IT'S TIME FOR SOME BLUES YOU CAN USE! Mark Carpentieri M.C. Records  In 1991, Mark Carpentieri wanted to record his band Somethin’ Blue but like many musicians, he didn’t have the money. He ended up making a deal with the studio owner. He would dump a van full of construction garbage for a night’s worth of recording. Through simple barter, M.C. Records was formed. In 1996, Mark signed Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson and released his music throughout the world. Since then, the industry has taken notice. The label has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won or been nominated f ..read more

  ROCK & ROLLERS DOWN ON THE DEAD END  STREETS PART 1 ROBERT JOHNSON Over the dark years that centered around the bluesman Robert Johnson, his life had become legendary. Up above is the Devil's Moon and the spirit of Robert Johnson is on the prowl. Over the years Robert Johnson had become a talisman of sorts wherein he was a devil with a guitar. Some folks say that Johnson was drunk, sober, moody, a woman chaser, or a wild lover. The bastard son of Julie Ann Majors and a farm worker Noah Johnson, Robert Johnson was most probably born on May 8th 1911 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi ..read more

  As time slides by,  it always reminds me to remember  My Favorite Songs  This Week: Part 1! Roxy - Love Love Love A Pure Pop Classic! "Roxy might be best known as the group from which a more widely known Elektra band emerged, as principal singer-songwriter Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop went on to found the Wackers, who issued three LPs for the label in the early 1970s. While the Wackers' albums (also reissued on CD by Collectors' Choice Music) often went in a Beatlesque pop direction, the earlier Roxy put a greater accent on rootsy if diverse rock of both the R&am ..read more

    Nuta Kotlyarenko, known professionally as Nudie Cohn (December 15, 1902 – May 9, 1984), was a Ukrainian-born American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as Nudie Suits, and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era. Nudie Cohn Nudie Cohn was a Russian immigrant who first established himself as a tailor in New York city in the 1930's when he opened a store called Nudies For The Ladies which specialized in producing undergarments for showgirls.  Legend has it that he was the first tailor to put rhinestone ..read more

  "One of the first album-oriented, underground groups in the United States; the Blues Project offered an electric brew of rock, blues, folk, pop, and even some jazz, classical, and psychedelia during their brief heyday in the mid-'60s. It's not quite accurate to categorize them as a blues-rock group, although they did plenty of that kind of material; they were more like a Jewish-American equivalent to British bands like the Yardbirds, who used a blues and R&B base to explore any music that interested them." (Richie Unterberger / All Music)   TRACK LIST 01 ..read more

Greetings All You Rock & Rollers! I'll be taking a short hiatus & will be back with a new blog post on JULY 9th   Cheers, Johnny Pierre     Bo Diddley sez: "Ring Dang Doo! How 'bout you?"   ..read more

    Cover Artwork: M.C. Osso  American Zoom Anthology an eclectic collection of M.C. Osso recordings that capture the many musical personas  of this mercurial artist.   TRACK LIST  Calico Cat American Zoom Slinky No U-Turn That Time of the Month Select Any Single P.O.P Strong Hooks French Curves (Live) She Bought Me A Drink (Live) Laughing Buddha (Live)    ALBUM CREDITS  M.C. Osso – Lead Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Harmonica  Michael Verni – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (Tracks 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)  Tim Kavanaugh – Drums (Tra ..read more

PETE TOWNSHEND   REMEMBERING BRIAN JONES "Brian Jones was a friend of mine in the early Who years. We first met the Stones when were ere still called The Detours, before Keith Moon joined the band…Brian looked like a pretty sheepdog. But the Mod girls in the audience screamed more at him than at Mick Jagger. Brian played very well, I thought, and played harmonica, too, in a slightly more country style than Mick. On the song Last Time it was his guitar that repeated the intoxicating riff-catch. Brian was musical, almost a musicologist, in nature and loved to talk about music. Brian and I ..read more

Velvet Underground & The Story of the VU Album The Velvet Underground album VU is the binding agent in a career of releases that differ so dramatically one from another as to be almost artistic reversals. VU has the dark majesty of The Velvet Underground & Nico, the neurotic strut (if not the head-wrecking dissonance) of White Light/White Heat, the tenderness and emotional insight of The Velvet Underground, and the pure pop sensibility of Loaded. In its 10 tracks, it contains refined versions of what the band did well during the four years they ..read more

    Monday ain't a fun day, Tuesday's a blue day Wednesday's a frenzy day, Thursday's the worst day Friday is great 'cause I can hardly wait Until the weekend I should be clockin' in at eight but I'm a little late Can't pay my baby, 'cause I took her on a date Two 'til ten and then it's Friday again Here come the weekend Here come the weekend Here come the weekend The working week's so tough I think I've had enough Until the weekend       Monday mornin' feels so bad Ev'rybody seems to nag me Comin' Tuesday I feel better Even my old man looks good Wed'sday just don ..read more