Here is a fantastic version of Na Carreira from a rare appearence by Edu in Rio.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thelonius Monk hat found
It's a little tight. If I shaved my head it would fit better. I can hardly contain myself.
Andre Williams
My mom gave me a stack of about 50 records when I was 6 years old. I had a little RCA brown bakelite record player that only played 45s. There were a lot of great records in that stack. Muddy Waters/Got My Mojo Working, Little Richard/Lucille, Buddy Holly/That'll Be The Day, Chuck Berry/Maybelline and a lot more. The one that really caught my ear was Bacon Fat b/w Just Because Of A Kiss by Andre Williams. Bacon Fat was unlike anything I had ever heard up to that point. The lazy sound of his voice and the tenor sax were sounds I couldn't get enough of.
So in 2000 when he played at The Beat Kitchen I was excited finally to see him perform.
The odd thing to me is that now he mostly does X rated material. It is cool and everything but he didn't do Bacon Fat or The Greasy Chicken. These are important songs. We stayed to meet him and get some record sleeves signed. He signed Ian's "Andre Williams". I told him my name was Dan so he personalized mine very nicely. When Ian saw him doing this, he said "hey, you didn't do mine like that!" and Andre said "FUCK OFF!" in a real gruff voice. Everybody was on the floor with laughter. Andre's son was kind of like his manager and he invited us to a little after party which was upstairs. It was bleak at the party and we didn't stay long. We talked to Andre and he told us that it was the fans that made it all worthwhile. He shook my hand and gave Ian a hug and kissed him on the ear. That was the best. Then we left.
The odd thing to me is that now he mostly does X rated material. It is cool and everything but he didn't do Bacon Fat or The Greasy Chicken. These are important songs. We stayed to meet him and get some record sleeves signed. He signed Ian's "Andre Williams". I told him my name was Dan so he personalized mine very nicely. When Ian saw him doing this, he said "hey, you didn't do mine like that!" and Andre said "FUCK OFF!" in a real gruff voice. Everybody was on the floor with laughter. Andre's son was kind of like his manager and he invited us to a little after party which was upstairs. It was bleak at the party and we didn't stay long. We talked to Andre and he told us that it was the fans that made it all worthwhile. He shook my hand and gave Ian a hug and kissed him on the ear. That was the best. Then we left.
Now, he has written a book and will go see him again at the book release party on November 14 8pm at Phylis' Musical Inn in Chicago. We have some catching up to do.
Elizeth Cardoso-Cancao do Amor Demais
Is it possible that the tune Luciana(Jobim/DeMoraes) from this album is the only version from the first wave of Bossa Nova? Can't believe it is not more well known.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween for army men
These guys were walking on Milwaukee ave. yesterday. Like something out of a crazy dream. They were friendly and posed until the last photo was shot.
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