The great lost Cash's concert

+ It is strange. Now some intrepid workers managed to get Johnny Cash's home completely burnt, The cause is unknown, but Steele said the flames spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the house. The preservative was also being applied inside the house. No workers were injured, but one firefighter was slightly hurt while fighting the fire.

+ They did a ring of fire, in five minutes everything was gone. Everything?. No, not at all, my friend. Now you have an excellent piece of live Cash's music. In Asbury Park, NJ, in 1990.

+ I could not get the whole history about how they decided to recover this musical gem. But, I tell you it is worth the work. The man in black performs some 13 years before his passing, still in perfect shape with his band, including his son John Carter Cash and his second wife, beloved June Carter. With June, they do a great Jackson, energetic, rough voice, trading verses with Johnny.

* I'm gonna Jackson, look out Jackson town!

+ So, this record is really a must. In fact, how many live records do you think Cash did?. Ok, one?. You bet!.

+ Please, listen to some audio from The Great Lost Performance:

* Walk The Line.

* Ring Of Fire.

Los Escarabajos - Beatles from Sevilla

+ I read the news today, oh boy, and learned about one of the best The Beatles' replica groups in Spain. Their name is the most appropriate in spanish. Since The Fab Four used the change of a letter for not being The Beetles, these andalusian boys really got a hold on these sounds and music. And in the name!

+ This knowledge is due to Diego A. Manrique, the paperback writer, who learned it from big ol' Gonzalo García Pelayo (anybody here remember "Para Vosotros, Jóvenes", with Carlos Tena?). Big ol' Diego can help it since he is a long time recognized fan of the Rolling Stones, when he writes about the Beatles. You can not see much emotion there.

+ Anyway, listen (and watch) to Los Escarabajos in:

* A day in the life.

* Sgt.Peppers-With a little help from my friend.

* Stand by me.

* She's leaving home.

Julio Ruiz's august favourites

+ The forever young Radio 3 presentador selects some of his favourites songs in Supernova Pop. Here you have some of them as found in you tube.

* Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position.

* Led Zeppelin - Good times, bad times.

* Wilco - Spiders.

* Bright eyes - Cartoon blues.

* The Go! Team - The Power is On.

* Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!.

* Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks.

+ Isn't he grande¿, as his Disco?

Catch and release songs

+ Whereas the film has not been released in cinemas in Spain, we can have access to the songs in the interesting soundtrack, already commented here.

* Listen to Foo Fighters, Razor,

* and to Lemonheads, My Drug Buddy,

* and to Gomez, These three signs,

* and to Paul Westerberg, Let the bad times roll.

+ Obscure themes, aren't they?. Hope the movie it isn't!

Paul Simon at 65

+ Am I right if I proclaim that Paul Simon is one of the best songwriters ever?. Yes, you are, yes, I am right, the guy made such a tremendous amount of perfectly crafted, superb pop songs, that it is amazing that he is not compared to the same height of other great artists such as Lennon/McCartney, Dylan, ...

+ Now, that he is about to release an essential, The Essential Paul Simon, he titles, it is a good moment to revise him and include him in the list.

* Listen to Cecilia,

* and to For Emily, wherever I may find her,

* and to The Boxer,

* and to Kodachrome / Maybellene.

Low Stars, harmonies forgotten, recovered!

+ Last week, listening to The Gigolo Aunts' albums, I went at their web page, where they informed of the release of an album of Dave Giggs' new band, Low Stars.

+ If you like the forgotten sounds similar to Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young), The Eagles, America, ... you will have a great time listening to Low Stars.

+ Visit their MySpace, where you will find four excellent examples of what I am telling you. Also, some clips where the guys play and sing their best.

+ They also have released a very shy and interesting rendition of Springsteen's One step up.

+ Listen to Need a friend.

+ Phil Hurley also had his own group, Stonehoney, which we should check out asap!.

Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Birthday!

* In celebration of the 50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival Records will make its debut with a remarkable series of historic live-at-Monterey releases. Not only does this mark the first time a festival has launched its own label, but the riches of its tape archives—more than 1600 tapes with more than 2000 hours of concerts in the vault—makes this ambitious endeavor a jazz bonanza.

* The Monterey Jazz Festival, the pioneering West Coast-styled jazz party, inarguably holds the world record for the longest-running jazz affair, having been born in 1958 on the Monterey Fairgrounds, some 100 miles south of San Francisco. This year MJF turns 50, with its annual three-day gala (September 21–23) taking on special significance with a wealth of performances offered on nine stages spread throughout the festival’s 20-acre grounds.

* The first five recordings, to be released on August 21, capture the crème de la crème of the jazz heritage: Louis Armstrong (caught headlining the first night of the festival in 1958); Miles Davis (introducing to the West Coast his soon-to-be-classic ‘60s quintet rhythm section in 1963); and Thelonious Monk (his quartet augmented by bassist Steve Swallow and an expanded five-piece festival workshop in 1964), plus sets by Dizzy Gillespie (in 1965 having expanded his usual quintet with Kenny Barron and James Moody to a sextet by adding Big Black on congas) and Sarah Vaughan (backed by a young Bill Mays, Bob Magnusson and Jimmy Cobb – and one tune with the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars in 1971).

* Please, hear some samples:

1. Louis Armstrong “Mack The Knife”, asx or qtl

2. Miles Davis “Autumn Leaves”, asx or qtl

3. Thelonious Monk “Rhythm-A-Ning”, asx or qtl

4. Dizzy Gillespie “Poor Joe”, asx or qtl

5. Sarah Vaughan “’Round Midnight”, asx or qtl

Enjoy!