John Mayall was one of the musicians I had a deepest respect for. He had a career that spanned 60 years and he was always relevant. He had a nose and ear for talent and the list of names that passed through his Bluesbreakers is nothing short of impressive. From his blues laments, through concept albums about his youth and life, fantastic live albums, incredible Memphis and New Orleans albums all the way to his last album which found it’s way to our year end list, John never released a dud. And he worked virtually until his last year. John Mayall leaves a deep void behind. John Mayall not only left a mark on rock’n’roll and blues. He is a thread in this fabric without which it just wouldn’t hold together the same way. This is an hour long tribute to Mayall and it contains music only from the first 10 years of his career. Other 50 years were sparser with releases, but always strong. Checking out what’s new with Mayall was always exciting and now all we can do is admire his legacy.
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Rubber Duck
John Mayall – When I’m Gone
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – I’m Your Witch Doctor
John Mayall – Burn Out Yout Blind Eyes
John Mayall – Mr James
John Mayall – Doreen
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Little Girl
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – It’s Over
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – The Death of JB Lenoir
John Mayall – Don’t Kick Me
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Bare Wires Suite Pt 1
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Vacation
John Mayall – Room To Move
John Mayall – Don’t Pick A Flower
John Mayall – Took The Car
John Mayall – Travelling
John Mayall – Back From Korea
John Mayall – Mess Around
John Mayall – Worried Mind
Newest in roots rock and among the singer songwriters today with new music from Nicolette Larson and the Nobodies, Emily Nenni from Nashville, Heather Little from Texas and Lyn Drury from New Orleans. Dawn Landes from Chapel Hill is back with new tunes. Nashville 90s legend Kim Richey is also back with a new record. Hello Darlings is is from Canada and they are fronted by a Romani singer Candace Lacina. Mavericks are collaborating with Maggie Rose on a new tune and we close things off today with the one and only Willie Nelson and a track from his latest album.
Rosali – Rewind
Nicolette & The Nobodies – Don’t You Dare
Kim Richey – Floating On The Surface
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said
Bella White – Numbers
Ruth Moody – Seventeen
Emily Nenni – Get To Know Ya
Hannah Kaminer – Irene (It’s a big old world)
Son Volt – What About Tomorrow
Heather Little – Five Deer County
Lynn Drury – Fade
Jenny Don’t and the Spurs – My Baby’s Gone
Range Rats – Fast Freight Train
Dawn Landes – One Hundred Years (1852)
The Hello Darlings – What Is A Broken Heart For
Colin Cutler – Save Your Life and Drive
Murlocs – Initiative
The Mavericks -. Look Around You (with Maggie Rose)
Willie Nelson – how much does it cost
Dean Owens – How The West Was Stolen
Today we start off with a small tribute to one of the greatest: Steve Albini. He passed away on May 7th and a new posthumous Shellac album followed just days after the tragic event. We also check out new music by Las Nubes from Florida, Glitter Wizard from San Francisco, The Anti-Queens from Tornoto, Gone as Gone from Canada, Stonebride from Croatia Handsome Jack from Buffalo and Custody from Finland.
Big Black – Passing complexion
Shellac – Chick New Wave
Las Nubes – Pesada
Rapeman – Up Beat
Pink Mexico – Swear Words
Glitter Wizard – Motorider
The Anti-Queens – Bulldozer
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
Street Panther – Heathen
Good As Gone – The Ticket
Stonebride – In Presence
Appalooza – Killing Maria
Motorpsycho – Young Man Blues
Custody – Hollow Times
Handsome Jack – It’s Understood
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant – Please Read The Letter
If you like round numbers, then you should be excited that this is the 800th episode of “shortened” Little Lighthouse, since I moved to Ohio. If you add over 200 episodes from Utah and Louisiana, we’re way pass 1000 episodes. Other than that, we give you another average Little Lighthouse show (which is way beyond anything in the podcast universe). We start off with veterans: Paul Weller and Richard Thompson. Another veteran is our good friend Mike Watt, who has a new album with his Italian friends Stefano Pilia and Paolo Mongardi. We also have new tunes by John Larson from Providence, Lava Fangs from Melgourne, Sticker Clun from Sydney, Magic Fig from San Francisco and Street Panther from Montreal. A special treat is a great new singer, debuting at The Little Lighthouse, Grace Cummings from Melbourne.
Paul Weller – All The Pictures On The Wall [Demo]
Paul Weller – jumble queen
Richard Thompson – The Fear Never Leaves You
Richard and Linda Thompson – Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
Fernando Perdomo – The Silent Sun
John Larson and The Silver Fields – Don’t Look Too Fast
Lava Fangs – Photograph
Daniel Romano – Where’s paradise_
Mike Watt – Piss-Bottle Man
If Sogno Del Marinaio – Purple, Orange, Green + Yellow
The Sticker Club – Way Up High
Motorpsycho – Hey, Jane
The Loons – Daffodils Or Despair
Magic Fig – Goodbye Suzy
Grace Cummings – Ramona
Doris Troy – A School For Fools
The Stems – Leave You Way Behind
Lucius – Hey, Doreen (The New Recording)
Street Panther – Aggro
Gyasi – Cheap High
The Rolling Stones visited Cleveland for the last time on June 15th this year, so we’re doing a small tribute to the greatest band in the world. Not much else to add here! Enjoy!
The Rolling Stones – I Wanna Be Your Man
The Rolling Stones – Fortune Teller
Idoli – Hajde!
Partibrejkers – Stoj Johnny
Elektricni Orgazam – Bejbe ti nisi tu
Lado Leskovar – To ni za me zadoscenje
Elvis J. Kurtovich and his Meteors – Da bog da crk’o Rokenrol
Elvis J. Kurtovich and his Meteors – Bascharshy Hanumen
Elektricni Orgazam – Citadel
VIS Mladi – Mona
Siluete – Uzmi ili ostavi
Zona B – As Tears Go By
Zlatni Akordi – Ostajes sama
Prele – Necu da se predam
Azra – Zadovoljstina
Legija – Odlazi dusa moja
Don Mentony Band – Mrtve roze
Laibach – Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones – Poison Ivy
Today we have a long list of exciting new music. Helios Creed from California has a new album. We introduce Omni from Atlanta GA, who recently had a really good show in Cleveland. They have a collaboration with Automatic, lead by charismatic Izzy Glaudini. We check out Drin from Cincinnati, Everything Else from Liverpool, Nass Zuruck from LA, The Amazing, Vaguess from LA, a ten piece band Velociprator from Australia and Uranium Club from Minneapolis.
A Place to Bury Strangers reissue an older single and we check it out.
Motorpsycho – Sterling Says
Helios Creed – The Descent
Omni & Izzy Glaudini – Plastic Pyramid
Automatic – On the Edge
Suitor – Waitress
The Drin – Venom
A Place To Bury Strangers – Change Your God
Ty Segall – Reflections
Alicja-Pop – I’m Here I’m There
Everything Else – Uncertain
Nass zuruck – Believe
David Nance – Tergiverstation
Milk Lines – Crib Death
The Amazing – I Think I Found a Way
Vaguess – Cease To Grieve
Descartes a Kant – The Mess We’ve Made
Leigh Gregory – Hit the Brakes
Velociraptor – Timebong
Uranium Club – Game Show
Paraf – Platno siroko
One more hard rock review today with new tunes by Obsessed, Pink Mexico and Sunwatchers. Plus introducing Puck from Turkey, Tidal Wave from Sweden, Ritual King from UK, Carlton Melton from San Francisco and Colour Haze from Germany.
The Obsessed – Be the Night (Demo)
The Obsessed – Jailine
Puck – Shukuchi
Curse the Son – Effigy
Tidal Wave – Manuscript 512
Pink Mexico – swear words
Transit Method – Another Wasted Life
Ritual King – Words Divide
Carlton Melton – Cloudstorming
Nothing Behind – Sun Crow
Colour Haze – Goldmine
Sunwatchers – World People
Shotgun Sawyer – Ain’t Trying to Go Down Slow
Today Little Lighthouse turns into little mortuary. We say goodbye to several great rock musicians who all passed away recently. Guitarist of MC5, Wayne Kramer passed away of pancreatic cancer on February 2nd. Singer of Jeff Beck Group, The Gass and Hummingbird, Bobby Tench passed away on February 19th. Denny Laine who was a founding member of The Moody Blues and played with Paul McCartney in Wings passed away on December 5th last year. Dex Romweber of Flat Duo Jets passed away on Februay 16h. Mojo Nixon died on February 7th. Scott Kempner who was in Dictators, Del Lords and Brandos passed away on November 29th last year. The last one we pay tribute to this time is Melanie, who passed away on January 23rd.
MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
Wayne Kramer – Danground Madness
MC5 – Teenage Lust
MC5 – Miss X
The Jeff Beck Group – Highway
The Jeff Beck Group – Going Down
The Gass – Black Velvet
The Moody Blues – And My Baby’s Gone
Wings – Again and Again And Again
Paul McCartney and The Wings – No Words
The Flat Duo Jets – Wild Trip
The Flat Duo Jets – Rock House
The Flat Duo Jets – Stalkin
Mojo Nixon And Skid Roper – Burn Down The Malls
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper – Amsterdam Dog Shit Blues
Mojo Nixon – Girlfriend in a Coma
The Del-Lords – True Love
The Del-Lords – Mercenary
The Del-Lords – Cheyenne
Melanie – Maybe Not For A Lifetime
Melanie – Don’t Wait By The Water
Blues and roots rock special today with new music from Ghalia Volt from Belgium, Matt walker from Australia, Spoon from Texas, Ida Mae and Rob Clarke from UK, Jason Ricci from New Orleans. Plus, Robert Filney and Gabe Carter appear on Dan Auerbach’s contemporary blues rock compilation. Plus, legendary Bobby Rush is back on tour and with the new album too.
Buddy and Julie Miller – I Been Around
Ghalia Volt – Every Cloud
Matt Walker – All By Myself
King Khan – Hot Dog For Melvin
Spoon – She’s Fine, She’s Mine
Bobby Rush – Running In And Out
Fred Davis – Wine Hop
Gabe Carter – Buffalo Road
Robert Finley – Miss Kitty
GA-20 – Jolene
Ida Mae – American Cars
Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind – 5-10-15
Joe Simon – Drowning In the Sea of Love
Rob Clarke – She’s A Mean
Mark Lanegan with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Go Tell The Mountain
Little Sister – Stanga
Loud and heavy rocking episode today with new music from J Mascis’ Heavy Blanket and San Francisco band Older Sun. Lydia Lunch is here with a cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs. We introduce two bands from Melbourne AU: Cable Ties and Civic. Also, new for us are Märvel from Sweden and Blue Heron from Albuquerque, NM. Towards the end of the show, we pay a tribute to Van Conner, bass player of Screaming Trees who passed away on January 17th this year. He was only 55.
Sisteria – Om-Yes
Civic – Born in the Heat
MÄRVEL – All For The Glory
Stack Waddy – Rosalyn
Heavy Blanket – Crushed
Older Sun – Misty Mountains
The Deviants – Broken Biscuits
Blue Heron – Push the Sky
Lydia Lunch – War Pigs
The Mark Of Cain – Visions Of Love
Predatür – Take A Walk
Cable Ties – Perfect Client
Screaming Trees – Julie Paradise
Solomon Grundy – My Mind
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