Jun 182011
Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!
In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In a still-delighted Mr. Moderator reflects on his recent visit to sammymaudlin in Los Angeles while he prepares for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The Bad Attitude Club begins to grate on his nerves as he reveals our most-recent Mystery Date.
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The Royale Household owns and enjoys quite a bit of the Froom canon. I think their production is particularly good for highlighting percussion – I can see how that would be less enjoyable on an Elvis Costello album but works on Cibo Matto, Soul Coughing, and (another favorite) the Latin Playboys.
The LP’s are David Hidalgo and Louie Perez from Los Lobos, as well as Froom and Blake. On their first album, “Dose,” Wendy and Lisa provide some backing vocals and Jerry Marotta some drums/percussion. Here’s a live performance of “Mustard:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp7H1YDuDt0
Mr. Royale is including a shout-out to you on his blog tomorrow: What Do We Have For Entertainment
Good show, Mr. Mod, but what was the last song? It sounds like something Sagittarius might have recorded in the late ’60s but I don’t think that’s it.
That was the Four Seasons, from their fascinating and ridiculous psych album, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette, which I featured a few weeks ago.
Oh man, I should have known that.