Joni Mitchell: If I Had a Heart (I’d Cry)
From her last album of original tunes, 2007’s Shine.
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Neko Case: If You Knew
Suggested by Andy Marshall, this is from her 2004 album The Tigers Have Spoken. Backing vocals are by her trusty pardner Kelly Hogan.
Plough Monday
ONE of the less obvious casualties of lockdown will be ‘Plough Monday’ in a couple of days’ time. It was traditionally held on the first Monday after Twelfth Night to … Continue readingPlough Monday
Zappa/Mothers: Holiday in Berlin, Full-Blown
This little sweetie is from Burnt Weeny Sandwich, recorded before Hot Rats but released later, in 1970, when Zappa had dissolved the Mothers of Invention for the time being.
The Ronettes: Do I Love You?
This was written by Phil Spector, Pete Andreoli and Vini Poncia, and released in 1964. It was comparatively unsuccessful, reaching No 34 in America and No 35 in Britain. This … Continue readingThe Ronettes: Do I Love You?
Loudon Wainwright III: Rufus is a Tit Man
From the 1975 album Unrequited, this is a song about his baby son’s enthusiasm for his mother’s milk. Ironic, really, that camp-as-a-row-of-tents Rufus Wainwright turned out to be anything but … Continue readingLoudon Wainwright III: Rufus is a Tit Man
Robert Wyatt: Blues in Bob Minor
The old Leftie’s take on Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, with guitar assistance from Mister Paul Weller. Taken from the 1997 album Shleep – blimey, it’s 24 years old already.
Little Feat: Roll Um Easy
Lowell George at his best. From the band’s third album, Dixie Chicken, in 1973.
Tell Laura we love her
AMONG the many things I admire about Laura Veirs is that she is the polar opposite of a rock chick. A Mandarin Chinese-speaking geology graduate, she considered working as a … Continue readingTell Laura we love her
Nazareth: Hair of the Dog
‘Now you’re messin’ with a son of a bitch’. What’s wrong with being a son of a bitch? It never did me any harm.