Damn, I knew I was forgetting something. Believe it or not, this past Saturday was the one year anniversary of The Adios Lounge’s first post! I know, it doesn’t seem like more than 10 1/2 months. It’s been a good ride, especially to find out I got regular visitors and stuff. Anyway, to celebrate this […]
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“Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. We’re not sure why it sounds like it’s from the sixties. Maybe that’s our favorite era of country music or maybe that’s what we listened to […]
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While researching The Jayhawks for my Lover Of The Bayou post, I discovered that Gary Louris produced The Sadies‘ 2007 album, New Seasons. How in the name of God did I not know this?!?! I’ll tell you how. I downloaded the album from eMusic and it didn’t come with liner notes. Is it really […]
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“I know a little place to go where the band is cookin’ every night.” It’s my pleasure to announce the arrival of more gems from the Clarence White archives. John Delgatto of Sierra Records has walked a Bataan death march to issue White Lightnin’, a collection of 18 obscurities covering the breadth of Clarence’s career. […]
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Byrds – Lover Of The Bayou Untitled, 1970 Amazon The live LP kicks off promisingly with one of the Gene Tryp numbers, “Lover Of The Bayou.” This foreboding tale of a voodoo houngan man is swamp-mojo braggadocio in the great tradition of Bo Diddley‘s “Who Do You Love.” The music is threatening, and […]
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