Hello Again Kats & Kittens, Friend & Fiend,
YEP MOM’S DAY…Special tunes for the Moms in the audience…. stand up take a bow, you deserve it…Breakey in Bed….but alone at safe distance, Flowers, YES!…in a far off vase, & HUGS!… NO!, remember NO HUGS!
Of the tunes that follow, some are silly, some are serious, some just…..well….have the name MOM, MOTHER, MAMA in the title…we thought they said something about our Mothers.
The New Masks are here! The New Masks are here!
Sad news on MOM’s day….Rock progenitor LITTLE RICHARD passed away yesterday, 87….his influence on Rock-n-Roll indelible….Often said he was “the Originator, you can only have one Originator”….a couple of turns from a Greatest Hits Comp…Aren’t they all?
“The Girl Can’t Help It” & “Heeby-Jeebies”.
R.I.P. Heaven’s house band just got bigger…
ONWARD!
IAN WHITCOMB loves his Mum….he sings so… A Swiss army knife of Entertainment…..Irish Boarding School, Piano at young age, Writing tunes, part of British Invasion with hit “You Turn Me On”, 1965 by BLUESVILLE, Ukulele strumming, American Bandstand & Shindig TV appears, Accordion too, Produces MAE WEST (yes her) album Great Balls of Fire (it’s a real thing), Writes several top selling books about music, Plays live music for Theater, Interweb Radio DJ on LUXURIAMUSIC.com, Passes away in April this year, 78, sad.
Sentimentally Yours LP. Here’s “Mother of Mine”.
Philly Soul Time with THE INTRUDERS…under the tutelage of KENNY GAMBLE & LEON HUFF, THE INTRUDERS helped start what we all know as The Sound of Philadelphia. More on The Philly sound in a few days, stay tuned. Much turmoil played out with THE INTRUDERS, personnel changes were the norm, but G&H kept writing/producing these Kats…. Here’s ”I’ll Always Love My Mama”…Scribed by Mr. GAMBLE for his Mother RUBY, what a nice son….writes a hit record about his mom…Radio’s most played song on Mother’s Day….to Number 6 R&B charts, 1973.
HANK’s here, worryin’ ‘bout his Ma…HANK WILLIAMS…one of a kind, one of musiclands most revered artists, “THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC”. But this Kat had his probs, Spina Bifida back = pills also professional booze hound. Had a band, had a lot of trouble on the road, had a Radio show, had a lot of trouble there too. Dec.31, 1952, on the bad weather drive to New Years Day concert, Canton, South of Mitten, …MR. WILLIAMS, back seat, is writing but feels awful….Driver keeps drivin’…its quiet in the back…Driver stops for fuel, sees Mr. W…rigor’d…died at 29 too much booze/prescrip drugs, heart blew up…
From The Gospel According to Hank Williams, “I Heard My Mother Praying For Me”….let’s hope she did.
Fun Fact: his final single “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, 1952
Long lived Hillbilly family band MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE up next. This ‘Bama family hitch-hiked to Central Cali, 1933, the whole family….lots a kids, so a band was forecast…mid ‘30’s into late ‘57, Four Bros. & Sis….a Hillbilly Partridge Family….without the paisley….‘39 State Fair announces the MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE best Hillbilly band in the State…
with “Mama Says It’s Naughty” off the Never A Pal Like Mother compilation, fine record, go buy….
PETUNIA up with a sad loverly tune about Mother….Love this Kat, made two records with him….total talent…from the Inside of You album, “Oh My Mother”. Recorded in Vancouver BC 2013, realized 2014.
THE VOICE! such strength!, such lung capacity!….CLAUDIO VILLA…the Kat was the bees knees…recorded over 3000 songs, sold over 45 million records, but was largely unknown in the USofA until Mr. STANLEY TUCCI & Mr. CAMPBELL SCOTT produced/directed The Big Night flick (find & watch, that’s an order)…thank you gentlemen…. We will in later days have an entire day about Mr. VILLA, stay tuned….
here’s “Mamma” from the Melodie Eterne album….
Here’s the same tune in English with Ms. CONCETTA FRANCONERO...who? CONNIE FRANCIS to the rest of us…Bastard TV host Aurthur Godfrey told her to change name for ease of speakage…Recording young, then Med School future got harpooned when Ms. FRANCONERO recorded her version of 1923 tune, “Who's Sorry Now”…BAM…history & no med school…
“Mama” from the Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites album.
Fab Four sing about Mother too…on their Magical Mystery Tour album….”Your Mother Should Know”…sing it again…. THE BEATLES.
“Mother Says” so JOE WALSH sings….off the fun anthology Look What I Did… Rock Hall o Fame….originated THE JAMES GANG, Kent, (shoot students town)….moves to Rockie Mountain way with BARNSTORM…hits big, disbands band joins THE EAGLES….good fit…
DEEEtroit’s JACK & MEG WHITE would like to warm your Mom’s ticker… From the 2003 Elephant album, “I Want To Be The Boy That Warms Your Mother’s Heart”….could that title be longer?
Lovely guitar work here with Mr. White as Yusze. Also recorded in glorious Analog Tape in London with old, old, old equipment, some Duct taped together…
Kicking it up a few decibels with FAT MIKE’s offshoot Punk Coverband…. ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES….members SPIKE CLAWSON (SWINGIN’ UDDERS), JOEY CAPE & DAVE RAUN (LAGWAGON), & FAT MIKE (NOFX) are a lot of fun….only covers in a punk sauce….
Here’s a wrecking of SIMON & GARFUNKELS “Mother & Child Reunion” from the How To Start A Fight album….these Kats are quite silly.
We’ll end on higher note, we think…albeit a sad one…a “Brokenhearted Mother” The 5 BLIND BOYS of ALABAMA. From a nice comp., Collectors Edition.
Now go home, you’ve been to church, celebrate MOM.
Thanks for listening, until tomorrow.
Peace & Distance.
