Love Has Found Me Somehow

Posted by Lance Davis - April 12, 2015 - ? And The Mysterians, Alex Chilton, Baptist Generals, Beatles, Blasters, Bob's Burgers, Bobby Jealousy, Centro-Matic, Dave Alvin, David Bowie, Doug Sahm, Figgs, Glossary, Gram Parsons, Har Mar Superstar, Johnny Thunders, Lydia Loveless, Maria McKee, Mike Nicolai, Muffs, New York Dolls, Queen, Reigning Sound, Sam Cooke

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On March 26, I, Lance Davis, joined Sarah Espinoza in matrimony. It was a lovely, understated ceremony at the Urban Light installation in front of LACMA (LA County Museum of Art). Urban Light was one of the first places Sarah and I went to on a date because it features 200 street lamps from […]

Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

Posted by Lance Davis - February 22, 2015 - Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, Buck Owens, Dave Alvin, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Merle Haggard, Minutemen, Phil Alvin, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Staple Singers, Waylon Jennings

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A couple of weeks ago, Bob Dylan gained a measure of notoriety for giving a speech in which he sprayed buckshot in the direction of Merle Haggard, Tom T. Hall, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, and the classic songwriting team, Leiber & Stoller. In an age where internet comment sections are like speed dating […]

Lady, You Shot Me

Posted by Lance Davis - April 11, 2014 - Har Mar Superstar, Sam Cooke

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Har Mar Superstar – Lady, You Shot Me Bye Bye 17 2013 Amazon I can’t believe I’ve only just heard this song (thanks Bill & Miko), but at least I’m only a year behind the times. I’m usually saying stuff like, “Har Mar Superstar broke up when?” I also can’t believe that Sean Tillman, the […]

In Defense of Brother Sam

Posted by Lance Davis - January 22, 2011 - Sam Cooke

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“(Sam) Cooke had an enormous natural talent — but he mined a narrow vein, one in which restraint was prized over embellishment. So Cooke sang direct and clean lines, never pushing or straining his voice, always perfectly in time and tone with thoughtfully arranged instrumentals. No flailing, cathartic vocal runs, no bursts of horns, just […]

RIP Sam: What I Wanna Know Is?!?!

Posted by Lance Davis - December 11, 2010 - Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke

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“When (Sam Cooke) first heard ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ on the new Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album J.W. (Alexander) had just given him, he was so carried away with the message, and the fact that a white boy had written it, that he was almost ashamed not to have written something like that himself. It […]