So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

It's too bad that Little Willie John is almost forgotten today.

[westen44]

From Gregg Allman's final album (Southern Blood.)

[uwe]

It's too bad that Little Willie John is almost forgotten today.

You insult me, Dave! I haven't.



That Whitesnake cover is by now older than Willie's original was when Coverdale and Lord recorded their take in that chapel in 1983! Gulp. Whitesnake relegated it to being a B side for a single (which went nowhere) in 1984,



they shouldn't have, I'll never understand why. I think it could have been a hit again, in all its organ sparseness, yet glory (or could at least fitted on a soundtrack of a romantic movie). It's one of the all time great Coverdale vocal performances. When it came out, it was the first time I read the name Little Willie John as the writer's credit.

[Dave W]

Deep into one of my playlists. Several bands by this name, but these Wanna-Bees were from Finland and recorded this for Pravda Records out of Chicago in the mid 90s.

Move over, Mouth & Macneal 

[uwe]

  Lovely version of a lovely song. I wouldn't tell Mouth & MacNeal to move over, but the Fins can move in with them.

[morrow]

On a Saturday Night . Classic stuff from Stax .

... and still sounds gorgeous to me .

[uwe]

Speaking of Saturday Night songs, I always found Karla DeVito's version of this John Fogerty composition infectious and elevating:




And speaking of Meatloaf girls in general, I liked her predecessor(ess) too ...

[uwe]

Brits (and one Yank) doing something lighthearted - with a priceless seven-note musical moment at 1:26 plus a hilariously Purple history checking cartoon vid.



I like it when Gillan does 50ies/early 60ies rock'n'roll. He has the voice for it. Unlike most other white hard rock singers that usually have a strong blues influence, he's always had that rock'n'roll crooner tone in him. Being an avid Elvis/Little Richard fan left undoubtedly a mark (brilliant "stuck record groove" part at 1:42 to 2:00!)

[Dave W]

[uwe]

L-l-lovely and f-f-fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlaJY1k0dd8&list=RDDlaJY1k0dd8

[Basvarken]

wonder if Mr. Scribbleface might be a certain mr H from Frankfurt? ...

(O) well...
Are you?

[morrow]

A friend mentioned this as being a great Bass VI song , hadn't listened to it in ages . Not the greatest song , but some lovely layered guitar playing .

[uwe]

(furtively) But is it country, Dave?





(BTW, that's Roger Glover singing the first verse before Ian Gillan joins in.)

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Ouch. Now that does sound like animals were hurt in the making of this song.

To my eternal shame, I only knew this song until recently in this scarcely rewritten, drastic rip-off version of the Les Humphries Singers. Les Humphries  (the guy in the suit, mastermind/svengali of the vocal group and an ex-"British Army stationed in Germany" grunt) used a then-loophole in German royalties law according to which you got 50% if you rewrote the lyric, be it in German or English.

[Dave W]

(furtively) But is it country, Dave?

Second video is unavailable here.

Oh, too bad, it was Deep Purple's cover of it. They in turn knew it from Lonnie Donegan who had made it popular in the UK in the late 50ies.

[uwe]

Ooops, Dave, sorry, I accidentally messed up your posting - I modified rather than quoted. Forgive me, please reinstate yours.