(Michael Buble and Chris Isaak pay tribute to Kansas City by performing Lieber and Stoller’s classic song during a 2007 tour stop in Chicago.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Chris Isaak has made a career working of the blueprint established by Elvis Presley. The debt is apparent in Isaak’s music, hairstyle and demeanor, [...]
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Review: Chris Isaak
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Chris Isaak, Elvis Presley, Hershel Yatovitz, Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire, Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips, San Francisco Days, Scott Plunkett, Sun Records, Wicked Games on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Roger Daltrey plays “Tommy”
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, I Can See For Miles, Johnny Cash, Midland Theater, Pete Townshend, Pinball Wizard, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, the Who, Tommy on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Roger Daltrey and his outstanding band, which included guitarist Simon Townshend, rip through “Tommy” at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, Mo.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Roger Daltrey didn’t write a note of “Tommy,” but he found himself as a singer telling the story of the deaf, dumb and blind boy [...]
Farewell, Charlie Louvin
Posted in Music history, tagged Bing Crosby, Buddy Miller, Byrds, Charlie Louvin, country music, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Louvin Brothers, Music Exchange, Ron Rook., Satan is Real, Son Volt, southern gospel, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Charlie Louvin sings of the “Great Atomic Power” at a February, 2009, performance in Raleigh, N.C.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record My first exposure to the Louvin Brothers was on one of those “worst album covers of all time” Web sites. Standing in front of what appears to be a backyard BBQ gone [...]
Woody Guthrie – “Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)”
Posted in Song Review, tagged Arlo Guthrie, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Byrds, Concrete Blonde, Dolly Parton, farm workers, folk music, human rights, illegal immigration, Johnny Cash, Kingston Trio, Labor Day, Los Lobos, Los Super Seven, migrant workers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary, SB 1070, slavery, the Highwaymen, Willie Nelson, Woody Guthrie on September 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(Above: Arlo Guthrie pays tribute to his father as their friend Pete Seeger aids in a performance of “Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos).”) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Illegal immigration is a hot-button topic in the current political landscape, but it is hardly a new issue. In January, 1948, a plane crashed carrying [...]
15 x 15
Posted in Song Review, tagged Alexis Korner, Alphaville, Beastie Boys, Behind Blue Eyes, Boogie Down Productions, Bruce Springsteen, Changes, Chess blues, Creep, David Bowie, Devil's Right Hand, Dion, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Fight For Your Right To Party, Flaming Lips, Hoochie Coochie Man, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jay-Z, Joan Baez, Joey Ramone, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, KRS-One, Ladies of the Canyon, Led Zeppelin, Let It Be, Limp Bizkit, Long Black Veil, Louis Armstrong, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Muddy Waters, Napoleon Dynamite, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Sammy Hagar, Stairway to Heaven, Steve Earle, Steven Seagal, The Band, the Beatles, the Who, Van Halen, Wayne Coyne, What A Wonderful World, Young MC on September 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
(Above: The only acceptable version of “Hoochie Coochie Man.”) By Joel Francis The Daily Record A fun game has been going around the internet recently: Name 15 albums that influenced your taste in music today in 15 minutes. Because we never play anything straight up at The Daily Record, we twisted the rules a little [...]
Review: Pieta Brown, Truckstop Honeymoon
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Ani DiFranco, Back To Rockville, bluegrass, Bo Ramsey, Calexico, Carrie Rodriguez, Cowboy Junkies, Dire Straights, emerging artist, Greg Brown, Hurricane Katrina, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Kathleen Edwards, Katie Euliss, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Mark Knopfler, Mike West, Pieta Brown, Truckstop Honeymoon on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
(Above: Pieta Brown sings to Loretta Lynn.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star When Pieta Brown was in town almost two months ago, she played her songs before a sold-out Midland Theater. As the opening act on Mark Knopfler’s tour, she had a dream gig of full houses and open-minded audiences. Opportunities like that [...]
Swingin’ on Sesame Street
Posted in Music history, tagged Bert and Ernie, Big Bird, Cab Calloway, children's music, Elmo, Frank Oz, Fugees, Itzhak Pearlman, Jim Henson, John Landis, Johnny Cash, Lauryn Hill, Minnie the Moocher, Muppets, Oscar the Grouch, public television, Ray Charles, Sesame Street, Snuffleupagus, Stevie Wonder, the Blues Brothers, Wyclef Jean on November 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As “Sesame Street” celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, The Daily Record examines five of the show’s greatest musical moments. Johnny Cash – “Nasty Dan” Twenty years after “Cry Cry Cry” appeared in jukeboxes, Johnny Cash was singing with Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street. “Nasty Dan” appears on the classic 1975 record “The Johnny [...]
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A Christmas conversation
Posted in Industry commentary, tagged Albert King, Allen Toussaint, Ava Maria, Back Door Santa, Bill Brownlee, Booker T and the MGs, Brenda Lee, Charles Brown, Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Cooking, Christmas Gumbo, Clarence Carter, Dan Hicks, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Donny Hathaway, Elvin Jones, Emmylou Harris, Fats Domino, Greensleeves, Isaac Hayes, Jackson 5, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, John Fahey, Johnny Cash, Lester Bowie, Lou Rawls, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Matt Wilson, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, Michael Jackson, Motown Christmas, Nat King Cole, Odetta, Otis Redding, Plastic Sax, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rufus Thomas, Sam Billen, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Staple Singers, Stax, Stevie Wonder, Sufjan Stevens, Temptations, There Stands the Glass, Vince Guaraldi on December 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
(Above: Jimmy Smith’s “Christmas Cooking,” released in 1964, is a classic, overlooked holiday album.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record The other day I was in a retail bookstore when I noticed the wonderful sounds of the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack coming from the overhead speakers. As I enjoyed the music, two thoughts hit me. [...]
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