NED SUBLETTE

...and now for something completely different!

Ned Sublette is someone who's been around the New York music scene since the late 70's, as a musician, author, music label owner, etc.   

As a performer, Sublette is probably best known for playing his own, mash-up style of fusing country and western swing with Afro-Caribbean rhythms & styles including salsa, cumbia and rumba, as reflected on the classic album Cowboy Rumba (Palm, 1999), as well as his 2012 second album Kiss You Down South.  I'm surprised nobody else has done this or tried this style of fusion.  I mean the closest thing we have to country and latin music is Tex-Mex, but it's still completely leaning in the country corner with just a little latin spice thrown in the mix.  Ned Sublette however does the reverse mix of Latin music with a little southern comfort mixed in for flavor.  The idea of adding percussion and Afro-Caribbean rhythmic elements to country music seems like a natural progression. Especially in this age of the popularity of the art form known as the mash-up, but it seems to have gone over most people's heads. 

For instance take a listen to an entirely different take on "Ghost Riders in the Sky"      He is also a leading scholar of Cuban music.  His label Qbadisc releases Cuban music in the United States and he has released music by Latin musicians including Ritmo Oriental and Issac Delgado and has co-produced Public Radio International's "Afropop Worldwide" show. 

 For you history buffs, he's also the author of “Cuba and its Music” and “The World that Made New Orleans” and more interesting titles 

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square

The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry

Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo

The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans

Ned Sublette ‎– Cowboy Rumba

Palm Pictures ‎– PALMCD 2020-2

Released:  1999

Genre:  Latin

Style:  Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Son

Tracklist

1.  Ghost Riders In The Sky

2.  Cheaters' Motel

3.  Feelin' No Pain

    Featuring – NG La Banda

4.  That Sad Love Song

5.  Her Point Of View

6.  Ready To Be

7.  Something To Lose

    Featuring – Lloyd Maines, Yomo Toro

8.  Not Fade Away

    Featuring – Los Muñequitos De Matanzas

9.  Que Electricidad

    Featuring – NG La Banda

10.  Cowboy Rumba

Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence

Petrol  Records have announced the imminent arrival of a major new feature-length documentary film Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence, which is set to honour the troubled heart and soul of the late Michael Hutchence, the globally acclaimed lead singer of INXS, who died in 1997.  Michael Hutchence was the lead singer of the legendary rock band INXS until his untimely death in 1997. Directed by filmmaker Richard Lowenstein who collaborated extensively with the band throughout their career; directing eighteen INXS videos as well as three for Hutchence solo projects and his acting debut in Dogs In Space,

examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through his many loves and demons. With Kylie Minogue, Helena Christensen & Paula Yates.

 A single screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York made headlines around the world. Screen Daily has lauded the film as showing that Hutchence “Belongs in the same company as Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, and Robert Plant”, and that the film “is a more than worthy tribute.”

"If you’d forgotten that #MichaelHutchence was a goddamn rock star, #Mystify is a potent reminder. Interviews with the #INXS frontman’s bandmates, siblings, managers and ex-girlfriends are layered over photos from his childhood in Australia and footage from the band’s rise to global fame in the late Eighties and early Nineties. The result is an immersive and deeply affecting portrait of a man who was wildly charismatic and sexy onstage, sweet and sensitive once the spotlight was turned off (in an early interview, he cites “not being loved” as his biggest fear). By the time the film reaches Hutchence’s suicide in 1997 at the age of 37, your heart breaks all over again." -- MF https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/25-best-movies-tribeca-film-festival-2019-816637/mystify-816720/

Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence Trailer 1

Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence Trailer 2

Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence Trailer 3

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This MUST be seen in the CINEMA!!

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Accompanying the film is the ‘Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence’ Soundtrack Album featuring rare tracks, deep cuts and huge hits by INXS and their much-missed frontman.  The soundtrack album for the critically-acclaimed documentary Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence is set for release through Petrol Records on July 5th and will be available in a variety of formats including CD, double-disc vinyl, cassette and through digital formats.

The first single from the soundtrack, which is out now, is a solo recording of Michael Hutchence covering Eric Burdon & War’s funk/soul hit ‘Spill The Wine’, recently unearthed & remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London. You can check the track out below.

Mystify – A Musical Journey With Michael Hutchence:

Track Listing

1.  Let It Ride
2.  Deliver Me (Demo)
3.  Black & White
4.  Need You Tonight (Live 1988)
5.  Under My Thumb
6.  Please (You Got That)
7.  What You Need
8.  Don’t Change
9.  Spill The Wine
10.  Move On
11.  Need You Tonight
12.  Devil Inside
13.  Love Is (What I Say)
14.  Baby Don’t Cry
15.  All I’m Saying
16.  Shine Like It Does
17.  Burn For You
18.  Viking Juice
19.  Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
20.  Original Sin
21.  Never Tear Us Apart

COVER ME - "Mule Skinner Blues"

COVER ME - "Mule Skinner Blues"

a.k.a. "Blue Yodel #8". The original, and one of the best. Jimmie Rodgers is great. (1930)

The Fendermen - "Mule Skinner Blues" (1960)

Jerry Reed - "Mule Skinner Blues" (1970)

Stompin' Tom Connors - "Muleskinner Blues" (1973)

...let's not forget the version of the Cramps! (1990)

Evan Johns & His H-Bombs

Evan Johns & His H-Bombs

Here's another entertaining offering from Mr.Johns.

Evan Johns (July 12, 1956 – March 11, 2017) was an American guitarist specializing in a variety of music, including rockabilly.  Evan Johns began his musical career in the Washington, D.C. area with Danny Gatton in the late 70's.  After his stint with Gatton, Johns founded his own band, called "the H-Bombs".  In 1984, Johns relocated to Austin, Texas.

Among Evan Johns & His H-Bombs' fans was Jello Biafra, founder of the Dead Kennedys, who in liner notes to an H-Bombs EP, described the H-Bombs' music as "a little Tex-Mex here, garage power there, all whipped into a witch's brew of spitfire guitar and Evan's trademark vocal growl. This is the real stuff."

Evan Johns & His H-Bombs were known for their eclectic repertoire, summarized by one reviewer as "cajun, rockabilly, punk, surf, blues, country – even spaghetti Western soundtrack music."

Another reviewer described his playing as "red-hot rockabilly instrumentals and bruising western swing workouts that sounded like Bob Wills had replaced the Texas Playboys with members of Megadeth."

And for all you foodies, it turns out he's a "Boudin Man" as well.

"Boudin Man"

"Now over in England there's fish 'n' chips

Deep dish pizza is a New York trip

Back up in Maryland they got Brunswick stew

Texas got the chili and the bar-b-que

First thing I do when I enter Louziann

Is buy four or five pounds of that hot Boudin"

Johns died on March 11, 2017, from complications following surgery, in Austin, Texas.

For more on Evan Johns and his music, there's an excellent profile written nearly 22 years ago by Eddie Dean for the Washington City Paper.

Here’s a link to a short video on EJ made during the last years of his life.

Evan Johns & His H-Bombs ‎– Bombs Away

Rykodisc ‎– RCD 10117

US

1989

Genre:  Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style:  Alternative Rock, Swamp Pop

Tracklist

1.  Love Is Gone 2:58

2.  I'm A Little Mixed Up  3:50

3.  Done By Me  2:37

4.  Twister County  4:23

5.  Dance, Frannie, Dance  2:56

6.  Lessons That Burn  2:54

7.  Oh! New Orleans  4:18

8.  Boudin Man  2:59

9.  Pain Of Love 3:37

10.  Tired Of Trash 4:11

11.  Still Feels Good  3:19

12.  Poor Boy's Dream  3:41

CINCO DE MAYO...AKA THE MEXICAN

First off this whole Cinco De Mayo thing..........no it's not about a sink full of mayonnaise......that would be just plain gross.  I think you'd agree.  It's origin is also not about getting drunk on tequila and raiding the taco wagon.  It's also not Mexico's version of our Fourth Of July.  I know the names are kinda similar and all....but yeah......NO!  It's actually all about a victorious battle that Mexico had with the French.  It was basically a real life version of that whole Game Of Thrones 7 Kingdoms battling the White Walkers kind of thing.  You know the EPIC battle I'm talking about.  Maybe you should watch this to get a better idea what you're toasting that tequila too!

CINCO DE MAYO

THE BATTLE

This is what Cinco De Mayo is NOT...

...so now that we've got that out of the way........

The other thing that Cinco De Mayo brings to mind is......well......The Mexican....of course!

"The Mexican" is a piece of music on the album ''First Base'' (1972) by the 1970s British band Babe Ruth. The song is based on the whistling from the music soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the film For a Few Dollars More. It has been compiled, covered and mixed many times and is considered one of the most influential songs in Hip - Hop music culture. The song was written by Alan Shacklock and recorded along with the rest of the First Base album at Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1972. Shacklock wrote the lyrics of the song as a retort to the 1960 John Wayne film The Alamo which was full of historical inaccuracies and did not show the human side of the Mexican troops who defeated the Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo. The song has a driving drum beat and funky bass and shows Shacklock's fondness for African-American music and Wild West shoot outs." -- elias _ftl

And so with out further ado......I give you a Mexican soundtrack for your Cinco De Mayo celebrations!

Babe Ruth - The Mexican 

Jellybean ft Jenny Haan (Babe Ruth) - The Mexican (12 Mix)

Deekline & Tim Healey ft. Babe Ruth - The Mexican

Cinco De Mexicanos

1.  Elias - The Mexican
2.  Babe Ruth - The Mexican
3.  Babe Ruth - The Mexican (Live)
4.  The Mexicans - The Mexican
5.  Babe Ruth - The Mexican (Instrumental Cover Version)
6.  Babe Ruth - The Mexican (Rare Instrumental Re-Edit by Boston Rodriguez)
7.  Jellybean - The Mexican (Short Version)
8.  Jellybean - The Mexican (Dance Mix)
9.  Jellybean - The Mexican (12" Mix)
10.  Jellybean- The Mexican (Funhouse Mix)
11.  Hip Hop Bean Bop (Bonus Beats)
12.  Jellybean - The Mexican ( Dub )
13.  Jellybean - The Mexican (VJ ProHernandez)
14.  Jellybean - The Mexican (DJ Johnny-Cee Remix)
15.  Jellybean - The Mexican (Scorpio's 'Bandito Negro' Remix)
16.  Babe Ruth - The Mexican (Remixed By Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop ft. Sara Bourgeois)
17.  Deekline & Tim Healey ft. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
18.  Funky Four - Feel It (The Mexican)
19.  The GZA. Feat. Tom Morello - The Mexican

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

Damn, apparently I fell asleep for almost 9 years this time.
Looks like the last time I posted was on May 31, 2010. OUCH!!!!
Sorry guys!
All right stop!
Appreciate and listen!
The Ice is back with my brand new intention!
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Then I flow you a tune daily and nightly
...... Well I have some old stuff, some new stuff, some borrowed stuff and some blue stuff to share, so I hope you all didn't fall asleep too. WAKE UP and smell the sheet metal! It's time to Jam!
....and what better way to start off than MAY 4TH!

May your 4th be a sexy one.....

Who ya gonna call?  1-900-HOT-JEDI

...and may your 4th be filled with wonderful tunes! 

For your listening pleasure......
Lost Star Wars Scene