Heard this jam while I was unloading trucks at Marshall’s last September and have been rocking to it ever since. Hockey has a very cool “Do It Yourself” story of receiving airplay; the Portland, Oregon-group self-produced their EP Mind Chaos in 2008 and received attention from Radio 1 DJs. They went on to perform at…
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What I’m Jamming To: June 9, 2011
My favorite track of the album that strapped a rocket to AC/DC‘s rock and roll dreams and took them into the stratosphere, Highway to Hell, “If You Want Blood” features Bon Scott in fine screeching form and Angus Young delivering a great solo. Thing to keep an out for in the video: Angus Young keeps…
What I’m Jamming To: June 7, 2011
One of my guilty pleasure songs is “The Lion Sleeps Tonight“, originally written by South African Zulu musician Solomon Linda in 1939, turned into a US Billboard No. 1 by The Tokens in 1961, and turned into a song that reached immortality in the Disney cannon with its inclusion in the Lion King. I’m also…
What I’m Jamming To: June 6, 2011
If you are a dedicated follower of fashion, a fan of super groups, or fancy jangle-pop mixed with power pop, then you will really enjoy this one from Nick Lowe, “So It Goes“. Lowe is joined here in a clip from the Kenney Everett Video Show by on-again-off-again Rockpile band-mate Dave Edmunds in a mix…
What I’m Jamming To: June 5, 2011
This is a jam I completely missed out on the first time around. The song is “Nighttiming” off of Coconut Records‘ 2007 album of the same name. Coconut Records is actor/former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman‘s solo project on which he plays the majority of the instruments. There was no official video but I’m digging…
What I’m Jamming To: June 2, 2011
Is this the greatest song ever written by a 16 year old? It’s possible. It’s also quite possibly the best love song written by anybody, ever, with a back story that nobody can seem to nail down. Walk Away Renee was written by song-writer Tony Sansone and then 16-year-old-keyboardist Michael Lookofsky of the baroque-pop group…
What I’m Jamming To: June 13, 2011
“Here Comes My Girl” was a 1980 hit off the 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The tune reached #59 in the US.
What I’m Jamming To: May 30, 2011
Every second of this ten minute and five second clip is worth watching. Alvin Lee delivers one of the most charismatic performances fronting Ten Years After, effectively stealing the show to that point at Woodstock. The clip is of their UK hit “I’m Going Home” was first featured on their second album Undead.
What I’m Jamming To: May 28, 2011
Two of my all-time favorites, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Bruce Springsteen perform the Springsteen penned “I Don’t Want To Go Home” in 1978 at Cleveland’s Agora Theatre. This clip is from possibly the most notorious Southside shows of all-time; Bruce had just completed a show that started at 8:00 PM at the…
What I’m Jamming To: May 25, 2011
This jam is the opening track New York Dolls‘ 1973 self-titled debut album. The Dolls were glam/punk pioneers who influenced many groups, including the Sex Pistols, Blondie, and, perhaps most noticeably and visually apparent, KISS. The song was ranked number 267 on Rolling Stones’ Top 500 Songs of All Time and among Morrissey’s favorite tunes….
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