Greetings all.
I was originally going to post something new (old) today, but I changed my mind and decided to tie into the Funky16Corners 2009 Pledge Drive by re-posting what is by any measure my favorite mix from the Iron Leg Digital Trip Podcast Archive, ILDT#5 – The Party.
I didn’t link the two last year, but [...]
May 31, 2009
Categories: Culture, Easy Listening, Funky16Corners, Funky16Corners 2009 Pledge Drive, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Kitsch, Mod, Movies, Music, Now Sound, Rock, Soundtrack, Sunshine Pop, cover versions, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 1 Comment
John Barry
Listen -John Barry – A Man Alone (Jazz Version) – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope all is well with you this fine Friday (or Thursday late depending what position you hold on the globe).
The tune I bring you today is something groovy with a dash of international intrigue.
A variation on the theme from the ‘Ipcress File’ [...]
May 28, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Easy Listening, Iron Leg, Jazz, John Barry, Kitsch, Mod, Music, Now Sound, Soundtrack . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
Listen – The Enfields -In the Eyes of the World – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope everyone had a most excellent weekend.
I know I did, heading down to the World Famous Asbury Lanes to see my brother (CJ Grogan) play on the same bill as my old friends Mod Fun. It was a reunion of sorts, with [...]
May 24, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Local Music, Mod Revival, Music, Phantom Five, Rock, folk rock, garage punk . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
Playlist
Terry Reid – Superlungs (Epic)
New Zealand Trading Co. – Jam and Anti-Freeze (Memphis)
Wizards From Kansas – Codine (Mercury)
JK and Co – Land of Sensations and Delights (White Whale)
Robin McNamara – Aren’t You Thinking of Me (Steed)
Janis Ian – Son of Love (Verve)
Mighty Baby – Same Way To the Sun (Head)
Jack Bruce – Rope Ladder to [...]
May 17, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Music, Prog, Rock, acoustic, cover versions, folk rock, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 5 Comments
Listen – The Zoo – Where Have All the Good Times Gone – MP3
Greetings all.
I come to you once more to tear yet another week off the calendar.
This has been one of those ‘it kind of sucks but there’s nothing I can do about it (which kind of makes it suck even more)’ weeks, where [...]
May 14, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Ohio Music, Rock, cover versions, garage punk, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
Messrs Wood, Winwood and Capaldi (but where’s Mason??)
Listen – Traffic – Hole In My Shoe – MP3
Greetings all.
As related over at the mothership, I am recovering slowly from surgery performed upon my person Friday last, and am not firing on each and every intellectual cylinder. I’m in one of those bags where everything – mind, [...]
May 10, 2009
Categories: Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments
The McCoys with the host of Upbeat, Don Webster on the drums
The Birds, Ron Wood second from left
Listen – The McCoys – Say Those Magic Words – MP3
Greetings all.
I come to you at the end of the week bearing an example of that rarest of animals, the American freakbeat 45.
Though the genre itself is somewhat [...]
May 7, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, cover versions, freakbeat, garage punk, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
The Gants
Listen – The Gants – My Baby Don’t Care – MP3
Greetings all.
Welcome to another week of goodness here at Iron Leg.
The annals of the 60s garage sound operate on two basic levels.
1. Strictly local, obscure acts that pounded their gee-tars, drums and combo organs for the delectation of high school dances, basement parties and [...]
May 3, 2009
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, folk rock, garage punk . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments