LOS CUATES DE SINALOA - "Pegando Con Tuba" (2009)

 

Just one of the great things about the TV series "Breaking Bad" was the clever choices of music, and this song by Los Cuates De Sinaloa was a good one. It was just all too perfect!

Cousins Gabriel and Nano Berrelleza were originally from Sinaloa, Mexico but are now based in Phoenix, Arizona! 

LOS CUATES DE SINALOA - "The Ballad Of Heisenberg (Negro Y Azul)" 

IT'S NOT THE BIBLE, AFTER ALL

 

Rich here. As a Methodist pastor's son who went to Sunday School virtually every week for the first 18 years of my life, you can understand why, when I saw the title of the 1987 album by The Silencers, "Letter from St. Paul," I immediately thought it was a biblical reference. After all, a whole section of the New Testament is referred to as the "epistles," that is, "letters," and many of those letters are said to have been written by Saint Paul.

 

Boy, was I ever wrong! 

 

Turns out "A Letter from St. Paul" refers to a letter presumably written to the band from a female fan in St. Paul, Minnesota! 

 

It's basically a prominent bass and seductively slinky guitar instrumental accompanied by an atmospheric harmonica riff and a droning piano note. And though the song has no lyrics, per se, from time to time a whispery female voice interjects into the mix, reading portions of the "Letter from St. Paul." 

 

God, if you're listening, I love this track.

THE SILENCERS - "A Letter from St. Paul" 

THE PASTEL SIX - "Cinnamon Cinder" (1963)

 

Out of nowhere, this song just popped into my head tonight.

Cinnamon Cinder was the name of a small chain of clubs owned by game show host Bob Eubanks.

This popular song by The Pastel Six made it to number 25 in 1963.

We used to listen to this song and crack up when the goober guy says 

"It's a very nice dance!" 

Seven members in the band and three of them played the sax! 

THE PASTEL SIX - "Cinnamon Cinder" 

THE MORLOCKS - "Easy Listening For The Underachiever" (2006)

 

Recorded in 2006, but it sounds like it was recorded in 1966, The Morlocks had that retro sound down perfectly, and this album titled "Easy Listening For The Underachiever" proves just that.

 

Retro to the max, even their name came from the classic 1960's film "The Time Machine!

THE MORLOCKS - "Dirty Red"

BOBBY BLAND - "Here's The Man" (1962)

 

In my humble opinion, one of the greatest songs ever recorded came from this 1962 LP titled "Here's The Man, by Bobby "Blue" Bland.

From the perfect horns to little drum break, Bobby winds it up, and lets it go for an amazing thrill filled two minutes and thirty-four seconds, and except for Bobby's name, there's nothing bland about it!

I will admit this song has one major flaw, and that's that it is just too damn short.

BOBBY BLAND - "Turn On Your Love Light" 

THE CALL - "Modern Romans" (1983)

 

The Call had a top 100 hit in 1983 from their album titled "Modern Romans," but chances are if you're under the age of 40, you've probably never heard it.

Biblical implications and anti-war sentiment, that's what this song is all about!

People have been writing anti-war songs since at least 1914 when The Peerless Quartet recorded

 "I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier."

The 60's were rife with anti-war songs like the classic "Eve Of Destruction" written by P.F. Sloan, and recorded by Barry McGuire which somehow made it to number one on the charts, and yet despite it all, the pleas for peace have pretty much fallen on deaf ears. I guess human beings are just not made to get along, but that has never stopped the poets and songwriters from trying to stop the madness.

Here's what Michael Been and The Call had to say about it. 

THE CALL - "The Walls Came Down"

THE GUN - "Gun" (1968)

You might be familiar with "Race With The Devil" from this 1968 LP by The Gun, or this amazing album cover by Roger Dean, but here's an instrumental tune that's a little more obscure but seriously cool.

I do admit that I like short songs, but I sure wish this one was longer! 

THE GUN - "Rupert's Travels"