So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

That sounds astoundingly jazzy still, like from another time.

It was from another time! That sound was heavily influenced by the popularity of Louis Jordan.

[morrow]

Jump and swing !

[Dave W]

[uwe]

It was from another time! That sound was heavily influenced by the popularity of Louis Jordan.

"Caldonioa" is already very much on the way to rock'n'roll for me, that sax sounds like a blueprint to Bill Haley & The Comets. Likewise the Wilbert Harrison Stuff (but that was also already ten years later). The Rufus Thomas track from 1950 has much more demanding jazz melodies and harmonies.

But thanks for this, Dave, I live and learn from you. I always thought Bryan Ferry



had covered a Canned Heat song



and changed the lyrics a little. Now I know that Ferry was closer to the early 60ies original than Canned Heat ever where! Which in hindsight is perhaps of little wonder, because Ferry is a connaisseur of that whole 1920-1950 era of US melting pot Jazz-, Blues- and Big Band-era influenced dance music. [BTW, the greatest and most enduring cultural gift of the US to the rest of the world, and I write that in admiration. Danke for winning WWII and bringing your wonderful music all across the planet!]



He's even recorded Roxy Music chestnuts in that style.

[Rob]

Wasn't Rufus a DJ in Memphis?

[uwe]

When DC made adult music for once, had his proper hair color back and tried to - albeit futilely - escape the Whitesnake albatross around his neck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLiN3YHV_8&list=RDI19pGETsIKY&index=2

I can never understand why a man with a lovely natural baritone such as this would want to scream his balls off in an effort to emulate Robert Plant.

[Dave W]

"Caldonioa" is already very much on the way to rock'n'roll for me, that sax sounds like a blueprint to Bill Haley & The Comets. Likewise the Wilbert Harrison Stuff (but that was also already ten years later). The Rufus Thomas track from 1950 has much more demanding jazz melodies and harmonies.

But thanks for this, Dave, I live and learn from you. I always thought Bryan Ferry

...

had covered a Canned Heat song

...
and changed the lyrics a little. Now I know that Ferry was closer to the early 60ies original than Canned Heat ever where! Which in hindsight is perhaps of little wonder, because Ferry is a connaisseur of that whole 1920-1950 era of US melting pot Jazz-, Blues- and Big Band-era influenced dance music. [BTW, the greatest and most enduring cultural gift of the US to the rest of the world, and I write that in admiration. Danke for winning WWII and bringing your wonderful music all across the planet!]

...

Let's Stick Together was Wilbert's original take. He later rewrote it to Let's Work Together. Canned Heat's cover was closer to that.

Wasn't Rufus a DJ in Memphis?

Yes, all during his recording career.

[Dave W]

Poultry in motion.

[uwe]

Poultry in motion.

Ouch! 




Talk about an audience reaction! Looks like an open air broadcast of Soul Train. With lots of Angela Davis'ses in the crowd. 

Let's Stick Together was Wilbert's original take. He later rewrote it to Let's Work Together. Canned Heat's cover was closer to that.

You're very educational today, Dave,  , dancing Black Panthers aside, my rock trivia knowledge is developing in leaps and bounds! I always thought that horn arrangement on Bryan Ferry's version - slightly sour as it sounds in a Roxy Music way - was Ferry's idea. And I always wondered why he changed "work" to "stick" in the title. Now I know that both he and Canned Heat covered the same song, albeit in different stages of development.

And then there is this, where roads don't end in Purple, they do so in Quo.

[uwe]

Ample proof how a - at the time: a little chubby - Herr Bolan and T. Rex were not just a pop band, but also a rock band (and punk progenitors). Who says the drugs don't work? 

[uwe]

And now for something completely different ...

[TBird1958]

Ample proof how a - at the time: a little chubby - Herr Bolan and T. Rex were not just a pop band, but also a rock band (and punk progenitors). Who says the drugs don't work? 

I'm always glad I got to see Marc and T. Rex here in Seattle........My youth was not entirely misspent. 

[gearHed289]

And now for something completely different ...

Well thanks for that! 

[Granny Gremlin]

Ample proof how a - at the time: a little chubby - Herr Bolan and T. Rex were not just a pop band, but also a rock band (and punk progenitors). Who says the drugs don't work? 

well, you can tell that's actually live.  I'll have what the backup singers (and soundman) are having.

[Basvarken]

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