Sadly, today we have two obituaries. We say the last goodbye to the legendary Stooges saxophone player Steve Mackay. He was also with Sonny Vincent and The Spite most recently, which is one of the hottest records this year. Also, Carey Lander, keyboardist of Camera Obscura passed away. She was only 33. We also introduce some new music from James And The Ultrasounds from Memphis, Heaters from Grand Rapids, MI, Clearance from Chicago, Andy Shauf from Canada and Kontiki Suite from England. Some of our listeners may remember our first Vinyl Junkyard editions five years ago that featured mysterious troubadour Peter Isaacson. Well, we have found him! He now goes by Clay Canfield and lives and plays music in Vermont, after some time spent apparently in Nashville and Texas where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Townes Van Zandt. Thanks to his fans who contacted us here at the Little Lighthouse and gave us this information! All the best to them and Clay/Peter.
T Shirts – Teenage Crutch;
City of Cool – Bended Knee;
James And The Ultrasounds – Letters in a Box;
Heaters – Hawaiian Holiday;
Clearance – Flowers in Apoxy;
Screaming Trees – Black Rose Way;
Mark Lanegan – Black Rose Way (Live in CLE);
Peter Isaacson – Long Way Back Home;
Peter and John Isaacson – All My Life;
Tav Falco – Doomsday Baby;
Sonny Vincent and The Spite – Silver;
Stooges – Funhouse;
Violent Femmes – I Held Her In My Arms;
Camera Obscura – Do It Again;
Andy Shauf – The Man On Stage;
Kontiki Suite – Here For You Now.
Sonny Vincent is back with no less than two new records. One is with his new band called Spite – it features also Glen Matlock, Steve Mackay and Rat Scabies – all star line up, and that’s how it sounds too. He also has a solo record called Cyanide Consomme. Great work indeed. Eamon McGrath finally gathered his three-song downloads into a full blown LP called Exile. We play a new rocking version of the title track. He also has an updated bandcamp website with a TON of great rare demos. We pick some in our show today. There’s a tribute out there to Bruce Springsteen’s album Born in the USA. We feature Trampled By Turtles from Duluth, MN. Another new band today is Zig Zags from LA. We say goodbye to Joe Cocker and Jimmy Ruffin.