Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Baseballs one and only no hitter on LSD


Chuck Brodsky is a folk singer that has an amazing talent for songwriting. With the songwriting of Bob dylan and the voice of a more coherent Tom Waits Chuck is tearing up the coffee spots with his hilarious songs and brutal talent. Here he sings about a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates named Doc Ellis who didn't know his team was playing the next day so him and his girlfriend takes LSD. They stay up all night and takes some more in the morning. The girlfriend finds a newspaper the next morning and read that his team was playing that day. Not only were they playing but Doc was pitching. So he rushes to the ballpark high on LSD, had to lie his way to the coach's and makes it out to the mound. Chuck tells the rest brilliantly in this song and the story is hilarious, but they best part is that its true. Enjoy the brilliant talent of Chuck Brodsky, folk singer extraordinaire!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Tom Waits I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You


Thought I would just post this creepy claymation style video of a Tom Waits classic. Enjoy folks, its Tom at his best on his debut.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Ed nukes his ukes

Punk Ukulele? Sounds like peanut butter and ketchup right, two mixed doesn't sound good. Well think again, Mr. Ed White ladies and gentlemen. From doing Ramones covers from I Wanna Be Sedated to KKK Took My Baby Away he blows up the stage at the Cantab lounge in Boston. I met Ed on Artist Row this summer while he did a gig at the store me and my fiance Virginia had with another couple, Sara and Dan. Sara knew Ed from her college days but haven't seen him in years. They corresponded and a couple of weeks later Ed was at Artist Row with his trusty uke setting up. I talked to him at first for a while and was blown away at how nice of a guy he was, then he started playing. Punk played on a ukulele sounds amazing!! Not only does Ed play covers of punk songs but he writes his own as well. My favorite having to be I Thought Your Boyfriend Was A Lesbian or The Bronco Rides again (Tribute to the hatred of OJ). With the energy of a young man and the wit of a old man Ed plows through songs like a hurricane. Everyone should listen to the great Ed White, just like the lucky crowds at the famous Cantab!! Uke till ya puke Ed!!

Friday, November 12, 2010

These blues will rock ya so much it will make you Seasick



He's been tearing up the blues scene all over Europe. Keeping the old world blues tradition. With an old junk shop personality and look he plays the blues like no one else can, keeping your feet stomping and heart thumping. There's always hands clapping and people smiling when Seasick Steve starts strumming his 3 string broken down guitar and a wooden box he carries around to every show with a Mississippi license plate nailed on the front that he calls the Mississippi stomp box, he kicks with his foot and heal with every force like it was his last show. Its amazing that a old man like Steve can still make it in a world of multi million dollar rock stars with concert hype and budgets to support a small town for life. But hes finally made it after all the hoboin around the world with his trusty guitar and dog pal, playing the street corners like the true blue blues singers of yesteryear. Son House, Leadbelly, Blind lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, etc they all didn't have million dollar contracts, or even a place to live. They all started in the streets like Steve. Most blues singers never lived to see their true potential to reach the masses, to be respected by millions and envied by billions. Seasick Steve made it like all those blues legends of the 30's and 40's so i saw congrats and i suggest everyone to take the time and listen to a true talent that brought himself up from the gutter and make something of himself and his music.