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Saturday Matinee – A.B. & the D., C.T.A., B.G., and Dan
Archie Bell & the Drells doin’ the “Tighten Up.” No lip synching there. Chicago Transit Authority from 1970. Chicago was a lot of funk and whiteboy soul and I loved this band before it got all...
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Saturday Matinee – Gainsbourg & Cassal, Robert Gordon, Papa Charlie Jackson &...
Serge Gainsbourg singing “Chez Les Ye-Ye.” Serge is Pee Wee Herman on sopors. He rocked, but not as much as Pierre Cassel whose shoes became glued to the floor during the video. Cassel’s son is a...
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Saturday Matinee – Tav Falco & Panther Burns, Rory Block, Don Leady & The...
Tav Falco is a punkabilly oddity who’s been around for a while. Rory Block cooks up a big batch o’ Robert Johnson and serves it hot. If I’m not mistaken, The Tailgators were a spinoff band featuring...
View ArticleSaturday Matinee – Robert “Junior” Lockwood, Robert Johnson & Eric Clapton
That’s Robert “Junior” Lockwood Jr. (1915-2006) I had no idea of Lockwood’s pedigree when he showed up at an early morning jazz appreciation class I took in college. For him, it was all about the...
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