Fats Domino

Album of the Week 8-31-24

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 08/31/2024 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

We've got a bunch of great stuff from New Orleans this week, starting off with Champion Jack Dupree (with Mickey Baker on guitar and Hal Singer on sax) and followed up by a great compilation of stuff, some from names you probably know and other stuff not, all of which is worth a listen. After that we've got an album from Aretha Franklin - some of it is a little schmaltzy, but the rest of it is solid r&b.

After that, it's on to George Thorogood, Blue Cheer, an EP from Dr. Feelgood and J.J. Cale's best album. We finish off with an album from Dutch prog-rockers Focus (with guitarist Jan Akkerman, who's about the same calibre as Jeff Beck).

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

OT for Feb 4 about Feb 3

Submitted by Shahryar on Thu, 02/04/2016 - 6:00am

As I write this it's "yesterday", Feb. 3rd, the anniversary of that plane crash in 1959. I had sort of vaguely heard Buddy Holly while he was alive but after the disaster his music was played a lot. With that extra airplay I became a wild full-fledged fan. I took my allowance (saved up over a month, I think) and, for the first time ever, with my own money bought a record. That was the collection of his hits, The Buddy Holly Story