Song Of The Day – Remembering Chris Ethridge
The Gilded Palace of Sin. Flying Burrito Brothers 1969 LP (Photo credit: sludgegulper)
Another part of music history has passed on. Chris Ethridge, bass player, passed away on April 23. He was 65. He was suffering with pancreatic cancer Check out this list of players and bands he worked with, but first, note that he was the bassist for The Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman. These guys pretty much created the country-rock genre of music. Chris wrote several songs with the band.
The List
Judy Collins, Leon Russell, Johnny Winter, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Paul Kantner, The Doors and the list goes on.
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Lazy Day
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Canada’s Best Music – 5 Songs At A Time – Part 19
This grouping is very heavy on the classic rock, with the inclusion of a classic country star and a present day Canadian icon.
1. Hank Snow
“I Don’t Hurt Anymore”
Hank Snow (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The venerable Hank Snow. What can you say. The man is simply an icon in traditional country music.
2. BTO
“Let it Ride”
Bachman-Turner Overdrive performing live in Örebro, Sweden 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The band, to me, was a mixture of very good songs. like this one, and Nickelback. Very popular band, and, for Randy Bachman, proved that there is life after being in a mega-group.
3. The Guess Who
“Albert Flasher”
Star on Canada's Walk of Fame for the rock band The Guess Who. Signatures, from top left clockwise: Garry Peterson, Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace, Randy Bachman and Donnie McDougall (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Another classic tune from the original Canadian superstars. This song showcases Burton Cummings and his vocals. The piano is not to shabby either.
4. The Tragically Hip
“Little Bones”
The Tragically Hip performing in Aspen, United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
One could say this is classic rock as it was recorded in 1991. However, they are still putting out some great music and are still getting major airplay in Canada
5. Prism
“Spaceship Superstar”
Prism is a great under-rated Canadian band. this song is a classic. You can’t help but sing along on the chorus.
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Remembering Earl Scruggs
2005 picture of USA banjo player Earl Scruggs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The world lost a great one on March 28. Earl Scruggs passed away at the age of 88. An astounding banjo player, he was a giant in the world of bluegrass. His career spanned 7 decades, during which he recorded 29 albums, won 2 Grammys, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. i have posted a couple of videos in memory of the man. The first is his Grammy winning hit “Foggy Mountain Breakdown“, done live on Letterman with a host of players, including Steve Martin. The second is Earl and Lester Flatt on the Beverly Hillbillies. They performed the theme song, but in this clip they play “Pearl. Pearl, Pearl”. The music starts at 2:30.
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
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Pearl, Pearl, Pearl
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Talent Tuesday – New Canadian Releases – March 13, 2012
First up, we will take a quick look at Brigitte M. A French-Canadian star out of Quebec, Brigitte M released “From Metal To Crystal”. The song attached is an interesting take of “I Was Made For Loving You”.
“I Was Made For Loving You”
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Image via Wikipedia
Our second release this evening is a unique project from Maritimer, Joel Plaskett. The album “Scrappy Happiness” is the culmination of 10 weeks of recording and releasing one new song per week. I have been an avid listener of CBC Radio Drive for the past couple of months to catch the newest release. This song is my favourite (so far).
“Lightning Bolt”
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Our 3rd band is out Vancouver. Chains of Love are an Alternative band with some fire. Nice live song. The album is called “Strange Grey Days” and this song is from it.
“Lies, Lies, Lies”
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Johnny Reid Image via Wikipedia
I saved the best for last. Johnny Reid has released his latest “Fire It Up”. It is country, but very good country. This is his 7th album and is the followup to his wildly successful double platinum “A Place Called Love”.
“Fire It Up”
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Janiva Magness Image via Wikipedia
My international pick for the week in by Janiva Magness. She just released “Stronger For It”. She is one of the finer blues singers around and has honed her craft for almost 30 years. Listen, then buy this album.
“I Won’t Cry”
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Talent Tuesday New Canadian Releases – March 6, 2012
A busy week so let’s get to it.
The Evaporators (Photo credit: eych-you-bee-ee-ahr-tee)
First up we have veteran Vancouver punk band, The Evaporators. They have been kicking around the music scene since 1986. “Busy Doing Nothing” is their 6th release and first since 2007. They are joined on the album by The Cribs, Kate Nash, Franz Ferdinand and Fuad & the Feztones.
Hate Being Late
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Next we have the anxiously awaited (by me) album by Said The Whale.
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Canada’s Juno award winner in 2011 for New Group have released “Little Mountain”. This is their 3 album to go along with 9 EPs. The band is based in Vancouver.
Heavy Ceiling
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Our 3rd album is from Calgary alternative band The Ramblin Ambassadors. Have to plug the hometown boys. Check out the dancers, really loving the tune they are.
The Savage
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The last Canadian release for the week country singer, Gord Bamford.
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He released his 5th album with my new favourite drinking song “Is It Friday Yet”. My blogging buddy EG may want to use this as his Friday theme song, no need to thank me.
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The featured international album is the new release by Andrew Bird, “Break It Yourself”.
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Andrew is an intriguing musician as shown by this live version of “Desperation Breeds”.
Desperation Breeds
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New Canadian Releases – September 27, 2011
Sarah Slean
Our first new release is by Dan Mangan. The album name is Oh Fortune and was released today. Born in Smithers, BC and now living in Vancouver, Dan is an indie-folk-rock singer songwriter. This album is his third as he steadily grows in popularity. The video is the song “Rows of Houses” from the new album.
The second new release is by Canadian alternative band “Cuff the Duke” and is titled “Morning Comes”. Hailing from Oshawa, their sound is kind of country folk mix in the style of Blue Rodeo. The video is a cut from the album “Count On Me”
The Barr Brothers, are a Montreal based rock band and just released their self titled album. They are not an in your face band and their music is very lyrical and though out. The video is a lve version of “Beggar in the Morning” off the album. As you will see, it is very laid back, but nicely done.
Our 4th entry is from Juno nominated artists, The New Cities. Their latest album is called “Kill the Lights” and the attached video is “Heatwave” off the album. This Trois-Rivieres pop band is riding a wave of popularity with the release of this, their second album. Their music has been featured on “Gossip Girl” and “So You Think You Can Dance”.
Our final entry is a new release by Pickering, Ontario’s favourite songstress, Sarah Slean. This is Sarah’s 11th album (6th studio). Her first album was released in 1997. She has cultivated a large following in Canada. The video attached is titled “Set It Free” and is a catchy number that will continue to win new fans for her work.
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New Canadian Releases – September 20, 2011
I am adding a new weekly posting, usually on Tuesday, that will highlight new releases by Canadian artists.
First up is Elliott BROOD and their new album “Days Into Years”, released on September 20, 2011. This 3 piece band is out of Toronto, Ontario. Mark Sasso plays harmonica, string instruments an handles the lead vocals. Casey Laforet handles backup vocals, guitars and bass pedals. Stephen Pitkin plays drums and does some backup vocals as well. their music is self described as “death country”. I would call it more of alt-country with pieces reminiscent of Blue Rodeo. This release marks their 4th album, their first “Tin Type” was released in 2004. The cut featured is called “Northern Air”.
Next up, The Midway State released a single this week, a remake of Bryan Adams classic, “Run To You”. An interesting and very well done version of one of Adams best songs. Another band out of Toronto, they have released 2 albums and an EP since 2007. The band was nominated for 2 Junos in 2009.
Other notable releases this week are
Rock and Roll Romance by “State of Shock” Alternative rock.
Unpersons by “The Pack A.D.” Fusion of garage rock and blues, with tones of Jack White.
Fire/Water and EP released by “Yukon Blonde”. Great band, just couldn’t find a video.
See you next week.
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Remembering Billy Grammer
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A quick note to mark the passing of Billy Grammer. Not someone that I had ever been into, but one song stands as a classic “Gotta Travel On”. the song was written by Paul Clayton and recorded in Nashville in 1959. Although basically a one hit wonder, this one hit is a standard, known by most people, and he made a career of it, touring extensively with his band the the Travel On Boys. A historical sidelight. He played at a rally in Laurel, Maryland, followed by US presidential candidate George Wallace speaking to the rally. After speaking, Wallace mingled with the crowd and was shot, and made a paraplegic.
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