Local band does *very* good in their national TV debut, the video is pretty darn good!
Music guest Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats perform “S.O.B.” for the Tonight Show audience.
Source: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: S.O.B. – The Tonight Show
Doc Watson, Country Guitar Wizard, Dies at 89 – NYTimes.com.
What a musician he was. Rest in peace, Sir.
Duck Dunn, Bassist in Booker T. and the MG’s, Dies at 70 – NYTimes.com.
He was great. Rest in peace, Sir.
On this day in 1937, one of my musical heroes was born. John Hartford died in 2001.
iTunes 10 won’t install on OSX 10.4.11 on the 1st gen flat panel G4 iMac. /sigh #obsolescence
Happy U.S. Independence Day, everyone!
This comes via Garret:
Neil Young Wins First-Ever Grammy Award [NY Times]
Well, that only took, what, 50 years? After a career spanning nearly a half-century as a solo artist and a member of groups like Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Neil Young won his first Grammy Award in a pre-telecast ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. The award, for best art direction on a boxed or special limited edition package, was shared among Mr. Young and his art directors Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for the boxed set “Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972).” Upon his win, Mr. Young (who did not receive his first Grammy nomination until 1989, for the video for “This Note’s For You”) told the crowd: “Thanks a lot, everybody.” Mr. Young was also nominated for a Grammy in the best solo rock vocal category, but lost to Bruce Springsteen.
‘Best art direction…’? Really? Where is the companion lifetime achievement Grammy?
A reminder that Zappadan, the annual blogswarm in honor of Frank Zappa, ends tomorrow, December 21 (Frank’s Birthday). Read links and updates at the blogswarm’s home, Fried Green Al Qaedas.
Three people whose work I follow. One day I might meet Chris Locke (RageBoy) and Neil Young. I’ll never get to know Kurt Vonnegut, however. Happy Birthday all.
So, for your pleasure, here is a video of Neil Young on SNL several years ago. If you are unmoved, I simply have no response.
*I no longer have any idea where this video arose from. It was on a hard drive on my home LAN. I am positive someone other than myself owns the rights to this video.