Friday, October 07, 2011

Pack the pinstripes away for the Winter, Mama...

The Sawtelles resume their First Friday residency tonight at Typhoon Restaurant on Main Street, Middletown.  Great food, music, byob.  We will be at a wedding, but hope to catch them next month.  UPDATE: ran into Pete skateboard surfing the linear trail on his lunch hour today as I took my noon hour stroll.  Told me there should be a live CD forthcoming of their recent performance, along with Frank Critelli and others, at Buttonwood Tree in Middletown.

Those intolerant bastards, Zero Tolerance, play tonight at Illusions Dance Club in Wolcott.  Ride the mechanical bull, boys!

John Cougar Mellancamp is 60 today; cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 56.  Just thought you should know.

R 'n R Hall of Fame nominee pick of the day - Freddie King:
(From Wikipedia, so it must true)- Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976), thought to have been born as Frederick Christian, originally recording as Freddy King, and nicknamed "the Texas Cannonball", was an influential African-American blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of "the Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King, as well as the youngest of the three. Freddie King based his guitar style on Texas and Chicago influences and was one of the first bluesmen to have a multi-racial backing band onstage with him at live performances. He is best known for singles such as "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" (1960) and his Top 40 hit "Hide Away" (1961). He is also known for albums such as the early, instrumental-packed Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961) and the later album Burglar (1974), which displayed King's mature versatility as both player and singer in a range of blues and funk styles. King had a twenty-year recording career and became established as an influential guitarist with hits for Federal Records, in the early 1960s. He inspired American musicians such as Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan and others. His influence was also felt in UK, through recordings by blues revivalists such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Chicken Shack.

(Johnnykmusic opinion:  let Freddie in the HOF)

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