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
Today we start off with a new rocking tune by The Short Fuses from Minneapolis. Then we go to Greece and check out the new band for us Alien Mustangs. Rachel Brooke is from Michigan and we introduce her for the first time at The Little Lighthouse. Tanya Donelly, former member of Throwing Muses and Belly is back with a new project with Parkinton Sisters and she rolls out an old Paul McCartney tune for the occasion. Death Valley Girls over in LA are back with new tunes. We also introduce new music from The Budos Band.
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause I;
The Short Fuses – Baby Got Bat Wings;
Alien Mustangs – Darklands;
Faz Waltz – Rebel Kicks;
Shemekia Copeland – She Don’t Wear Pink;
Rachel Brooke – Great Mistake;
Kate Clover – Channel Zero (2020 Mix);
Nicole Atkins – In The Splinters;
Tanya Donelly – Let Me Roll It;
Death Valley Girls – I’d Rather Be Dreaming;
Fernando Perdomo – Girl With A Record Collection;
Petrified Max – Fall;
Tuff Sunshine – Move A Mountain;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause II;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Queen Bee;
The Budos Band – Gun Metal Grey 1;
The Most – Reintroduction;
Andrew Bryant – Who Am I;
Van Duren – New Year’s Eve;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause III.
We take it easy today. I haven’t heard much from Peter Blegvad in a while, so I hit a search on him. It turns out he’s been putting new songs up on an excellent podcast called Radio Free Song Club. Very nice songs and a super interesting website! Check out also Skoca’s recent podcast for more Blegvad tunes. Ty Segall very recently had an ep with the T Rex songs and now they are back with their own new long player. Paul McCartney celebrates 69th birthday with reissues of McCartney and McCartney 2 – two albums that he created in isolation full with spontaneous sound experimentations. Normals, a punk band from New Orleans receive a new polish on the reissue of their songs from their prime.
Naim Amor – Prescious Second;
Dear Thief – Hero;
The Normals – Got You Runnin’;
The Mice – Crystal Silence;
Bubblegum Lemonade – You’re Still Beautiful (When You’re Sad);
Happy Birthday – Maxine the Teenage Eskimo;
Kinks – Where Have All The Good Times Go;
Russ Tolman – There I Am;
True West – What About You;
Peter Blegvad – Golden Helmet;
Paul McCartney – Don’t Cry Baby;
Paul McCartney – Mr H Atom – You Know I’ll Get You Baby;
Exeene Cservenka – Long Time Ago;
Dead Rock West – God Help Me;
Ty Segall – Elemental Child;
Ty Segall – I Am With You;
Mega City Four – Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely.
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