Antes do carnaval eu ouvia o lendário programa Morning Becomes Eclectic na KCRW de LA quando quem apareceu por lá foi o Curumin com o seu Japan Pop Show.

Aqui está a sua apresentação.

Ouço Morning Becomes Eclectic há mais de dez anos, a praticamente cada dia tem um convidado de uma parte do mundo, toca sempre música brasileira, trocou recentemente de apresentador mas continua excelente.


Last week I was listening to the fabled program Morning Becomes Eclectic, on LA´s KCRW, and who showed up in the studio was brazilian samba-funker Curumin with his Japan Pop Show.
Great presentation.

I´ve been listening to MBE for over ten years, practically every day they have a guest from some part of the world, there´s always brazilian songs, the show has a new host now but still´s great.




Curumin Live at the Village (2009)
Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW.

1. Compacto
2. Mal Estar Card
3. Misterio Stereo
4. Japan Pop Show
5. Vem Menina
6. Guerreiro

Luciano Nakata Albuquerque Aka "Curumin" - Drums, Vox, Mpc, Cavaquinho
Lucas Da Silva Martins - Bass, Mpc
Marcelo Effori - Mpc, Drums, Vox, Percussion

http://rapidshare.com/files/203796213/Curumin.rar

KCRW

Morning Becomes Eclectic

In the first post I published on this blog i wrote about a terrific folk and protest singer, Odetta, a woman with a powerful voice and an enormous soul, but which isn´t now as well known as other folk staples of the 60s.

Today I would like to show another very talented folk singer from the 60s who strangely didn´t garner a continued sucess and isn´t well known nowadays, although has become quite a cult figure.

Shawn Philips was a fine vocalist, an interesting songwriter, played several instruments, lived in several countries and recorded in diverse musical styles.

First Impressions is in fact his second album, from his 60s folkie period (mostly voice & guitar), with folk classics from Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, etc., theatrical covers (West Side Story, Sound of Music) and original protest songs.
In Contribution - produced with some of Traffic - he was coming out of an English phase composing with Donovan and his sound is going from folk to progressive and rock. In Second Contribution - early 70s - he´s plainly rock and stretching out to R & B.
(The last two albuns came here from my re-issue CD from 2005 which published both records together, so they´re in the same file.)

Shawn Philips has put up a site where you can buy his full discography (with recent records and concerts), see pics, read about his crazy life...

A good bio here (with Shawn teaching George how to play the sitar and more...)




No primeiro post deste blog escrevi sobre uma tremenda cantora de música folk e de protesto, Odetta, mulher de voz poderosa e alma imensa, mas que acabou não permanecendo hoje tão conhecida quanto outros próceres da música folk americana.

Hoje queria mostrar outro talento que surgiu da cena folk nos anos 60 e que estranhamente não transformou-se num sucesso contínuo, sendo hoje um nome desconhecido até dos folkies americanos, embora seja um figura cult dos conhecedores.

Shawn Philips eraum bom vocalista, um compositor interessante de ótimas letras, tocava vários instrumentos, viveu em vários paises e gravou canções em diversos estilos musicais.

O primeiro album mostrado aqui se chama Primeiras Impressões mas na verdade é seu segundo disco, de sua fase bem folk (muita voz & violão) com clássicos de Pete Seeger e Leadbelly, covers teatrais (West Side Story, Sound of Music) e composições próprias de protesto.
Em Contribution - produzido com o pessoal do Traffic - ele tinha acabado de encerrar uma fase inglesa de parcerias com Donovan e seu som já vai passando do folk pro progressivo pro rock. Em Second Contribution - início dos anos 70 - está mais roqueiro chegando aos rhythm & blues.

Shawn Philips montou um site onde se pode comprar todos os seus discos (continua gravando e fazendo shows), ver fotos de sua vida e ler sobre sua carreira maluca.

E aqui tem uma boa bio em ingles (com Shawn ensinando cítara para George e muito mais...)







Shawn Philips - First Impressions (1966)

01. London Town (3:02) - Shawn Philips
02. Seek And Ye Shall Find (3:56) - traditional
03. Theme For The March On Washington (2:11) - Shawn Philips
04. Old Blue (3:11) - Lomax / Roberts
05. Maria (from "West Side Story") (3:38) - Berstein / Sondheim
06. The Bells of Rhymney (3:40) - Pete Seeger
07. Coal Tattoo (2:20) - Billy Ed Wheller
08. Black Girl (3:22) - traditional
09. Miniver Cheevy (2:40) - Shawn Philips
10. Cloudy Summer Afternoon (2:16) - Travis / Edmundson
11. Another Country (3:33) - McKuen / McGuire
12. Storm (3:39) - Shawn Philips
13. Summer Came (3:11) - Shawn Philips

bonus track - My Favourite Things - Rodgers / Hammerstein



Shawn Philips - Contribution (1968)

1. M.H.C.W.
2. L Ballade
3. Not Quite Nonsense
4. No Question
5. Withered Roses
6. For J.F.K., R.F.K. And M.L.K.
7. Lovely Lady
8. Screamer For Phlyses

all songs by Shawn Philips
Musicians

Paul Buckmaster Keyboards
Robin Geoffrey Cable Engineer
Jim Capaldi Drums
Candy John Carr Drums
Jimmy Coff Percussion
Adrian Gaye Guitar
Remi Kabaka Percussion
Chris Mercer Saxophone
Mox Harmonica
Shawn Phillips Guitar, Sitar, Vocals
Peter Robinson Percussion, Keyboards
Mick Weaver Keyboards
Steve Winwood Keyboards
Chris Wood Wind





Shawn Philips - Second Contribution (1971)

1. She Was Waitin' for Her Mother at the Station in Torino and You Know I Love You Baby But It's Getting Too Heavy To Laugh (WOMAN)
2. Keep On
3. Sleepwalker
4. Song for Mr. C
5. The Ballad of Casey Deiss
6. Song for Sagittarians
7. Lookin' Up Lookin' Down
8. Remedial Interruption
9. Whaz' Zat
10. Schmaltz Waltz
11. F Sharp Splendor - Shawn Phillips, Buckmaster, Paul
12. Steel Eyes

all songs by Shawn Philips except F Sharp Splendor by Paul Buckmaster
Orchestral Arrangements: Paul Buckmaster
Musicians
Paul Buckmaster Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements
Harvey Burns Guitar
Robin Geoffrey Cable Engineer
Anello Capuano
Jim Cregan Guitar
Barry Dean Bass, Guitar
Mike Doud Art Direction
Ian Green Arranger
Ann Odell Keyboards
Brian Odgers Bass
John Michael Palmer
Shawn Phillips Guitar, Composer, Sitar, Vocals
Peter Robinson Percussion, Keyboards
Bruce Rowland Drums
Jerry Salisbury Horn


http://rapidshare.com/files/196812019/ssoonnss_impressoes.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/196875620/ssoonnss_contribuicoes.rar

Somewhere between leaving in 72 the fantastic rock group Mutantes - with its psych sounds and avant-garde tropicalistic arrangements - and launching in 74 a solo career as one of the top pop-rock brazilian stars, Rita Lee wanted to form an all-girl band and teamed up with glam rocker Lucia Turnbull under the name Cilibrinas do Éden (Eden as in the Garden and Cilibrina being slang for several spaced-out drugs).
They ended up being backed by three guys (who later became the band Tutti Frutti who recorded 4 more albuns with Rita Lee).

Cilibrinas only recorded one record, which is kinda transitional - rocking sometimes, psyching sometimes - but is in fact very good. Recorded live in fron tof a small audience in a pretty straight-forward manner.
Brazilian music industry mogul Midani scraped the record - which stills remains officially unreleased - declaring it not up-to-standards, but mostly because for he had other plans for Rita, as a solo (and better-produced) artist with hit songs.
(Turnbull got kinda dissed in the whole story...)

Finally, after 35 years, brazilian fans operating out of Spain put out this bootleg edition with the original tapes (did someone raid the vault?) which has been spreading through the internet.
Read an article about it last week and tought of talking about it here.


Para quem lê português, a história com mais detalhes está aqui no Ilustrada Pop.
Quando li a matéria na Folha pensei em falar do disco no ssoonnss...




As Cilibrinas do Éden (1973)

01 - Mamãe Natureza (3:41)
02 - E Você Ainda Duvida (4:46)
03 - Minha Fama de Mau (1:49)
04 - Gente Fina É Outra Coisa (3:17)
05 - Paixão Da Minha Existência Atribulada (4:40)
06 - Festival Divino (4:44)
07 - Bad Trip (Ainda Bem) (4:08)
08 - Nessas Alturas Dos Acontecimentos (3:10)
09 - Vamos Voltar Ao Princípio Porque Lá É O Fim (3:56)
10 - Cilibrinas Do Éden (2:48)

ps
this is from an old tape i´ve had for years, so the tracks are in a different order than the No Smoke Records release.

Passei isto de uma fita antiga que tenho, de modos que as faixas estão numa sequencia diferente do que a do recente disco pirata. Mas creio que esta é a ordem do show.

pss

Some of the songs resurfaced in different forms in Rita Lee´s later records.

Algumas dessas musicas ressurgiram modificadas ou nao em discos posteriores de Rita Lee.

Lucia Turnbull - songwriting, vocals, guitars
Rita Lee - songwriting, vocals, keyboards, flute
Luis Sérgio Carlini - guitars
Lee Marcucci - bass
Emilson Colantonio - drums

http://rapidshare.com/files/190770973/ssoonnss_cliibrina.rar

O coração do homem bomba faz tum tum
Até o dia em que ele fizer BUM

Zeca em dose dupla, profusão de rimas internas e ritmos instigantes, trocadilhos, canções em homenagem a Odair José, Raul Seixas, Datena & Geraldo Vandré, titulos como "Jesus no Cyber Café do Inferno" e "Samba de um Janota Só", cover do Karnak... dois dos melhores discos de 2008.


The suicide bomber´s heart goes toom toom
Until the day when it will go BOOM

In 2008 Zeca Baleiro put out two records and both could be in the year´s top ten of brazilian music. The internal rhymns create interesting rhythms even for those who don´t understand the language (but which, of course, will miss his poetry of puns and word associations, and the references to famous brazilian composers like Vandré and Raul Seixas). And the song titles such as "Jesus in Hell´s Cyber Cafe".



Zeca Baleiro - O Coração do Homem Bomba – Vol. 1 (2008)

1. O Coração do Homem Bomba
2. Você Não Liga Pra Mim
3. Alma Não Tem Cor (André Abujamra)
4. Vai de Madureira
5. Elas Por Elas
6. Aquela Prainha (Zeca-Chico César)
7. Ela Falou Malandro (Zeca-Zé Geraldo)(
8. Você É Má (Zeca - Joaozinho Gomes)
9. Bola Dividida (Luiz Ayrão)
10. Aí Beethoven
11. Toca Raul
12. Nega Neguinha
13. Geraldo Vandré (Zeca - Chico César)




Zeca Baleiro - O Coração do Homem Bomba – Vol. 2 (2008)

1 - Era (Wado - Zeca)
2 - Tevê (Zeca - Kleber Albuquerque)
3 - Você Se Foi (Zeca - Totonho)
4 - Datena Da Raça
5 - Na Quitanda (André Bedurê - Zeca)
6 - Jesus No Cyber Café Do Inferno
7 - I'm Nobody (poema de Emily Dickinson)
8 - Trova: Aonde Flores
9 - Boi Do Dono
10 - Pastiche
11 - Samba De Um Janota Só
12 - Como Diria Odair
13 - Debora
14 - Tacape

todas as composições por zeca baleiro a não ser onde indicado

all songs whose authors are not named here were written by zeca baleiro

http://rapidshare.com/files/189387376/ssoonnss_bombmanheart1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/189387379/ssoonnss_bombmanheart2.rar

Sacundinbenblog
está fazendo um passeio pela tropicália
apresentando os primeiros discos de caetano, gil, mutantes, gal, tomzé...
Para quem ainda nao tem ou nao conhece, uma ótima.

Sacundinbenblog
is showing records from the Tropicalismo period of Brazilian Music (67,68,69,70)
with the first albuns by caetano, gil, gal, mutantes, tomzé...
Psychedelic & traditional & protest & samba & afro & poetry...

One of contemporary groups I enjoy the most is journalist Stephin Merritt´s Magnetic Fields, whose 2008´s release - Distortion - lives up to the name. On a fuzzy bed of sound re-Jesus-Mary-Chain, soaring melodies.

Um dos grupos atuais que curto mais é Magnetic Fields, onde o jornalista Stephen Merritt compõe, produz e toca quase tudo, gravando a maioria das faixas em apenas quatro canais. Neste lançamento de 2008, o nome do album é uma amostra do som com suas camadas de distorção à la Jesus & Mary Chain.




Magnetic Fields - Distortion (2008)

1. "Three-Way" – 3:01
2. "California Girls" – 3:00
3. "Old Fools" – 3:02
4. "Xavier Says" – 2:42
5. "Mr. Mistletoe" – 2:59
6. "Please Stop Dancing" – 3:01
7. "Drive On, Driver" – 2:51
8. "Too Drunk to Dream" – 3:00
9. "Till the Bitter End" – 3:03
10. "I'll Dream Alone" – 3:08
11. "The Nun's Litany" – 2:58
12. "Zombie Boy" – 3:05
13. "Courtesans" – 2:59

All tracks written by Stephin Merritt.

* Stephin Merritt - vocals, instrumentation
* Sam Davol - cello
* Claudia Gonson - drums, piano, Farfisa organ, backing vocals
* Daniel Handler - accordion
* Shirley Simms - vocals
* John Woo - lead guitar
* A. Klasinski, I. Pearle, R. Stevens - "orgiasts"

http://rapidshare.com/files/188434809/ssoonnss_distorcoes_magneticas.rar

Chico César mergulha nos ritmos populares. O titulo do disco tem 3 Fs. O som acrescenta mais um: Festa.
É a vida tirando a calcinha...


Brazilian singer and composer Chico César in several of the popular rhythms of this country, not only traditional ones like forró, frevo and catimbó but imported ones such as ska and reggae.





Chico César - Francisco, Forró y Frevo (2008)

1. Girassol (4:22)
2. Feriado (3:58)
3. A Marcha da calcinha e A marcha da cueca (Part. Claudionor Germano) (4:38)
4. Comer na mão (4:15)
5. Humanequim (3:54)
6. Dentro (Part. Seu Jorge) (3:47)
7. Abaeté, Abaiacu e Namorado (4:34)
8. Deus me proteja (Part. Dominguinhos) (4:53)
9. Armando (3:13)
10. Zabé (4:11)
11. Solto na buraqueira (4:09)
12. Ociosa (4:12)
13. Eletrônica (3:29)
14. Pelado (Part. Armandinho) (4:07)

produção de BID
mixado por Caldato Jr.

http://rapidshare.com/files/187288684/ssoonnss_chicofranky.rar

A great concert with Lou Reed, from his Rock & Roll Heart period.
It swings more than rocks - a pretty funky gig - with the addition of Don Cherry on trumpet.


Um show excelente de Lou Reed, da época do seu Rock & Roll Heart,
e mais suingado do que roqueiro graças em grande parte ao trompete de Don Cherry.




Lou Reed - Claim to Fame
Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, Dec. 1 1976

01. Jam
02. Sweet Jane
03. I believe in love
04. Lisa says
05. Kick
06. She´s my best friend
07. Waiting for the man
08. Sheltered life
09. You wear it so well
10. Claim to fame
11. Walk on the wild side

Marty Fogel - Sax
Michael Fonfara - Keyboards
Michael Sikorsky - Drums
Bruce Yaw - Bass
Don Cherry - Trumpet
Lou Reed - Guitar, Vocals & Foul Language

http://rapidshare.com/files/185572757/ssoonnss_claimtofame.rar

A blogosfera musical comemora a partida do Bushinho
postando trilhas sonoras para sua saideira.

30 Days Out publica uma compilação de música sobre Bush Jr
e Hep Cat´s Kewl Kuts uma compilação de rock de direita.


As Bush drifts away, several blogs hail his departure with mixes for his going-away-party
like 30 Days Out with songs about Dubya
and Hep Cat´s Kewl Kuts with a compilation of right-wing rock.

The pairing of rock musicians and orchestral arrangements, be it with full or chamber orchestras or even big bands, rarely work out, tending to be mushy.
This is an exception. The BBC Big Band really rocks and Bruce is still a master of the bass.


Juntar roqueiros e orquestras geralmente é uma idéia de jerico, seja com orquestras sinfonicas, de câmera ou mesmo com big bands, não dá liga.
Esta apresentação é uma exceção. A Big Band da BBC manda ver e mestre Bruce também - tem até dueto de seu célebre baixo com um bombardino.




Jack Bruce meets the BBC Big Band
Birmingham Town Hall, Nov 14th, 2008


Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune
Spoonful
Smiles and Grins
Deserted Cities of the Heart
Born Under a Bad Sign
Theme from an Imaginary Western
White Room
Sunshine of your Love

Jack Bruce - vocals, bass
Gary Husband - drums
Justin Quinn - guitar
Jorg Achim Keller - conductor and arranger

http://rapidshare.com/files/185572753/ssoonnss_brucebbcband.rar

Edith played a plate.
Living in the interior of Bahia, she would keep the samba rhythm moving a knife along porcelain plates, creating an unique style.
Lanched by Caetano Veloso in 1973, when she was 58 years old (she´s from Caetano´s hometown), this is the only full album of her singing and plate-knocking (recorded in 2001, she was 86).

Edith do Prato died this week, at the age of 94.
At her funeral, plates were ringing!!


Da Folha de São Paulo:
Ela só foi reconhecida profissionalmente aos 58 anos, quando a maioria das mulheres faz planos para desfrutar da aposentadoria. Em 1973, o cantor e compositor Caetano Veloso apresentou Edith Oliveira Nogueira para o Brasil e diversos países ao incluir uma participação da sambista no disco "Araçá Azul".
A partir daí, a dona-de-casa, que começou aos oito anos a tirar os primeiros sons de uma cuia de queijo, ganhou um apelido que resumia a sua destreza no manejo da faca e dos pratos para o samba: Edith do Prato.
Na pacata Santo Amaro (71 km de Salvador), onde nasceu, ensinou a sua arte para centenas de pessoas e ajudou a divulgar a música do Recôncavo Baiano.
A família Veloso contribuiu para a propagação do talento. O seu único CD (independente) foi produzido por Maria Bethânia e seu sobrinho J. Veloso. Lançado em 2001, "Dona Edith do Prato e Vozes da Purificação" esgotou-se rapidamente e, dois anos depois, foi relançado pela Biscoito Fino.
Ela costumava contar a sua vida para os moradores de Santo Amaro nas tardes de domingo. Nos últimos anos, já famosa, participou de apresentações no principal palco de espetáculos da Bahia: o Teatro Castro Alves.
Internada desde dezembro, após um AVC (acidente vascular cerebral), Edith do Prato morreu na noite de anteontem, aos 94. Amigos e parentes realizaram seu último desejo: tocaram percussão enquanto o corpo era enterrado ontem à tarde. (Luiz Francisco)




Dona Edith do Prato - Vozes da Purificação (2001)


01. Abertura e Cavaleiro
02. Quem Pode Mais, Dona de Casa, Eu Vim Aqui
03. Marinheiro Só
04. Casa Nova, Raiz
05. Tombo do Pau
06. Samba Numerado
07. Ariri Vaqueiro
08. Senimbú e Calolé
09. Ai Dindinha
10. Minha Senhora, How Beautiful
11. Santo Amaro Ê Ê
12. Viola Meu Bem
13. Vivas

http://rapidshare.com/files/182845155/ssoonnss_-_plate_edith.rar

Bem, viajei, voltei, estamos em janeiro e a minissérie (vide post abaixo) agora é outra, narrando uma biopic de Maysa.

Clique nos titulos, ouça,
e vá viver a sua vida com outro alguém.


Now in january brazilian TV is showing another miniseries (see post below), this time a biopic of singer Maysa, who lived a wild and tragic life, and was hugely sucessful here in the 50s & 60s.

Here are two Maysa records. The first is very rare, an american edition, an attempt to launch the singer in the USA (so with lots of american standards in her sad "fossa" style). The second is a live concert, more bossa-novish.




Maysa - Songs before dawn (1960)

1. You better go now
2. Something to remenber you by
3. The end of a love affair
4. A noite do meu bem
5. If I forget you
6. Ne me quite pas
7. When you love has gone
8. Mean to me
9. The man that go away
10. Autumn leaves
11. I’m a fool to want you
12. La barca




Maysa 64

1. Demais/I´ve Got You Under My Skin
2. Por Causa De Você
3. La Barca
4. Bom Dia, Tristeza
5. Quem Quiser Encontrar O Amor
6. Fim De Noite
7. O Amor Que Acabou
8. Dindi
9. Buquê De Izabel

http://rapidshare.com/files/182845149/ssoonnss_-_Maysa_64.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/182845153/ssoonnss_-_Maysa_-_Songs_before_dawn.rar

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Quem assistiu a Capitu, esta adaptação recente de Luis Fernando Carvalho para o "Dom Casmurro" de Machado de Assis, foi bombardeado com os acordes iniciais, num mandolim, da música "Elephant Gun" - praticamente a toda vez que surgia na tela a Capitu (e seus olhos de ressaca).

LFC gosta de colocar em suas trilhas essas bandas do Leste Europeu, mas no caso a canção é do Beirut, que apesar do nome e das influencias balcânicas e eslavas é o grupo de um americano no New Mexico chamado Zach Condon (como o Brasov que tem os metais de um Bregovic ou Gogol mas é carioca do Brasil).

Vale a pena conhecer as outras músicas do caldeirão Beirut. Aqui estão seus discos recentes.


In december, Globo - the main brazilian TV network - showed a series based on a classic of our literature, Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis. The series is called Capitu which is the mysterious female character. The scenes were shot in a circus atmosphere, mixing cinema & theater and modern & classical references, with the dazzling visual effects which are director´s Luiz Fernando Carvalho´s trademark. And though the story takes place in the 19th century, the soundtrack went from Black Sabbath´s "Iron Man" to Beirut´s "Elephant Gun".

And in another juxtaposition the band Beirut with it´s eastern-european slavic sounds is actually a group from New Mexico, USA, who released one of the best albuns in 2007 (preceded by an even better EP). (There´s also a brazilian balkan band called Brasov, but that´s a different post).



LON GISLAND (2007)

1. "Elephant Gun" – 5:48
2. "My Family's Role in the World Revolution" – 2:07
3. "Scenic World (Second Version)" – 2:53
4. "The Long Island Sound" – 1:18
5. "Carousels" – 4:23

THE FLYING CLUB CUP (2007)

1. "A Call to Arms" - 0:18
2. "Nantes" - 3:50
3. "A Sunday Smile" - 3:36
4. "Guyamas Sonora" - 3:31
5. "La Banlieue" - 1:58
6. "Cliquot" (Zach Condon, Owen Pallett) - 3:52
7. "The Penalty" - 2:22
8. "Forks and Knives (La Fête)" - 3:34
9. "In the Mausoleum" - 3:11
10. "Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)" (Zach Condon, Kendrick Strauch) - 2:51
11. "Cherbourg" - 3:33
12. "St. Apollonia" - 2:59
13. "The Flying Club Cup" - 3:05

all songs by Zach Condon except where noticed


* Zach Condon - vocals, ukulele, french horn, trumpet, flugelhorn
* Owen Pallett - violin, organ, backup vocals
* Jon Natchez - clarinet, flute, melodica
* Kendrick Strauch - piano
* Perrin Cloutier - accordion, upright bass, backup vocals
* Nick Petree - percussion, backup vocals
* Kristin Ferebee - backup vocals
* Jason Poranski - guitar, mandolin
* Paul Collins - bouzouki

http://rapidshare.com/files/178275805/ssoonnss_beirute_armadeelefante.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/178275807/ssoonnss_beirute_copavoador.rar

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Por falar em Obama (post abaixo), é um presidente que em seu discurso de vitória citou Sam Cooke,
mudando os versos de "it´s been a long time coming / but a change is gonna come"
para "a change has come to America".

Bem, sabemos que mudanças. caso venham mesmo, serão superficiais, mas aproveito a citação para lembrar desse clássico do soul.
E citar que a melhor gravação que tenho desta música é de um cantor chamado Baby Huey (nome em ingles para o personagem Gansola - devido ao seu peso).
Confira aqui o peso, nesse disco produzido por Curtis Mayfield.


Speaking of Obama (post below) at least this is a guy who in his victory speech quotes Sam Cooke.

He changed the famous lyrics "it´s been a long time coming / but a change is gonna come" to "it´s been a long time coming / but a change has come to America".
Well... we know that changes, if they come about, will be superficial, but, anyway, this is just because i remembered the soul classic
and one of the best recordings I´ve ever heard of it
by this huge singer called Baby Huey.
Check out this record, produced by Curtis Mayfield.


THE BABY HUEY STORY




1. Listen To Me
2. Mama Get Yourself Together
3. A Change Is Gonna Come
4. Mighty Mighty
5. Hard Times
6. California Dreamin’
7. Runnin
8. One Dragon, Two Dragon

Baby Huey & The Babysitters are
James "Baby Huey" Ramey
Johnny Ross
Melvin "Deacon" Jones

http://rapidshare.com/files/173652597/gansola.rar

A huge voice ringing through the ears & minds of the people and a solid social conscience - Odetta was soundtrack to the civil rights movement in the 60s.

Yes, Odetta was soulsister to black american music (with Nina Simone).
She forged chilling channels churning up water deep from the well of folk-blues-spirituals-worksongs, flowing into the creeks of the counterculture.
(Drenching Bob Dylan, quenching the ache in Janis Joplin´s throat, among others).

Odetta died last week, on December the 2nd.
People wrote that her heart didnt stand the thrill of seeing a black man being acknownledged as leader of the amerikan nation (the heart of that 14 year old girl who was thrown off a train because her skin didnt match those of the allowed passengers).

A pity. She was scheduled to sing - in what would maybe be the most significant moment - in Obama´s innauguration ceremony.
(At 77 Odetta still was touring and recording records on a regular basis.)



ODETTA SINGS BALLADS & BLUES (1956)

1. "Santy Anno" (Traditional) – 1:55
2. "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Traditional) – 2:42
3. "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:51
4. "Another Man Done Gone" (Traditional) – 2:11
5. "Shame and Scandal" (Traditional) – 2:23
6. "Jack o' Diamonds" (Traditional) – 3:15
7. "'Buked and Scorned" (Traditional) – 2:40
8. "Easy Rider" (Traditional) – 5:06
9. "Joshua" (Traditional) – 1:53
10. "Hound Dog" (Traditional) – 3:50
11. "Glory, Glory" (Traditional) – 2:12
12. "Alabama Bound" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 1:42
13. "Been in the Pen" (Traditional) – 2:32
14. "Deep Blue Sea" (Traditional) – 3:00
15. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (Traditional) – 1:51
16. Spiritual Trilogy: "Oh, Freedom", "Come and Go With Me", "I'm on My Way" (Traditional) – 6:06


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ODETTA SINGS DYLAN (1965)

1. "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You" – 2:50
2. "Long Ago, Far Away" – 2:50
3. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – 5:42
4. "Tomorrow is a Long Time" – 6:20
5. "Masters of War" – 6:18
6. "Walkin' Down the Line" – 4:01
7. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 4:39
8. "With God on Our Side" – 5:13
9. "Long Time Gone" – 3:44
10. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 10:44
11. "Blowin' in the Wind" – 4:11
12. "Paths of Victory" – 2:24

all songs by Bob Dylan

* Odetta – vocals, guitar
* Bruce Langhorne – guitar, tambourine
* Peter Childs – guitar
* Les Grinage – bass


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