JOHN PAUL KEITH

Now this is a country record cover.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:31:39 -0400

Now this is a country record cover.

mellomymind: Via Nudie Cohn

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:02:59 -0400

mellomymind:

Via Nudie Cohn

updownsmilefrown: Little Richard

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:08:58 -0400

updownsmilefrown:

Little Richard

In case you’re not familiar with my friend Harlan T. Bobo...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:35:00 -0400

In case you’re not familiar with my friend Harlan T. Bobo and his records, I made a playlist of my favorite tracks. He lives in Europe now and rarely plays in Memphis, so I’m excited to be backing him up tonight at Otherlands.

zerkalomiroir: 平尾昌章 - 恋の片道切符 Hirao Masaaki MENPHIS!

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:46:00 -0400

zerkalomiroir:

平尾昌章 - 恋の片道切符

Hirao Masaaki

MENPHIS!

m3zzaluna: man by the jukebox, nyc, 1959 photo by dave heath

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:38 -0400

m3zzaluna:

man by the jukebox, nyc, 1959

photo by dave heath

If I had a Datsun pickup truck, I would definitely sit on the...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:56:39 -0400

If I had a Datsun pickup truck, I would definitely sit on the tailgate playing an antigua Fender Coronado through a silverface Twin.

In what has become an annual event, we are re-posting “The...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:11:00 -0400

In what has become an annual event, we are re-posting “The SXSW Song (Everybody’s In Austin)” for all you folks not going. You can download it for free from SoundCloud all week. Hope you dig it.

If you suffer from insomnia, check out this interview I did...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:52:18 -0500

If you suffer from insomnia, check out this interview I did recently at Rhodes College for their Echoes of Memphis project. Better than counting sheep! (Just kidding, folks - I was flattered to be asked to participate). Four parts in all; the rest can be watched here.

Jerry Lee Lewis sings Shakespeare, 1968

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:16:31 -0500

peterguralnick:

Picture Jerry Lee Lewis as Iago in the rock ‘n’ roll version of “Othello.” You’re just going to have to imagine it. Me, too. Because as far as I know,

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One afternoon in 2004 in Birmingham, Alabama, I recorded a...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:30:40 -0500

One afternoon in 2004 in Birmingham, Alabama, I recorded a random hour and a half of Al Isaac’s Blues Power show on WATV AM-900.

During my time in Birmingham, I listened to the Blues Power show every chance I got. Not just because he played great records (sometimes the same one two or three times in a row), but because his antics and gags were so entertaining. Al’s show was the last of its kind, at least as far as I’d ever heard - a throwback to the era of personality disc jockeys of the 50’s and 60’s like Memphis’ Dewey Phillips. They just don’t make radio shows like this anymore, and they haven’t in a long, long time.

There doesn’t appear to be any clips of Al online anywhere, so this may be the only one. I recorded this at the time because I felt someone should document at least a little bit of it. If he’s still on the air somewhere, I don’t know about it. The Birmingham Black & White paper did an excellent profile and interview with Mr. Isaac at the time, and you can read it here.

Incidentally, WATV was founded by Shelley “The Playboy” Stewart, whose radio show was instrumental in the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham in the 1960’s (Stewart was once given electroshock treatment for trying to integrate a whites-only dance). He published The Road South: A Memoir in 2002.

Wow, thanks for letting me know this exists, Spotify.

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:50:02 -0500

Wow, thanks for letting me know this exists, Spotify.

45andsingle: megzam: Oh goodness. Funniest thing I’ve seen...

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:45:34 -0500

45andsingle:

megzam:

Oh goodness.

Funniest thing I’ve seen all year, in tears… I feel sorry for those extras, I couldn’t do it. Pacino as Phil Spector, this is too perfect!

Al Pacino as Phil Spector. Yes.

Wait, that’s not a Telecaster. What...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:18:43 -0500

Wait, that’s not a Telecaster. What the?

rachelandthecity:

Our first special guest!! @johnpaulkeith ! You never know who may show up!!! (at Poplar Lounge)

Photo

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:38:16 -0500

“We always do a highly informal show. The higher we get,...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:14:00 -0500

“We always do a highly informal show. The higher we get, the more informal we are.” Roger Miller on Ralph Emery’s local Nashville morning show, the Opry Almanac, in 1966. He was born on this day in 1936.

Roger was at his artistic and commercial peak at this point, and had apparently been up all night before this appearance. He didn’t bring a guitar, and the bass player shows up late and walks right in front of the camera.

That’s Thumbs Carllile on the guitar with the Batman shirt, and Buddy Holly drummer Jerry Allison sits in and does a short interview. Last but not least, the great Charlie Louvin appears as well.

The Rambler commercials, Soviets in the news, the weather report written on a sketch pad…I also hear a couple of regional Southern accents that you pretty much never hear from anyone under 60. This might be my favorite thing I’ve ever found on YouTube.

Broken into four more clips:

http://youtu.be/GhlJseiAWRk

http://youtu.be/zO3O_PhNCIs

http://youtu.be/00RmNikczWo

http://youtu.be/OBG0MgRWHew

Seasons Greetings From Little Walter (Found on Facebook)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:08:29 -0500

Seasons Greetings From Little Walter

(Found on Facebook)

amphotostudio: In light of the recent news of the closing of...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:25:21 -0500

amphotostudio:

In light of the recent news of the closing of the HiTone (I can’t even talk about it..) I hope you go see a show now before it’s too late. This show with Star & Micey along with John Paul Keith and the 1,4,5’s would be a great one.

hoganhere: Louise should run like hell and spend her money on...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:29:36 -0500

hoganhere:

Louise should run like hell and spend her money on herself! Listen to me, Louise! Before it’s too la…

“He’ll drag you down into that frantic world of his, make of you a pale, bloodless creature of the night!”

Yeah, but what’s the downside?

Berry & Harry. Read this wonderful 1980 fanzine interview...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:22:27 -0500

Berry & Harry.

Read this wonderful 1980 fanzine interview with Chuck, wherein he reviews a few punk singles:

http://musicruinedmylife.blogspot.com/2012/10/chuck-berry-reviews-punk-singles-1980.html?m=1

On the Sex Pistols: “What’s this guy so angry about anyway?”

On the Clash: “Did the guy have a sore throat when he sang the vocals?”

He liked the Romantics, Dave Edmunds, & Paul Collins though!

Courtesy of @chunklet via @jumpbackjake