This is Lucky Peterson with Noel Johnston on second guitar performing at a jazz festival in Vienna in 2009. The song is Dead Cat on the Line. This one goes all the way back to 1971: Champion Jack Dupree with King Curtis performing Poor Boy Blues. Now fast forward to
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Peace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
I wanted to note the passing of Pete Seeger earlier this week, but I thought it called for more than just taking a few minutes in the midst of a busy week to score three clips of his performances and put them up. So I’d like to come back to
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: QOTD: On CSEC
Ron Deibert, the cyber-security expert quoted in the CBC story I posted about last night, has an op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail. It’s all worth a read but he sums things up pretty nicely in this paragraph. In reference to the most recent revelations concerning CSEC’s activities: The revelations
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: A trial run
CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents A top secret document retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by CBC News shows that Canada’s electronic spy agency used information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to track the wireless devices of
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
It’s Friday evening and Those Delta Rhythm Kings are here to ask the musical question: Let’s Do It Like Monkies. This is Harriet Nelson fronting a German outfit called the Barrelhouse Jazzband. The song is Fine and Mellow. And finally, Lucky Peterson performs Every Day I Have the Blues. Have
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Allow me to present Robert Cray performing Love Struck Baby at a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vince Gill brings Keb’ Mo’ to the Grand Ole Opry. The song is Henry. And finally, Buddy Guy is joined by John Mayer in a performance of What Kind of Woman is This.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: There’ll be no help from Mary Dawson
Ethics Commissioner Distances Herself From Strahl Complaints Mary Dawson, the Federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner released a statement today distancing herself from recent complaints filed as a result of SIRC Chair Chuck Strahl engaging in lobbying activities for Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines while serving in his appointed function
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: RIP Phil Everly
Phil Everly, the younger of the two Everly Brothers, who were among the first 10 artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, passed away last Friday. He was 74. Here are a few selections from among their many hit records. Their first hit was Bye
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
Is it Friday again already? This is Slave by Frog & the Beeftones. To slow things down, this is Gary Moore with Still Got the Blues. And to pick things back up again, this is Colin James with Man’s Gotta be a Stone. Have a good weekend.
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I missed last Friday night for health reasons. I wanted to play catch up on the next couple of evenings but repeated blackouts in this neck of this woods made that a little difficult. Since they appear to have that straightened out now, have a few tunes. This is the
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The members of the Guy Forsyth Band look like they’d already been working hard when they got to this one. It doesn’t slow them down any. The tune is Red Dress. This is Big Head Todd and the Monsters covering I’ll Play the Blues for You, originally recorded by Albert
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: I think we need a new watchdog
Alison at Creekside picked up on this interesting Globe and Mail piece in which the man charged with oversight on CSEC — Canada’s signals intelligence agency — explained his priorities. Jean-Pierre Plouffe, whose formal title is Communications Security Establishment Commissioner, was testifying before a parliamentary committee concerning recent reports based
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night solo blues blogging
Rory Block is a country blues guitarist who mixes original material with a lot of covers of traditional blues musicians. Here she is with Robert Johnson’s If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day. This is Kelly Joe Phelps with Hard Time They Never Go Away. Roy Rogers was the Artist
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The sing was orginally written as Death Don’t Have No Mercy by the Reverend Gary Davis. This is Lucky Peterson. Cindy Cashdollar is joined by Sonny Landreth on an instrumental version of Skip James’ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues. And finally, here’s Hot Tuna with Hesitation Blues. Have a good
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This is Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers live in a radio station studio performing an instrumental called Hobart’s Blues. I have no idea who Hobart is. Here’s another “live in studio” performance. This one is Moreland & Arbuckle with Tall Boogie. I’m closing with slow and intense — this is
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It’s Friday night and here to start the party is Angela Strehli with Mean Mistreater. This performance is from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony. Gary Clark Jr. with John Mayer and Booker T. Jones perform Born Under a Bad Sign. Coco Montoya is another graduate
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Remembrance Day
In the news: Veterans plan silent protests of government policies
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It may not come as much of a surprise to you that I have a few tunes to share. I’ll start with Rory Gallagher covering Blind Boy Fuller’s Rag, Mama, Rag. Here’s an unplugged version of Deep Elem Blues by Levon Helm & His Dirt Farmer Quartet. And to close,
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