Itamar Assumpção – Embalo
A Brazilian funk thing for you
(+3 rating, 6 votes)
Loading ...Forgotten Music
(+3 rating, 6 votes) Loading ...Toots & The Maytals – Hey Jude
Happy Monday! This awesome cover of “Hey Jude”, originally by the Beatles, is the perfect song to start your week.
(+8 rating, 9 votes) Loading ...Thin Lizzy – Cowboy Song
Thin Lizzy is an often forgotten true rock and roll artist. Sure we all know the song “The Boys are Back in Town” and you may even know that it’s a Thin Lizzy song, but that’s probably it. “Cowboy Song” is a great song with rockin’ guitar lines. Enjoy!
(+4 rating, 4 votes) Loading ...
Posted in Forgotten Music, Underplayed Music on December 22nd, 2010 by Tony Amoyal –
Mark Morrison-Return Of The Mack
Oh damn! We’re going back in time today, campers! If you were alive in the mid-nineties, at some point you’ve probably gotten DOWN to this song.
Mark Morrison has-even for a R&B artist-a pretty impressive criminal record as well as a Mohammed Ali-like talent for talking himself up. A few years ago he was jailed for-get this-hiring an impersonator to fulfill his community service while he went on tour! How awesome is that?
Dyke & The Blazers – My Sisters And My Brothers
I previously wrote about Dyke and the Blazers here. I’ve been listening to them a ton lately and can’t help but post another song. There isn’t much information about them on the web. Maybe because their front man Arlester “Dyke” Christian was shot to death at age 27, at the height of the band’s success. I hope you enjoy “My Sisters And My Brothers.” What a great song and only 398 views? Let’s pump this up! Share on Facebook, tweet, call your friends, or do whatever you do.
(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...
Posted in Forgotten Music, Unknown Songs on December 2nd, 2010 by Tony Amoyal –
Al Green – Take Me To The River
Most people know “Take Me To The River” as a Talking Heads song. It was actually written by Al Green and Teenie Hodges for Al Green’s 1974 album Al Green Explores Your Mind. The song was not released as an Al Green single, but passed off to Syl Johnson who brought it up to #48 on the US Hot 100 chart in 1975. The Talking Heads didn’t cover “Take Me To The River” until their 1978 album – More Songs About Buildings and Food.
Here is the Al Green version:
and the Syl Johnson version:
and for those who don’t know, The Talking Heads:
:
(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...
Posted in Forgotten Music, Underplayed Music on November 28th, 2010 by Tony Amoyal –
Fox On The Run
And now for something completely different…
The best thing about doing this is that not only do I get to share awesome music with a bunch of wonderful people (you’re all wonderful!), but sometimes I get to find out new music myself! I started out with the intention of writing about a totally different song also called “Fox On The Run”, but thanks to the magic of YouTube, I stumbled upon this catchy gem! Manfred Mann recorded this in 1968, but the over time his version has been forgotten and “Fox On The Run” has become a bluegrass staple. I think they’re both great, (seriously, I’ve been listening to both of them one after another, over and over again, for about forty minutes now) that’s why I’ve included the Manfred Mann version as well as a bluegrass cover (Tom T. Hall, in this case).
The video for the Tom T. Hall version is…kind of amazing. Somewhere, someone heard this song and said “You know what? I kind of see this being sung by a overweight duck named Yu Yo who wears a sort of pirate outfit. Yeah, that’s the stuff!” The song is great on its own, but the video takes it to an entirely different level.
“Take a glass of wine, and fortify your soul.”
Enjoy!
(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...
Posted in Forgotten Music, Underplayed Music, Unknown Songs on November 18th, 2010 by eddielehwald –
Sister Rosetta Tharpe-Down By The Riverside
Oh my goodness, how I love this woman! Sister Rosetta was doing amazing things with an electric guitar almost before anyone knew what one was. She was a masterful performer and-as you can see here-an absolute joy to watch onstage. Ahead of her time, she mixed gospel and secular music years before Ray Charles, and played incendiary rock and roll guitar solos long before anyone had even considered approaching music that way. Enough talk, take a trip to heaven with Sister Rosetta!
(+5 rating, 5 votes) Loading ...
Posted in Forgotten Music, Underplayed Music, Unknown Songs on November 17th, 2010 by eddielehwald –
