thank you for the Dinah Washington rec. I totally had the same impression of her as you did, all polished like Dionne Warwick (may also have conflated her with Dinah Shore—such was my ignorance until just now)
Queued up a 75 min compilation Blues, Soul, and Ballads.
HOLY SHIT this is good.
and FWIW, Tedeschi Trucks Band would do a BANGER cover of “Soulville.” And I’d love to hear Susan Tedeschi and/or Alecia Chakour on “A Stranger on Earth”
exactly! grateful you raised the point in exactly the manner you did because it hit home for me 100 fucking percent. And now I have a whole new rabbit hole to go down
Holy shit, Scott. One of my favorite Stockton Mexican restaurant haunts in the 1970s and ‘80s had “Dónde Estás Yolanda” by Sonora Santanera on its jukebox, and once when I was there late at night, someone played that fucking song at least 10 times in a row. It certainly got cemented into my memory.
With you on the Dead, and “Wake of the Flood” has been my go-to Dead album lately. If you grew up in northern California, no matter how punk rock you think you might be, there’s probably a warm spot for the Dead in you somewhere.
CCR, Steve Miller, Sly & the Family Stone, and the Dead are NorCal 70s summer soundtracks! Right now I am on Wake..., but usually American Beauty pulls me back in. Some might scoff that it is "too popular" but it is for a reason.
thank you for the Dinah Washington rec. I totally had the same impression of her as you did, all polished like Dionne Warwick (may also have conflated her with Dinah Shore—such was my ignorance until just now)
Queued up a 75 min compilation Blues, Soul, and Ballads.
HOLY SHIT this is good.
and FWIW, Tedeschi Trucks Band would do a BANGER cover of “Soulville.” And I’d love to hear Susan Tedeschi and/or Alecia Chakour on “A Stranger on Earth”
The upside to temporary ignorance due to youthful reaction is that when you get older and start playing catch up you find some pretty great shit!
exactly! grateful you raised the point in exactly the manner you did because it hit home for me 100 fucking percent. And now I have a whole new rabbit hole to go down
Holy shit, Scott. One of my favorite Stockton Mexican restaurant haunts in the 1970s and ‘80s had “Dónde Estás Yolanda” by Sonora Santanera on its jukebox, and once when I was there late at night, someone played that fucking song at least 10 times in a row. It certainly got cemented into my memory.
With you on the Dead, and “Wake of the Flood” has been my go-to Dead album lately. If you grew up in northern California, no matter how punk rock you think you might be, there’s probably a warm spot for the Dead in you somewhere.
CCR, Steve Miller, Sly & the Family Stone, and the Dead are NorCal 70s summer soundtracks! Right now I am on Wake..., but usually American Beauty pulls me back in. Some might scoff that it is "too popular" but it is for a reason.
For Syd Barrett drumming, Jerry Shirley makes a mark on “Maisie”, on Barrett.