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Video of the day: The Rolling Stones Cocksucker Blues

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“Definitely one of the best movies about rock and roll I’ve ever seen.  It makes you think being a rock and roll star is one of the last things you’d ever want to do.”
– Jim Jarmuch

Cocksucker Blues is named after a notorious Stones recording – just piano and singer Mick Jagger, in X-rated lonely-boy agony – that the band submitted as a final fuck-you single to their original, despised British label, Decca. (It was rejected.) The song, heard early in Frank’s movie, is blunt and drab.
– David Fricke (Rolling Stone Magazine)

The tale of Cocksucker Blues is as sordid as its title.

Cocksucker Blues is a  film by photographer Robert Frank on the Rolling Stone’s 1972 American tour. Not released officially by the Stones… the film is chronicling The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972 in support of their album Exile on Main St.

Bootlegs – the only way I was able to encounter a copy – have circulated for years.

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Playlist for April 2014

playlist April 2014
We started a new series in January/February were we presented some of the songs we’ve played during the months that had passed. This is our playlist for April 2014, as usual it has something new and a few golden oldies.

Also check out our previous playlists:

playlist-1_and_2_2014  playlist_march_2014-1

The Album I’ve played most in April 2014  is, Looking Into You – A Tribute to Jackson Browne.

Among all new songs, the new First Aid Kit track, My Silver Lining have been played most.

First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining (acoustic Sessions, Ladygun, 2014):

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May 01 in music history

Today: Little Walter was born in 1930, 84 years ago (read more)

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..king of all post-war blues harpists,…. The fiery harmonica wizard took the humble mouth organ in dazzling amplified directions that were unimaginable prior to his ascendancy.
~Bill Dahl (allmusic.com)

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 Wayne “The Train” Hancock (Born May 1, 1965) is a country musician. Hancock began writing songs at the age of 12, and at 18 won a talent contest called the “Wrangler County Showdown.” Immediately after the contest, he was shipped to recruit training and served four years with the United States Marine Corps. In 1994 he performed in the musical Chippy. Hancock released his debut album in 1995, and has continued to tour and record albums since then. He lives in Austin, Texas.His music is comparable to that of Hank Williams and Hank Thompson.Hank Williams III, who is often compared to Hancock, has recorded some of Hancock’s material, including “Thunderstorms and Neon Signs” and “87 Southbound”. The two have also recorded a live duet of Hancock’s “Juke Joint Jumpin'”.  wayne-hancock
“I Walk the Line” is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956 & released as a single May 1, 1956. After three attempts with moderate chart ratings, “I Walk the Line” became the first number one Billboard hit for Cash. The single remained on the record charts for over 43 weeks, and sold over 2 million copies.Check out:

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 Johnny Colt (born Charles Brandt May 1, 1966, Cherry Point, North Carolina) is an American bass guitar player.
He was the original bassist for The Black Crowes which formed in Atlanta, Georgia.		  johnny-colt
 Bob Dylan recorded: Precious Angel, Property of Jesus, Watered Down Love, Let’s Stick Together… and best of the bunch.. :
New Pony @ Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California May 01, 1978.		  bob dylan street-legal
 The Jimi Hendrix Experience released “Hey Joe” (single) May 1, 1967 (US)  hendrix hey joe uk single

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Bob Dylan: Videos & Audios from 2014 tour in Japan (& Hawaii)

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Here is a collection of posts from Bob Dylan’s 2014 tour in Japan.

The Tour started in Tokyo – March 31, 2014. He played 17 concerts in Japan (last one in Osaka April 23).

This post will be updated when more posts appear on johannasvisions.com (dylan.no).

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-Egil

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April 30 in music history

Happy birthday Willie Nelson (read more)

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
~Willie Nelson

He [Willie Nelson] takes whatever thing he’s singing and makes it his. There’s not many people who can do that. Even something like an Elvis tune. You know, once Elvis done a tune, it’s pretty much done. But Willie is the only one in my recollection that has even taken something associated with Elvis and made it his. He just puts his sorta trip on it…
~Bob Dylan (28 April 1993)

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 McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the “father of modern Chicago blues”. He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, and was ranked No. 17 in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.  muddy waters
 John Gale “Johnny” Horton (April 30, 1925–November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called “saga songs” which began the “historical ballad” craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s.  Johnny_Horton
 Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and the frontman for Bon Iver.  justin vernon
 Leslie Conway “Lester” Bangs (December 13, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author, and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was known for his deft and influential rock music criticism.  Lester_Bangs
Elvis Presley recorded “Jailhouse Rock” April 30 1957.

“Jailhouse Rock” is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley’s motion picture, Jailhouse Rock.

The song as sung by Elvis Presley is #67 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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Spotify Playlist – April 30