins(Culemborg)-Ben Poole(Goes)- Chris Cain(Zoetermeer)
Boris McCutcheon(Hoofdplaat)-Phil Spector Tribute(Goes)-Rachel Harrington(Bergen op Zom)
Chris Smither(Nieuw en stJoostland)- Robert Ellis( Utrecht)-Dustbowl Revival(Utrecht)- Bonnie Bishop(Utrecht)-Frazy Ford(Utrecht)-Rod Picott(Utrecht)-Crayson Capps (Utrecht)-Carter Sampson(Utrecht)-Dave Alvin/Jimmy Dale Gilmore(Utrecht) -Johnny Irion(Utrecht)-North Missippi Allstars(Utrecht)- Bonny Bishop (Bergen op Zoom)-Walt Wilkins(Nieuw en St Joostland)-Doyle Bramhall(Amsterdam)- Sunshine Cleaners -Eilen Jewell(Rotterdam)-Justine vander Grift(Hoofdplaat) - Pensionado,s.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly , Live at the Hofstra University (2 Nov.1972)

Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul and funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the Blaxploitation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (#2 R&B, #4 Pop) and the title track (#5 R&B, #8 Pop). Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied.(Wikipedia)

                                          Freddie,s Dead
 
"Freddie's Dead" is a song by Curtis Mayfield. It was the first single from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film Super Fly. The single was released before the Super Fly album, and in fact before the film itself was in theaters. The song peaked at #4 on the U.S. Pop Chart and #2 on the R&B chart.
The song laments the death of Fat Freddie, a character in the film who is run over by a car.

                                            Superfly

 "Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)", and reached #8 on the Billboard Pop chart. The lyrics celebrate the craftiness and determination of the film's main character. The song plays over the film's closing credits.

                                           Pusherman
 Curtis Mayfield used each song on the album, Super Fly, to demonstrate a different aspect of the problems he noticed were plaguing inner-city America. "Pusherman," the second track, uses the metaphor of drug dealing. We see the Pusherman (the drug dealer) as a businessman, trying to make a living and a better life for himself in the tough situation. The Pusherman is both good and evil. Mayfield sings, "Ain't I clean, bad machine, super cool, super mean," to show the man's tough exterior, but he implies that the Pusherman is just as much a victim as he is a villain with, "A man of odd circumstance, a victim of ghetto demands."

                                 Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999)
was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He achieved success and recognition with the Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the late 50's and 1960s. Mayfield is also known for his efforts in writing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly which was considered unusual as a soundtrack for a blaxploitation film, as its songs contained themes focusing more on the social problems of impoverished African American urban areas during the time. Mayfield is regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music. Being one of the most celebrated figures in the genre of soul and 20th century music, Mayfield is a winner of both the Grammy Legend Award (in 1994) and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (in 1995), and he was a double inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted as a member of the Impressions into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He is also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
 

Blaze Foley - live at The Cave Club Austin (circa 1986)

                                                           Photo by CP Vaughn

Blaze Foley was a poet and ace finger picker, a walking contradiction, equal parts spiritual and troubled. A genius and beautiful loser, but most importantly he was a songwriter who poured his entire soul into his art.
He died an unknown songwriter yet quickly became a legend, commanding the respect of greats like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett. His influential output includes the iconic “If I Could Only Fly” and haunting laments like “Clay Pigeons,” “My Reasons Why” and “Election Day.” With his duct-taped boots, Foley represents a truly punk continuation of the famous Texas outlaw music movement
 https://www.blazefoley.com/




Blaze Foley 1949-1989) was recorded at the Cave Club in Austin, Texas during a P.S.A. shoot promoting Austin music. Blaze had his guitar with him so he just decided to do a couple of songs including: "Wouldn't That Be Nice", "WW III, and "Oval Room".. Produced by Tim Hamblin for VidEotic Productions.

 Michael David Fuller (December 18, 1949 – February 1, 1989), better known by his stage name Blaze Foley,

Albert King - Oh Pretty Woman ( Fillmore East - New York, NY 9/23/1970)

     Oh, Pretty Woman
     Recorded Live: 9/23/1970 - Fillmore East - New York, NY

Oh Pretty Woman is from the album Born Under a Bad Sign it was the first album by Albert King for Stax Records and his second album overall. It is composed of singles released by King recorded between March 3, 1966 and June 9, 1967, with additional studio tracks. Providing accompaniment to Albert King, who sang and played lead guitar, were the Stax in-house recording session band, Booker T. and the MGs, featuring the Memphis Horns.

Albert King (geboren als Albert Nelson; Indianola (Mississippi), 25 april 1923 - Memphis (Tennessee), 21 december 1992)