Remember when David Johansen first appeared on MTV? It was years before his Buster Poindexter shtick, back when David was promoting his live album with an Animals Medley of We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Bring Me Down, and It's My Life. Huw Gower from The Records was in David's band, and they were pretty hot! But not enough to make Johansen a household name.
The menu of medleys includes crooners (Bobby Darin, Englebert Humpernickel, and Ol' Blue Eyes), country (The Texas Tornados, Buck Owens, and Travis Tritt's tribute to Ol' Waylon), rock pioneers (Buddy Holly, Richard Berry), harmony singers (The Everlys, The Hollies) and guitar slingers (The Ventures, and a tribute to Dimebag Darrell by Tina S)!
One of the things I've always admired about Stinky's eclectic tastes is that his compilations can go from Neil Young to The Ventures, from there to a contemporary international superstar like Rita Ora, and follow that with an old classic from Frank Sinatra! It's all music, it's all good, and today it's all about the medleys!
The Medleys, Vol. 3: https://tinyurl.com/StinkyMedleys
ReplyDeleteQUESTION FOR OUR READERS: What's a compilation from this blog that you've enjoyed and would recommend to other music lovers?
I still think this is a great post: https://jonderblog.blogspot.com/search?q=otis+blackwell
DeleteRecommended because it gives a good idea on how things are done here, nicely written up & a well selected bunch of songs!
I think your best is yet to come.
ReplyDeleteIs it december and have I lost a month and a half? Do you present a top ten that we can enjoy around the chrismas tree, with chocolate milk in our new pj's? Do you? Please? On the way back to normal I found this https://www.discogs.com/release/1746050-Johnny-G-Water-Into-Wine 3 of the best medleys ever. No fuss. No "look-at-me". Plain ordinary handcrafted oldschool medleys.
Other kind of medley is Clubhouse - Do It Again/Billy Jean, that started a whole new kind of medley, aka mash-up.
Johnny G... I saw him live in Hilversum!
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