Ezekiel 25:17

This is a interesting mix, 71 minutes of relentless party time cheese. Invite your friends over for a Bar-B-Q, sink a few cold ones and, at the appropriate time, press play. After a frenzied bout of air guitar you might try playing 'Name That Movie' as we move swiftly through a plethora of juke box favorites. The last 20 minutes are my most successful cut'n'paste session to date. Totally manic!

By the way, I stole Destiny's Child from the Soulwax mix and the Mr Oizo mix is from an unknown source, the rest I brutalised myself?

Samuel L. Jackson - Ezekiel 25:17
Dick Dale & The Deltones - Misirlou
The George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Reef - Place Your Hands
Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Booker T & The MG's - Soul Limbo
Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
The Beat - Ranking Full Stop
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
The Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
The Chammps - Tequila
The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie
Blondie - One Way Or Another
The Pretenders - Chain Gang
Joss Stone - Super Duper Love
Swing Out Sister - Am I The Same Girl
Laura Greene - Moonlight, Music & You
Emma Bunton - Crickets Sing For Anna Maria
Gypsy Kings - El Mariachi
EZ Rollers - Walk This Land
Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
Castaways - Liar, Liar
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Robbie Williams - Man Machine
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Destiny's Child - Independent Women
Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions
Maceo & The Macks - Across The Tracks
Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants (I'm Coming)
Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Just Know It
Louise - Stuck In The Middle With You
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina

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Altogether Now

Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
The Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
A Floc Of Seagulls - Wishing (Photograph Of You)
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
OMD - Enola Gay
Spandau Ballet - Instinction
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Blur - Song 2
5,6,7,8's - Woo Hoo Song
The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
Randy & The Rebel Rousers - Happy Days
McFly - Five Colours In Her Hair
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama Out
T Rex - 20th Century Boy
Sha Na Na - Born To Handjive
The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin'
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go
Merry Melodies - The End

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Southern By The Grace Of God...

British By A Twist Of Fate

Here is a selection of damn fine tunes that you might find in a collection of Southern Rock music. For those that have never come across this genre of music, let me elucidate. Those that recognise my lack of knowledge, might wish to cast aspertions on my character. That's what the comments are for, feel free to expand, correct or just berate me (alternatively, you may wish to say "Nice mix Mick!").
In the late Sixties the Rock Music that we think of as 'Classic' filtered through, after a long and arduous journey, to an area of this globe that, musically speaking, we generally consider to be 'Country'. From a non-political viewpoint, some of the folk in this area were bored with the 'Grand Ol' Opry' and were looking for an alternative style. This new electric guitar imbued music seemed like an interesting starting point?
Groups like the One Percent, Hammer, Alice Marr, The Moving Sidewalks and The Hour Glass, had been inspired by the international phenomenon called The Beatles, were exploring the new players such as Cream's Eric Clapton and a new black sensation going by the name of Jimi Hendrix. Frank Zappa actually sacked one of the guitarists in his band, The Mothers Of Invention, for having the audacity to put forth an idea for a song, 'Willin'. His loss was our gain.
In general, the rules regarding Southern Rock suggest that the bands should have roots in the South.  That's about it really, the music stretches from the Blues, through Country and Rock, to Jazz including all stops in between. On those grounds, I'm hoping that my choices here will be appreciated?

Driving South - Maybe You Can Put That Right
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Ain't No Good Life
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Hitchhikers Hero
Stillwater - Rock 'n' Roll Loser
Henry Paul Band - Wood Wind
Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain
Henry Paul Band - Grey Ghost
Charlie Daniels Band - Orange Blossom Special
The '78 Superjam - Cocaine
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Sea Level - Nothing Matters But The Fever
ZZ Top - Crunchy
Marshall Tucker Band - Long Hard Ride
Molly Hatchet - Gator Country
Blackfoot - Foxchase
Gregg Allman - Come And Go Blues
Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Lowell George - What Do You Want The Girl To Do
Little Feat - Straight From The Heart

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Gregg Allman's performance of Come And Go Blues is apparently taken from The Allman Brothers: Brothers of the Road '82 DVD, and seems to be an outake from a TV appearance that I found on YouTube, check the clip coz it's longer and has more improvisation before the song. Any info (date or story, etc?) would be appreciated. I will be investing in the DVD.

The '78 Superjam is available (in the right circles) as a bootleg CDR. It seems to be the remains of the Lynyrd Skynyrd group with a lot of friends having a good time. Recorded in Doraville, Georgia in August 1978 and in attendance are Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Richard 'Dickey' Betts of the Allman Brothers Band, Charlie Daniels & Taz DiGregorio of The Charlie Daniels Band, Mike Duke & Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie, Robert Nix of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Outlaws, Bonnie Bramlett & Lenny LeBlanc. I downloaded my copy from Skynfan's Guide To Rock n Roll and if you have any interest in this music, I suggest you do the same while it's available. Thanks Skynfan, quality blog!

Slade

OK, while I'm on the 70's, I may as well post a bit of Slade. Slade were my band when I was a lad. I was 12 when Coz I Luv You was performed on Top Of The Pops and I was hooked. Back in the early 80's a guy I worked with told me that Slade had taken The Reading Festival by storm and I was back out buying the missing singles. It's always been a bugbear to the fans, that Slade never performed a ' final concert' before splittin up in 1991.



When I first realised Slade were on the internet this was one of my first reads. I love this daydream about the 'farewell tour', pure fantasy of course but, if only? Last year I was fortunate enough to play the music in between events at Sladefest 2007 (yes, really! It's an anual event in Wolverhampton) and as a challenge I tried to recreate the dream gig.

This is how it came out?

Rock 'N' Roll Preacher
We'll Bring The House Down
Them Kinda Monkees Can't Swing
How Does It Feel
So Far So Good
Let The Good Times Roll
One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches
The Soul, The Roll & The Motion
Gudbuy T'Jane
Far Far Away
Don't Blame Me
We're Really Gonna Raise The Roof
Burning In The Heat Of Love
It's Alright Buy Me
All Of The World Is A Stage
My Oh My

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If you like it, pop over to Bilston on Easter Sunday and hear it on the big system?

An Evening With Mr. Jones

A flashback to the 1970's, an era of rebellion, adventure and outrageousness. The music was a mish mash of 60's rejects, 70's new blood, boys trying to be girls and girls trying to be boys. Fortunately, it was fun and it produced some great music. Much of this has been forgotten because we are embarrassed by the fashion but now it's time to cast off those shackles and celebrate our heritage.

This compilation is the result of a request. I was asked to cater for a Glam Rock Party and asked for some suggestions.

Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
Alice Cooper - Elected
Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
Wizard - Ball Park Incident
Curved Air - Back Street Love
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
The Strawbs - Lay Down
Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man
Glitter Band - Let’s Get Together Again
Roxy Music - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Geordie - All Because Of You
The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
Mud - Tiger Feet
Hello - Tell Him
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Sweet - Fox On The Run
Nazareth - Broken Down Angel
Focus - Sylvia

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Songs Of Praize

This strange collection originated from 1979 when Variations hit the market. You will probably recognise it as the theme to the South Bank Show. I was going through a pretentious phase at the time and pooled all the 'classy tracks from various genres. It works well, I think?

Purple Rain was added later but the King Curtis rendition of Harlem Nocturne was originally the Lounge Lizards version which I have sadly, been unable to find?

Dedicated to Karen, the family's real 'muso'.

Genesis - Horizons
Ultravox - Vienna
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Paganini's Caprice
(Theme pts. 1 - 4 & Variation No. 9 & 23)
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme
Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done
Rah Band - Falcon
Chic - Savoir Faire
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai
Hazel O'Connor - Will You
Rolling Stones - Angie
Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky
Genesis - I Know What I Like
Supertramp - Long Way Home
Peter Gabriel - Salisbury Hill
Prince - Purple Rain
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream
Simon & Garfunkel - For Emily
King Curtis - Harlem Nocturne


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