Zero to 180’s tribute to the world’s only flying mammal continues into its second day with a B-side from Johnny Jenkins – “Blind Bats and Swamp Rats”: “Blind Bats and Swamp Rats” Johnny Jenkins 1970 “Blind Bats and Swamp Rats” … Continue reading
Music writer/historian, Randy McNutt, in King Records of Cincinnati, points out the irony of “How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet)” – a Hank Ballard single “obviously aimed at the R&B market” – being voiced by mostly … Continue reading
In that same October-November 2001 issue of No Depression, there was another piece that caught my ear — Bill Friskics-Warren’s historical account that documented Kitty Wells‘ somewhat radical musical experiment with members of the Allman Brothers and Marshall Tucker Band … Continue reading
Of all the goofy stunts in popular music, the decision to issue the debut album by Hour Glass with the cover photo upside down certainly has to rank among the nuttiest. Gregg Allman, curiously, doesn’t mention it in his 2012 … Continue reading
Interesting to learn that Canned Heat’s big 1968 hit, “Goin’ Up the Country,” is basically a re-write of 1929’s “Bull Doze Blues” by Henry Thomas, down to the flute part (listen here). The next year, 1969, saw the single release … Continue reading
Doris Duke (the singer, not the tobacco heiress) is getting married out of spite, and frankly, I think she’s making a big mistake: This classic track is from 1969’s I’m a Loser – Doris’ first solo album after singing backup … Continue reading