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Notice the bass line. The Beatles used that line in "I Saw Her Standing There".

Please post Hustled Down in Texas. The rest of the record is here. Where's that one?

This is as good as it gets. It is sad that her producers have taken her to a tougher, less appealing, less truly romantic place. Most of her material since has reduced her to being another R&B girl, and there are many who do that better than she does. Her strength here is the amazing blending of...

It's Cissy Strut by The Meters, circa '68. Hey Phil, DoubleDougy (Messenger) here!

There is no band anywhere today with this depth and inspiration. They never repeated themselves and the arranging is stellar. Surprises around every corner, and it makes musical sense.

Kudos to Hugh McCracken, who plays the unforgettably terrific electric guitar on this exuberant and lively song.

It was 19, not 18, winners from Kvitova.

LIttle Petra also gets to see a technically decent service motion. The arm stays low long enough, the back is turned and the arm never slows once it is in motion. Her motion could still improve, but the basis was laid subconsciously there, when she was two.

Little savages everywhere these days. No class, no elegance, just barely disguised brutality. What is wrong with you to post something like this?

Let's focus on now. This is a fantastic forehand volley. Zahlavova hits a dipping bullet wide the the forehand side of Kvitova, who handles the toughest of volleys easily. Go Petra! That said, going back: Navratilova had a terrific backhand volley, but against power, her forehand volley tend...

Here, they've taken the Diddley video of a different Bo Diddley song and

Put Before You Accuse Me over that video. The hands here do not match what is coming out of the speakers. This should be taken down.

I read that it was arranged on the spot in the studio and done totally live in one take. Van had the engineer print it just as it sat and that is this mix! It is pure joy and exuberance, unlike the misery and existential doubt that has infected so much of our music since the early seventies.

This a song of pure joy and exuberance. It is quite a contrast to the misery that has infected so much music since the early seventies.

Here's midnight grease at it's best. Glorious simplicity and a solid pocket that can't be denied. Wow.

If this doesn't get you dancing, you may as well buy a coffin and ask for a quick burial. This was typical of mid-sixties Boston funk. The odd thing is that it was a style played by the white kids. It owed a debt to James Brown, Wilson Pickett and others, but it was an original take on funk.

Most likely, Denny Ward on drums, Dickie Scimone on bass and Billy Mazzocca on sax. Dougie Messenger would know for sure.

That's George Benson on guitar, Joe Dukes on drums and Red Holloway on sax. There's another live lp with that line-up: The Concert McDuff. Both terrific.

The guitar was a Telecaster. It can be seen on the back cover of the LP.

It is better than most, but the richness is missing. The B3 and A100 smokes this.

This badass track was inspiration to thousands of bar bands of the sixties. They'd open their night with Kiko. It rocks hard. It rolls harder. Nice recording too...it's big.

There's an even better take than this one. I thought that this was the one when I wrote the note below. Where did this one come from? It's not on my LP. The one on the original release is truly fantastic.

This is as good as the Foo Fighters' version. Different, but as good, and the recording is clearer and has a better bottom end. At fourteen, the Foo Fighters were nobodies. If Cherri Bomb stays together and improves consistently, six years from now they will rule the charts.

Terrific song. This is the original. It was covered by Willie deVille with Mink Deville. Both terrific.

A classic for blues and rock people. Written by Moon Martin, who also wrote Bad Case of Loving You. Good material and good performance do not require 50+ tracks of ProFools editing. Essential simplicity at its best!!! Go Willie.

The '72 version had more nuance and was the refined, definitve statement, but to my knowledge, it was not recorded. The Lion's Share version was a pickup band. It is an absolutely amazing performance from Morrison and the group, having thrown it together immediately before going on stage. Jaz...