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Charles Brown was a hugely popular blues artist in the 1940s and early 1950s. Not that many people remember him today. He had a distinctive vocal style, loose and easy on the more mellow side, and he wrote great songs.
The first two tracks here were huge hits, the third is lesser known but one I like a lot.
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Afroman got raided for narcotics and kid napping so he made a song from the footage haha
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Chick and his orchestra prior to him “discovering” Ella Fitzgerald. They were the house band at The Savoy Club in NYC. The Savoy had a revolving bandstand, where virtually every weekend there would be a battle of the bands. Webb’s band won the vast majority of the time. The visiting band would, of course, play first. Chick Webb was audacious. Sometimes his band would play the exact same song after the visitor’s had played it, generally blowing them out of the water. His was a smokin’ great big band!
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This release if from Bear’s Sonic Journals, live recordings made by Stan Owsley, aka Bear, in the mid-to-late 1960s and early 1970. These recordings are fucking amazing given the time they were made. If you are unfamiliar with him, Bear made KICKASS LSD and, more importantly perhaps here, he was the Grateful Dead’s sound man and made fabulous recordings. The guy was fucking genius when it came to making both acid and recordings.
This, and the other “Journals” recordings are released by the OSF, the Owsley Stanley Foundation. I encourage you to support their work by purchasing their releases, tee shirts, mugs, etc. They’re a 501c3 non-profit.
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Progressive heads, here is mix tape from US DJ and producer Lane 8. He puts these together every 3-4 months, with 3 hours of tracks mixed through.
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Happy Birthday to me… 56 revolutions around the sun.
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Heyyy happy birthday to you! I hope this is your best year yet!
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