Members LCK Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 I've posted this before but I think it bears repeating. [video=youtube;zsGi7xQnqxw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 I've posted this before but I think it bears repeating. [video=youtube;zsGi7xQnqxw] Yes, very impressive performance. Seems to be a mini-resurgence of gravel-voiced bluesy balladeers lately for some reason. Unless it's already come and gone - the wheel doesn't just turn these days, it dizzy-spins. Or is the media's attention span all that's sped up? Who knows... I like this one with another Texas/OK troubadour, Jimmy LaFave - [YOUTUBE]4j7zieI_fuY[/YOUTUBE] nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 4, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yes, very impressive performance. Seems to be a mini-resurgence of gravel-voiced bluesy balladeers lately for some reason. Unless it's already come and gone - the wheel doesn't just turn these days, it dizzy-spins. Or is the media's attention span all that's sped up? Who knows... I like this one with another Texas/OK troubadour, Jimmy LaFave - nat whilk ii Yep. That's pretty nice... I was a radio disc jockey for 15 years, starting when I was 17. I don't remember the year -- it was the early 1970s -- but I had a thing for this girl I knew. I had written a poem for her (as you sometimes do when you're young), and one day, while listening to a Lightnin' Hopkins album, I realized one of the tracks might make a good background for a song, using that poem as the lyric. So one day after my shift ended, I went into the production studio and recorded a version of "Annie's Blues" (Youtube link below), only mine was titled "The Golden Summer Blues" (very "poetic"). And I would occasionally play it on the air, calling the vocalist Cosmic Chuck. (Remember, this was the '70s.) I don't remember the words (even if I did I wouldn't bore you with them), but I looked around on Youtube today and found that background track from Lightnin' Hopkins' double LP, Lightnin' (Poppy Records, 1969). [video=youtube;W4eqrSISNEo] There's more to the story, though. One day, I got a call from a high school kid who had a band and wondered if I'd like to be the lead singer. "What makes you think I can sing?" "You're Cosmic Chuck, right? I mean, that's you singing that song, isn't it?" So we got together, my roommate ended up playing bass, and we had a band for about 6 months. It was called The Colonel Boogie Blues Band. (The kid was a phenomenal guitar player, by the way.) And all thanks to Lightnin' Hopkins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted December 5, 2015 Members Share Posted December 5, 2015 Nice story Cosmic Chuck. (You won't mind if we call you that from now on will you?…...png.197c47f720636f02390cc2b0a33804da.png' alt='smiley-veryhappy'> ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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