me first!

Mine are the Beatles. And Frank Sinatra.

Afternoon firepups! I’m partial to Dick Dale and BB King as far as senior rockers go.

In the beginning, God said “Let there be music!” and Ray Charles said, “You rang?”

That’s my golden oldie: old Ray, young Ray, and everyRay in between.

Here’s an oldie just back in the news: youtube

OMG, that video is great! I love the smashing of the guitars, even if it takes them a few attempts.

Thanks, Donita. I needed that after this miserable week.

I love the Abbey Road photo with that article about the recording session. Obviously, the leader of the four just came from the UK version of “Pimp My Ride Walker”

How about an oldie re-done? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzyzkMXuyHo

Ernie K. Doe. That one certainly punches the F5 of the memory banks. Junior high school ‘61-62. Tanx, Donita.

I couldn’t find an original audio clip of Suburban Lawns’ song “Janitor” but I did find this cover version of the song by a band named Wetcat via YouTube.

Bob Dylan
“Neighborhood Bully” and
“Clean Cut Kid” (they took a clean-cut kid, and they made a killer outta him, is what they did.

retirin’ in five @ 8

Ernie K. Doe. That one certainly punches the F5 of the memory banks. Junior high school ‘61-62. Tanx, Donita.

yeah baby

Hmm, golden oldies..gotsta be the Beatles and Patsy Cline.

Wow!! My mom who would have been 94 this year loved the music of my generation.

The one thing that’s always been a constant in my conversations with older people was how the popular music of their youth was seen by “the adults/establishment” as the sure end of Western civilization. For my stepfather’s mother, it was the Jazz Age Charleston & Flapper craze. My god, they were a threat to decency everywhere! For my ex-husband’s grandmother, it was being a Big Band Sinatra-swoonin’ bobby-soxer that was going to be the death of us all. For my mother, Elvis was the sure sign of the Apocalypse.

It never changes. :)

Well I’m off to the Crossroads “do” in Chicago at the end of July, where a younger than I E Clapton has his Guitar Festival, and an Old man named BB King will be……. Jon Mayall is still performing, too, and Charlie Watts is, perhaps, 74.

Talk about yer loyal Bushie… http://www.dubyad40.com/2007/0…..s_20.shtml

Grateful Dead: China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider

Beatles: A Day in the Life

Bob Dylan: Baby Blue

and many others…

-MS

Oh, and for my grandmother’s generation, it was Ravel and Debussy that would end the world as we knew it!

The Sun Rhythm Section has lot’s of ol tmers. Sonny Burgess, Smoochy Smith , and D.J. Fontane (Elvis” drummer). They played some of the purest rockabilly I’ve ever heard. I guess it helps that they invented it. See em while they’re still alive.

Lou Costello @ 8

How about an oldie re-done? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzyzkMXuyHo

Very nicely done, I had not heard her do this yet. I love her voice and this song is perfect for her to do. Very smokey.

Oh brilliant! I’m going to send this to my dad, who is 88.
He probably won’t like it because “it’s rock and roll”.
Heh.

years and years ago i saw Sonny Terry & Brownie Magee.two old men shuffled onto the stage and right in front of my eyes turned into a couple of 20 yr olds.played outrageously good music for two hours,then turned back into old men and shuffled off again.weyy!!

Either Dorsey. Artie Shaw. Glenn Miller. (H*ll, most big-band/swing works for me!) The Beatles. More recent stuff for me is pretty much piece-by-piece.

may @ 23

years and years ago i saw Sonny Terry & Brownie Magee.two old men shuffled onto the stage and right in front of my eyes turned into a couple of 20 yr olds.played outrageously good music for two hours,then turned back into old men and shuffled off again.weyy!!

My goodness, I had the very same experience “years and years” ago! Perfect description, may.

Oh damn, but that vid was cute as a bug’s ear. Wish my folks weren’t on freaking dial-up in Florida or I’d send them a link to it. Guess I’ll have to wait until they “migrate” in a couple weeks to their summer home where they have high speed WiFi.

You’ll have to define golden oldies, Donita…does that mean the earliest sounds I remember (like Beatles doing I Want To Hold Your Hand, or Petula Clark’s Downtown), or the first songs I could sing (New Christy Minstels and Mitch Miller, or the Mommas and the Poppas)? Or the first songs I could ask for (the soundtrack from Hair)? Or the songs we played ad nauseum as high schoolers (The Who, Devo, BOC, list too long to cite)?

edit: p.s. one of my favorite “old geezers” was Ibrahim Ferrer, who passed in 2005. Loved him.

ol rocker @ 20

The Sun Rhythm Section has lot’s of ol tmers. Sonny Burgess, Smoochy Smith , and D.J. Fontane (Elvis” drummer). They played some of the purest rockabilly I’ve ever heard. I guess it helps that they invented it. See em while they’re still alive.

Sonny Burgess blew through Indy a few years ago and managed to scalp a few heads with some sort of all star group that played our rockabilly festival. Might have been the same act, but it was a legendary show in these parts.

Speaking of Zimmer(man)…he may be old but he is ‘Forever Young’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-WqilLCPM

Second that on the Sun Records cats. Saw ‘em in Chicago more than a few years back and they were great. I peed next to DJ Fontana!!

That said, I like the fourth generation of punks/new wavers. I saw both the Blasters and X a few years back in Cleveland and they TORE IT UP. Much more fun than the pablum Clapton, et. al. have been spooning out. And you want to see someone sipping from the fountain of youth? Ladies and gentlemen, Susanna Hoffs!

Does Richard Thompson qualify as a geezer yet? He was in Fairport Convention which dates him back pretty far. Put me down for a Richard Thompson if he qualifies.

Personally, I feel you’re never to old to rock n roll and this video of The Zimmers proves it. You’re only as old as you think you are.

Rayne @ 26

Oh damn, but that vid was cute as a bug’s ear. Wish my folks weren’t on freaking dial-up in Florida or I’d send them a link to it. Guess I’ll have to wait until they “migrate” in a couple weeks to their summer home where they have high speed WiFi.

You’ll have to define golden oldies, Donita…does that mean the earliest sounds I remember (like Beatles doing I Want To Hold Your Hand, or Petula Clark’s Downtown), or the first songs I could sing (New Christy Minstels and Mitch Miller, or the Mommas and the Poppas)? Or the first songs I could ask for (the soundtrack from Hair)? Or the songs we played ad nauseum as high schoolers (The Who, Devo, BOC, list too long to cite)?

edit: p.s. one of my favorite “old geezers” was Ibrahim Ferrer, who passed in 2005. Loved him.

Hi Rayne, golden oldies… one of mine is my 101 year old neighbor.
She immigrated to LA. from Sweden in the thirties. She still walks up and down a long flight of stairs to tend to her garden, almost daily.
She remembers when Las Vegas had planks of wood for sidewalks.

the thing i most like about playing music,is if practice is kept up,improvment keeps happening til you finally drop dead.not like hitting a peak and going into decline as with so many things.
BB King is a case in point.
(i suppose the practice of law is the same)

I saw Dave Brubeck around a decade ago; he had to be helped on to the stage, but when he sat in front of the piano, the years melted away, and it was fantastic…

I saw BB King a couple of years back on tour with Jeff Beck…Well worth seeing.

i am feelin’ this post, grrrl. . .

old-school:

jimmy cliff — “the harder they come“.

otis redding — “dock of the bay“.

the drifters — “under the boardwalk“.

the chi-lites — “have you seen her?”

i’ll stop now.

LOVE this video — love the post!

“. . .i’d give it a 98. . .
and even THEY can dance to it. . .”

reddyrooster @ 29

And you want to see someone sipping from the fountain of youth? Ladies and gentlemen, Susanna Hoffs!

Interesting article, though it does give me pause. I hesitate whenever Matthew “Girlfriend” Sweet’s name comes up. I just never liked his material no matter how hard I tried. He has a good voice and could do so much better if his material didn’t just completely suck. Maybe since he is doing covers with Susanna Hoffs of 60s tunes it might work but color me skeptical.

grape_crush @ 33

I saw Dave Brubeck around a decade ago; he had to be helped on to the stage, but when he sat in front of the piano, the years melted away, and it was fantastic…

I saw BB King a couple of years back on tour with Jeff Beck…Well worth seeing.

My friend invited me to a show which I couldn’t make, but I still regret missing to this day. Last year at an Indian casino: Chuck Berry AND Jerry Lee Lewis.

I went to see The Who a couple of months ago, and in their 60’s Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey are still amazing. When they sang “My G-g-g-generation”, all the 20-somethings started screaming along. I (a 50-something)wanted to shout, No, not YOUR generation. MINE!!! Oops.

OMG too precious! Gives new meaning to the phrase “rockin’ chair”.

Did anyone catch Roger Daltry in the concert version of Wizard of Oz many moons ago? He played the Tin Man and was belting it out in fine form, swinging the mike in signature style. I thought all the parents in the audience were going to flick their Bics. Very hip production.

Thanks for sharing this video. Really great.

Su Tissue! (Remember her role in the movie “Something Wild”?) I love the Suburban Lawns. I’m envious to this day of my wife, who saw them at the 930 Club in DC.

The “My Generation” video is fantastic. Very moving.

Chuck Berry and The Killer do a lot of touring together. My friend Dan has managed to get to know Jerry Lee Lewis over the years after being introduced to him by a guy on Lewis’ crew that is an old friend of Dan’s. He says the Killer is one of the most genuine people he has ever met and that he has stated again and again he will never quit touring and will die onstage. That’s dedication for you right there.

Oh Mutzali @ 37,

pinkies! We must have posted at the same time! Big Who fan here. How great you got to see them recently. Pete Townsend is a genius.

Nathaniel Mayer rocks harder than most 63 year olds. Say him with The Black Keys. It was more energy than I could stand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Mayer

Going to see Dick Dale in May. King of the Surf Guitar. He’s in his 70s now.
I’d heard his music for a long time, but it took my teenage son to get me to really listen to him. Love it.

Margot @ 43

Going to see Dick Dale in May. King of the Surf Guitar. He’s in his 70s now.
I’d heard his music for a long time, but it took my teenage son to get me to really listen to him. Love it.

He’s great, and quite the character.

Donita: I fixed the title up top.

Absolutely. Hysterical.

That was so cute I am going to forward this to my Aunt so she can show it to my 93 year old Granny.

Btw, I’d love to buy the old fart at the end a pint.

Golden oldies?

Georgia Yellow Hammers.
Bill Monroe.
Carter Brothers and Son.
Uncle Dave Macon.
the Carter Family.

I could go on for hours.
The Stanley Brothers.
the Delmore Brothers.
the Louvin Brothers
The Blue Sky Boys.
Georgia Tar Heels
The Carolina Chocolate drops.

Donita—
I had to laugh when I saw that Dick Dale has a bunch of people that follow him from concert to concert, like Deadheads.
Only they’re called Dickheads, and proud of it! lol

Robert Lockwood Jr was up here in Boston at U Mass doing a show, at 91, only a bit more than a month, I think, before he died.

Adelaide Hall was still banging it out in her 80s, too.

Dick Dale is one of the best guitarists around in my opinion. Always has been. His resurgence in popularity these last ten years has been great for him and he has only gotten better. Timeless doesn’t begin to describe him.

Bustednuckles @ 46

Absolutely. Hysterical.

That was so cute I am going to forward this to my Aunt so she can show it to my 93 year old Granny.

Btw, I’d love to buy the old fart at the end a pint.

I know what I’m going to toast to this afternoon, once cocktail hour rolls around: “To old farts!”

The Stones. They’re that old now, right? No? Shoot, they look it.

Chuck Berry (age 80) and Little Richard (age 72). All kidding aside, they ARE that old. Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce ooo-oooooooo.

I just watched it for the third time and have tears rolling. That is so good.
I just emailed a ton of people and told them to watch it.

Rollo @
52

The Stones. They’re that old now, right? No? Shoot, they look it.

Chuck Berry (age 80) and Little Richard (age 72). All kidding aside, they ARE that old. Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce ooo-oooooooo.

Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce ooo-oooooooo.

twolf1 @
54

Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce ooo-oooooooo.

Thanks. I needed that.

? and the Mysterians still tear it up.

http://www.96tears.net/

okay that is just ……..too……….cool.

Love it!!!

Oldies is kind of a tough thing to define for some. Most people think it’s the 50s stuff. I dunno. Seems like it’s relative to one’s age, but what do I know? Is it stuff that I can kinda remember as a kid, before I really knew much music? Is it stuff before I was born, like Elvis and Sinatra? Or maybe before I could walk and talk/remember things. I mean, I highly doubt I remember stuff popular when I was an infant like this.

That vid kind of boggles the mind, doesn’t it?

Donita Sparks @
31

Hi Rayne, golden oldies… one of mine is my 101 year old neighbor.
She immigrated to LA. from Sweden in the thirties. She still walks up and down a long flight of stairs to tend to her garden, almost daily.
She remembers when Las Vegas had planks of wood for sidewalks.

Those Swedes are tough stuff, aren’t they? My stepson is dating a lovely little thing from Sweden, reminds me of Pippy Longstockings. But the looks belie the strength — one helluva soccer player, has been known to jump up and take walks of 10 miles or more any given time of the day, every day, “just because”. I wonder what she’ll be like when she’s 101, also.

got to open for danny and the juniors, same, the originals in their 70’s, maybe higher!
Bo Diddley was funny too, played with him and he won’t ever stop. He has too much fun doing it. dig his new rap tune.

maybe it is the best damn advice there is. never stop.

oldtree @ 60

got to open for danny and the juniors, same, the originals in their 70’s, maybe higher!
Bo Diddley was funny too, played with him and he won’t ever stop. He has too much fun doing it. dig his new rap tune.

maybe it is the best damn advice there is. never stop.

Do you have a link for that Bo Diddley rap tune? I wouldn’t mind giving it a listen.

Never stop IS the best advice there is. Just never quit and refuse to use the phrase “I’m too old”.

I’m 67 and the generation that invented rock & roll so I’ve sort of seen it all.

Mostly I miss Buddy Holly who still sounds fresh to me.

And I miss everybody’s favorite dead guys — the Ramones

Kris Kristoferson is gettin’ long in the tooth but he wrote some great stuff and is still a right thinker.

And believe it or not – Green Day. They’ve been around for 20 years. I think that’s old for a rock & roll band.

The Zimmers’ bit is pretty well done … but not as well done as what seemingly may have inspired it (from Harry Nilsson’s “Did Somebody Drop His Mouse” documentary):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6u0Ps5qblYI

Donita-
you probably don’t remember our bands playing together back in ‘95(?) or so in Charlotte- we were called five-eight.

It’s interesting that you would run with this idea today, since the original lineup of five-eight is getting back together for a reunion show tonight. We’ve all kept playing in the interim years in different bands… playing together the other night at practice was a long exercise in “OK, we need to stop telling stories and laughing at each other and PLAY or we’re never gonna be ready.”

Better to burn it out than to let it rust, I believe.

Hope you’re well.

brother of TRex,
Patrick

paperpusher @ 56

? and the Mysterians still tear it up.

http://www.96tears.net/

I didn’t know about ?’s fire. That sucks.

The Zimmers remind me of Harry Nilsson’s song “I’d Rather Be Dead” as sung on “Son of Schmilsson.” It was way ahead of its time. Would love to find a video of THAT recording session!

patrick rex @ 64

Donita-
you probably don’t remember our bands playing together back in ‘95(?) or so in Charlotte- we were called five-eight.

It’s interesting that you would run with this idea today, since the original lineup of five-eight is getting back together for a reunion show tonight. We’ve all kept playing in the interim years in different bands… playing together the other night at practice was a long exercise in “OK, we need to stop telling stories and laughing at each other and PLAY or we’re never gonna be ready.”

Better to burn it out than to let it rust, I believe.

Hope you’re well.

brother of TRex,
Patrick

YOU HAVE A BLAST TONIGHT!!!!

Donita Sparks @
67

YOU HAVE A BLAST TONIGHT!!!!

Thanks, madam… and you too, whatever trouble you’re getting into… ;-)

Fini Fini,
Is there anyway to grab a screenshot of that old guy flipping the bird at the end of the video?
I would love that for a screensaver.

dancinfool @ 66

The Zimmers remind me of Harry Nilsson’s song “I’d Rather Be Dead” as sung on “Son of Schmilsson.” It was way ahead of its time. Would love to find a video of THAT recording session!

Fantastic!

Donita Sparks @
70

dancinfool @ 66

The Zimmers remind me of Harry Nilsson’s song “I’d Rather Be Dead” as sung on “Son of Schmilsson.” It was way ahead of its time. Would love to find a video of THAT recording session!

Fantastic!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6u0Ps5qblYI

Bustednuckles @ 69

Fini Fini,
Is there anyway to grab a screenshot of that old guy flipping the bird at the end of the video?
I would love that for a screensaver.

I will attempt to do so.

For your listening pleasure, dear snarkalicious pups!

KING BISCUIT’s HAPPY HOUR (70s version)

Segue Songs/”Remember the Rug” Songs:
Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks)
Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver)

End of a Squirrilous Week Songs:
Band on the Run (PaulMc & Wings)
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves (Cher)**

Thank God You’re Here, FDLers Song:
Lean on Me (Bill Withers)

The Immaculate List Hearings Song
A Horse with No Name (America)

Karl & Cheney Tango Song
Shadow Dancing (Andy Gibb)

Abu’s Long Distance Dedication to Senate
Never Can Say Goodbye (Jackson5)

W’s Long Distance Dedication to AG&KR
Torn Between Two Lovers (Mary MacGregor)

W’s Shoutout to Laura & All Murikans
Playground in My Mind (Clint Holmes)

Feingold, Leahy, Schumer & Whitehouse
Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who)

Left Blogistan Anthem
Takin’ It to the Street (Doobie Bros.)

If the Constitution Could Sing
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

now back to our regularly scheduled program…

**w/apologies to Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

FiniFiniTOOBZ! @ 72

Bustednuckles @ 69

Fini Fini,
Is there anyway to grab a screenshot of that old guy flipping the bird at the end of the video?
I would love that for a screensaver.

I will attempt to do so.

Thanks, I have been trying with no luck.

excellent playlist, tribescribe!

Just yesterday I was wondering who the protest rockers are of today…

I wouldn’t know because I still listen to the songs on your list! Plus CCR’s Fortunate Son, Have you Ever Seen the Rain, Dylan’s Hard Rain, and you already mentioned The Who’s Don’t Get Fooled Again!!!

Bustedknuckles, here you go.

SWEET!
Thanks Fini Fini!
You da Man!

Oh Hell yeah,
He looks good.
Now to move the icons out of the way.
Thanks again.

Bustednuckles @ 78

Oh Hell yeah,
He looks good.
Now to move the icons out of the way.
Thanks again.

Glad I could help.

Happy 4:20 on 4/20 in EDT – smoke em if you got em!

do-si-do @ 75

excellent playlist, tribescribe!

Just yesterday I was wondering who the protest rockers are of today…

I wouldn’t know because I still listen to the songs on your list! Plus CCR’s Fortunate Son, Have you Ever Seen the Rain, Dylan’s Hard Rain, and you already mentioned The Who’s Don’t Get Fooled Again!!!

Tnx. Yes, add the Son and both Rains!

And unless some real protest rockers show up, may I also suggest the following –

Harry Reid/DemNatl Convention Theme Songs:
War (Edwin Starr)
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)

Who are your golden oldies (musically or otherwise)?

Golden oldies that you may not hear about so much, and who are still living and performing:

Earl Scruggs, who popularized the modern bluegrass banjo style

Ralph Stanley, whose work was featured in the 2000 smash hit, Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?, and who was also featured in the national very popular musical tour, Down From the Mountain;

Doc Watson, guitar master and singer.

Emmylou Harris, who turned 60 this month, Goddess of song, and my heart-throb for more than 30 years.

These have all been important influences on my life.

Bob in HI

Oh God, that you for that! I just needed that so much. Unspeakably fun!

i must confess that i am my own favorite golden oldie.

I vote for Chuck Berry.

Sid

Bob Schacht @
82

Emmylou Harris, who turned 60 this month, Goddess of song, and my heart-throb for more than 30 years.

These have all been important influences on my life.

Bob in HI

Hi Bob, me too! Here’s for you a blast from the past. She is the queen of the silver dollar…

Hey! Now we know where Kevin Federline got his “Manpris” fashion idea…

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y ! NIGHT

Kfed.

I went to see Iggy Pop and the Stooges in Denver Tuesday night, was four people back from the stage, and surrounded by an equal mix of kids and elderly. I got beat to hell by everybody. People way into their 60s and 70s (I swear to god!) were moshing and slamming with the twenty-somethings and teens and I didn’t see anyone go down that didn’t get right back up again.

I’ve been to plenty of old-rock shows like King Crimson, Roger Waters and David Bowie, but this was completely different. Iggy’s gonna draw more fringe than most, but the seriously old people I saw around me (and just so you know I know something about old: I’m 47 and capable of spotting persons much older than I am) ran the gamut from sweet-looking little old ladies to multi-tatted, tothless street crazies. Nobody backed off when the pushing and crashing started.

It’s strange to read this post on meeting the zimmers so soon after a unique experience like that, but there it is.

Saw Dick Dale play in New Haven two years ago… LOUDEST show I’ve ever been to. And he still rocks the house.

“I have not left my flat in three weeks”.

Most of us do not want to think that this is where we are headed, but we are.

This video reminded me that I need to start visiting my old aunts and uncles but start that one day a week volunteering in the senior citizens facility again. It’s been several years that I have given some time.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!

Here is something from Ibrahim Ferrer, He passed on 2005. He had such a sweet voice and thanks to Ry Cooder a resurgence in his last years that was well deserved. I forgot to mention Omara Portuando no spring chicken herself.
youtube

Donita,
I forgot to thank you, that is terrific, and gives me hope in my musical quest to play guitar at 65, it aint over ’til they throw flowers on you.

God Bless Them! Awesome! Love It!

Peace!

wow, that wuz cute, that. i saw montrose’ original linup a few years ago. they freekin’ rok’d;) rok candy baby!!

hello from your old (lefty drummer) friend, donita;)

While I wouldn’t claim her as one of my “idols” I am glad to have seen Kitty Carlisle last summer in a cabaret in Los Angeles. She is a direct link to the composers whose songs she performed — Kern, Porter, Berlin, Gershwin et al. They coached her in phrasing and the like and it was delightful to be in the presence of such an amazing link to modern American music.

Golden Oldie
The lyrics have stuck with me all these years – The Band, 1973
From “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me,
“Virgil, Quick! Come see!
There goes Robert E. Lee.”
Now I don’t mind, I’m chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin’
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin’
They went, “Na, na, na, na, na, na, ….. “

http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~b…..ndixie.htm