R. STEVIE MOORE - "Glad Music" (1986)

 

I never got to communicate with R. Stevie Moore back in the 80's. He's one of the few who come to mind that I wish I had traded tapes with, but it just never happened. 

Here's one of the reasons why I wish I had. 

R. STEVIE MOORE - "Why Should I love You"

THE CREEPS - "Enjoy The Creeps" (1986)

 

Oops! Sorry to the five people who came here today and found a blank page. I got lost in time, but now I'm back, and at least I got the smoke alarms installed, and speaking of getting lost in time, here's a great tune straight out of Älmhult, Sweden, by the retro band The Creeps, and their 1986 release titled

 "Enjoy The Creeps!"

THE CREEPS - "Down At The Night Club"

EDDIE HARRIS - "Bad Luck Is All I Have." (1975)

 

Eddie Harris is a musician whose name should be known to everyone, but if you asked 100 people today, probably 99 or more wouldn't know who you were talking about.

Mostly known as a jazz saxophonist, his first album came out in 1961 called "Exodus To Jazz." 

The title track was the first jazz record to be certified gold.

Eddie also played the keyboards and sang, and in the 60's and 70's his music became more of a jazz-funk.

He experimented with his instruments and created a reed trumpet, a trumpet with a saxophone mouthpiece, the saxobone which was a sax with a trombone mouthpiece, and the guitorgan that was a combination of guitar and organ. 

Here's a very funky song driven by the bass of Bradley Bobo and the percussion of Willie Bobo, from Eddie's 1975 album titled "Bad Luck Is All I Have." 

Oddly enough, Bradley Bobo and Willie Bobo are not related. 

EDDIE HARRIS - "It Feels So Good" 

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THOSE STARS SMASHING A PERFECTLY GOOD GUITAR!

 

Rich here. I remember like it was yesterday, seeing Pete Townshend and The Who smashing their instruments on TV (the Mike Douglas Show, if I remember accurately). As a 13-year-old who'd had to take over my brother's paper route for several weeks just to afford a cheap, $45 Japanese-made guitar, I was aghast. "Pete!" I screamed. "I'll take your guitar. Give it to me!"

 

Damn. 

 

And then Jimi Hendrix lit his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, and by the time the Punk Movement came along, smashing guitars was routine. "How rebellious! What an artistic statement!" the rock critics wrote.

 

But to this day, it still breaks my heart for bands to smash their guitars, and John Hiatt voices my frustration perfectly.

JOHN HIATT - "Perfectly Good Guitar" 

THE REPLACEMENTS - "20th Century Boy" (1984)

 

Here's a song that was on the flip side of this three song EP brought out by The Replacements in 1984.

I don't think I need to say much except this is what Rock and Roll music is supposed to sound like.

Turn It Up!!! 

THE REPLACEMENTS - "20th Century Boy"

BAD COMPANY - "The 'Original' Bad Co Anthology" (1999)

 

This 1999 album by Bad Company titled "The 'Original' Bad Co Anthology" was a compilation of hits and unreleased tracks from their career. 

Here's a song that wasn't on any of their other records. It's just a basic rock and roll tune, nothing special, and no frills, but I like it. 

BAD COMPANY - "Ain't It Good"

WILDEST DREAMS - "Gypsy Eyes" (2014)

 

The other day I was trying to find out info about a 1980's L.A. band called The Wildest, and while I didn't find anything out about that band, I stumbled onto this image from an album by a band called Wildest Dreams, and I was like, hey, that's almost exactly the same as the cover of Randy California's album titled "Kapt. Kopter And The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds" from 1972.

 

I was wondering what the connection was and it sounds like Wildest Dreams was pretty enamored with the music of Randy California, and I also thought they sounded like some of the Bob Welch era Fleetwood Mac, or in other words, Wildest Dreams are a pretty cool band. I like their sound.

WILDEST DREAMS - "Gypsy Eyes"

I never did find out anything about a band called The Wildest.