"Train Kept Rollin'" The Yardbirds
Tune of the Day
"Blue Rondo a la Turk" on the Two Generations of Brubeck album. Wow.
There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8? I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes. This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it. Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too. It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it.
You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All". And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".
For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.
Anyway, that's my two cents today.
There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8? I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes. This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it. Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too. It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it.
You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All". And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".
For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.
Anyway, that's my two cents today.
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Great song slaw! Every band in San Jose did that song in 1965-6, including The Chocolate Watchband, seen in the Roger Corman movie Riot On Sunset Strip. The Yardbirds' version is great, but try and give a listen to the 1957 version by The Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Johnny Burnette, his brother Dorsey, and guitar-legend Paul Burlinson). Jeff beck is a big Paul Burlinson fan, which Is how The Yardbirds came to cover the song. The Trio's version is quite a bit "tougher"; they were American juvenile delinquents, The Yardbirds British "dandies" ;-) . |
Keller Williams "Moving Sidewalk"
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