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handtalker posted R.I.P., Norman Whitfield | Sep 18, 2008
Norman Whitfield passed away on Tuesday. He was a prolific songwriter and producer during Motown's heydey in the 1960s. Here are a few on the songs he's written and/or produced: And one of his most famous songs (in several different versions because that's how I roll): Pour a little out for my...
Helpless Dancer posted Paul Weller - The Changing Man | Sep 10, 2008
This is the other book I bought for this holiday week, Weller is a writer I have admired throughout his phases from The Jam, through The Style Council and into his re-emergence as a solo artist. Being a fan of The Who it would be easy to try to make comparisons between hm and Pete Townshend. There...
Helpless Dancer posted Blast From The Past - Dr John | Sep 8, 2008
The song below is perhaps my favourite Dr John song, I first came across it via an extend live version by Humble Pie on their classic "Performance Rockin'The Fillmore" album. Humble Pie as you will know featured ex-Small Faces front man Steve Marriott which no doubt was one of the reasons that Paul...
Burl Veneer posted Luxuriously lacerating locomotion (continued) | Aug 6, 2008
Having finally followed up on Platters That Matter Records's post of Dr. John's "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" with The Flowerpot Men's cover version, PTMR tells me that Humble Pie did a version of it too. Sure enough, there it is on YouTube, from their Performance - Rockin' the Fillmore album. It's...
