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Motorcaster-what the hell is that? Well, that's this magical three piece band from I'm not sure-ville. The disc says Kernersville,NC.Their sound is pretty large for a three piece band, and they have more hooks than a tackle box. The album and EP are produced by Mitch Easter,and the band. They also put out a single or two onMerge Records,and all of this activity happened around 1994. I LOVE THEM TO DEATH. Instantly this album grabs you,and shakes you up, it's very catchy! It's heavy sonically, it's even groovy.Lucky me, I saw them play live once. They all looked like they were20 years old, and seemed like they had been musicians all of their lives. They were excellent musicians, who could clearly play their butts off. A very small audience, came despite me telling everyone I knew they were great! That was when I was doing a regular radio show. And promoted any newer bands I thought were important, as well as playing mostly 60's garage music...And no one seemed to know who they were, or cared! Well, except for me (it seemed like), so they proceeded to rock the placehard, until people put down their to do lists, and they came on over to see what all the fuss was about. Slowly people started to listen and watch them,and I think they became hooked just like me...And me- I was in like some kind of high/nirvana like state. (and I wasn't "on" anything except for the music) Give this disc a spin,and turn the amp up to 11. This is one of my favorite bands ever.I swear you will love this or you should check your pulse.http://rapidshare.com/files/118743338/Motorcaster-Stay_Loaded.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/118743282/Motocaster-Acid_Rock_EP.rar.html
Well, here it is...the last two things you need so you can graduatefrom Bo Diddley college. Now you should know it all, because if you really listen to all of these discs like I want you to, you will hear all kinds of music. Not just 1950's Rock, but old blues songs, and strange rhythms,and you will also hear how many people used the patented Bo Diddley sound. Because once you hear the "Original" guy singing and playing it, it will remind you of about 1,000 other songs. That's okay though. But you have to pay homage to the right guy, that's all. Disc 12 is really the grooviest stuff; all kinds of rarities and unissued takes of all of the classic songs: "I'm A Man", "Little Girl", "Pretty Baby", "She's Alright" (Unedited), "Signifying Blues" (Extended Version), "The Soup Maker" (!) Bo loved to cook, "Bring It To Jerome", "I'm High Again". 16 tracks on disc 11,and 26 tracks on disc 12. All good! Thanks for coming here,and your kind comments.http://rapidshare.com/files/120845348/Bo_Diddley-Chess_Years-_Disc_11.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/120845492/Bo_Diddley-The_Chess_Years_Disc_12_Part_1.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/120845524/Bo_Diddley-The_Chess_Years_Disc_12_Part_2.rar.html
Alright, I found the photos from August 2004, from Little Steven Underground Festival, that took place in New York City,at Randall's Island. What a great day for rock music. And I was lucky to be able to take photos,backstage and at the front of the stage. Here's Bo Diddley live and on stage, and a picture of his guitar he was using at the time. What a nice man he was! Oh, by the way, these pics are copyrighted, and protected. So please don't take them and use them for foolish things. I can always type and find you! And I will ask Bo to put a curse on you too. That day was hot as hell, and Bo did the show sitting down, and was clearly tired from traveling ,and he did seem a bit on the sick side...When you go to shows, always bring Halls Cough Drops for the band members, who have sore throats. You have an instant friend, and they sign all of your stuff! No- hey I'm just kidding. That was just a bonus. It was just cool being near him, and talking, but I really did most of the listening. You just don't interrupt Bo.
These are discs 9 & 10 out of 12 discs total, if you are keeping score. Later period Bo Diddley, when he was trying out different ideas, and trying to keep up with the psychedelic/blues times. Hey what do you do when other artists release albums like "Electric Mud" By Muddy Waters? Ya gotta try different things to become hipper to your audiences or more sell-able. That's probably what Chess Records folks said to him. Those were lean times...but the songs are still really cool. He paired up with Chuck Berry on some tracks here. Also trying for that "Funky Sound". I don't know about that...I think he was just fine in the 1950's, and who would argue, wasn't that wasn't cool enough? Oh, wait here; I did forget something..."You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover"was written by Willie Dixon, but Bo really gave that song some real life.On Bo Diddley-itis there's some unusual songs written by: John Fogerty, Fats Domino, Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Al Kooper.He's trying to branch out... The worse thing about blogging on here, is, when you click spellcheck,and each and every time it tells me I mispelled Bo Diddley! What a joke! http://rapidshare.com/files/120559217/Bo_Diddley-The_Chess_Years_-_Disc_09.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/120559396/Bo_Diddley-The_Chess_Years_Disc_10_Part_1.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/120559474/Bo_Diddley-The_Chess_Years_Disc_10_Part_2.rar.html
What a very sad day indeed! And what can you say about this man that hasn't already been said? And one of my favorites has to pass away on my birthday too....not much celebrating for me today. I was going to post this set sooner, but was a little in shock over the amount of music I would have to put together, and being a beginner at this,well, it was a major task. Well, it's time now,to get the lead out, so to speak.And if you're going to post it, do it all correctly right? I really hatebeing the person who posts things when someone dies. But I was going to post it soon anyways. After all, I did tell you about a book to read about a month back, on an older post about Bo Diddley. And there's so few books about him, that one is probably the best one to read. Anyways, There's 12 discs in this series,which is thee most complete set you're find on the planet right now. This is a pretty amazing set of discs and I will post as many as I can over the next week for you.This is the bestsounding series of discs, and it has got every single, and b-side on it! On a personal note:I count myself lucky having seen him several times over the years, and when I last saw Bo Diddley in 2005, I already thought he mighthave been sick, tired and also not wanting to tour or play live anymore.But Bo carried on and played sitting down, at Little Steven's Underground Festival in New York City on Randall's Island in August '05. And what a show. He was the elder statesmen of the event,and showed them all how it's done. I was lucky to chat with him backstage, and he let me take some photos of his guitar, then he gave me a guitar pick. What a crap in my pants moment. Whatta nice man he was to me. He even gave me advice! And that asshole Iggy wouldn't even acknowledge me or sign my things, (I so bravely asked him to do for me) I guess some people are real, and love their fans to death, and some aren't. Take that! Bo signed many things for all of his fans that day, and held court backstage like a king, he talked about so many things, and told me, never get married! You don't need a piece of paper, plus divorce is a bitch! A regular guy, who made the coolest music, and got totally ripped off by the record labels. He talked about that at length, saying he'd never get remembered, and that other and bigger stars will be remembered, and he wouldn't be. That's not so, Bo! I think he's more ground-breaking than anyone else in hisgeneration...And there's not one garage band who wasn't inspired by that Bo Diddley beat! What a cool guy, and a tireless performer! Tune in,more to come! http://rapidshare.com/files/119608989/Bo_Diddley_The_Chess_Years_Disc_01_Part_1.rar.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/119609093/Bo_Diddley_The_Chess_Years_Disc_01_Part_2.rar.html
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