vrijdag 17 april 2020

Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways.


Gary Moore speelde in Skid Row,Colloseum en natuurlijk Thin Lizzy
Daarna een succesvolle solocarriere, waarin hij tot ontzetting van vele hardrockliefhebber vrij plotseling overstapte naar de blues.Ook daarin is hij tot op heden zeer succesvol.
Ik zag hem een keer optreden op het Haagse Parkpop.
Phil Lynnot zanger bassist van de ierse band Thin Lizzy.Geweldige liveband,ik zag ze een keer spelen op Pink Pop in mijn herrinering een geweldig concert. Na het stoppen van Thin Lizzy begon hij ook nog aan een vrij succesvolle solocarriere waar helaas door zijn overlijden te snel een einde aan kwam. Hieronder Gary en Phil samen met het prachtige Parisienne Walkways.



Gary Moore - Tribute to Phil Lynott

donderdag 16 april 2020

Steve Miller/Neil Young & Norton Buffalo with Allstar Band (Nov.26 1989)

                                   Eartquake Relief All Star Jam -Cow Palace San Fransisco

                     Boogie Chillen ,on Harmonica Norton Buffalo
                       

                  Talkin To Myself ,on Harmonica Norton Buffalo


Norton Buffalo (Oakland, 28 september 1951 - Paradise, 30 oktober 2009) was een Amerikaans singer-songwriter, country en blues harmonicaspeler, platenproducer en bandleider. Hij was bekend om zijn veelzijdig harmonicaspel.
In de jaren 1970 speelde Buffalo mee met diverse groepen in de streek van San Francisco, als Clover, the Moonlighters en Elvin Bishop. In 1976 toerde hij mee met de Steve Miller Band. Hij vormde op het einde van de jaren 1970 de groep "The Stampede", maar speelde ook met Merl Saunders, Mike Hinton, Jim McPhearson, Vicki Randle en Bobby Vega. Buffalo trad ook mee in een aantal films, zoals "The Rose" met Bette Midler, of schreef er de muziek voor. Hij overleed in oktober 2009 aan longkanker.

dinsdag 14 april 2020

Neil Young - Harvest Moon/Dreamin Man

                                        02-17-1992, Beacon Theater, New York City,  
                                 
In het kader van de Neil Young week deze mooie live opnames uit het Beacon Theater.
Vrij runoerig publiek ,Neil trekt er zich weinig van aan ,doet waar hij goed in is ,prachtig zingen en gitaarspelen.Veel opnames van deze toer zouden later gebruikt worden voor het live album Dreamin Man dat in 2009 uitkwam.


Harvest Moon

Neil blijf onberekenbaar,Na de keiharde muziek van Arc en Weld gingen de elektrische gitaren aan de kant.Daarvoor in de plaats de accoustic gitaar, piano en banjo.
Harvest Moon kwam uit in 1992.Veel van de muzikanten deden ook al mee op het Album Harvest uit 1972.


Dreamin Man

Titel track van het gelijknamige album wat uitkwam in 2009.Opnames zijn gemaakt voor het Studio album Harvest Moon uitkwam.

maandag 13 april 2020

Argent - Live at the Palace Theatre N.Y 1973


Argent
Een in mijn ogen toch wat ondergewaardeerde rockband,opgericht door Rod Argent(voorheen The Zombies)


God gave Rock,n Roll to you

Het nummer is opgenomen in 1971 tijdens de sessies voor het Argent album " All Together Now",maar het kwam niet op dit album te staan.Wel op het album "In Deep" uit 1973.Het was tevens een behoorlijk succesvolle single.Het nummer is gecoverd door artiesten als Petra, Midtown, The Truth, en Bride.Kiss gebruikte het nummer voor de film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey in 1991.

Dit is de originele bezetting met Rod Argent (Keyboards,Zang) Jim Rodford ,bass drummer Bob Henrit en gitarist/keyboardist Russ Ballard (allebei voorheen The Roulettes en Unit 4 + 2). Jim Rodford zouden we later nog tegen komen in The Kinks


I Don't Believe In Miracle
Rod Argent, Chris White (voormalig Zombies bassist, producer, songwriter) en Russ Ballard schreven de songs .Miracle werd later een grote hit voor Colin Blundstone.

Rod Argent Website
http://www.rodargent.com/

zondag 12 april 2020

Gary Moore & BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

 In November 1992, B.B. King joined Gary Moore for a one-of-a-kind rendition of the Roy Hawkins classic, "The Thrill Is Gone.


The Thrill Is Gone

 The amazing 10-minute performance, which can be seen in the video above, was recorded at the Town and Country Club in London during Moore's tour in support of his then-current release, After Hours, which happens to feature King on the track "Since I Met You Baby

woensdag 8 april 2020

John Prine ( October 10, 1946 - April 8, 2020) R.I.P.

                                         Love his music,this sad song is still my favorite...


dinsdag 7 april 2020

Neil Young - Living with War


 Living With War is the 27th studio album by the Canadian musician Neil Young, released on May 2, 2006. The album's lyrics, titles, and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration; the CTV website defined it as "a musical critique of U.S. President George W. Bush and his conduct of the war in Iraq". Written and recorded over the course of only nine days in March and April 2006,[1][9] its lyrics are in line with the early 1960s albums of folk artists such as Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan, although they are set to what Young calls "metal folk protest music" courtesy of Young, bassist Rick Rosas, drummer Chad Cromwell and trumpet player Tommy Bray.


After the Garden

The rhythm section of Cromwell and Rosas and Young's "Volume Dealers" co-producer Niko Bolas were also at the core of Young's 1989 album Freedom, which contained an angry criticism of Reagan-George H. W. Bush America. There are other links between the albums: Bray also performed on Freedom and Freedom's hit single "Rockin' in the Free World" also contained a quotation of a President Bush: "a thousand points of light".



Looking for a Leader

 The sessions were recorded on 16-track analog tape and mixed to a half-inch analog two-track master, then transferred to high-resolution digital media for CD and DVD manufacturing.[1] The vinyl pressing was on 200 g discs.



Let,s impeach the president.

 On April 28, 2006, the album was given a pre-release premiere in its entirety on the Los Angeles radio station KLOS (95.5) by Jim Ladd. The album was released onto the Internet on May 2, 2006, before entering retail in May 2006. Young has expressed that his intent is that the work be considered as a whole, and the streaming-audio internet release was the whole album, rather than individually selectable songs.



The Restless Consumer


That first impression is so important" ... "Instead of just going to "Let's Impeach the President", people will have to absorb the whole thing. To understand the songs, you need to understand where the whole album's coming from. It protects my right as an artist to have the work presented the way I created it.
— Neil Young





Let’s impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door

He’s the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let’s impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones

What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government’s protection
Or was someone just not home that day?

Let’s impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected

Thank god he’s cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There’s lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean

Thank God

maandag 6 april 2020

Blue City - Soundtrack by Ry Cooder

Blue City is a 1986 American drama film directed by Michelle Manning and starring Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and David Caruso. It is based on Ross Macdonald's 1947 novel of the same name about a young man who returns to a corrupt small town in Florida to avenge the death of his father.

 I chose the following 3 tracks

    Billy and Annie (written by Ry Cooder)

    Guitars: Ry Cooder, Drums: Jim Keltner,Synthesizers: David Paich,Steve Pocaro,
    String Arranged and conducted by Kirby Johnson

     Not Even Key West ( written by Ry Cooder)

    Guitars:Ry Cooder,Drums:Jim Keltner,Bass:Jorge Calderon, Keyboards:Jim Dickinson,
     Organ:Benmon Tench,Percussion: Miguel Cruz.

     Tell Me Something Slick (written by Ry Cooder,Jim Dickinson)

     Vocals:Bobby King,Terry Evans,Guitar: Ry Cooder,Drums: Jim Keltner,Bass: Nathan East,
     Synthesizers : David Paich,Steve Pocaro.



zondag 5 april 2020

Van Morrison - Street of Arklow ( Berkley 12 sept.2006)


 Veedon Fleece is the eighth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in October 1974 (see 1974 in music). Morrison recorded the album shortly after his divorce from wife Janet (Planet) Rigsbee. With his broken marriage in the past, Morrison visited Ireland on holiday for new inspiration, arriving on 20 October 1973 (with his fiancee at the time, Carol Guida). While there he wrote—in fewer than three weeks—the songs included on the album (except "Bulbs", "Country Fair" and "Come Here My Love").[2]


"Streets of Arklow" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album Veedon Fleece, released in 1974.
The song describes a perfect day in "God's green land" and is a tribute to the Wicklow town of Arklow visited during the singer's 1973 vacation trip back to Ireland after being in the United States since 1967.

Big hand from the band!
Crawford Bell -acousticguitar,trumpet,backing vocals. Karin hammil/Jameen Daily- backingvocals.
 David Hayes-bass,Ned Edwards- guitar/harmonica.Tony Fitzgibbons-violin/mandolin.Cindy Cashdollar-steelguitar.John Alair-keys.John Platania-guitar.Neil Wilkinson-drums.


 Note from Arthur:
How nice it is that large screens can be used in the larger rooms. You can see all the details of the performance far from the stage.

This was also the case in the Greek Theater in Berkley, and the boy /girl who was filming made good use of it. Beautiful recordings of the song Street of Arklow from the equally beautiful album Veedom Fleece. Also watch the harmonica  from Ned Edwards,very nice!!



And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
Oh the color
Of the day wore on
And our heads
Were filled with poetry
And the morning
A-comin' on to dawn

And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
And gay perfusion
In god's green land
And the gypsy's rode
With their hearts on fire
They say "We love to wander,"
"Lord we love,"
"Lord we love to roam..."

And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
In a drenching beauty
Rolling back 'til the day
And I saw your eyes
They was shining, sparkling crystal clear
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow

And as we walked


vrijdag 3 april 2020

Bill Withers - Kissing My Love (Beatclub 1972)

                            William Harrison "Bill" Withers Jr. ( 4 juli 1938 - 3 April 2020) R.I.P.

               
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985.He recorded several major hits, including "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]
                       
    Kissing My Love (album Still Bill)

Drums : James Godson ,Lead guitar : Benorce Blackmon, Bass guitar : Melvin Dunlap ,Keyboard : Ray Jackson


Still Bill is the second studio album by American soul musician Bill Withers, released in 1972 by Sussex Records. It includes two hit singles: "Lean on Me", which is number 205 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and went to number 1 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts in summer of 1972; and "Use Me", which went to number two on the same charts in fall of 1972.It was certified Gold by the RIAA.