Check out the opening “fuzz bass” lines on this tasty album selection – “Ham ‘N Grits” – that never got singled out for release on a Les Paul 45: “Ham ‘n Grits” Les Paul & Mary Ford 1963 Issued on … Continue reading
Musical salute to Georgia ‘s Official Prepared Food continues with “Grits & Corn Bread” – a song that listerners can enjoy at a variety of playback speeds. Zero to 180 is partial to the medium speed: “Grits and Corn … Continue reading
Zero to 180 kicks off its musical salute to grits with an obvious winner of an instrumental, “Tacos and Grits” by Al Grey: “Tacos and Grits” Al Grey 1963 The first featured song in Zero to 180’s music & grits … Continue reading
Those familiar with Jimi Hendrix‘s song catalog might be amused by the quirky decisions made in various ‘foreign’ (i.e, non-US or -UK) markets around the globe — that’s right, it’s another romp through the 45Cat database not unlike the previous … Continue reading
Titles of featured songs in alphabetical order: “1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero” [The Ray Charles Singers] http://www.zeroto180.org/?cat=30 “1900 Yesterday” [Liz Damon Express] http://www.zeroto180.org/?cat=1085 “1967” [Adrian Belew] http://www.zeroto180.org/?cat=876 “20th Century Blues” [Lily Tomlin] http://www.zeroto180.org/?cat=64 “42 in Chicago” [Merle Kilgore] http://www.zeroto180.org/?cat=455 “A … Continue reading
R A R E K I N G T R A C K S * Merle Travis — along with Grandpa Jones — would inaugurate King Records in 1943 as the first two musical artists to record for … Continue reading
I’m guessing that Grady Martin‘s 1961 B-side “The Fuzz” influenced Les Paul to soup up his 1963 album track “Ham ‘N Grits” with a little “fuzz bass”: “The Fuzz” Grady Martin 1961 The historical consensus is that Grady Martin himself … Continue reading
So little has been written about King Syam (a.k.a., Sam Sweet) and his lone 45 for King — a situation that has all the makings for a good blues song: “Syam’s Blues” King Syam 1963 “Syam’s Blues” served as the … Continue reading
“Sugar Sugar” was inescapable in the summer of 1969, with Wilson Pickett and even The Wailers (with Bob Marley singing lead) recording their own versions. Muscling in on the action also were the studio musicians behind the hits being recorded … Continue reading
I remember fondly the 1970s soap opera spoof, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman – cited by Wikipedia as “one of the biggest cult television shows of all time” and so named because show creator, Norman Lear, and his writers believed that … Continue reading