Elvin Bishop - live: Struttin' His Stuff

There are a few songs than can hold up, over time, shuttling between categories.  So, based on that - where should  we place Fooled Around and Fell in Love?  Country?  Western?  (is there a difference?)  Southern Rock?  Pop blues?  Mid-'70's AM heavy rotation radio?   All of the above, I would argue.  This is a double live album.  I like the studio version of FAAFIL only slightly better, but don't have it on vinyl.  The song was prduced by Bill Szymczyk, who you will know from early Eagles, Joe Walsh, James Gang records.   Elvin Bishop - "he sure can play."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0vIoEsw4Ao&feature=fvw

Special Note:  Saturday, May 1st is National Homebrewers Day.  Make and/or drink some beer.  Jimmy Carter signed into law the legalization of at-home beer making for personal comsumption in 1979.  So, he's got that going for him; which is nice.

Back Cover of an Elton Album

This photo is the back cover of either Caribou or Rock of the Westies.  Do you know which one?

And left to right - who is on the cover?

No peeking!  And thanks too for the recent comments.  You know who you are.  Click on the title post for a little nugget called Street Kids.  Does he ever play that live?

Sammy Davis Jr. - Now.

This is the Sammy Davis Jr. album titled Now.  It is unfolded.  I have never see a record album cover like this before.  The full photo - as shown, is completely unfolded, and as such - it become four times the normal size of a regular record album cover.  I hope you can make out the scale (compared to the record covers upon which is sits) and appreciate the sheer size of it.  And below, next to Frank, is how the record cover appears - folded back up.

Sammy and Frank

Any questions?

Jackson Browne - two classic albums

Saturate Before Using (left) and The Pretender (right), his first and fourth albums.  I "saw" Jackson Browne the summer of 1979, from the lawn at Ravinia (an idylic outdoor venue in Chicago's north suburbs).  At the time - it was the largest crowd ever there.  I think Jim Gordon was drumming that evening.  And JB told the crowd he was joining The Eagles up at Alpinve Valley (WI) the next night.  Albert Lee plays on this record, I hope Lee is invited to play at Clapton's Crossroads concert this summer as he has in the past.  Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar are on the low end.  As on hundres of other records from this era and location (SoCal; 60/70's) - Henry Diltz took the cover photo.  Author Barney Hoskyns refers to The Pretender as dark and brooding - as the artist reflects on the death of wife Phyllis Major in 1976, an aftermath of the'60's record.  Browne had just finished producing Warren Zevon's debut album when he made TP.  The awesome Chuck Rainey (Aja) plays bass, and Jeff Porcaro and Jim Gordon drum; Crosby and Nash sing harmonies on the title track, and JD Souther plays on this record.  Title clip is The Fuse, first cut on TP.