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The dead wax blog covers the music scene from the 80s. Bob writes about music, artists, and more.
Dead Wax
4d ago
It's Sunday. Time for a deep bosom diving with Wayne. (Wayne Pereira, prononced PAY-rarer)
Deep Bosom Woman
From "At Last!" the only known full-length album by Wayne See Pereira (b. 1949). Pereira was a stand up comedian/musician hobo who was seen in the Morgantown WV area during the late 90s and early 2000s, selling homemade books and performing at open mics. He worked at the WVU library, where a collection of his work including audio cassettes, VHS tapes, photos & writings are currently held. He has a significant limp which was a result of brain injury after getting in a car accident ..read more
Dead Wax
1w ago
Curley McDimple & Jimmy
(Bayn Johnson & Paul Cahill)
I've Got A Little Secret
1968
Before joining the cast of the Electric Company, Bayn Johnson starred off-Broadway in Curley McDimple, a "Musical Valentine to the Thirties." Curley McDimple was part satire/part tribute to Shirley Temple movies,
It is the earnest contention of Robert Dahdah, who conceived Curley, wrote its music and lyrics, co-authored the book and then produced and directed it, that producers have forgotten the man who just wants clean, cheerful, lovable entertainmenet.
Dahdah numbers himself amo ..read more
Dead Wax
1w ago
Norman Juliano and The Realistics
Rosa Lee
N. Juliano, J. Martin
Phantom Music BMI
A Peg & James Production
Pegames Records
1964
Norman Anthony Juliano (1943-2022) passed away peacefully on March 24, 2022 in Canton, Georgia after a long battle with dementia. Many remember Norman through his Homewood and Pelham Italian restaurants, Juliano’s. With a strong love for people and his Sicilian heritage, you would find him working feverishly, along with his family, serving up incredible pizzas and Italian favorites.
But mostly, he will be remembered for his music. A ..read more
Dead Wax
2w ago
The Mask
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
(Writers proceeds donated to The Hall Of Fame)
Pub. Gatto Music
It'll Do Records 1500
After an in-depth research, I think I can named the man that hides behind the mask. Several clues were helpful, but the most convincing is the comparison between the picture found on the record front sleeve [see 45cat] and the picture of Harold Streibich, a music attorney from Memphis,Tennessee, who also happens to be the founder (or co-founder) of Il Gatto Music the publisher of Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Same facial morphology, prominent cheekbones, thick chin and neck ..read more
Dead Wax
2w ago
Joan Gardner
Learning To Rock
(Gardner, Mitchell & Halpern)
Hollywood Recording Guild 1024
1956
Joan Gardner (1928-1992)
Joan Gardner was an American voice specialist. Screenwriter, songwriter, actress, author and composer, educated at Los Angeles Community College. She began working in films in 1946, worked in television for seven years, and later joined the UPA studios. Joining ASCAP in 1964, her chief musical collaborators included Adelaide Halpern (her mother), and her popular-song compositions included "Learnin' to Rock", "Spelling Rock 'n Roll", "Good Ship Ro ..read more
Dead Wax
2w ago
Dragnet For Jesus
26 tracks from Sister Wynona Carr, one of my favorite singers, recorded for Specialty Records between 1949 and 1954 (mostly unissued).
Detaills can be found here : https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/cdchd411 (incl. booklet)
or here : https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/3120305-Sister-Wynona-Carr-Dragnet-For-Jesus
(for sessions info).
Useful info on Wynona Carr at Buckeye Beat:
Wynona Carr seems to be almost completely forgotten in the discussions of Cleveland music history. There's not even any mentions of her in the Plain Dealer or the Call and Post after the late ..read more
Dead Wax
2w ago
Hard Egg's Night
From the album 50,000,000 Feathers Can't Be Wrong, Clucking The Classics with Chester Chicken (Happy Puppy Records)
Full album available here
Produced by Lee Rosevere, experimental/electronic/ambient prolific musician from Canada. See discogs for more info.
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Dead Wax
3w ago
♬ I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine ♬
♬ I loaded 16 tons of mp3 ♬
♬ You load 16 tons, what do you get? ♬
I get Jailbird by Outta Sink, a brother/sister band. No details unfortunately. Perhaps from 1999.
Happy.
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Dead Wax
3w ago
River Witch LP, cover
Cincinnati Joe and Mad Lydia
Love Spider
I’m a love spider baby forty fingers on my hands
Forty ways of makin you feel good...
This song, written by Mad Lydia, is from their album released on their own label, River Witch late in 1971. "Cincinnati Joe, Mad Lydia." They were, at the time, regulars at Mahogany Hall, in suburban Mount Adams, catering * the soul-rock-jazz clientele.
Cincinnati Joe (Joe Spaulding) and Mad Lydia (Lydia Wood) were a couple in music and life. Known previously as the Spaulding Wood Affair, they were signed to ..read more
Dead Wax
3w ago
Julia Bates
Thinking Girl
wr. Bill Huskey
Jakebil Records 102
1969
Julia Bates was the second wife of the owner of Jakebil Records, Bill Huskey.
Bill Huskey (1932-2021), country music songwriter, performer and record label owner. wrote songs and recorded in Nashville and Memphis, notably at Sun Studios and in association with Quinton Claunch. Founded Jakebil Records in Newport, Arkansas and continued the venture when he moved with his family to California in 1969. He recorded and released the earliest records by his daughter, Kenni Huskey, who was discovered by Buck Owens as a t ..read more