Thursday, August 22, 2019

Al Green “Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)”


Pure magic from the master. Turn it up. Louder.

Things I love about this record:
  • Drumming, just like on every Al Green record
  • Intro
  • Al’s vocals, so dynamic 
  • Guitar fills after some of the lines, simple but effective
  • Horn riffs
  • Perfect production quality, a little bit raw and that’s just how we like it
  • It makes me happy

Friday, August 02, 2019

“You are SO Money!”




“You’re like a bear with big f—king claws and she’s just a little bunny”

From “Swingers” of course and if you have not seen it, I would recommend that you do. Several classic scenes including this one and “John Favreau Leaves Many Little Bitch Voicemails in a Row”.

Vince Vaughn (and others) roll with the “you are SO money” line many times throughout the movie, trying to help their loser-ish friend.

Sunday, June 02, 2019

Delbert McClinton “Bright Side of the Road”


The hottest version of this great Van Morrison song — the slide guitar and Delbert’s vocals are spot-on.

Turn it up!

Sunday, March 17, 2019

The Four Seasons “Let’s Hang On”


The records these guys made are fun and addictive, not to mention creative and of extremely high quality in the craftsmanship department.

The songwriters on all of their material are genius-level creatives, in my eyes. Most of their material was written by Bob Gaudio (their bass player) and Bob Crewe (their producer). Gaudio went on to have a very successful career as a producer and was a major force behond Jersey Boys as a writer, among many other projects.

And then there are those voices. There is literally nobody else in music history that sounds like this group. They invented a new niche and occupied it alone, for 60 years now.

As far as I’m concerned, they do not get nearly enough credit, even after the success of Jersey Boys and the attention that came with it.

(here is their Wikipedia entry)

Thursday, January 24, 2019

John Prine "Spanish Pipedream"

We blew up our TV
Threw away our papers
Went to the country
Built us a home
Had a lot of children
Fed ’em on peaches
They all found Jesus
On their own
John Prine “Spanish Pipedream”

Monday, December 24, 2018

Brad Paisley “Away in a Manger”


Merry Christmas from me, Brad, and his guitar. But mostly from me.

And turn it up.