Friday, November 28, 2008

King of Funk


James Brown - "Sunny"
JB sings Bobby Hebb's classic.
Paris l'Olympia, 1971.

The Dirty Mac



The Dirty Mac - "Yer Blues"
The Rolling Stones' Rock & Roll Circus, 1972.

John Lennon - g,v
Eric Clapton - g
Keith Richards - b
Mitch Mitchell - d

Stoned



Mick Taylor having a go at it.
The Rolling Stones - "Love In Vain" (R. Johnson)
1972

Saint John

John Coltrane - "My Favorite Things"
1961 in Baden-Baden Germany

John Coltrane - soprano sax, tenor sax
Eric Dolphy - flute, alto sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

Albino


Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"

The Sword


The Sword - "Iron Swan"
12 Galaxies, SF 2006

Lady Soul


Aretha Franklin - "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)"

Swedish TV broadcast of a concert in Stockholm, 1968.

Three Finger Picker


Earl Scruggs - "Fireball Mail"

Monk


Thelonious Monk Quartet - "Epistrophy" (Paris, 1966)

Charlie Rouse (saxophone)
Larry Gales (bass)
Ben Riley (drums).

The Brightest Star In Qawwali


Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
London, 1980

Johnny Cash


Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues"
San Quentin 1969

Martian


David Bowie - "Life On Mars?"

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Giving Thanks



Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Acid Queen

A goddess walking among mere mortals:



Ike & Tina Turner - "I Smell Trouble"
Ike's slow blues are pure retarded genius.

Soul Power



Otis Redding - "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
Montery, CA - June, 1967

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Blues Power



Can you feel it?

Albert King - "Blues Power"
Fillmore East NY, NY - 9.23.70

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Funk Power



Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
Sesame Street, 1972
Kid's shows ain't what they used to be.

Martian



Seu Jorge - "Life on Mars" (Bowie)
The Life Aquatic, 2005

I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love With the Deal Sisters



The Breeders - "I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love With You" (Williams)
1993

Friday, November 21, 2008

Let There Be Rock



unstoppable.
AC/DC - Apollo Theatre, Glasgow
April 1978

Newport Festival 1960


John Lee Hooker with Muddy Waters' band - "My Own Fault"

Otis Spann (Piano)
Andrew Stephenson (Bass)
Francis Clay (Drums)
Pat Hare (Guitar)
James Cotton (Harp)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Lycanthropic



Ozzy Osbourne - "Bark at the Moon"
1983

King Curtis


King Curtis - "Memphis Soul Stew"

Mississippi Fred McDowell


Mississippi Fred McDowell - "Goin Down to the River"

"My name is Fred McDowell. They call me Mississippi Fred McDowell. But my home's in Rossville, Tennessee. But it don't make any difference. It sound good to me, and I seem like I'm at home there when I'm in Mississippi ... and I do not play no rock and roll, y'all. I just play the straight natural blues..."

Little Ole Band from Texas



ZZ Top - "I Thank You/Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago"
Essen, Germany, 4.19.80

Freddie King


Freddie King - "Ain`t No Sunshine When She`s Gone"

KT Tunstall


KT Tunstall - "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree"

Talking Heads


Talking Heads - "The Great Curve"
Rome 1980

Dap Kings


Dap Kings - "Casella Walk"

Kid Koala


Kid Koala - "Moon River"

The Jesus Lizard


The Jesus Lizard - "Nub"
Houston TX 1994

Master of the Skins and Tins


Art Blakey drum solo

Cutty Ranks


Cutty Ranks - "Sleng Teng Riddim"

Al


Al Green - "Tired of Being Alone"

Bill


Bill Withers - "Use Me"

Sarah



Sarah Vaughan - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Janis



Janis Joplin - "Summertime"
Stockholm, 1969

Nina



Nina Simone - "What You Gonna Do?"
Berlin, 1967

Billie



Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit"

Ella



Ella Fitzgerald - "Georgia on my Mind"
Sweden, 1963

Motördrums



Mikkey Dee Drum Solo

When the Sun Goes Down



Ray Charles - "In the Evening"
1963

Breaking it Down



Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - "Jerry's Breakdown"
Pop Goes the Country, 1975

Cliff 'em All



Cliff Burton, R.I.P.

The Priest



Judas Priest - "Victim of Changes"
1982

Green Onions



Booker T & the MGs - "Green Onions"
1964

High on Fire



High on Fire - "Rumors of War"

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Sweet Dreams



Roy Buchannan - "Sweet Dreams"
1973

Marimbas & Tap



Jack Imel - "Pagan Love Song"
The Lawrence Welk Show, 1958

Talking Guitar II



Pete Drake - "Forever"
1962

Talking Guitar I





Alvino Ray - "St. Louis Blues"