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NEW RIDERS OF THE RISING SUN
Formed in 1969, the New Riders of the Purple Sage was initially envisaged as a part-time spin-off from the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia (pedal steel guitar), Phil Lesh (bass) and Mickey Hart (drums)...
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FISH STORIES
Off to a slow start here. The holidays bogged me down a bit but alas we are back for another year. I decided to revisit this post from a couple of years ago. I updated the songs included and added 9...
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THREE BLIND MICE
Max Romeo & the Upsetters. Reggae rendition of an old English nursery rhyme changing the lyrics to tell the story of a police raid on a local party. Max Romeo ( 22 November 1944, St. D'Acre, St....
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MOON TUNES
A Full Moon Consort was a band in the St. Louis area in the 1970s. When their album was released it was reported (on KSHE Radio) to be the best selling album in the St. Louis area. They have been...
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OCTOPUS
Syd Barrett - OctopusRoger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English musician, composer, singer, songwriter and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd,...
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IOWA POWER TRIO
Truth and Janey was an American rock band from Iowa.It took its name from Jeff Beck's Truth album and member Billy Janey's last name. The group was influenced by such power trios as Cream and The Jimi...
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DANCING MADLY BACKWARDS
Venus RetrogradeA retrograde planet means it looks like it's going backwards in the sky for a time, although this is physically based on an optical illusion. A nice collection of progressive rock tunes...
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A SOUVENIR OF LONDON
Procol Harum are an English rock band formed in 1967. They contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 hit single "A...
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ALEXANDER'S GRAPE APPLE PIE
There is nothing new about the music on this post. I pulled it from You Tube a while back/ It is a revisit of Grape songs by Alexander Mosley. I am making an assumption here that Alexander is related...
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MISSION: INSTRA MENTAL
Universal Mind Decoder - The Byrds01 green onions - booker t & the mg's02 the new breed = ike turner03 stranger on the shore - acker bilk04 sleeepwalk - santo & johnny05 seregetti - grateful...
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TURTLE DRAGON
Umbassa And The Dragon - The TurtlesProclaimed by many as one of the worst recordings ever made,the Turtles preceded to release this little ditty as the B-side on the "Sound Asleep" 45 rpm. this...
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HANG 24
Malibou Babylon - Blue Stingrays The Blue Stingrays were a late 1990s rock band that played surf rock, incorporating some country and western elements, with an overall Hawaiian atmosphere. The band...
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SALTOSAURUS
The DinosaursSalt Air PavilionSalt Lake Utah09-17-83John CipollinaPeter AlbinRobert HunterBarry MeltonSpencer DrydenGuest appearance by:David LaFlamme01 Who Makes The Moves?02 Slack String Quartet03...
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ALTERNATIVE GRAPE
As is well known a lot of Moby Grape's performances were done in alternative names mostly because of the legal issues the band had with Katz. Here is a later show but I really have very little on the...
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THAT EXTRA DAY
Here are some tunes for the past week that seems to have been unusually long for some reason!01 sunday sunny mill valley groove day - sir douglas quintet02 monday monday - mamas and papas03 tuesday...
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FRANK'S AUNTIE
Electric Aunt Jemima - Mothers Of Invention from The Uncle Meat LPThe inspiration for Aunt Jemima was Billy Kersands' American-style minstrelsy/vaudeville song "Old Aunt Jemima", written in 1875. The...
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HOW COULD I BE SUCH A FOOL?
I can think of no one better to serve up for the "No Commercial Potential" holiday of Valentine's Day. Frank gives us some of his doo wop roots and influence here with the Mother's. Enjoy your...
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JUST A HEARTBEAT AWAY
I had very polite request for a re-up on this one and since it has the "heart"beat title I said sure that 'll be a go for V day As most of you probably know already I get a lot of music from around the...
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HEART ATTACK
This post in remembrance of Ruby Starr01 be my baby - ruby starr02 love is all around - troggs03 love the one your with - steve stills04 younger girl - critters05 if you and i could be as two - them06...
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