Mae West – Shakin’ All Over

Mae West and Somebody’s Chyldren

Listen/Download – Mae West – Shakin’ All Over

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you well.

The summer it at an end, and so we return to a semblance of normalcy – or what passes for it here at Iron Leg – with regular, non-podcast/radio show posts.

The Iron Leg Radio Show will continue on a monthly basis (next show on 10/7, live ta Mixlr.com/Funky16Corners) with the Funky16Corners Radio Show (soul/funk, live every Monday at 8PM) and my show on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, Testify! (freeform, live every Wednesday night at 10PM) both continuing weekly.

This week I confront you with the unlikely spectacle of septuagenarian screen legend Mae West fronting a rock band, and – in one of the unlikeliest results ever – succeeding (at least sporadically).

West, who was a hugely successful, influential and occasionally scandalous star of stage and screen in the 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond was, like everyone else from showbiz past, attempting to catch up to the pop culture explosion and affix her caboose to the rock’n’roll gravy train.

Her attempt, the 1966 Tower LP ‘Way Out West’ is – confounding all expectations – pretty good. West is backed energetically by Somebody’s Chyldren on a variety of cover material, from Bob Dylan, Roy Head, the Beatles and John Lee Hooker among others.

The track I bring you today, her version of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates ‘Shakin’ All Over’ is a killer.

West manages to carry off a lot of this material by virtue of her attitude. This is no mere cash-in. West seems to have actually made a serious attempt to groove on the songs, and the band is excellent.

Whoever selected the material put a lot of thought into what kind of things matched up with West’s persona and delivery.

Naturally, you need to wipe the image of a 72-year-old fronting a rock band, but in the annals of weird celebrity albums, ‘Way Out West’ is near the top for listener satisfaction.

Producer David Mallet also worked with Ian Whitcomb, ironically a young man working in older styles, and produced a few records for Somebody’s Chyldren under a few different names for a few different labels.

I hope you dig the track and I’ll see you next week.

Peace

Larry

 

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Testify! Episode #16

Testify Episode #16. Originally broadcast 09/06/2017

Steely Dan – Bodhisattva (live) (ABC)
Steely Dan – Reelin’ In the Years (ABC)
Steely Dan – Do It Again (ABC)
Steely Dan – Razor Boy (ABC)
Steely Dan – King of the World (ABC)

Deodato/Airto – Do It Again (CTI)
Charles Mann – Do It Again (ABC)
Barbra Streisand – I Mean To Shine (Columbia)
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (ABC)
Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth II (ABC)
Steely Dan – Any World That I’m Welcome To (ABC)

Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (ABC)
Woody Herman – Kid Charlemagne (Century)
Steely Dan – Aja (ABC)
Norman Connors – Black Cow (Arista)
Steely Dan – Deacon Blues (ABC)
Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh Quintet – Rapunzel (WB)

Steely Dan – Time Out of Mind (MCA)
Rosie Vela – Tonto (A&M)
Minutemen – Dr Wu (SST)
Steely Dan – FM (MCA)

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Greetings all.

Dig – if you will – the latest episode of Testify! my weekly show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio.

This week it was a tribute to the mighty Walter Becker of Steely Dan, including any of their best tracks as well as some interesting covers, and Becker/Fagen related projects.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll be back next week.

Peace

Larry
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Also…

It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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So pull down the ones and zeros, dig it and I’ll see you next week.

Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Peace

Larry

 

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Iron Leg Radio Show #77

Why hello there!

Playlist

ILRS#77 – The David Gates Special

Hal Blaine the Drummer Man and the Young Cougars – Gear Stripper (RCA)
Palace Guard – Saturday’s Child (Parkway)
Murmaids – Heartbreak Ahead (Chattachoochee)
The Walker Brothers – The Girl I Lost In the Rain (Philips)
David Jones – The Girl From Chelsea (Colpix)
Dorothy Berry – Shinding City (Planetary)
Dorothy Berry – Standing On the Corner (Planetary)
Grady and Brady – Star of the Show (Planetary)

Gary Lewis – Face In the Crowd (Liberty)
Suzy Wallis – Kisses On Paper (RCA)
Suzy Wallis – Nee Naw Nee Naw (RCA)
Gants – Greener Days (Liberty)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Diddy Wah Diddy (A&M)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Who Do You Think You’re Fooling (A&M)
Lively Set – Let the Trumpets Sound (Capitol)
Jerry & Deborah – Come On In (Epic)
Pleasure Fair – Morning Glory Days (UNI)
Pleasure Fair – Fade In Fade Out (UNI)
Bobby Vee – The Passing of a Friend (Liberty)

Cowsills – Can’t Measure the Cost of a Woman Lost (MGM)
Dino Desi and Billy – Thru Spray Colored Glasses (UNI)
Underground Sunshine – Don’t Shut Me Out (Intrepid)
Josie and the Pussycats – It Don’t Matter To Me (Capitol)
Ralfi Pagan – Make It With You (Fania)
Oscar Toney Jr – Everything I Own (Atco)
Petula Clark – It Don’t Matter To Me (WB)

Listen/Download -Iron Leg Radio Show Episode #77 – 199MB/256kbps

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Greetings all.

Welcome to this month’s episode of the Iron Leg Radio Show.

This was the third live broadcast of the Iron Leg Radio Show, which will be coming to you on the first Saturday of every month (see you on 10/7) at Mixlr.com/Funky16Corners

This month we have an in-depth look at the sounds of David Gates, as songwriter, producer and arranger in the years leading up to his time in Bread, as well as some contemporary covers of Bread material.
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Also…

It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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So pull down the ones and zeros, dig it and I’ll see you next week.

Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Peace

Larry

 

PS Head over to Funky16Corners

Testify! Episode #14

Testify Episode #14. Originally broadcast 08/23/2017

Joni Mitchell – Barangrill (Reprise)
Fareed Haque – Carry On (Blue Note)
Traffic – 40,000 Headmen (Island)
Gorrillaz – Clint Eastwood (Parlophone)
Bob Dylan – Desolation Row (Columbia)

Jackson C Frank – Blues Run the Game (Columbia)
Nick Drake – Here Come the Blues (Universal)
Nick Drake – River Man (Island)
Nick Drake – Three Hours (Island)
Skip James – Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (1966)

Jellyfish – Russian Hill (Charisma)
Flamingos -I Only Have Eyes For You (End)
Ray Lamontagne – Be Here Now (RCA)
Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Gordy)
Temptations – Masterpiece (Gordy)
Norman Whitfield – Water (MCA)
Grover Washington Junior – Inner City Blues (Kudu)

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Greetings all.

Dig – if you will – the latest episode of Testify! my weekly show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio.

I know that I’ve been re-posting here for a while, but I think you folks would dig it a lot if you gave it a listen.

My man Jeff Ash of AM then FM described it as thus:

…a throwback to the late-night free-form FM radio I grew up with in the early to mid-’70s. The silence of the night taken in unexpected directions, with plenty of head space for sussing out what it all means, or what it might mean.

I hope you dig it, subscribe to the show as a podcast, and drop something in the old Patreon bucket.

Peace

Larry
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Also…

It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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So pull down the ones and zeros, dig it and I’ll see you next week.

Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Peace

Larry

 

PS Head over to Funky16Corners

Testify! Episode #13

Testify Episode #13. Originally broadcast 08/09/2017

Stooges – Down On the Street (Elektra)
Television – See No Evil (Elektra)
Beastie Boys – Jimmy James (Grand Royal)
James Brown – Funky President (People It’s Bad) (Polydor)
Judy Clay – Get Together (Atlantic)

Caetano Veloso – Tropicalia (Philips)
Gilberto Gil – Bat Macumba (Philips)
Os Mutantes – Panis ou Circensis (Philips)
Gal Costa – Baby (Philips)
Bebel Gilberto – Samba Da Bencao (Ziriguiboom)
Grizzly Bear – Southern Point (Warp)

Barbara Lynn – I’m a Good Woman (Tribe)
Nolan Chance – Just Like the Weather (Constellation)
Andy Butler – Take Me (TRC)
The Shells – When I’m Blue (Conlo)
Ike and Tina Turner – You Must Believe Me (Loma)
Lavell Kamma and the Afro Soul Review – Soft Soul (Tupelo Sound)
Sunny and the Sunliners – My Dream (Teardrop)
Darondo – Didn’t I (Music City)

Neil Young – Emperor of Wyoming (Reprise)
Neil Young – The Loner (Reprise)
Brewer and Shipley – Pig’s Head (kama Sutra)
Brewer and Shipley – Truly Right (A&M)
Andy Bey – River Man (Evidence)
Bobby Darin – Darling Be Home Soon (Atlantic)
Mama Cass – Talking To Your Toothbrush (Dunhill)
Velvet Underground – THere She Comes Now (MGM)
Velvet Underground – Candy Says (MGM)
Velvet Underground – Jesus (MGM)
Bruce Springsteen – Spirit In the Night (Columbia)
Django Reinhardt – Nuages (RCA)

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Greetings all.

Dig – if you will – the latest episode of Testify! my weekly show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio.

This is a very special, very groovy episode of the show that I think has a lot to offer for Iron Leggers.

I hope you dig it, subscribe to the show as a podcast, and drop something in the old Patreon bucket.

Peace

Larry
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Also…

It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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So pull down the ones and zeros, dig it and I’ll see you next week.

Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Peace

Larry

 

PS Head over to Funky16Corners

Beverley – Museum

Beverley

Listen/Download – Beverley – Museum

Greetings all.

Before we get started this week …

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It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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I hope you all enjoyed last week’s mix, and that some of you headed over to click on the Patreon link and donate in furtherance of the Funky16Corners/Iron Leg thing as a continuing institution.

I have something very cool for you this week with an artist that we have addressed in this space before.

Beverley, aka Beverley Kutner, aka Beverley Martyn is best known these days as a folk oriented singer due to the body of work she recorded with her ex-husband, UK folk legend John Martyn.

She got her start – however – recording things in a much more pop vein with a pair of 45s in 1966 and 1967 for the storied Deram label in the UK.

The first, ‘Where the Good Times Are’ is an absolutely stunning bit of freakbeat with piano by Nicky Hopkins and guitar by a long-forgotten, itinerant studio musician named Jimmy Page (cough…).

Beverley was also acquainted with a certain Paul Simon, who she connected with during his time in the British Isles, eventually making a cameo appearance on the song ‘Fakin’ It’ on the Bookends LP.

That said, her second 45 is only really a half a 45, since the flipside is a smoking Hammond instro by the Denny Cordell Tea Time Ensemble.

Bevereley’s side of the record is a very groovy cover of one of my favorite Donovan songs, the oft-covered ‘Museum’.

Beverley’s version is very much of its time, and while it doesn’t break any new ground, it is quite good.

It would be few years before she would record with John Martyn.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all next week.

Make sure to click on that Patreon link.

Peace

Larry

 

PS Head over to Funky16Corners for some soul.

Iron Leg Radio Show Episode #76

Why hello there!

Playlist

ILRS#76

Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Deep Purple (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Ooh La La (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Swing Me (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Hey Baby (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Tomorrow Is Soon a Memory (Atco)

Nino Tempo and April Stevens – I Love How You Love Me (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Land of 1000 Dances (Atco)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – You’ll Be Needing Me Baby (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Help You To See (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – All Strung Out (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Follow Me (White Whale)

Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Little Child (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Alone Alone (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Out of Nowhere (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Wings of Love (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – The Habit of Lovin’ You (White Whale)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens – Bye Bye Blues (White Whale)

The Poor – My Mind Goes High (York)
Harper and Rowe – Where Is She (World Pacific)
Colours – Love Heals (Dot)
Colours – Rather Be Me (Dot)
Colours – I’m Leaving (Dot)
Colours Brother Lou’s Love Colony (Dot)
Colours – I’ll Be Your Friend (Dot)

Listen/Download -Iron Leg Radio Show Episode #76 – 199MB/256kbps

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Greetings all.

Welcome to this month’s episode of the Iron Leg Radio Show.

This was the second live broadcast of the Iron Leg Radio Show, which will be coming to you on the first Saturday of every month (see you on 9/2) at Mixlr.com/Funky16Corners

This month we have an in-depth look at the sounds of Nino Tempo and April Stevens, as well as a jump-off to the songwriters that helped make their ‘All Strung Out’ album such a success.

Take note, this month’s Iron Leg Radio Show podcast will not be available on Mixcloud due to the fact that having 17 tracks by the same artist violates their terms of service.
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Also…

It’s time for the 2017 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive.

Since Iron Leg, and the Iron Leg Radio Show podcast are dependent of the continued health of Funky16Corners, and continue under the banner of the Funky16Corners Radio Network, it behooves me to post these links here, too.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

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So pull down the ones and zeros, dig it and I’ll see you next week.

Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Peace

Larry

 

PS Head over to Funky16Corners