Album of the Week - 10-22-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week there are some pretty diverse selections for you. There's blues by Brownie & Sonny (with Earl Hooker), Johnny Jenkins and a compilation album with a bunch of great bluesmen on it. There's Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall and blues rock by John Kay & Sparrow (an early forerunner of Steppenwolf). For some real diversity, there's Richard & Linda Thompson and an album by a bunch of sidemen called The Section.

Enjoy!

Here 'tis:

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker - I Couldn't Believe My Eyes

Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute!

Blue Rocks

Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall

John Kay & The Sparrow

Richard & Linda Thompson - Sunnyvista

The Section

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Brownie McGhee

Sonny Terry

Earl Hooker

Johnny Jenkins

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Comments

Submitted by JtC on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 9:09pm

It's amazing...

how much your album collection mirrors mine.

Get out of my head, Joe!

Submitted by janis b on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 4:08am

Thank you joe

I especially enjoyed The Section. Their jazz is such a familiar and appealing sound, but I don’t remember them specifically. Every piece of the album was super.

Submitted by MichaelSF on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 1:13pm

The John Kay and The Sparrow

The John Kay and The Sparrow track had a bit of a Bob Dylan sound to it. I like Steppenwolf so thanks for the steer to the earlier group.

Submitted by QMS on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 4:34pm

The Thompson's were always fun for me

Their song about a son gone from the war was quite moving.
I forget the name of that one ..

edit - found one similar ..

[video:https://youtu.be/NrwPeq9o0c4]

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Submitted by JtC on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 4:29pm

Here's my favorite Richard Thompson tune...

@QMS

And my favorite cover of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning:

Submitted by QMS on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 4:58pm

The Most Expensive Motorcycle In The World

@JtC

Vincent Black Lightning

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question everything

Submitted by usefewersyllables on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 9:08am

Hunter S. Thompson

@QMS

LOVED the Vincent Black Shadow, and wrote of it often. Selected passages are located here, for the interested student... I don't know that he ever experienced the Lightning, but it would have been a hoot if he had!

He is sadly missed. I would give my left nut to find out his views on our current situation,

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Twice bitten, permanently shy.

Submitted by QMS on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 6:33pm

Jay Leno collects these old brit bikes

@usefewersyllables

has quite few in running condition. I went with the Triumph Trident. 3 cylinders, 3 carbs. Never found the top end of that machine. Hot bike. BSA and Norton had a few good ones out there too
(early 70's). Remember this biker chick approached me in Phoenix, with a sorta good look :
So you ride english? (In reference to the old style of riding side saddle for ladies in dresses).
She was a harley type. I just smiled.