httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxX6pYrvGy4
Montreux, 1976
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxX6pYrvGy4
Montreux, 1976
As CH week winds down, I thought I'd post one last twin spin, a tribute to the three great foundations of American music - Jazz, Country, and the Blues. "Let's give it to them in black & white."
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMdz1ejFnp8
From The Johnny Cash Show, 28 October 1970.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKsva_kojo
This week's fungo comes to you via sean's link in the CoC:
Another year, another piece about Twins hitters complaining about Target Field's dimensions. Fine, guys, we get the point: you don't like the challenge of scoring runs in a ballpark which might actually allow you to field a competitive team. Mr. Pohlad, tear down this ballpark!
In its place, the Citizens of the WGOM will build you a new ballpark in which you can play a child's game for boo-coo bucks. The only hitch is, we get to pick a ballpark from baseball's past - whether it's a defunct major league park, a current or former minor league park, or a park from the Japanese league, it doesn't matter - and that will be your new home ballpark. We will magically insert it into the warehouse district (and magically make the Multifoods Tower/33 South Sixth invisible). After that, it's up to you and the front office to figure out how to win there (for the sake of things, we'll assume the Twins can figure out how leverage their "new" home to make enough money to win in an old ballpark like Fenway or Wrigley).
Gentlemen, your nominations, please.
One of my two favorite Jazz groups active right now.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJoKFgWhOs
This is a pretty wild cut, so if you'd like somethig a little more traditional, check out the official video for "Summer Goddess" below the fold, which has some incredible solos and really tight group work. Continue reading Soil & “PIMP” Sessions – Tokyo Jazz 2007
Like great brass? Rocking violin solos? Relentless guitars? A tight rhythm section? Belted vocals? This track's got it all, ladled on nice and thick.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZKxXEKdBj0
Looking for seconds? Make the jump for El Picador. Continue reading Calexico & Mariachi Luz de Luna – El Cascabel + El Picador
Thanks to suddenly disabled embedding on my original video, The Band performing "The Weight" with The Staple Singers (check out the performance on YouTube anyway, it's really great), I've called an audible. Check out the great Buddy Cage pedal steel solo on this NRPS cut. CCR also did a great cover of this song on their Mardi Gras album, which was released the same year as this cover was released on Powerglide, the second New Riders album. I'm guessing this video was probably a recording of a live performance in support of that new album.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oItMfsNNpYw
Check it out: Rick Danko's playing a fretless Ampeg bass in this cut, and for some reason he looks (and sounds?) like Dennis Hopper when he's singing his solo. The solos from Mavis and Pops are treasures. From The Last Waltz concert, filmed by Martin Scorsese.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-w9OclUnns
My expression of fraternal esteem to everyone here at the WGOM. In song form, of course.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me5TNc9BuJQ
Make the jump for "Prime Numbers," which is sort of like musical Number Munchers, but in a song about ladies' measurements monogamy vs. polyamory . Continue reading The Two Man Gentlemen Band – Fancy Beer + Prime Numbers
Well, alright! 50,000 watts of CH Week coming at you, from Monday to Sunday, right here on WGOM!
The power of Hank's voice still resonates nearly sixty years later. From his second appearance on The Kate Smith Evening Hour, 23 April 1952.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usxi3mk1k3g
Make the jump to hear Hank sing "I Saw the Light" with The Carter Family. Continue reading Hank Williams – Cold, Cold Heart + I Saw the Light
This week's question is pretty simple:
If your baseball skills had been good enough to get you to the majors, who would be your number one comparable player on your baseball-reference page? In other words, which actual major leaguer's style of play and skills most closely resemble the ideal version of your own when you played? And what number is on your jersey?
What does the WGOM's roster look like?