Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions


Killer blues album with a retarded lineup.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Jose Gonzales - Veneer



Swedish folk singer with a hypnotic voice. Very chill

Reconstruction - 1979-07-08 Berkley, CA




Great recording of this short lived band. Think jazzy Jerry Band with horns.

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
John Kahn - bass
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Ed Neumeister - trombone
Ron Stallings - tenor saxophone, vocals
Gaylord Birch - drums

Reconstruction:
7-8-79
Keystone, Berkeley, CA

Source: Master Soundboard Reels (7" @ 7.5ips) > 2 PCM > DAT > CD

CD #1
1. Make It Better
2. Someday Baby
3. Soul Roach
4. What You Won't Do For Love
5. Lyinda
6. It's No Use

CD #2
1. Tellin' My Friends
2. The Jealous Kind
3. That's What Love Will Make You Do
4. Fast Tone
5. Dear Prudence

Friday, July 3, 2009

Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested



Some damn fine playing here. Check out Angel From Montgomery

  1. "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt) – 4:48
  2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 3:39
  3. "Love Letter" (Bonnie Hayes) – 4:37
  4. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Hooper, Will Jennings) – 3:32
  5. "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:43
  6. "Matters of the Heart" (Michael McDonald) – 4:58
  7. "Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
  8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
  9. "Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 5:11
  10. "The Kokomo Medley" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 4:59
  11. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 3:46
  12. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson) – 4:19
  13. "Longing in Their Hearts" (Jackson Browne, O'Keefe) – 5:02
  14. "Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
  15. "Love Sneakin' up on You" (Little Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) – 3:52
  16. "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:21
  17. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Mike Reid, James Allen Shamblin) – 6:00
  18. "Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
  19. "I Believe I'm in Love with You" (Kim Wilson) – 5:24
  20. "Rock Steady" (Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters) – 4:12
  21. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:57
  22. "Angel from Montgomery" (John Prine) – 5:37

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Blue Mountain - Dog Days




One of the pioneers of alt/country rock. It doesn't get much more southern than this.