Mr. Pleasant: What Would Nicky Hopkins Do? (Part 5)

Posted by Lance Davis - July 6, 2018 - Andrew Loog Oldham, Brian Jones, Dave Davies, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Emerson, Keith Richards, Kinks, Mick Jagger, Nicky Hopkins, P.P. Arnold, Ray Davies, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, WWNHD, Yardbirds

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“From about ’67 to ’68 it was really machine-like. I didn’t even know whom I was working for half the time. Anthony Newley was at one session, Sammy Davis Jr. was at another, maybe those two were for a movie soundtrack or maybe they were singles. I don’t know. I don’t even know if they […]

Thankful N’ Thoughtful

Posted by Lance Davis - November 25, 2016 - Adam Yauch, Alabama Football, Archer, Bandcamp, Beastie Boys, College Football, Craig Davis, Doug Sahm, Elizabeth Taylor, Filmspotting, Filmspotting SVU, Gratitude, Happy Thanksgiving, Hayao Miyazaki, Keith Richards, Kim Shattuck, Levon Helm, Marie Arsenault, Miranda Lambert, Oakland Raiders, Sabrina Ellis, Shannon And The Clams, Sly And The Family Stone, The Band, The Jerk, You Must Remember This

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“Good times gone, but you feed it Hate’s grown strong, you feel you need it Just one thing, do you know you? What you think, that the world owes you? What’s gonna set you free? Look inside and you’ll see When you’ve got so much to say it’s called gratitude And that’s right” –Beastie Boys, […]

Oh Bobby, Won’t You Let It Rock: Bobby Keys, Pt. 1

Posted by Lance Davis - January 10, 2015 - B.B. King, Bobby Keys, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, Delaney & Bonnie, Dion, Eric Clapton, Faces, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Joe Cocker, Keith Richards, King Curtis, Levon Helm, Little Walter, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

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Every night’s a Saturday night And every day’s a Sunday I know I’ve been wrong before But I’m gonna try it one more time! –Epigraph to Bobby Keys‘ autobiography, Every Night’s A Saturday Night, 2012 When The Rolling Stones‘ longtime saxophonist, Bobby Keys, died last month due to cirrhosis of the liver, it marked […]

What Do You Think About the Piano?

Posted by Lance Davis - June 2, 2014 - Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Ian Stewart, Jerry Wexler, Jim Dickinson, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Muscle Shoals, Rolling Stones

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Today’s post ties together several of my earlier posts, which is always a goal of The Adios Lounge. “Everything’s connected,” as we were reminded last week in The Roots of Keith Richards. Two months ago, Jay Farrar & 8-Track Heavana featured The Rolling Stones and “Wild Horses,” with appearances by Jim Dickinson, Gram Parsons, and Altamont […]

The Roots of Keith Richards

Posted by Lance Davis - May 26, 2014 - Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Lester Young, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, Slickers, Slim Harpo, Smokey Robinson, Warren Zevon

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I recently finished Keith Richards‘ autobiography, Life (2010), and I don’t know why, but I was surprised at the pathos, honesty, insight, and sense of history. The Rolling Stones have turned into a corporate-sponsored pirate ship, so I think I internalized my disappointment in what their legacy had become. I put off reading Life […]