So, what have you been listening to lately?

[westen44]

Here is Stevie Nicks with Sheryl Crow.


Now that I've run across this song by accident, I'm thinking this must have come before the Mack Allen Smith version.  I think a lot more stuff must happen at Walgreens than people realize. 

[westen44]

This is the first song I ever heard by the proto-Allman Brothers--then known as the Hour Glass.  I had it on 45, but I think a former bandmate ended up with it.  I wish I still had that. 

[uwe]

That's actually nice, why did they give up playing it? Great groove.

[westen44]

That's actually nice, why did they give up playing it? Great groove.

The album that was on didn't do well.  It was at a time when they were having trouble finding the right direction to move in.  The record company had pushed a producer on them who didn't like the blues rock the Allman Brothers preferred.  He wanted to push pop music on them and failed to fully appreciate how valuable Duane Allman was.  Duane got so fed up with the record company he left and went back to Alabama and Florida.  It was only when Gregg got to go back to Florida, too, that they really got things going.  This included being able to have Berry Oakley as the bassist.  According to Gregg, Berry and Duane playing together was essential for the sound the Allman Brothers really wanted.  As for the song itself, I'm not sure how the Allman Brothers felt about it.  I think I've read some stuff about this song which is inaccurate.  I hesitate to say much about it unless I'm sure. 

[Dave W]

...

That's a cover of an album cut from Homer & Jethro's 1965 album Old Crusty Minstrels.

But the original recording was a bit different, by Ruby Wright (daughter of Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright) with Pete Drake and his "talking" steel guitar. From 1964.

[westen44]

I had completely forgotten about Homer & Jethro.  I looked it up and it said they performed a skit with June Carter Cash in which they sang "Baby It's Cold Outside" with her.  But now all I can find is audio for that song.  Of course they changed the lyrics.  I'm wondering if "Baby It's Cold Outside" will still be banned this year in some places.  That's quite a radical song, a little scary.  I hope people don't keep getting corrupted by it. 

[Dave W]

Yes, people suddenly getting offended by a song that's been around for generations.

[Rob]

Yes, people suddenly getting offended by a song that's been around for generations.

Well I was a little offended by Broke my heart at Walgreens but I'm good with the rest of 'em.

[uwe]

Sigh. Even classics aren't spared.



Who wants to live in a world where one of the best rock'n'roll songs on earth is no longer allowed?

[uwe]

And what about heartfelt romantic songs?

[slinkp]

These guys are pretty good as a backing band. I never paid attention to Glen Campbell as a kid - unjustly wrote him off as "boring country" because I was young and dumb... Quite a voice, and I like the understated baritone solo.

[slinkp]

I had to go check this out after this twitter exchange - Vernon Reid and Aimee Mann are about as far apart stylistically as you can get, so if they're lined up on this, I figured it was worth a listen.
https://twitter.com/aimeemann/status/1602107403247370241

The lyrics are about as dark as it gets; very strange how light and almost chipper the tune is. It works.

[morrow]

When I first got a BassVI that was one of the first things I played.

[uwe]

I always thought Gilber O'Sullivan a very individual songwriter and vastly underrated. Thoughtful lyrics too.

[Dave W]

I always thought Gilber O'Sullivan a very individual songwriter and vastly underrated. Thoughtful lyrics too.

He's no Leo Sayer.