Let It Bleed is one of the best Rolling Stones albums and “Gimme Shelter” is my favorite Rolling Stones song.
The cover is great too – cake on the front. chaos on the back.
Let Them Eat Delia’s Cake, or Robert Brownjohn’s Let It Bleed
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Charles Mingus wrote about getting cats to use toilets
Newly found live Gram Parsons recording
I am a big admirer of Gram Parsons for his solo work and earlier work with the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. There’s a Kickstarter campaign for a newly found live recording from a 1973 concert. I am really looking forward to it!
The clavinet
The clavinet is an electronic keyboard made by Hohner from 1964 to 1982. Stevie Wonder used it for “Superstition” and other records. The Band used it on “The Shape I’m In” and “Up on Cripple Creek”.
Two great websites on music covers
I post a lot about music covers. Two great sources of information are:
They are both on Twitter, too.
Hazel Scott
The Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 is 50
I am not a big fan of their long jams but there are a lot of excellent songs on this album which was a 3-record set. I love the version of “Comberland Blues”. I think this was their best period. I saw them in 1973 and the concert was not as good as this.
New York Times article on the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book
Great album
“Superstition” is one of my favorite songs ever.
Tweet on Warren Zevon’s last appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman
This is a great article
Sad! 