Blues Before Sunrise by John Lee Hooker.
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Blues Before Sunrise – John Lee Hooker
September 22, 2012AVO Session
September 17, 2012AVO Session, Mark Knopfler, Festsaal Messe, Basel, Switzerland, 12 November 2007.
Amazing performance of Brothers in arms, brings tears to the eyes.
Synchronicity: A couple of days later I turned on the radio to find an entire programme devoted to Brothers in Arms!
Tempest
September 16, 2012
Tempest – Bob Dylan
Released last week, Tempest is the 35th album from Bob Dylan, 50 years on from his first album.
I picked up a copy last week, the deluxe limited edition version, from Record Corner during an afternoon in Godalming.
I had a listen this evening, or at least a quick flip through the tracks, as that was as far as I got.
It is rubbish, money down the drain.
The deluxe limited edition is a rip-off and waste of money. All you get extra is poorly put together note book with pictures of magazine covers featuring Dylan over the last fifty years.
The CD itself has a simple folded over sheet, no booklet, no additional information.
It is easy to see why CD sales are falling.
In UK has shot straight to No 1, but that would be Dylan fans on a nostalgia trip, and they were in for a grave disappointment.
It is a collection of poorly recorded hill billy songs, Duquesne Whistle a pleasant enough little ditty.
Where is the Dylan of Blowin in the Wind, Like A Rolling Stone, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door?
As I was writing I was listening to AVO Session, Mark Knopfler, Festsaal Messe, Basel, Switzerland, 12 November 2007. Far, far better.
- Bob Dylan: Tempest – review (a pretentious review in The Guardian)
Duquesne Whistle – Bob Dylan
September 10, 2012
Bob Dylan
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like it’s gonna sweep my world away
I’m gonna stop in Carbondale and keep on going
That Duquesne train gonna ride me night and day
You say I’m a gambler, you say I’m a pimp
But I ain’t neither one
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Sounding like it’s on a final move.
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like she’s never blown before
Look like blinking, red light blowing
Blowing like she’s at my chamber door
You smiling through the fence at me
Just like you always smiled before
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like she isn’t gonna blow no more
Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like the sky is gonna blow apart
You’re the only thing alive that keeps me going
You’re like a tie bound to my hear
I can hear a sweet voice gently calling
Must be the mother of our Lord
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like my woman’s on a board
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like it’s gonna blow my blues away
You old rascal, I know exactly where you’re going
I’ll leave you there myself at the break of a day
I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed
Everybody telling me she’s gone to my head
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like it’s gonna kill me dead
Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing through another no good town
The lights of my native land are glowing
I wonder if they’ll know me next time around
I wondered if that old oak tree’s still standing
That old oak tree, the one we used to climb
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing
Blowing like she’s blowing right on time
– Bob Dylan
A strange ditty, an even stranger video.
The song grows on one.
Duquesne Whistle is from the Bob Dylan album Tempest released today.
Note: Tempest is due for release tomorrow, but this evening I saw it was on sale (unless posters in window of shop were for tomorrow).
It is 50 years since Bob Dylan released his first album. Tempest is his 35th studio album.
- Song Premiere: Bob Dylan, ‘Duquesne Whistle’
- Bob Dylan Debuts Shockingly Violent New Video
- Darcey Bussell, Bob Dylan reviewed, and the Bristol Old Vic reopens (pretentious Dylan review ten minutes into programme)
- Bob Dylan on His Dark New Album, ‘Tempest’
- Bob Dylan’s New Album, ‘Tempest,’ Hits Stores on September 11th
- Bob Dylan Announces Extensive Fall Arena Tour with Mark Knopfler
A somewhat amauturish recording of Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits) at Hamersmith last year which nevertheless captures the magic of Bob Dylan.
Many years ago I saw Bob Dylan play with Eric Clapton. Have also seen Dire Straits.
The Rolling Stones – Live On Copacabana Beach
August 27, 2012The Rolling Stones played in front of 1.5million people, the biggest concert of all time, at Copacabana Beach, Rio De Janeiro, on the 18th February 2006.
To celebrate the beginning of their 50th anniversary year, on 12th July 2012 The Stones released this historic concert in its entirety.
More groups need to follow their good example and release high quality footage of their concerts for fans to watch.
The Rio concert was the opening night of a World Tour.
The concert opened with AfroReggae.
Many years ago I saw The Stones play in London.
Write Your Wrongs
August 11, 2012
Write Your Wrongs
I saw Sian Sanderson live at Staycation Live Music 2012 at Godalming doing an acoustic set and she was fantastic, and she kindly gave me two copies of Write Your Wrongs.
Phenomenal album, and excellent studio recording by Empire Recording Studios located in Guildford.
Scientific Love
August 8, 2012Incredible Blues from Tshila.
Scientific Love has been released on Uganda Sings, a compilation album to raise funds for UgandSpeaks.
Unfortunately Uganda Sings has not been released on bandcamp, an oversight which hopefully will be corrected if they wish to reach maximum exposure.
Live So Far
June 17, 2012
Live So Far
Live So Far limited edition
PLEASE share the music with your friends – play it to them, send them links to here, embed the player on your blog or facebook page, swap the tracks from your phone to someone else’s… it all helps spread the word about the music. — Steve Lawson
A tour of house concerts across the US, Steve Lawson and Lobelia with Todd Reynolds and Neil Alexander.
Live So Far an incredible album recorded during a house concert tour in the US, Steve Lawson on bass, powerful vocals from Lobelia, with Todd Reynolds on violin and Neil Alexander on keyboards. Brilliant.
Blues-jazz vocals from Lobelia on I’m Lost, addition of violin from Todd Reynolds gives it a West Coast 1970s Jefferson Airplane feel.
The Kindness of Strangers is an improvisation of the Louis Armstrong classic What a Wonderful World.
Born on the 3rd of July is strange reggae number.
An amazing album!
released 11 June 2010
Lobelia – vocals, guitar and looping
Steve Lawson – 6 string fretless bass, loops and production
Todd Reynolds – violin, processing
Neil Alexander – keyboards, loops
Blanket – Jeff Beck featuring Imogen Heap
April 24, 2012I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one. — Jeff beck
Incredible blues performance by Jeff Beck and Imogen Heap at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, London
Jeff Beck played in The Yardbirds. The other two were Jimmy Page (who went on to form Led Zeppelin) and Eric Clapton.
The Jeff Beck Group, featured Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass.
Jeff Beck was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of Sussex for ‘an outstanding musical career’.
Chicken Shack – I’d Rather Go Blind (Live 2004)
March 28, 2012It does not get much better than this, Chicken Shack performing I’d Rather Go Blind live.
