AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1962-1969
A mini-feature (running time 6:30) about an annual event that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across Western Europe every Fall from 1962 through 1966. These historic and unseen performances filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, the festivals featured a dazzling array of talent that included such greats as Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, and playing alongside other legends such as T-Bone Walker, Lightnin Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Memphis Slim and Big Mama Thornton to create the most significant group of blues artists ever assembled!
Unearthed some 40 years after the fact, our production takes the viewer through an extraordinary lineup of bluesmen and women. Thanks to a couple of young promoters who brought the musicians to Europe–where they were treated with a good deal more respect and dignity than in America– Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace… the list goes on. Their concert performances (several in stagy but effective down-home settings) before a rather formal but appreciative German audience have them playing in some cool combinations (T-Bone Walker backing Memphis Slim, Otis Rush with Junior Wells), introducing one another (Williamson on guitarist Lonnie Johnson, an elder statesman on the tour: “A very nice musician”)–and all with great sound (mono, but still flawless) and visuals (in black and white). This is one for blues fans to treasure.
Duration : 0:6:30
Plants vs Zombies Music Video
Zombies have invaded PopCap Games, and they’ve even made a music video! Visit www.plantsvszombies.com for more details on the game!
Song Lyrics:
(chorus)
There’s a zombie on your lawn
There’s a zombie on your lawn
There’s a zombie on your lawn
We don’t want zombies on the lawn
I know your type: tall, dark, and dead
You want to bite all the petals off of my head
And then eat the brains of
the one who planted me here
I’m just a sunflower but see
me power an entire infantry
You like the taste of brains
we don’t like zombies
I used to play football
Road cones protect my head
I have a screen-door shield
We are the undead
(repeat chorus)
Maybe it’s time to reevaluate
I know you have a lot of food on your plate
Brains are quite rich in cholesterol
You’re dead so it doesn’t matter,
Instead we’ll use this solar power
to make a lawn defense at any hour
I like the tricycle
There’s butter on my head
I’m gonna eat your brains
(repeat chorus)
written & performed by: Laura Shigihara
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Duration : 0:2:47
Low Country Blues
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Duration : 0:4:41
Chicago Blues Festival 2011 Performers
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Duration : 0:1:39
Tennessee Rocky Top Tennessee Nashville TN Memphis Blues Art Photography Fine Arts
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A video of Tennessee history. The Tennessee Theme song Rocky Top. There is so much spirit in Tennessee. Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale video about state of Tennessee. Corey Barksdale has lived in Atlanta for about 15 years and has become one of Atlanta’s premier artist. Corey Barksdale has exhibited his artwork at the Atlanta Dogwood festival, Decatur Art Festival, Virginia-Highlands Art Festival, National Black Art Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Artsplosure in Raleigh North Carolina, Art Festival in Paducah, Kentucky, One of a Kind Show in Chicago, etc. Decatur, GA artist Corey Barksdale has painted for audiences in the city of Atlanta,
This video was created by Atlanta & Decatur Fine Artist Corey Barksdale. Please visit Corey’s website. http://www.coreybarksdale.com/
The song was written by a married couple, songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. They wrote “Rocky Top” in only ten minutes in 1967. The Bryants were working in Gatlinburg on a collection of slow-tempo songs for a project for Archie Campbell and Chet Atkins. Writing the fast-paced “Rocky Top” served as a temporary diversion for them. Recorded by the Osborne Brothers in 1967, the song was a top 40 hit on the country music charts in early 1968.
Although a staple of their concerts, the song did not achieve mass popularity until Lynn Anderson had a hit with it in 1970, and when the “Pride of the Southland” University of Tennessee marching band used it for one of their drills in 1972. The song was very popular and was officially adopted as a state song in 1982. In the 1970s, the song achieved such popularity among bar crowds that the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, old-time band the Red Clay Ramblers [1] national tours included a crowd-pleasing satire informally titled “Play ‘Rocky Top’ (or I’ll Punch Your Lights Out.)”[2]
The original “Rocky Top” song describes a place called Rocky Top, Tennessee, which is one of the three peaks of Thunderhead Mountain in Tennessee (located in the Smoky Mountains) in the eastern part of the state. The peak is actually located along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina.[3][4]
Despite its fast and upbeat tempo, the song’s first verse is actually a lament over a failed love affair and a vanishing way of life. The song’s second verse is an ode to two apparent revenuers and the illegal production of alcoholic beverages by moonshining, with a reference to “looking for a moonshine still.” These are all common country music themes. With its good-natured regional references to a carefree lifestyle, the singing of “Rocky Top” by Tennessee college students and alumni at sports venues such as Neyland Stadium is well established. The University of Tennessee has been granted a perpetual license to play the song as much and as often as success on the field dictates by the copyright holders, House of Bryant.
Contrary to popular belief, “Rocky Top” is not UT’s official fight song, although it is so closely identified with the university that many believe this to be the case. UT’s official fight song is a radically different tune called “Here’s To Old Tennessee”, adapted from the Yale University fight song “Down the Field”.
“Operation Rocky Top” was the FBI’s code name for a public corruption investigation into the Tennessee state government in the late 1980s which resulted in the eventual suicide of the Tennessee Secretary of State, Gentry Crowell, and the incarceration of several other individuals, most notably state House Majority Leader Tommy Burnette. The focus of the investigation was the illegal sale of bingo licenses.
The jam band Phish played “Rocky Top” regularly from 1987 to 2003. There have been additional cover versions of the song by such country music artists as Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, and Billie Jo Spears. It can also be known as the official fight song of David Webb, a noted band director in Central Virginia at Jefferson Forest High.
Duration : 0:3:40
Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Original Video with subtitles)
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Blue (Da Ba Dee) is the title of the debut single of the Italian Eurodance band Eiffel 65, extracted from the first album “Europop”.
The single released in 1998 topped the charts of 17 countries and reached the #6 of the American Billboard chart becoming a worldwide hit.
Duration : 0:3:40
Radiohead- The King of Limbs ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A9bMTh9rdQ
Radiohead’s latest LP is a fan-pleasing piece of work. It’s loaded with beautiful and well-recorded sounds, and even Thom Yorke’s songwriting shows some muscle with moments like “Lotus Flower” and “Separator.”
But there’s something that clicks away and eats away at the first half of this album, in my opinion. Though I like what I’m hearing, I can’t say I’m enjoying how it’s organized. It kinda sounds like the beat arrangements were produced on a “ctrl + c / ctrl + v” basis.
The second half of this album is a bit of a different story, though. “Give Up the Ghost” and “Codex” are a really nice break from the beats, but I can’t help but feel a little underwhelmed by what’s going on here. Nothing here hit me with the emotional impact of earlier albums.
What do you think of this LP? Love it? Hate it? Why? How does this Radiohead album sit with you? How does it compare to others?
6/10
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FAV TRACKS: LOTUS FLOWER, SEPARATOR, CODEX
Duration : 0:8:12
U.S. BLUES TOUR ’63
Featuring: Victoria Spivey, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann, Matt Guitar Murphy, Big Joe Williams, Lonnie Johnson, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim and Billy Stepney.
The 1960s European tours by American Blues artists were legendary. They introduced a music that had only been previously available on hard to find discs to a new generation of young people and changed the face of our popular music forever.
Diehard blues fans at last got the chance to see their idols in the flesh and for those who werent able attend the concerts, many of them were documented on film. The very rare footage on this DVD includes artists who were playing in the early days of the music as well as masters of the Chicago Blues. Due to age, this material contains a few minor visual glitches; the audio is excellent however and nothing distracts from these inspiring and important performances.
Bonus material: Three audio tracks from Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson and Big Joe Williams plus images and biographies.
You can order this DVD at http://www.bluesdvd.nl
Duration : 0:8:36
This Week In Music – Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves
On the 21st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers visits Robb McDaniels, founder and CEO of INgrooves at his offices in San Francisco, CA. The duo talk about INgrooves’ digital distribution and marketing services for artists, the evolution of INgrooves since it’s inception in 2001, as well as today’s current music streaming services and monetization strategies for them.
0:43 – What is INgrooves?
01:10 – What is the value of INgrooves to artists?
03:32 – Why did INgrooves focus on dance and electronic music when it started out?
06:15 – What is the business model for INgrooves?
08:15 – What services INgrooves offers beyond digital distribution.
17:05 – Why Ian Rogers used INgrooves himself when managing an artist (Get Busy Committee)
18:49 – Various tiers of INgrooves marketing
19:54 – Discussing the two major digital distribution spaces (Buying and locker content vs. renting content)
21:32 – The huge cash flow gap that exists in the music streaming service model
25:50 – Re-capturing the music listening experience from itunes by developing new services on top of streaming services.
28:30 – What music Robb is currently listening to
Duration : 0:30:0
Blues, Country Blues, Rhythm & Blues
3 fine slices of blues music. Got my mojo workin’ – Muddy Waters, Frankie – Missisipi John Hurt, Crawling up a hill – John Mayall
Duration : 0:9:45
