Roots rock update with new music by some folks we know very well. Van Morrison has a new album, Larkin Poe and Shannon McNally have recent singles and legendary Charlie Musslewhite has a new album. Jonny Walker who used to be in Soledad Brothers has a new band called All-Seeing Eyes and we check out the new single. Sabine McCalla is a sister of Leyla McCalla and we check out her own music for the first time at the Little Lighthouse. We also have Bloodshot Bill from Montreal, The Bones of J.R. Jones from Delhi, NY and Larry McCray from Arkansas. Gianni Tbay of Roma’s Blues Against Youth has a project on his own and we check it out.
Bloodshot Bill – Talk to You
All-Seeing Eyes – Datonky Malver
All-Seeing Eyes – Somnambulance
Charlie Musselwhite – I Got to Go
Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway
Larkin Poe – If God Is A Woman
Shotgun Sawyer – The Sky is Crying
Lo-Lite – Big Cheater
Shannon McNally – You A Trap
Sabine McCalla – Could You Be Love
Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues
Carrie Lucas – What’s The Question
The Bones of J.R. Jones – Drive
Gianni Tbay – Lost And Sound
Felix – Outside Woman Blues
J.D. Short – Fighting for Dear Old Uncle Sam
Larry McCray – Try To Be A Good Man
Van Morrison – If It Wasn’t For Ray
Ray Charles – Mess Around
Today we introduce Bully, a new band from Nashville, that doesn’t sound like a Nashville band, lead by Alicia Bognano on vocals. Then we check out the Canadian duet The Pack A.D. who are back with the new record. Lydia Loveless reissued her old singles into a compilation album and we sample that today. The On And Ons from Australia are also back with the new record. Also from Australia, we have Last Leaves. Electric Six are back with the new album, and so is Van Morrison. Today’s show is dedicated to Fats Domino, who passed away on October 24th.
Last year a surprisingly uncharacteristic album came from Lydia Lunch. She and her collaborator, guitarist Cypress Grove recorded a mighty fine, moody, rock’n’roll album called appropriately A Fistful of Desert Blues. Rarely does a record title fit the sound so well. It’s a western desert blues record that can stand next to any Gun Club record and live up to it.
Lots of new stuff this time. Let’s begin first with the familiar names. We have two new songs for the two main members of The dB’s. Chris Stamey has a new album and Peter Holsapple submitted a track to the Bobby Sutliff benefit. Two friends from the old UK rock’n’roll scene, Van Morrison and Georgie Fame each recently had new records, so we check that out. Mark Lanegan also appeared on a tribute, this one was for Tim Hardin. Legendary controversial music producer and musician from New York City, Kramer, covered a whole bunch of Brill Building era songs. Of the newbies, we have Brian Lisik from Canton OH, Hot Nun from San Francisco. Veronica Falls from England have a very aggressive advertising campaign for their new record Waiting For Something To Happen, but it’s still a very nice record and we get to hear a song from it.
In today’s edition of the vinyl Junkyard we have two great albums from 1967, which was probably one of the greatest years for rock’n’roll ever. Still, you won’t hear much today about either of them. We start with Jonathan and Leigh and their record Third and Main. The title and cover allude to New York City and Greenwich Village. While the young couple Jonathan and Leigh definitely lived and played music over there at the time, they are actually from Dayton OH. The record was made for a sizable advance and put out by Vanguard Records. Some of the musicians that played on it later on helped Van Morrison to make his legendary Astral Weeks and you may notice that. But Third and Main was a flop and Jonathan and Leigh went back to Dayton, never recording anything together again. The second record in today’s edition of the Vinyl Junkyard is The Magic Garden by the vocal group The Fifth Dimension. The record is arranged, produced and composed by none other than Jimmy Webb. The record deals with some of the concerns that young adults and a little older adults had at the time. There is a lot of light drug references and other stuff that may be unexpected. Unlike Third and Main, The Magic Garden was successful in terms of sales. I think that both albums are very interesting and we should definitely pay respect to them.