Tribute to the great Richard Manuel about whom Eric Clapton said: "For me he was the true light of The Band. There was something of the holy madman about Richard. He was raw. When he sang in that high falsetto the hair on my neck would stand on end. Not many people can do that."
Great example of how songs are crafted. Henley and Frey had most of it, but key part ("I'm going back in time...go on dreaming")was written by J.D.Souther.
Written in 1945, recorded by Nat King Cole, Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, and Chet Atkins, and many others. Elvis heard Top 10 1962 version by Ketty Lester, who was from Clinton's home of Hope, Arkansas.
From 1952. Features the 21 year old Sam Cooke, but the other lead vocalist holds his own. The pictures are from the Library of Congress's Lomax Collection, photographs made in the course of sound recording expeditions carried out by John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, and Ruby Terrill Lomax, between 1934 and ca. 1950 for the Archive of American Folk-Song.
Snock, Kornbread, Jocko, all aliases of this sly musical expeditionary. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Charlie Poole, Hank Williams, Spike Jones, Slim Harpo, Groucho Marx, Captain Beefheart, there's a bit of all of these and a thousand other voices and styles. From his great 1971 LP "Armchair Boogie".
After almost 50 years, Ike Turner and Sam Phillips meet at Sun Studios to reminisce and debate the ethnic origins of Rock and Roll. From Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues 03: The Road To Memphis. Not sure when it was filmed. Phillips died in 2003.
Young and idealistic, this sounds to me like Joni coming out of herself and beginning to enjoy the freedom, and all the new sensations her amazing talent was bringing her. From her debut album, 1968, the year I was born.
Proto-punk, camp, glam, musical archaeology, heavy metal. The Dolls melded David Johansen's love of Blues/Jazz with Johnnny Thunders' buzzsaw guitar. Yes, this was covered by Axl Rose. Riffraff human beings!
![The Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke) - It Won\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/z7_v28IJ07Y/2.jpg "The Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke) - It Won\")
