Great share and a good way to start the day. My favorite in this genre is Imelda May. She was Jeff Beck's neighbor and one of his favorite singers. God rest his beautiful soul.
One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard.
Let’s remedy that right now. Here’s NRBQ on TV performing their version of the Rockabilly song "I’ve Got A Rocket In My Pocket), recorded by Jimmy Lloyd Logsdon (think he’s from the South?
) in 1958:
https://youtu.be/-d5Hdqyjj5o?si=3iELCJIsqyBfdAJc
By the way, bassist/singer/songwriter Joey Spampinato is Keith Richards’ favorite bassist. He offered him the job of replacing Bill Wyman when Bill quit The Stones, and Joey turned him down! He DID accept the job of playing in the band Keith assembled to back Chuck Berry in the live performance seen in the movie he made about him.
Pianist/singer/songwriter Terry Adams is obviously no "normal" keyboard player. Along with all the Rock ’n’ Roll guys, his influences also include the likes of Sun Ra and Thelonious Monk. A great live peformer!
And here’s the studio recording of the song by one of my favorite singers, Lou Ann Barton:
https://youtu.be/6r0cXbFGi_U?si=AGnz4fVf03y0oRex
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I guess that’s how I always think of her... BTW, the guy on the left with the white strat is a young Dave Grissom.
More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVICd7y87E&list=PLAI-4-sucob_Mm5e9yXXaiLWGRfHKl_3e&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41OUG6S0W1E&list=PLAI-4-sucob_Mm5e9yXXaiLWGRfHKl_3e&index=4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEBSFsx5r8Q&list=PLAI-4-sucob_Mm5e9yXXaiLWGRfHKl_3e&index=2 |
You guys on the East Coat make me green with envy! NRBQ came out to the West Coast infrequently.
Here they are on some TV show, being introduced by David Sanborn, who sometimes performed with them live:
https://youtu.be/p-6qGgL7kyk?si=hsHDaGtehM4DbC0u
While the band and it’s member took songwriting, singing, and musicianship seriously, they also possessed something missing from many bands: a sense of humour.
Al Anderson has made a number of mighty fine solo albums (as has Terry Adams). Here is a video of him performing live:
https://youtu.be/mBdQNL1sdeg?si=rP_r_HRvFSYVrxrQ
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