“All those sweet old love songs, Oh, every word rings true, Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart, And sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too.” Wanna know the difference between a great singer and someone with a great voice? Watch this video. Jesse Winchester destroys all sentient beings with this performance of “Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding,” a heartbreaking slice of nostalgia done earlier this year […]
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“Sam (Cooke) had a way of singing, it was like Mahalia Jackson. She could sing a Christmas carol and people would cry. Sam had that same communication line. He could sing to an audience and he would have their complete (attention). I would look down the rows from the stage and everybody would be […]
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If you’ve been wondering where The Adios Lounge was, I’ve been on special undercover blog detail. About a week ago, a few of us vintage-minded rock ‘n’ roll types started a new music site called Groover’s Paradise, in honor of our patron saint, Doug Sahm. The blog’s conceit is simple: We post some of our […]
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1989 had a profound impact on me. That was the year I started DJing at KCSC, Chico State’s campus radio station (see flyer below), and discovered so much greatness in the vast American rock ‘n’ roll underground. It was like seeing in color for the first time. Music didn’t suck, popular music sucked, mostly. Worst. […]
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