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Travel Day

Posted in Video, tagged , , on June 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I’m on the road today, delivering the work for my show next week at the Principle Gallery.  My day will be filled with music from my iPod and I thought I’d share an old nugget from the past, a song that is incredibly infectious. It was a staple on my boombox when I used to build swimming pools, mainly because it’s driving beat kicked up the pace a little when I would start wilting in the summer heat.  Besides, everyone needs a shot of sax and an extra dose of  the organ Hammond organ every now and then.

Here’s Shotgun from the great Junior Walker and the All-Stars from Hullabaloo in the mid 60’s.  And yes, that is Dean Jones introducing the song.  Enjoy!

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Hullabaloo

Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2008| 2 Comments »

HarlequinIt’s Saturday morning and it’s time for something different.

This is a video from 1966 by the Vogues performing (well, kind of) on the TV show Hullabaloo.  It was an interesting time in popular music.  It was at the cusp, before the explosion of pyschedelia, before Woodstock, before the anger of the late 60’s.  The British Invasion was still in full swing and the Beatles were working on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band , the album which would spark  the coming change.

But here are the Vogues, sporting the clean cut look of the early 60’s and  matching cardigan sweaters.  This is really a pretty good video for the time.  Maybe it’s because it’s such a great song.  Anyway this is Five O’Clock World…

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