momma don t allow no jug playin round here
no momma don t allow no jug playin round here
bing don t care what momma don t allow
gonna play his jug anyhow
no momma don t allow no jug playin round here…
There are a lot of different genres I enjoy, my favorite is probably blues-based rock & roll, like the Stones, early Animals, the Doors, and others recording during that time frame. Ballads are another favorite of mine. The only types of music I never like are hip-hop and rap. I guess I’m jus too old to appreciate that noise. The pounding beat and totally unintelligible lyrics (I use the term loosely) give me a headache.
If you like blues (my favorite genre of them all) then you might like this Oklahoma guy. Not only is he a whale of a slide player he can tear the harp up too.
A lot of his stuff is road related as he has spent the biggest part of his adult life as a truck driver and is a Viet Nam vet. He got his stage name from an earlier job picking watermelons.
In spite of the rough edges and Okie twang the guy is no fool along with being a musical genius. He holds 3 degrees including a Masters from OSU, has a genius level IQ, belongs to Mensa, and speaks French. On one of his CDs one of the tunes is Eau de Boue; a blues song done in French.
This one is called “Blue Freightliner”, another of his truck driving songs.
Too twangy for my taste.
But check this one out.
And here’s some beautiful blues.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sarah+vaughan+songs&FORM=VIRE15#view=detail&mid=FB22470A2211BDCAAF12FB22470A2211BDCAAF12
Learn something new every day. I’m a fan of the Animals and have never heard that song, ever. I did see Eric Burdon in concert many years ago but that was post-Animals.
As to Sarah Vaughan; just an outstanding voice. I think in some of my old vinyl record stash I have a few of her records along with Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, and others from back in the day.
All great artists. I have the early Animals albums, and they had a lot of really deep stuff that was never played on the radio.
Another I love is Les Paul and Mary Ford.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=les+paul+and+mary+ford+music&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=1E90CB9BB9E100F167E71E90CB9BB9E100F167E7
the blues, my first love…,
well maybe farrah Fawcett was…
there is an old album called Truth, with jeff beck on guitar and rod stewart singing that introduced me to the blues. its very good in its original form. I bought a newer printing once as my old one had worn out, but the sound quality was just not the same
Leo Kottke is a great unknown guitar player. He does a very heartfelt song called “Why Can’t You Fix My Car?”
well, I guess I ll put my car song out there. this was written in the late 90s as I was preparing to move to Plymouth MA, to get married. think a cross between Rawhide and Riders on the Storm, as to the style of the music… the car in question was a 1975 yellow and gold Ford f100 explorer supercab, with matching aluminium cap.
well I m off to Massachusetts, headin’ up that way,
down to Massachusetts, up by cape cod bay…
explor-er
got a big truck that s called explorer, it was built to ride…
got a big truck that’s called explorer, 1975…
explor-er
down to Massachusetts, yeah I m headin’ up that way,
down to Massachusetts, up by Plymouth bay…
explor-er
got a big truck that’s called explorer it was built to ride,
gotta big truck that’s called explorer, loves to go all night…
explor-er
I m off to Massachusetts, I m headin’ up that way,
down to Massachusetts, my baby wants it that way…
explooor-er…
that’s the basics of the song, I always wanted to send it to Cartalk, I thought it would fit right in.
my son and I made that trip to mass from DE about 5-6 times before I decided to move up there and get married. he was about 8 at the time. we always left at around 7pm and hit new York at around midnight, when there was not much traffic, then cruised through Connecticut and rhode island along a deserted I-95 thru the night. there was a back road from providence to Plymouth and we d arrive as the sun came up.
I really enjoyed those rides and that old truck never had one breakdown, just added a quart of oil at a jersey rest stop when gassing up, and add a little more fuel in rhode island. Connecticut and new York were never stopped in
One of the many favorites of mine and as is normal with old blues cars are a metaphor…
nice…
Sweeeeeeet. And pure.
Sincere thanks.
wesw Truth is an amazing album. Rod Stewart does a great Old Man River. He should have stuck with Blues. Jeff Beck went on to Jazz but he was very good at it. I got to see him 3 times. His car related tune? “Freeway Jam”!
yes. old man river is great on that album, along with every other song. but ol man river is a special vocal performance.
jeff beck came out with a cd a few years ago. I can t remember the name but the cover photo is just a picture of becks hand covered in grease and looking beat to hell from hard work and car repair.
its definitely a return to rock and it is excellent. he did an appearance on tv, letterman I think, after it came out and his performance was one of the best guitar virtuosos I ve ever seen
I have to agree with Keith.
Little Nash Rambler AKA The Beep Beep Song has long been a favorite car song of mine, followed closely by Hot Rod Lincoln.
I was wondering whether or not someone was going to come up with the Little Nash Rambler song… 
Unfortunately, I’m old enough to remember when that song came out… 
yeah I think one of the first posters put up a video of it. I don t think they told you what is was, you had to watch and see.
I really liked it
I had never heard it before… beep beep
My bad. I had forgotten it was up already from keith. Neat little ditty though even if it does make me feel a bit antiquish…
well I remember playing “Delta Dawn” on the little jukeboxes that the local diner had in each booth when I was a little boy. for some reason I liked that song. that makes me feel old
Another one from the late 1940s heavy on the metahors. Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry might be remembered from the Steve Martin movie “The Jerk”. They’re the 2 black blues singers sitting on the porch performing “Pick A Bale of Cotton” in the opening and closing scenes.