THE UNLIKELY TEACHER

Well, if it ain't my old buddy, Johnny Winter. My first guitar hero. I'd never heard of him when I saw him on TV in my teens, but I was so taken by his licks, I did what young music fiends normally do. I headed down to the record store and bought his latest LP, Johnny Winter And Live (the name of the band was Johnny Winter And, and it was a live album. Yeah, clever). It was a great live album, mixing stretched out blues songs showcasing his slide playing, along with more rockin' stuff with him and Rick Derringer swapping meaty licks (eye roll inducing, but it fits). In retrospect, it was a great LP for me at that age, but unbeknownst to me, he was a junky trying to clean up. There was a long waiting period for the next LP. That ended up being a serendipitous turn, as it had me, as young music fiends also do, backtracking his older stuff while I waited for something new to come out. My brothers were both eating up his stuff as well. So, bang, bang, bang, first job money was flying across the record store counter. In no time we had all of his LP's up until that point. Four on Columbia (the label that broke him), one on Imperial, and a couple, capitalizing on his popularity, that compiled earlier obscurities.

Before we had even heard another current Winter LP, we were learning about the blues. That's because, as you went backwards chronologically, his LPs had more and more blues. Before his fifth on Columbia, "Still Alive and Well", had come out, we had it bad. My brother started bringing home blues LPs: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson; bam bam, bam. We didn't have expenses, we all lived at home, we didn't drive, weren't particularly fashion conscious, and we didn't drink. Records and rolled tacos got all our expendable money, and all of our money was expendable. So we spent it on this music that we were just becoming cognizant of. It was cool. You can sort of recreate that by listening to the songs below, top to bottom. That first one will give you an indication of what I thought I was getting myself into. Oh, the lessons that were learned. Ground zero for us. From then on it became all about fiending, reading, searching, listening, debating, talking to hippie counter guys, all of it. We were off to the damn races.

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Listen:
Johnny Winter And - Johnny B. Goode (live) mp3 at Ghost Whisperer From the fourth Columbia LP
Johnny Winter - Hustled Down In Texas mp3 at Review Stalker From the second Columbia LP
Johnny Winter -Be Careful With a Fool mp3 at Smokestack Lightning From the first Columbia LP
Johnny Winter - When You Got A Good Friend mp3 at Cover Me From the first Columbia LP
Johnny Winter - Dallas mp3 at David Fulmer  From the first Columbia LP
Johnny Winter - Leaving Blues mp3 at Aquarium Drunkard Very early, produced by Huey Meaux. If song link is disabled, go there to get it. It's worth it.

DID YOU MISS THIS ONE?

In case you're the type that just can't muster the energy to click one more time to go to a site that's been recommended, here's an example of what you may be missing. A couple days ago, at the bottom of the post about the Fall, there was a link to a bunch of songs at Beware of the Blog that the Fall have covered. If you didn't check that out, here's a really good one that the link lead to (among many others), that you may have missed. "Mr. Pharmacist" is a keeper. Believe it. The other one "Wonderful Day" ain't my personal cup of tea, but maybe I need some some of what Mr. Pharmacist has cooking.

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Listen:
The Other Half - Mr. Pharmacist mp3 at Beware of the Blog 34 more songs!
The Other Half - Wonderful Day mp3 at Eye Swings
Visit:
The Other Half at Wikipedia

EBO ROOM

Been a while since we've checked in on African sounds...wait, what's this? Club Cortez just posted a recently reissued Ebo Taylor cut? Well then, Ebo it is. Taylor is something of a rarity, a first generation afrobeater with newish material, albeit with a twenty year gap between his last old record and the 2010 LP Love and Death. Doesn't really matter though, this stuff is timeless. You'd be forgiven if you compared his music to Fela's, They came from the same musical space, so that's going to happen. But, according to liner notes of one compilation, he's cited influences as diverse as jazz dudes Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore. Regardless of who influenced him, I'd much, much rather listen to excellent afrobeat than shitty rock 'n' roll. It clears your head.

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Listen:
Ebo Taylor - Ayesama mp3 at Bama Love Soul
Ebo Taylor - Heaven mp3 at Dusted
Ebo Taylor and Uhuru Yenza - Love and Death mp3 at Club Cortez Go there to get it.

Ebo Taylor - Atwer Aroba mp3 at American Athlete 

Ebo Taylor - Victory mp3 at Mixtape Riot Go there to get it. It's worth the trip.

Ebo Taylor - Mizin mp3 at Mixtape Riot Go there to get it

Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth mp3 at American Athlete
Ebo Taylor - Nga Nga mp3 at American AthletE

Visit:

Ebo Taylor - Sort bio at All Music  

OM(FU)G!

Well, gee willickers, I guess that's how it works now. You make a movie about a legendary dive bar and punk venue, spend the better part of a year issuing press releases every time you sign on another semi-celebrity, complete an advertising campaign or compile a soundtrack, only to have the movie posted online right out of the gate.

If you're curious about the movie about CBGB, someone has posted it at the YouTube. You know it won't be online for long, so check it out right away if you have any interest. Personally, I wasn't expecting much. These type of things generally suck, and they almost always get more then a few things wrong. I wasn't disappointed, but then again, I didn't shell out any money and I didn't watch all of it. And I'm not a kid who's been wearing the T-shirt for years without knowing any of the story. I'm just an old cuss who watches parts of shitty movies.


10/3/2013: As you've no doubt discovered, that video didn't last long. As a consolation, check out these other semi-related posts that probably still have a few good links:

The Fraternal Order of Messy Hair - Early Television and Heartbreakers
When Throwback Took Guts Some Mink DeVille
Game Changer - Bad Brains
Rosetta Stone My Ass - The Ramones

WHAT THE HELL, COULDN'T RESIST

I wouldn't ordinarily post a song after being prompted by a TV show, but the last scene of the last episode of Breaking Bad featured Badfinger's "Baby Blue" a song I happen to really dig. The juxtaposition of it's inclusion in a tragic scene ending a tragic series was effective, that is in getting me to turn it up and play air drums, totally ignoring what was happening on the screen. It's a great song, and the best part of it, for me, is remembering where I was when it actually made an impact on me. My friend Bill played it for me on his badass component stereo many (many) years ago, after hunting for it for ages. You oldsters can probably relate. In the pre-internet, pre-reissue days, out of print meant out of print, as in the search for some records didn't happen with a few clicks. It was record swaps, mail order, or, in rare instances, a serendipitous score from a thrift store or garage sale. When you have a buddy who is a total fiend of a particular record, and finally gets a copy, dissects it and then plays it on the aforementioned badass component system pointing out every goddamn  nuance, it's going to make an impression. It did, and it stuck. So, last night when Walter White was gasping his last breath, I was reliving a moment with a friend and one of his white whales.

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Listen:
Badfinger - Baby Blue (LP version) mp3 at Cold Splinters
Badfinger - Baby Blue (US Single version) mp3 at Gaper's Blog
Badfinger - No Matter What mp3 at Snuhthing Anything 

STUDIO ONE SECOND STRINGERS

It was that kind of day. If you live in Southern California, you know what a Santa Ana is. For those that don't, it's a weather condition that brings warm dry air in from the east. Higher temperatures, clear skies, and offshore breezes; most common in the fall. It kind of extends summer, therefore it rules. That by itself would have made my day. But what really made my day (commence ho-humming any time), was that the closest record store to me, literally within barefoot walking distance, is now stocking, albeit limited titles, Studio One vinyl. Primitive cover art, crappy printing, and all. Neither of those two positive events of the day merit a post in and of themselves, but they do merit a "I'm going to cap this day off by doing what the fuck I want" type post. And I want reggae. Specifically Studio One. This is just a random selection, with the emphasis being lesser knowns. My favorites in this lot are the Dynamics and Larry and the Cables.

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Listen:
The Dynamics - Let's Make Love mp3 at Dusted Studio One
Winston Jarret - Just Can't Satisfy mp3 at Bad Luck City Studio One
The Sharks - How Could I Live mp3 at Reggae Top Site Studio One
Larry and the Cables - Please Stop Your Crying mp3 at Snuhthing Anything Studio One

SANS FLUFF

I just spent the better part of the last hour watching the thing below about the Fall. I've been a peripheral observer for years, but they've got thirty albums, and you better think twice about asking a true Fall fiend where to start, because a Fall fiend will go off. You'll expect an album title or two, but you'll get a half hour monologue about how great they are. So, up until now, I hadn't bothered.  I knew little about the Fall. After viewing the video, I now know even less. Which, in a weird way, is why what is good about them. They're confounding, rather Mark E. Smith is. That's one thing, dude was a coot way before his time. He's like that guy you know who drinks a lot and never lightens up. The sourpuss who's usually right about things, but doesn't really bring a whole lotta joy to the table. But, he keeps it interesting and that trumps a lot of other other things. Especially when you can do it for thirty seven years.

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Listen:
The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist mp3 at Plain or Pan 1986
The Fall - A Day in the Life mp3 at Beware of the Blog 1988
The Fall - Fifteen Ways mp3 at New Dust 1990
The Fall - Dr. Buck's Letter mp3 at Cargo Culte 2000
The Fall - Sir William Wray mp3 (via Kiwi6) at Another Dying Art Form 2013
This is telling (or not):
Songs the Fall Taught Us - 35 songs the Fall have covered at Beware of the Blog Merle Haggard, the Saints, Nancy Sinatra, the Monks, Deep Purple, Lee Perry, Mothers of Invention, Gene Vincent, Leadbelly, Dean Martin and others.
Visit:
The Fall at Wikipedia
The Fall Online

THE GATOR'S GOT YOUR GRANNY

A friend of mine posted a video of Tony Joe White doing "Polk Salad Annie" a couple days ago, and I've been on a swamp rock thing since. It reminded me again how lucky I was to have been exposed to AM radio. This sucker was a hit in 1969, as was Creedence's "Green River", and a year or so later, Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses". It would seem that it was the era that swamp broke, but those were but three. Not quite the critical mass. But you know what? If it wasn't for the limited musical outlets back then, I may never have heard it. Record companies and radio stations wouldn't have pulled out all the stops to cram everything into one radio format, So, now, if you want to bail and go listen to the same stuff you always listen to, you go on right ahead. I'll be over hear, listening to Mr. Laid Back Badass and his swamp buddies.

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Listen:
Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie mp3 at AM Then FM
Tony Joe White - Roosevelt and Ira Lee mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q mp3 at Rocky52.net
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses mp3 at The Walrus
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle mp3 at 8106
Blue Ridge Rangers - Working on a Building mp3 at Dr. Mooneys 115th Dream
Southern Culture on the Skids - Tobacco Road mp3 at BillyChic.com

KEEP THINKING THAT JOCK.

Yeah, he knows it. That look on the face of a high school age Al Casey tells you that this guy knows his shit is hot, and it was. Casey had already been playing pedal steel for ten years and in just a couple more would find himself playing with Duane Eddy, Jody Reynolds, and later as a studio musician in the Wrecking Crew backing..., well you know about the Wrecking Crew, right? They backed everybody. He was also in a bunch of faceless instrumental surf-ploitation bands, the sort of which  that put out LP after LP to cash in on the surf music craze. Dude was one red hot hired gun.

I've posted some of these before, but, thanks to the Dad's 45s (and 78s), there's a couple more that I hadn't heard. You really ought to check out Dad's 45s, it's a guy who posts records from his dad's record collection and his dad had some kinda taste. Really. I'm adding him to my links tonight kinda taste.

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Listen:
Al Casey - The Stinger mp3 (via DivShare*) at Dad's 45s (and 78s)
Al Casey - Night Beat mp3 (via DivShare*) at Dad's 45s (and 78s)
Al Casey - Teenage Blues mp3 at Rocky-52.net
Jody Reynolds (Al Casey: guitar) - Daisy Mae mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Jody Reynolds (Al Casey: Guitar) - The Fire of Love mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Al Casey - Baja mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Al Casey & the K.C.-ettes - Surfin' Hootnanny at Rocky-52.net
*Once you get to DivShare, click on the green Download" button, and scratch your head for fifteen seconds. When the button reappears, you're good to go. 
More on the Wrecking Crew here

SOUND AND STYLE

The album above is one great package. I don't know what the consensus is outside my front door, but within these walls it's a bona fide classic. First off, how do you beat that cover? There aren't enough words. The Doctor takes the piss out of any and all fluff. The music is top shelf DJ stuff, and the backing riddims include repurposed tracks by Horace Andy ("Poison Flour") and Gregory Issacs ("Unitone Skank"). The third down there, "Best Dressed Chicken In Town" is obviously from the same album. It's killer as well.

One more thing: Check the link to ten great reggae cuts, including "Unitone Skank", at For the Sake of the Song, which is what began tonights diversion.

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Songs:
Dr. Alimantado - Poison Flour mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Dr. Alimantado - Uinitone Skank mp3 at For the Sake of the Song
Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Mix:
Unitone Skank mix at For the Sake of the Song Ten reggae cuts with "skank" in the title. 

PRACTICE GUITAR, NOT HAIR

I like cheap recordings. Shitty doing the best we can without a major limited budget studio recordings. Here's two New York Dolls cuts, recorded in the UK in 1972, and produced by Marty Thau, who would start Red Star Records a few years later, releasing the first Suicide LP, the first Real Kids, and the second Richard Hell and the Voidoids LP, among others. I've seen varying accounts on these Dolls cuts. One says they were released on a German label the year before their first LP. Another dates the release as 1978. Regardless, the recordings themselves are early and raw, and that's almost always a plus.

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Listen:
New York Dolls - Bad Girl mp3 at Glorify the Turd
New York Dolls - Subway Train mp3 at Glorify the Turd
Older Dolls stuff Scroll down

WILSON WOBBLE

It's a bubble bursters delight tonight. As you well know, there are countless Brian Wilson freaks who would like to believe his track record is beyond reproach. If you're one of them, this is gonna sting. Brian Wilson's shit stinks, like yours and mine. He may be a musical genius, but boy, when he sucks, does he ever suck. Right about now your scanning the entire Beach Boys catalog in your head. You running down the list of every solo LP he put out, and every record he's produced for other artists. Still can't think of it? One reason is that it was only released in an edition of 250 promo copies and given to industry types and radio stations. So, if it was a Brian Wilson thing, and it was given to radio stations, why haven't you heard it? It's that bad, that's why. Here's the part you are not going to believe: Mike Love had nothing to do with it. Seriously, what kind of world are we living in? The whole story behind this wretched geek bait can be found at Beware of the Blog.

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Listen:
Brian Wilson - Smart Girls mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Your chaser:
The Pop Dose Guide to the Beach Boys, Pt 1 25+ songs from 1962 to 1967, linked within the text.
The Pop Dose Guide to the Beach Boys, Pt 2 30+ songs from 1967 to 1996, linked within the text.
More Beach Boys and Brian Wilson related stuff Scroll down

VU SHAKE

I was listening to an unlabeled mix yesterday, dated 10/09. The instrumental version of the Velvet Underground's "Guess I'm Falling In Love" came on. It sounded righteous. This has happened before, same song. I never have to go looking for it. Every once in a while it just pops up, as if reminding me it's time to revisit its awesomeness. I still totally dig it. I like that it sounds like the Velvets, but it doesn't sound like the Velvets. It's kind of garage, but it isn't. Without the vocals, if you hadn't heard the song before, you might not be able to tell what band it was, or even what year. If you haven't heard it before, give it a go.

There's also a link to two different versions of "Some Kinda Love" at Boogie Woogie Flu. Nice write up too. If you haven't poked around here much, there's a bunch of Velvets related stuff that's been posted in the past. Scroll down this page. A lot of the songs are still there.

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Listen:
Velvet Underground - Guess I'm Falling In Love (instrumental) mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love (Closet mix) mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu Go there to get it
Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love (Val Valentin mix) mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu Ditto
Note: No idea if the photo is the same incarnation that recorded any of these, I just dug the photo.
Visit:
Other Velvet Underground posts Scroll down

I DIG YOU BAAAY-BEEE, YUUUUUH

Marvin Rainwater died last Tuesday. Who's Marvin Rainwater? A country singer who dabbled in hillbilly, rockabilly, and, at least on one record, yodeling with a dog. He had a slightly novel delivery, particularly when he was enunciating for emphasis. Sure, he's no Hank Williams, but when his name pops up at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban, Rocky 52 and on volume two of Lux and Ivy's Favorites, you better know that there's something going on.

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Listen:
Marvin Rainwater - Hot and Cold mp3 at Rocky 52
Marvin Rainwater - Down In the Cellar mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Marvin Rainwater - I Dig You Baby mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Marvin Rainwater - The Haircut mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Marvin Rainwater - Tennessee Hound Dog Yodel mp3 at Rocky-52
Video:
Marvin Rainwater - Whole Lotta Woman at YouTube
Visit:
Marvin Rainwater at The Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Marvin Rainwater at Wikipedia

PRE-FUZZ TRAIN

It's a song you've no doubt heard more than a few times. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" has been covered by everybody; Johnny Burnette and his Rock 'n' Roll Trio, Scotty McKay, Screaming Lord Sutch, the Yardbirds, Aerosmith, and your mother. A lot of people assume that Burnette's was the original, because it is the most celebrated, due in no small part to the early use of fuzz. But the original was done by Tiny Bradshaw, and it doesn't get mentioned often, so what the hell.

Jeff Beck attempts the Burlison method

Speaking of fuzz, the fuzz on Burnette's version that is, it's the subject of wide debate by Train Kept A-holics. One story has that it was the accidental result of a loose tube in the amp of Burnette's guitarist Paul Burlison. Another version credits studio guitarist Grady Martin, who was an early fuzzianado. You can read a long debate in this post, including comments from Burlison's son. One last thing before you go: It just occurred to me that the footage in the Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow Up (above), featuring the Yardbirds playing the song in a club, may be paying homage to the Burlison version of the story, with Jeff Beck banging the shit of his amp when it starts shorting out. Remote possibility, I know, but I like the Burlison version too much not to throw that out there. 

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Listen:
Tiny Bradshaw - Train Kept A-Rollin' mp3 (via DivShare*) at On The Flip-Side
Johnny Burnette and  the Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Scotty McKay - Train Kept A-Rollin mp3 at Beware of the Blog
The Yardbirds - Train Kept A-Rollin' mp3 (via DivShare*) at On The Flip-Side
Screaming Lord Sutch - Train Kept A-Rollin' mp3 (via DivShare*) at On The Flip-Side
*Once you get to DivShare, click on the green Download" button, and scratch your head for fifteen seconds. When the button reappears, you're good to go.

SCREW 'EM

It went down something like this: Back in 1960, the GFOS pitched an instrumental record to King Records, and they said "Yeah right, get back to doing what you do". Then it was something like, "Fuggit, Nat, let me borrow your name". So the record gets released on another label under the name of his drummer, it does good, and the guys at King were going, "You know guys, we fucked up, we'll do them from here on in". Or something like that. Read the straight dope at Diddy Wah. In proper English. And nab those first two while you can. He doesn't let them linger long.

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Listen:
Nat Kendrick - Wobble Wobble Pt 1 mp3 at Diddy Wah
Nat Kendrick - Wobble Wobble Pt 2 mp3 at Diddy Wah
James Brown - James Brown's Boo-Ga Loo mp3 at Beware of the Blog 
James Brown - Jimmy Mack mp3 at Groove Addict
James Brown - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy mp3 at Groove Addict

I, ELLA IGNORAMUS

You know how to do a good cover? Totally ignore how it was originally done. Do it from sheet music if you have to. If you're a true song stylist, you can make it your own. Do it. Ella Fitzgerald could, even covering Cream and the Beatles. 

It just occurred to me. Years ago, I would have thought of these songs as square. Now I totally dig them. It's not really about getting old and boring, but the years do have a little to do with it. The longer you listen to music, the more your tastes broaden. It's that thing. You still get it. You still get some weird thrill being on the outside and sticking your toe into some unfamiliar genre for the first time. It's one of the things that nudged me into just about every type of music that I hold dear. Probably you too. So, short version: I don't know shit about Ella Fitzgerald. But I do like these songs.

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Listen:
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine of Your Love mp3 at Snuhthing Anything
Ella Fitzgerald - Savoy Truffle mp3 at Cover Me
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime mp3 at Internet Archive
Visit:
Ella Fitzgerald - A bunch more stuff at Internet Archive
Ella Fitzgerald at Wikipedia
Ella Fitzgerald Official site

HELL YEAH, I CAN LEMONADE

The story goes something like this: In the late fifties, after a string of hits on Specialty Records, Little Richard finds God, and decides to lay low. The label hurriedly switches gears, deciding to concentrate their push on Lloyd Price, who was already on their label. Wait, but what's this? Price tells them thanks but no thanks, he's leaving to start his own label. As a conciliation, he recommends his driver and former pimp, Larry Williams. Williams was brought into the studio and made the most of the opportunity. His songs are covered about five or six years later by the Beatles and the Stones. That's a pretty good career trajectory.

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Listen:
Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzie mp3 at Joe Troiano's Blog 1958
Larry Williams - Slow Down mp3 at Mercury Paradise 1958
Larry Williams - She Said Yeah mp3 at Beware of the Blog 1959
Larry Williams - Short Fat Annie mp3 at The New LoFi 1957

SONG CRUSH

Petula Clark is one of them. One of those Top 40 singers that seemed squeaky clean but, try as you may, you can't deny that they have something that makes them kind of normal cool. By that I mean, streaming out of the radio on Dad's work bench radio cool. That's where I first remember hearing "Downtown", and the fact that I didn't have rights to the radio dial, nor was I cognizant of hipper Top 40 fare at that young age, may explain my strange attraction to the song, then and now. I was not even aware that my city had a downtown. I wasn't aware that Clark was British, and I was far too young to have any sort of huzza huzza type stirrings. I guess I just liked the song. Still do. 

What started this mini-Pet relapse was an awesome cut at Probe Is Turning-On the People, Clark singing "L'Secret Agent" in French. (Yeah. It's getting all Morticia up in here.) The navigation over at the Probe site is endearingly old school. This song is "Session 450", and, as of today, the newest post on the home page, but next month you may have to scroll down. The "Sessions" are in reverse chronological and numerical order. Sometimes old school navigation is cool. You have to figure it out. That Google shit is for pussies.

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Listen:
Petula Clark - Downtown mp3 at Radio Rock Hit
Petula Clark - Coke commercial mp3 at The Podcast Place I don't like Coke, but I totally dig this.
Petula Clark - Imagine mp3 at NHAC (?)
Petula Clart - L'Secret Agent mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Video:
Petula Clark - Downtown at YouTube
Visit:
Petula Clark at Wikipedia

CHESTER ARTHUR BURNETT

All it took was one Howlin' Wolf song, and now I'm useless for the night. I'm in the middle of watching a two hour documentary on the man (the one below), so I'm ducking out early. (If you're not doing anything, check it out. So far, from what I've seen, it's really good.)

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Listen:
Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man mp3 at at Snuthing Anything
Howlin' Wolf - Wang Dang Doodle mp3 at Burning Hand
Howlin' Wolf - Evil mp3 at Snuhthing Anything
Howlin' Wolf - I Ain't Superstitious at Ticket to the Blues
Howlin' Wolf & Muddy Waters - Highway 49 mp3 at Ticket to the Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor mp3 at White Light Black Light
Howlin' Wolf - Coon on the Moon mp3 at Ticket to the Blues 
Visit:
The Unofficial Howlin' Wolf page at Perfect Sound Forever - A whole mess of articles, links, photos, and an extensive discography