Podcast 18: Vermont Edition
This weeks podcast was recorded at “The Studio” in East Burke, Vermont. The tracks included these amazing gems>>
Podcast #18: Vermont Edition
Greyboy – Bath Music ++ Hugo – 99 Problems ++ Black Keys – The Desperate Man ++ Black Crowes – Shine Along ++ David Lowery – Raise ‘Em Up ++ Doug Sahm – Juan Mendoza ++ Kellar Williams – Freshies ++ Bob Marley and The Wailers – You Can’t Blame The Youth ++ Old 97’s – Jagged ++ David Allan Coe – You Never Even Called Me By My Name ++ Wilco – Walken ++ The Wood Brothers – Pray Enough ++ Blitzen Trapper – God & Suicide ++ John Lennon – Be My Baby ++ Harry Nilsson – At My Front Door ++ Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man ++ The Gourds – LGO
Podcast 17: Music To Soothe The Soul
This weeks tracks included:
Harry Nilsson – Turn On Your Radio ++ Link Wray – Fire and Brimstone ++ Black Keys – Act Nice and Gentle ++ Ryan Adams – To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) ++ The Gourds – Cold Bed ++ David Bowie – Oh, You Pretty Things ++ Old 97’s – Crash On The Barrelhead ++ Wilco – You Are My Face ++ Jack Johnson – Badfish/Boss DJ ++ Cheers Elephant – My Bicycle Ride ++ JJ Grey and Mofro – WYLF ++ Toots and the Maytals – Time Tough ++ Avett Brothers – A Gift For Melody Lane ++ Backyard Tire Fire – Good To Be ++ Harry Nilsson – The Lottery Song ++ Rolling Stones – You Got The Silver ++ The Gourds – Tear Down The Shed
Shady Groove Podcast #16
As the snow continued to pummel Philadelphia, I slipped out of my local watering hole, shut myself in with a late night pizza, and dropped podcast 16. Enjoy.
Shady Groove Podcast #16
These are the songs on this weeks late night edition of the Groove:
Jimi Hendrix – Burning of the Midnight Lamp ++ Delaney and Bonnie – Come In My Kitchen ++ The Gourds – Hooky Junk ++ Tommy James and the Shondells – Hanky Panky ++ Carl Perkins – Everybody’s Tryin To Be My Baby ++ Black Keys – Girl Is On My Mind ++ Buddy Holly – Girl On My Mind ++ Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives ++ Harry Nilsson – Let The Good Times Roll ++ Dr. John – Let The Good Times Roll ++ Johnny Jenkins – Walk On Guilded Splinters ++ Cheers Elephant – Como Es La Vida ++ Toots and the Maytals – Louis Louis ++ Harry Nilsson – Coconut ++ Blitzen Trapper – Furr ++ The Gourds – Magnolia
Shady Groove 2010 Year In Review
Well folks, 2010 is drawing to a close and I feel the need to put a cap on this year in true blogger fashion. With a review and the all-popular “Best of” list. I preferred to make a couple of lists: Top 5 Albums of 2010, Top 5 Songs of 2010, and Top 10 Live Shows of 2010. So here we go. Shady Groove comin’ at you one last time for 2010 with a thoughful year review.
When I stopped to think of this year I thought of several ways to approach this review. How do you summarize a year? How do you summarize a year…….in music? After hours of mind expanding thought I realized that 2010, and every year for that matter, is different for everyone. Musical tastes differ. Everyone takes a different musical path to lead them to where they are. So that being the case, this is MY 2010 evolution through music. Totally and completely biased. I leave no mysteries. I write from a Philadelphia, local, folk, gourd-fan point of view. It should be said that I love the complex, the energetic, the earthy, freewheeling, playful, and the weird. Feel free to take my ideas, reply, criticize, comment, love, hate, enjoy them…..
I’ll leave you with some “Top 5” lists. There is also a SG Year in Review Podcast. Make sure to download it as well as Top 5 Songs of 2010. Giddy up.
2010 for me saw quite a revitalization of the classic soul and Motown. The funky rhythms that came from that era were fascinating me all year. I found myself diggin deep into these classic artists such as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Wilson Pickett, Arthur Conley, The Isley Brothers, James Brown, etc…As I dug deeper into soul, I also tended to dip deep into the roots of rock and roll, blues, rhythm and blues. Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly. The more I listened the more I wanted to search. The more I searched, the more I heard these classic songs consistently covered by todays artists. An artist cover of another artists song is a powerful endorsement. It is the highest praise that an artist can give another. These are the building blocks of influence on the musical culture. The songs from these artists from our past can be felt and heard in all of the music being released today. Without Chuck Berry we would have no Beatles, no Stones, no Leon Russell. Without Sam Cooke we would have no Aretha Franklin, no Otis Redding, no Isley Brothers. Without the Isley’s we’d have no Black Keys. Without Willie Nelson or Hank Williams we’d have no Shinyribs, no Mason Porter.
I found this year important to pay tribute to the greats. Also to note this year is the live music scene, which is booming in Philadelphia and New York, my usual stomping grounds. Shady Groove caught some kick ass shows this year and we hope that will continue into 2011. Look to the list below for the top 10 live shows.
Yours in Rock. Shady Groove out.
Top 5 Songs of 2010:
1. Shinyribs: If You Need the (442) — Well After Awhile
2. Joe Pug: Speak Plainly, Diana — Nation Of Heat
3. Mason Porter: Old Freight Train — Thunder In The Valley
4. The Black Keys: Tighten Up — Brothers
5. Harlem: Friendly Ghost — Hippies
Top 5 Albums of 2010:
1. Shinyribs — Well After Awhile
2. The Black Keys — Brothers
3. Sharon Jones and the Dapkings — I Learned The Hard Way
4. Mason Porter — Thunder In The Valley
5. Joe Pug — Nation of Heat
Top 10 Live Shows of 2010:
1. Hoots and Hellmouth
2. Cheers Elephant
3. The Black Keys
4. Mason Porter
5. Sharon Jones and The Dapkings
6. The Gourds/Shinyribs
7. Levon Helm
8. The Avett Brothers
9. Leon Russell
10. Joe Pug
Shady Groove Year in Review Podcast 2010:
the track listing went as follows: Booker T and the MG’s – Hang em High ++ Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven ++ Little Richard – Long Tall Sally ++ Arthur Conley – Sweet Soul Music ++ Harlem – Friendly Ghost ++ The Black Keys – Tighten Up ++ Mason Porter – Old Freight Train ++ Joe Pug – Speak Plainly, Diana ++ Shinyribs – If You Need the (442) ++ Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man ++ Belle and Sebastian – I Want the World to Stop ++ Leon Russell – Dixie Lullaby ++ Dr. John – Big Chief ++ Local Natives – Wide Eyes ++ Talking Heads – Warning Sign ++ The Avett Brothers – Salvation Song ++ Hazmat Modine – It Calls Me ++ Blitzen Trapper – Dragon’s Song ++ The Gourds – Luddite Juice ++ Joe Pug – Nation of Heat ++ Mason Porter – Hangman ++ Sharon Jones and the Dapkings – Better Things ++ The Black Keys – Howlin For You ++ Shinyribs – Shores of Galilee
Podcast #14: A Very Shady Christmas
This year, spend your Holidays listening to the best mix of Christmas music around. Straight from the shelves of the Shady Groove archives comes a smart, sophisticated, freewheeling compilation of the finest nature. We’ve compiled many of the season’s classics along with some not-so-well-known favorites of mine. Listen. Dance. Enjoy.
A Very Shady Christmas 2010: Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy ++ The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping ++ Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run ++ Clarence Carter – Backdoor Santa ++ Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis ++ Bing Crosby – Mele Kalikimaka ++ Big John Greer – We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo ++ The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick ++ Madonna – Santa Baby ++ Brenda Lee – I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus ++ Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby ++ Neil Diamond – You Make It Feel Like Christmas ++ Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ++ Paul McCartney – Wonderful Chrismastime ++ Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas ++ The Youngsters – Christmas In Jail ++ Champion Jack Dupree – Santa Claus Blues ++ Booker T and the MG’s – Jingle Bells ++ CJ Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band – Zydeco Christmas ++ John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)