Ain’t they just dreamy??
Listen – The Walker Brothers – Hurting Each Other – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope all is well on your end, and that the end of the week sees you ready for some musical melodrama.
I say melodrama, because the mighty Scott Walker was constitutionally unable to deliver ANY lyric, be it ‘The Sun Ain’t [...]
March 29, 2009
Categories: British Beat, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, cover versions, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 3 Comments
NOTE: I had something else ready to post, but I just saw that Dan Seals, country star and original member of the Southwest F.O.B. passed away at the age of 61. I thought it’d be cool to repost that group’s best song in his memory.
See you on Monday.
L
Southwest F.O.B.
Listen – The Smell of Incense – [...]
March 26, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Obituary, Rock, Texas music, cover versions, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 3 Comments
The Rich Kids
Listen – Denny Belline & the Rich Kids – Rain – MP3
Greetings all.
Welcome to the beginning of another chapter in the interwebs saga known as Iron Leg.
The tune I bring you today is something I picked up years ago just as my hardcore garage punking days were winding down.
Some friends and I had [...]
March 22, 2009
Categories: Beatles-esque Sounds, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, cover versions, folk rock, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 1 Comment
The Peddlers (back to front) Tab Martin, Roy Phillips, Trevor Morais
Listen – The Peddlers – What’ll I Do – MP3
Listen – The Peddlers – Delicious Lady – MP3
Greetings all.
If you’ve been reading the Funky16Corners Blog for the last year or so you’ll already be well acquainted with my ongoing love affair with the Peddlers. Between [...]
March 19, 2009
Categories: 45s, British Beat, Culture, Hammond Organ, Iron Leg, Jazz, Mod, Music, cover versions, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments
The groovy side of Peter Sellers
Listen – The Blades of Grass – I Love You Alice B Toklas! – MP3
Greetings all.
Glad to be back in the saddle as it were, with a slice of groovy 60s pop.
This is an interesting one.
The song itself was the title tune for a very funny Peter Sellers movie of [...]
March 15, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Local Music, Movies, Music, Sunshine Pop, cover versions, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 1 Comment
Listen – The Family Affair – Let’s get Together – MP3
Greetings all.
Here we are, it’s Friday again and I’m going to close out the week with something plucked fresh off the vine (as it were) during my digs down in Washington, DC last weekend.
I was mainly on the prowl for soul and funk, but I [...]
March 12, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, cover versions, folk rock . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 3 Comments
The Sonics
Listen – The Sonics – Psycho – MP3
Greetings all.
This will be brief, as I just got back from three days on the road doing the funk and soul deejay dealie and I’m am so f*cking tired I think my eyeballs are about to fall out and roll somewhere dark for their own good.
First off, [...]
March 8, 2009
Categories: 45s, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, The Sonics, garage punk . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 3 Comments
Iron Leg Digital Trip #22 – Memories of a Not So Free Festival
Grand Funk Railroad – Inside Looking Out (Capitol)
US Sound – Toady Frog Clan (Trump)
Steppenwolf – Tighten Up Your Wig (Dunhill)
Rod Stewart – Street Fighting Man (Mercury)
Three Dog Night – Feelin’ Alright (Dunhill)
Milwaukee Freak Scene – Land of Plastic (SSM)
Offenbach – Moody Calvaire Moody [...]
March 1, 2009
Categories: Canadian Music, Culture, Hard Rock, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Michigan Rock, Music, Rock, cover versions, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 13 Comments