Today we feature the new music for the long time rock legends Meat Puppets who have a new album Rat Farm. Our old friends from Australia, City of Cool have a new single and we pick one song in a string of demos by a musician from Šabac, Marko Artuković. Shannon McNally has a new album called Small Town Talk, which is a very nice tribute to late great Bobby Charles. Dirtmusic is also back with a new song. New band today James And The Ultrasounds from Memphis.
We also say goodbye to three musicians today. Ed Cassidy from Spirit passed away in December last year, but I only recently found out about that. Rick Huxley from Dave Clark Five passed away last month. But, perhaps the most devastating loss that we cover today is death of Ted Flynn, a guitar player from Cleveland who passed away last week at a very young age from a bad asthma attack.
Spirit – Mr. Skin;
Michael Tarbox – Hey Mr Starlight;
James And The Ultrasounds – Apocalyptic Love;
John Paul Keith – The Last Last Call;
Bobby Charles – Street People;
Shannon McNally – Street People;
Gram Parsons – I Can’t Dance;
Natural Child – I Can’t Dance (Live in CLE);
City of Cool – Listening Wind;
Meat Puppets – Original One;
Meat Puppets – Bad Love;
Marko Artuković – Neka;
Nude Beach – Walkin’ Down My Street;
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band – Shirley Darling;
Scarcity of Tanks – Head of Electrons;
Spirit – Coral;
The Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over;
Dirtmusic – Fitzcarraldo.
Today we say goodbye to the rock’n’roll pioneer Bobby Charles who died on January 14. Bobby Charles is one of those authors that kick-started the entire rock’n’roll, the way we know it today. After Bill Haley with his Comets recorded Bobby’s See You Later Alligator rock’n’roll ghost was out of the bottle forever. In 1972, Bobby Charles resurfaced and recorded a masterpiece record with Rick Danko and The Band. Songs that Bobby wrote will stay forever. This show is dedicated to him. We also presented some new records here at The Little Lighthouse. Miro Kusacic of Messerschmitt is back with a new band Junkers 5, fronted by the new name on the scene – Elizabeta Petric. Sarah Borges covered Clive Gregson’s Yesterday’s Love and Javier Escovedo had a really great new record in 2008, but for some reason, it fell through the cracks and I only got a chance to hear it now. It’s called City Lights and it’s truly exceptional.