Album of the Week - 10-22-22

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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how much your album collection mirrors mine.

Get out of my head, Joe!

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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.

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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.

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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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@QMS

And my favorite cover of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning:

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@JtC

Vincent Black Lightning

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@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.

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@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. Wink

https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-leno-motorcycles-2018021...

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christ my memory is in escape mode .. ya lose so many

I thought Linda's voice was backing in some version or another

[video:https://youtu.be/Qd3vsmWhYWI]

a rainy Sunday, fire in the wood stove, chicken in the oven

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