SETLIST 22/7/06 Matchless, Brooklyn

Another great night at Bar Matchless this last Saturday. I'm still waiting for 4 boxes of LPs and CDs to get here from down South and yet I managed not to repeat myself (too much!)

Highlights (for me) : playing 4 cover versions of Neil Young (and getting props for them from multiple sources). Playing the Uptowners' "You're a Habit". Playing "Branjo Sound" (from Hungary!). See below for notes & artist pix.

SETLIST (just the vinyl):

45s (+ weird singles & EPs) :
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Israel 'Popper Stopper' Tolbert - Big Leg Woman (with a short short mini skirt) - Warren WAA-106 (1970) -- good one, Stax-related label. Little info on this guy.
Tulu Babies - Hurtin' Kind Tema
Sensational Nightingales - Can I Count On You - Peacock 5-1794 -- excellent gospel (this was the last song as it starts with GOODBYE! GOODBYE!)
Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do - Vee-Jay 253
Dee Dee Warwick - Make Love To Me - ATCO 6754 - terrific mid-70's makeout record from Dionne's little sister. (pic at left)
Major Lance - Gonna Get Married (Bside) - Okeh 4-7191 -- finally got something on the Okeh label, and it's a great Chicago two-sider, Aside is "The Matador" but I prefer this one.
Betty Everett & Jerry Butler - Love is Strange - Vee-Jay 633 - classic song & good duet, also Chicago.
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou - Monument 8903 (reissue)
Freddie King - Me and My Guitar - Shelter 7320
Bettye Swann - Make Me Yours - Money 126
Leontine Dupree - It's All Over - Soultrack 5137
Gail Anderson - It's So Easy to Say - Early Bird 49662
Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Scepter 1211 (pic left) - ultimate dancer!
Martha & The Vandellas - Honey Chile - Gordy 7067 - found my favorite Vandellas record in Brooklyn this week!
Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line - Sun SI-1111 (reissue)
Teddy Humphries - Guitar Pickin' Fool - King 5182
Uptowners - You're a Habit (Bside) - Le Cam 126 - someone else had the hit but there's something irrestible about this very slightly latin-tinged r'n'b tune. love the drum fills...
Hardtimes - Fortune Teller - World Pacific 77851
Howard Tate - Shoot 'Em All Down - Verve 10573 (Bside)
McKendree Spring - Down By The River (long version bside) Decca 32961 -- another neil cover, this time psych/country/rock, like the original but with more strings. actually quite good!
Appletree Theatre - Lotusflower Verve 5082
Warlocks - Baby Blue - Mute 308
Bobby Comstock - I'm a Man - Ascot 2175
Betty LaVette - Heart of Gold - ATCO 45-6891 - Neil Young cover in a early 70's soul style. (pic left)
Tony Joe White - Groupy Girl - Monument 20.362 (Spain/Portugal)
Tommy James & the SHondells - Crimson and Clover Roulette 7028
The ID - Boil the Kettle Mother RCA Victor 47-9136 -- totally over-the-top fuzz monster. absolutely wicked garage rock!
Piero Umliani - Mah-Na-Mah-Na - Ariel 500
Rufus Thomas - The Funky Chicken - Stax 0059
Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together - Decca F 12546 (UK)
Betty Wright - Baby Sitter - Alston 4614
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music - ATCO 6463 - finally got this radio classic. he sounds a lot like sam cooke!
Los In - El Septimo Hijo (Seventh Son) - CBS 21.537 33rpm Argentina
Ballyhoos - Ballyhoo Riot - Hey!Pachuco 005
Jive Five - My True Story - Beltone 1006
Continental Cousins - Buddha - Palette PZ-5081
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That - Goldisc G 3087
Clarence Henry - Ain't Got No Home - Argo 5259
Shocking Blue - Venus - Colossus 108 -- sure-fire winner. dig that classy guitar! (pic left)
Sonny Terry - Ride and Roll - Groove G-0135
James Brown - Hot Pants Pt. 1 - People 2501
Sly & Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Epic 5-10555
Robert Parker - Barefootin' - Nola 721
Smell of Incense - Coming Down - September Gurls (#?) -- cover of united states of america song. not a bad version from scandinavian 90's psych band.
Tom Jones - She's a Lady - Parrot 40058
Ronettes - Be My Baby - Philles 116
Donovan - Sunshine Superman - Epic 9051 EP (Portugal)
Noel Carlos - Voce e Quase Igual a Jane Fonda - Copacabana 906 33rpm single (Brazil)
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Bertha Butt Boogie - Part I - Atlantic 3232 -- weird heavy funk, not bad.
Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass - Uni 55066
Mouse & The Traps - Beg Borrow and Steal - Fraternity F 1000
Los No - Gloria - Vergara 424-XC (Spain) -- this version sounded better than i remembered.
Les Sunlights - C'est Fini (Disc AZ 1034 EP France) -- tough belgian garage rock tune.
Martha Duhalt - Las Botas que pueden Caminar (These Boots...) - CBS 5872 Mexico
Les Savy Fav - Fading Vibes - Suicide Squeeze 34 -- les savy fav always get a lone "woo!" from the crowd at matchless... you know who you are...
Slim Harpo - Tip On In Part I - Excello 2285


LPs
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Isley Brothers - Ohio - Givin' It Back (Side A) - T-Neck TNS 3008 - another neil cover. amazing!
Bobby Womack - Daylight - Safety Zone UA-LA544
Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White, Dirty Water - Tower T 5097 - got this LP for a buck. a classic, there's even a third track i like!
Chambers Brothers - Money (That's What I Want) - Vault 9003
Richard Hell & Voidoids - Blank Generation - Sire SR 6037
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Down By The River - Reprise 6349
Temptations - Cloud Nine - Gordy 939
Branjo Sound - Cock a Doodle Doo - I Wanna Dance Bump Opus 9113 0542 (Hungary/CZ) - hungarian funk/disco. this track is quite good and features chicken sounds. (pic left)
Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie, Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Soft Smoke SS-5001
Byrds - Mr. Spaceman - 5D - Columbia CS 9349
Love - My Little Red Book - Elektra EKS-7001
Joe Turner - You're Driving Me Crazy - THe Boss of the Blues - Atlantic 1234 -- more jazz than blues but good.
Muddy Waters - Can't Get No Grindin' - same - Chess 50023
Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love / Coasters - Charlie Brown - early 60's comp - Roulette R 25251
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman - Alston SD 33-388 -- opened up this sealed LP to play this for the first time (since it was pressed in '72!)
Max Frost & Troopers - The Shape of Things to Come - Wild in the Streets OST - Tower 5099 - classic garage tune, this group probably featured michael lloyd of the west coast pop art exp'l band...
Dirtbombs - Chains of Love, Livin' For The City - Ultraglide in Black - In The Red -- can't believe some people still don't know this amazing record of covers!
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover, Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin Story - ATCO SD 33-131 - this collection has the man himself introducing each track. Great stuff.

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see you next time (currently scheduled for a gig in Park Slope, Brooklyn August 7...!)

BAR MATCHLESS 7.22.06 SAT NIGHT IS ALL RIGHT

that's right! one more time at matchless... this time even more old school...

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