Wednesday 30 September 2009

Davey Warsop Unveils First Solo Track For Hurley.


VIDEO: Davey Warsop – 'Photograph' via Hurley.com


After flying back out to California on a wing and a prayer in June, my brother Davey has been busting a gut at Hurley Clothing working as a model, presenter and studio engineer. His perseverance seems to be paying off and he has just unveiled the first video from a solo project he's been working on in his spare time.

The featured song, 'Photograph,' has a late 70s power-pop vibe similar to Beat Union, although I know he plans to delve deeper into a 60s Atlantic Soul & Motown sound in future.

A nice little interview about Dave's background and his attempts to carve out a permanent life in USA can be found here.

Tuesday 1 September 2009

If Altamont Wasn't Crazy Enough For You...


VIDEO: ‘I Pity the Poor Immigrant.’ Bob Dylan & Joan Baez, Colorado, USA, 1976.
Via Vejatv.com (ignore advert at start).


The Guinness Book of Records entry for Most Bonkers Live Music Performance Ever is held by folk-rock royals Bob Dylan and Joan Baez for this demented spectacle from their Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975-76.

Here we see Dylan, Baez and their ragtag cohorts basically raid the dressing-up cupboard and stage a freewheelin’ bohemian shindig at what appears to be a small church fĂȘte.

The reveal comes during the solo while Baez is lost in an acid-dipped maracas dance. The camera pans round and — Oh snap! — they’ve only got THE ENTIRE FUCKING GLOBAL COUNTERCULTURE OF THE 60s AND 70s at the carnival too!

A spokesperson for Guinness advised the record has inevitably been contested by a number of subsequent performance-heavy glam rock acts, but has to-date remained unsmashed for the following reasons:
  • Captivating vocal harmonies and sexual chemistry between singers. 
  • A dangerous bricolage of ethnic, gypsy and piratical artefacts arranged to achieve effortless cool in a manner normally only possible at gas stations on road trips.
  • Dylan’s deft recovery following his poorly-judged “Ha ha!” ad-lib @03:05; a cringeworthy show-spoiler known in the trade as a ‘Does Anybody Remember Laughter? Moment.’
  • The overall who would you fuck first? conundrum, not to mention the what would the children be like? factor.