Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Jack's mom, and other ten year anniversary Third Man Records highlights
A short vid from Third Man showing the bands I missed by not getting tickets to the tenth anniversary bash.
Monday, April 08, 2019
Jo Ann Kelly, Black Rat Swing (free download)
They are worth a listen, and maybe even a download. (These are different from the tracks on Black Rat Swing, of which I have the CD.) For anyone unfamiliar with Jo Ann Kelly, DO NOT LOOK AT HER PICTURE, and just assume she wasn't a schoolteacher from Kent or Sussex or wherever it was, and work under the assumption she was someone who genuinely worried about the levees breaking or how to get to Chicago.
Like most blues singers, her early ones are raw and unfiltered and the later ones are shiny and polished and unremarkable. Though, of course, since she was a schoolteacher from Kent or Sussex or somewhere - oh, I wasn't going to mention that - the early ones probably required more artifice than the later ones. But whatever "authenticity" means, Jo Ann Kelly had it in large quantities. She was a huge figure in the British Blues Boom, and it's sad she was not around longer.
Download here: archive org Jo Ann Kelly
Download here: archive org Jo Ann Kelly
The Raconteurs live at Third Man Records' tenth anniversary bash, April 6th - Tour dates
The Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler and Little Jack Lawrence) came out with a bang to celebrate Third Man Records' tenth birthday and the release of their first album in ten years.
The "ultra" tickets to the show were offered through the Third Man subscription service, the Vault, and needless to say although I joined the online queue in time, I didn't get any, being 1081st in line. Pretty popular band. (Although I think the goodie bag, containing things like test pressings and other collectible tat also enticed a fair few of the sign ups. Along with the rare opportunity to see legendary bands like The Gories and The Soledad Brothers.)
Anyway, I wasn't there on April 6th, but surprisingly for a Jack White show, cameras were allowed, and so there are videos.
Youtube user VideoGremmie uploaded the videos below.
Consolers of the Lonely, with the Racs introduced by Jack's mum
Old Enough
Excellent version of the southern gothic tale Carolina Drama
The tour de force Blue Veins
A cover of the Go track, Trash, along with the Racs' new album cover of Donovan's Hey Gyp
There's at least one video of the whole set floating around and if it goes public, I'll put it here.
Meanwhile, tickets for the Raconteurs' north American shows go on sale tomorrow.
The "ultra" tickets to the show were offered through the Third Man subscription service, the Vault, and needless to say although I joined the online queue in time, I didn't get any, being 1081st in line. Pretty popular band. (Although I think the goodie bag, containing things like test pressings and other collectible tat also enticed a fair few of the sign ups. Along with the rare opportunity to see legendary bands like The Gories and The Soledad Brothers.)
Anyway, I wasn't there on April 6th, but surprisingly for a Jack White show, cameras were allowed, and so there are videos.
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| set list photo by Amanda |
Youtube user VideoGremmie uploaded the videos below.
Consolers of the Lonely, with the Racs introduced by Jack's mum
Old Enough
Excellent version of the southern gothic tale Carolina Drama
The tour de force Blue Veins
A cover of the Go track, Trash, along with the Racs' new album cover of Donovan's Hey Gyp
There's at least one video of the whole set floating around and if it goes public, I'll put it here.
Meanwhile, tickets for the Raconteurs' north American shows go on sale tomorrow.
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