March 11, 2011

Like a Fine Wine

I recently had the pleasure of seeing The Jayhawks (original lineup) perform Hollywood Town Hall in its entirety at the Vic Theater in Chicago.  After a 15 year hiatus, the group is back together supporting reissues of their two hit records from the mid 90′s (HTH and Tomorrow the Green Grass).  They also have a new record due out late spring/early summer.  I stumbled across this video, which shows just how good the harmonies still sound. like pancakes and butter.  like swiss cake rolls and milk.  like a fine wine.

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March 19, 2010

Thinking About Alex Chilton

I was devastated to hear that Alex Chilton passed away on Wednesday.  It really came as a shock.  I always assumed I would see Big Star perform live someday.  The concert always went something like this in my head….Me standing front and center, singing along to every word, somehow I end up on stage singing ‘Way Out West,’ and Alex digs it so much that he invites me to join the band, then I invite all the dudes I’ve ever played in bands with to join and we all float away together into rock and roll bliss.  Well thats obviously not going to happen anymore, but I am comforted by the fact that Alex left me so much beautiful music to enjoy.

The first Big Star song I heard was ‘Back of a Car.’  It was an amazing moment for me.  I was in a band at the time, and I remember saying to the guitarist ‘Hey I heard this band called Big Star – I think that it’s exactly what we’ve been trying to do!’  It seems a lot of musicians have had similar ‘Big Star’ moments.  For me, it became a bit of an obsession.  I purchased the #1 Record/Radio City album and listened to it nonstop for over a year.  I still listen to those albums frequently, and am always eager to share it with people who have never heard it – welcoming them into ‘the club.’  I expect that the club will continue to grow, and Chilton’s legacy will live on as long as there are kids with electric guitars and loud amps.  Thank You Alex.  LC

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February 26, 2010

Nick Vote/Genius Johnson – Live! at Birdy’s

I know, the past few posts on this blog have been to promote my own shows.  I guess thats what has inspired me lately.  So for the 20 people who stumble upon this blog in a given week, please stop surfing the internet and come to Birdy’s in Indianapolis at 9:00 on Saturday Feb. 26th.  Nick Vote/Genius Johnson will be opening the night, followed by Channel Four of Chicago, The Black Oil Brothers, and rockabilly legend Art Adams.  Here is a video that will give you an idea what to expect..

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December 7, 2009

Oh, Hello There

So I’ve taken some time off of blogging for personal reasons.  Well I’m back, and I have some things to say.  In the coming weeks there are several topics that I would like to discuss:

1.  Holiday Extravaganza III – this year the event moves to Birdy’s in Indianapolis as Spin Nightclub in Broad Ripple has sadly gone away.  The event will take place December 23rd around 9:00 PM, so get there early.  There will be many familiar faces from your childhood.  The lineup includes the regular crowd, Blue Moon Revue, Nick Vote (potentially in the form of Genius Johnson), Johnzo West, and this year APR will be joining the bill.

2.  The mighty Channel Four from Chicago spent some time recording their debut album in Rochester, IN in early October.  I would like to share some stories and pictures from this epic weekend.

And there are so many more things, so stay tuned….

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March 10, 2009

“Issue III: Emily”

emily-sticker-4x15-v2Our dear old friend and newly engaged Andrew Parker-Renga (see interview with APR in our archives) was in town last weekend and graced the stage at E Street Open Mic for a spirited three song set in support of his new album entitled “Issue III: Emily”.  APR put on a good show, and was joined on-stage by some friends for a spirited rendition of the album’s title track, “Emily.”  Lost Cowboy was testing out some new recording equipment at the show (the awesome new Tascam DP-004) and ended up with a pretty good bootleg of both APR and Scott Gould’s performances.   Scott was busy workshopping some new material.  p1010580

**Update** – Due to a technical error while trying to upload the audio to the site just now I erased the entire performance with the exception of Scott Gould’s new song “Midwest Masquerade,” which I uploaded yesterday.  I’m pretty upset about it as the recording was good quality.  I guess there is a function on the machine to protect songs which I wasn’t using.  I will not make that mistake again.  I am going to go ahead and try to upload Scott’s song as well as the studio version of the title track of APR’s latest – “Emily” – which by the way is a beautiful name for an album…

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January 19, 2009

E Street Cafe Open Mic

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E Street Cafe in Encinitas has moved it’s open mic night from Wednesday to Sunday nights and we were lucky enough to catch a couple of acts last night.  Our very own Scott Gould graced the stage for a spirited 4-song set featuring some original music and a couple cover songs.  Gould’s laid back stage presence and delicate fingerstyle delivery resonated well with the crowd.  At one point during the set, an unidentified man in the corner of the room was spotted “air-harmonica-ing” along with one of Scott’s tunes.  Scott’s set was the bright point of the evening which included some freelance poetry and some “improvisational-ukulele-single-string-chanting” from this bearded sage: 

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January 16, 2009

Badass of the Year Candidate

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In non-music related news, please say hello to Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger III, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 that crash-landed in the Hudson River yesterday after both engines were blown by a flock of birds.  This guy is truly a bad-ass.  I dig his moustache and general aura of confidence.  I want to drink whiskey with him.

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