This is kind of obsessive. It's a Prince freak's purpose in life, to show their favorite artist is well liked and admired by a broad spectrum of artists. This entry is pretty broad considering it's Dave Navarro, Jonesy, and CC DeVille. Here's some cool collected comments about Prince from the incredible station, Indie 103.1.
First Dave Navarro talking about the 21 Nights book release party:
I got my "Economic Stimulus Check" today. What a joke. $300 will do NOTHING to stimulate the economy. It's almost a bribe to get people to appreciate Bushie and his cronies who are off spending their 300 BILLION dollar War stimulus check in a foreign country.
Well..here's a cool little rare ditty...Junior Parker doing "Taxman" by the Beatles.
Oh..the Aimee Mann show last night was awesome. From start to finish great sons. Tremendous sound. You heard her sing every word. And the audience was a Largo crowd...there was complete silence during each song. She told a great story about how she got approached for a soundtrack..She thought "Oh..they're coming for me cause i'm the Magnolia girl"...but it was for Shrek 3.
This is gonna be a cool show..Aimee Mann at House of Blues. She has a stellar new album that's packed with great songs. Here's a couple tracks to get you psyched:
Aimee doing That's Just what You Are:
Aimee with Annie DiFranco (I can't tell U the name of the song without running the risk of getting shut down):
This was a cool find I got from Beatlefest one year. It's a vinyl album of different takes and demos that went in to the making of Strawberry Fields Forever. Before there were multitrack digital studios and ProTools, there was John Lennon and George Martin sitting there with an analog reel-to-reel and a razor blade, speeding up and slowing down and reversing the tape. Side 2 was b-sides and others. For some reason, i'm missing "Christmas Time Is Here Again", the last song on side 2. This stuff is revelatory.
Sorry, I missed yesterday. I was going to see Peter Murphy and had planned on posting this, an old Jonesy's Jukebox with Peter Murphy. Peter Murphy was supposed to be on JJ yesterday. Murphy was sick, so no new interview, so you'll just have to settle for this old one. I kindly went in and edited the commercials (they must have done them all at once during this show, because there was a 15 minute block of commercials. I also isolated 2 of the songs they played live.
Enjoy!!
This is a new RUHtf feature i'm calling Jonesy's iPod. Its been gestating for a while. I have all these cool Jonesy recordings, so i'm going to chop them up and isolate songs, whistles, various meanderings, etc.
Peter Murphy on Jonesy's Jukebox May 7, 2005
Murphy doing Space Oddity
Murphy and Jonesy doing Roxy Music's "Beauty Queen"
The English are coming! The English are coming! The English Beat, that is. They're playing locally at The Coach House June 13 and House of Blues July 27.
To prepare you, here is a review I wrote of their recent performance at The Grove: (Yes....this is my pass....though we weren't in the Alcoholics Anonymous section)
Having only three studio albums to their name, the English Beat (known as The Beat or The Beat UK overseas) did not leave much of a musical footprint in the record bins. However, their brand of Two-tone/Ska/English Reggae left a huge mark on 80’s radio and the legions of “Second wave” Ska bands that have been popping up since the early 90’s. Few have come close (see early No Doubt), but none have matched The English Beat’s brilliance due to excellent songcraft and pop sensibility, mixed in with pure Two-Tone/Ska sound. Each of their three albums could have been released as any other bands “Greatest Hits” collections. Their last album as The English Beat was released 26 years ago. The front Beat members, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, found success as General Public, while the rest backed new soul crooner Roland Gift in the more popular yet shorter lived Fine Young Cannibals. These days, there are a couple “Beat”s on the touring circuit, though the US version could be considered the more authentic, as it has the lead vocalist, Dave Wakeling. The Ranking Roger toasting spot is filled in by a very capable Antonee First Class. The UK version has Ranking Roger with his son, Ranking Junior, and is rumored to be working on new material. If you go looking for “The English Beat” on the web, you’ll find a few different websites claiming to be the “official” and original Beat. While there isn’t a large catalog to choose from, any setlist the Beat chooses from their three albums would make up a “Greatest Hits” show, since each album was deep with great songs. Unfortunately, this Beat doesn’t seem to be working any new material, as nothing new was introduced. At The Grove on Thursday, they played all the hits one would expect, including a couple General Public songs, and a few crowd/fan favorites. The band is very adept at recreating the sound and energy of the original songs. New guitarist Mike Randle (from Baby Lemonade/Love) was an excellent addition to the band’s sound, having Wakeling comment he was doing a great job his first night. People are generally apprehensive about bands touring with no new material to support. The Beat, however, never really got their due the first time around. There’s nothing wrong with cashing in on notoriety, and the Beat were always known for their dance-happy songs. The audience was filled with people of all ages. One parent was seen lugging his two four year olds. On the way up to the venue, a 20 year old waitress, when told who I was going to see, said “Oh, my grandma likes them!” The Beat have always gotten by on their great songs. There were no movies named after a song of theirs, no iPod commercial (“Hands Off She’s Mine” maybe?), or other commercial product endorsements (why Now & Later never used “Save It For Later” we’ll never know…well, except for the rumored lurid subject matter). THE Beat was far from a one hit wonder…more like a three album wonder, and playing shows like this, they shall inspire and excite generations of music fans to come.
There was first The New Yardbirds...Then Led Zeppelin.
First they were The Silver Beetles...the world now Loves them as The Beatles.
Who cared about the High Numbers? Well...they became...The Who.
Well, add to that list the relatively unknown Javatones. Who are they?? Well...you now know them as Zoey's Trip This is a tape that Deblyn (lead vox) gave me a while back, and I held on to it to "do something with". Well, seeing how this is the RUHtf blog, this is Rare, this is Unreleased, and...gosh durn it...it's Hard To Find. It's perfect timing to dig this up, as the girls just returned to the stage (captured by yours truly).
Why "The Javatones"?? Well, according to the band, the name got them booked in to EVERY coffee house from here to New York.
Thank goodness they changed the name, cause Deblyn & Connie's voices need a bigger venue.
SORRY...SOMETHING IS AWRY WITH THE MP3 EMBEDDER..SO NO AUDIO FILES WILL BE ABLE TO BE STREAMED...UNTIL THIS THIS FIGURED OUT.
UPDATE: I DID FIGURE THINGS OUT AND MUST NOW CHANGE CODE IN EACH MP3. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT NOW, EMAIL AND I WILL GET ON IT. OTHERWISE, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE.
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