Thursday, July 24th
Why not listen to something new?
Iva Bittova (voice, violin), Don Byron (clarinet), Hamid Drake (drums), live, Paris, 2008
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: drums
2014
Wednesday, July 23rd
Johnny Cash, live (Town Hall Party), 1958-59
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Czechoslavakia, 1963
Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
2014
Tuesday, July 22nd
only rock ’n’ roll
Gene Vincent (1935-1971),* Eddie Cochran (1938-1960, 40:45-),* live (Town Hall Party), 1950s
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*Set lists (courtesy of YouTube):
Gene Vincent
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula
2. High Blood Pressure
3. Rip it Up
4. Dance to the Bop
5. You Win Again
6. For Your Precious Love
7. Rocky Road Blues
8. Pretty Pearly
9. Be-Bop-A-Lula
10. High School Confidential
11. Over The Rainbow
12. Roll Over Beethoven
13. Over The Rainbow
14. She She Little Sheila
Eddie Cochran
1. C’mon Everybody
2. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
3. Don’t Blame It On Me
4. Summertime Blues
5. School Days
6. Be Honest With Me
7. Money Honey
2014
Monday, July 21st
only rock ’n’ roll
Jeff Beck and The Big Town Playboys, live (music begins at 2:10),* London (Ronnie Scott’s), 2007
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1) Race with the Devil
2) Crazy Legs
3) Train Kept A-Rollin’
4) My Baby Left Me
5) Matchbox
6) Baby Blue
7) Honky Tonk
2014
Friday, July 18th
passings
Johnny Winter, guitar player, February 23, 1944-July 16, 2014
“Highway 61 Revisited” (B. Dylan)
Live, Denmark (Roskilde), 1984
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Recording (Second Winter), 1969
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lagniappe
art beat: last night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
*****
the beat goes on
1,700 posts—and counting.
2014
Wednesday, July 16th
tonight in Chicago
This guy will be playing at the Hideout.
Daniel Levin, cello
With JP Carletti (drums), live, New Haven, Conn., 2013
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With his trio, live, Jersey City, N.J., 2008
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Solo, live, New York, 2009
2014
Monday, July 14th
passings
Tommy Ramone (AKA Thomas Erdelyi), drummer, producer
January 29, 1949-July 11, 2014
Ramones, live, London, 1977*
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. I Want to Be Well
3. Glad to See You Go
4. You’re Gonna Kill That Girl
5. Commando
6. Havana Affair
7. Cretin Hop
8. Listen to My Heart
9. I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You
10. Pinhead
11. Do You Wanna Dance
12. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
13. Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue
14. We’re a Happy Family
2014
Saturday, July 12th
passings
Charlie Haden, bassist, composer, bandleader, August 6, 1937-July 11, 2014
Old and New Dreams (Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet), “Happy House” (O. Coleman), live, Norway (Molde Jazz Festival), 1979
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lagniappe
radio
Thank God, once again, for college radio. Beginning tomorrow at 2 p.m. (EST), WKCR (Columbia University) will air a memorial broadcast. Two hours? Three? Nope. They’ll be playing Haden’s music, continuously, until 9 p.m.—Monday.
2014
Friday, July 11th
only rock ’n’ roll
Bob Dylan (with Justin Poskin, guitar; Tony Marsico, bass; Chalo Quintana, drums), live (Late Night with David Letterman), 1984
“Don’t Start Me Talkin'” (S. Williamson II, AKA Alex [or Aleck] “Rice” Miller)
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“License To Kill” (B. Dylan)
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“Jokerman” (B. Dylan)
2014
Wednesday, July 9th
sounds of Chicago
Fenton Robinson (1935-1997), “Somebody Loan Me a Dime” (F. Robinson)
Live (The Devil’s Music [BBC], 1979)
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Recording (1967)
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