RIP Series - Edward Byrnes

Not a Rock and Roll guy, but Edward Byrnes had a top ten single in 1959.

Edward Bynes and Connie Stevens - Kookie, Kookie (Lend me Your Comb)/You're the Top (Warner Brothers 1959) 

The back story - Edward Bynes played a character named Kookie - a parking lot attendant at a Sunset Strip office building  - in 77 Sunset Strip.   He had a hair fetish. 

Connie Stevens was also on the series who evidently didn't care about the hygenic issues of borrowing a comb from a parking lot attendant.  As any parent of school age children will tell you - don't let your kids use other kids combs.  Don't share hats either.  Bring your own kippah.  Lice are real, baby.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - It's About Time!

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is now letting in artists whose music would make your mom say - 'that's nice, play that again.' 

Whitney Houston anyone?  The only thing she has in common with rock and roll is dying like Jim Morrison in a bathtub. 

Rock an Roll is music that makes you rise out of your seat!  It annoys your parents!  It's loud!   It shocks!

They made one long overdue snub right this year at least.

T.Rex!

To most folks in the USA, they were a one hit wonder with Bang a Gong.   Not so in my book and in the rest of the world.  20th Century Boy, The Groover, Planet Queen, Life's a Gas, Children of the Revolution.  The list goes on.

So - while we're at it.  Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Eno, The MC5, The Pretty Things, Procol Harum, Gong, Iggy Pop (as a solo artist), Jerry Garcia (as a solo artist).  Gee - there are so many that deserve this over Whitney Houston.

Sorry About the Slowdown Folks!

I'm an accountant.  I get very busy this time of year.

Add to the mayhem a health scare.  In typical Los Angeles fashion, I now have a cardiologist who's also an actor.   I'm out of the woods and on a bunch of medication.  Not nearly as much fun as the morphine I was given, but there is bag labelled 'Dad's Big Bag of Drugs' in the kitchen.  And - much like the opening to 'The Who Sell Out,' I have one of those days of the week pill boxes. 

That couldn't keep me away from the 50% off sale this weekend at my local record emporium more than once on this three day weekend.

I'll be making my best effort to get some posts out in the coming days.

The Ritual of the Savage

After a year which concluded with an unexpected hospital stay (don't worry faithful readers, I'm OK),  I'm ready to settle back into marital bliss.

Tikis, Cocktails and Love Outside!

Les Baxter - Ritual of the Savage (Capitol 1951)

One of the first records that could be considered 'exotica'

Looking through the song titles - allow me to place them in the proper order

The Ritual
Love Dance
Sophisticated Savage
...and if all goes according to plan....
Busy Port

Crosby Solo Record

For a while there, CSN&Y was huge.  This, of course, led to solo albums by the members.  Discounting Neil Young who already had a solo career well underway, David Crosby's was the best of the bunch.

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic 1971)

What really pushes the a cut above the rest is the roster of musicians.

Four members of Grateful Dead (Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Kreutzmann), Four members of Jefferson Airplane (Kantner, Slick, Cassady, Kaukonen), Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and more.