HELLO BROOKLYN ! + GIG 7.11.06

BROOKLYN!

I have finally relocated to the wild wild north and several days, later, BAM! a gig!

'Twas at Bar Matchless, Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg. A fine dive establishment. Set went on for perhaps as long as 6 hours. Nearly a record for the ol' Shimmy (current record is 7hrs30min I believe) ... course I'm not sure. I remember speaking Portuguese to the Peruvian car driver on the way home though...

my vinyl offerings (7/11/06) :

SINGLES!

fats domino - blue monday imperial 5417
edwin starr - 25 miles gordy 7083
earl scruggs - nashville skyline rag columbia 4-45218 -- they were surprisingly good when they did instrumentals...
eddie and the showmen - squad car f-55608 -- awesome surf from san diego i think...
john lee hooker - boom boom - veejay 438
sonics - you've got your head on backwards (bside) jerden 809 -- late period sonics, but still awesome.
clarence henry - ain't got no home argo 5259 -- my current favorite r'n'b single. he can croon like a frog.
roy orbison - mean woman blues (bside reissue) - monument 8903 -- 1963. very rockin' single.
the smell of incense - the smell of incense - september gurls 14 -- scandinavian psych cover band. not their best track though.
status quo - pictures of matchstick men - cadet concept 7001 - utter classic. they became butt rockers.
dr. john - right place wrong time - atco 6914 -- funky and different. i need more of his stuff!
trashmen - surfin' bird - garrett 4002
chris kenner - i like it like that - goldisc 3087 (reissue)
slim harpo - tip on in (part 1) - excello 2285 -- terrific harmonica blues.
little willie john - fever - king 4935 -- original version, different and just as good. not better though.
dramatics - get up and get down - volt 4071 (bside)
tulu babies - hurtin' kind - tema 817 -- i shouldn't be playing this valuable slice of midwest garage, but it rocks.
shocking blue - venus colossus 108
jc montgomery - bang bang vergara 457-xc -- spanish language version of sonny & cher song.
human beinz - nobody but me capitol 5990
martha duhalt - las botas que uso pueden caminar - cbs(mx) 5872 - mexican version of "these boots are made for walking" -- gives you that great end part twice!
sweet inspirations - i'm blue atlantic 2476 -- got ripped off by salt'n'pepa i think. whitney houston's mom was in this group.
castaways - liar, liar soma 1433
golden nugget - gospel train cotillion 7601 -- jump gospel. awesome. people danced.
bill wendry & the boss tweeds - when he's home columbia 4-44825
rokes - when the wind arises rca victor 9546 -- amazing brit psych. has aged well.
nashville teens - tobacco road london 9689
ballyhoos - ballyhoo riot - hey, pachuco! 005
first edition - just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in) - reprise 0655 - yes, the big lebowski song. and this is actually kenny rogers!
donovan - season of the witch epic 9051 (portugal ep) bside
freddie king - me and my guitar shelter 7320
hugh masekela - grazing in the grass uni 55066 -- pop maybe, but a terrific instro.
continental cousins - buddha palette pz-5081 -- got comments on it. not actually as good as the eddie and the showmen single though.
rufus thomas - do the funky chicken - stax sta-0059
soul survivors - expressway to your heart crimson cr-1010
bobby comstock - i'm a man ascot 2175 -- great garagey version.

LPs

temptations - cloud nine - cloud nine lp gordy 939
fifth dimension - eight miles high columbia cs9349
lothar and the hand people - machines presenting... capitol 2997 -- sounds like kraftwerk played by hippies. put it on by accident and then got a good comment.
bobby womack - daylight - safety zone - united artists la544 -- finally got props for this song. bobby is da best.
dirtbombs - underdog ultraglide in black - in the red
richard hell & voidoids - blank generation - same sire 6037
mitch ryder - devil with a blue dress on/good golly miss molly - all mitch ryder hits - new voice nv2004
johnny burnette the rock'n'roll trio - honey hush - solid smoke 8001 -- best rockabilly ever.
love - a house is not a motel - sundazed 5102
love - the daily planet "
baroques - musical tribute to the oscar weiner wagon - chess 1516 -- terrific chicago psych. starts quiet and mopey and then builds into faux-eastern noise.
archie bell & the drells - tighten up - atlantic 8181
neil young - cowgirl in the sand - reprise 6349
banchee - i just don't know - atlantic 8240 -- noone likes this but me. i think it's great hard rock. oh well.
muddy waters - love weapon - chess 50023