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Ride This – The Covers EP
''Ride This – The Covers EP'' is an EP by Los Lobos, released August 3, 2004 by Hollywood Records. It is a companion piece to the album '' The Ride'', released three months earlier, which featured numerous guest musicians. On ''Ride This'', Los Lobos covers songs by seven of these artists, namely Tom Waits, Bobby Womack, Elvis Costello, Rubén Blades, Richard Thompson, 1960s Chicano rock band Thee Midniters, and the Blasters. Reception AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, writing that "Los Lobos honor the spirit of the originals while putting their own spin on the material". Giving the same rating, '' Rolling Stone'' felt similarly, writing: "The band deftly rearranges the dynamics of each song ... the often exquisite results reveal new dimensions in every cut." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the EP liner notes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Lobos
Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños. The band rose to international stardom in 1987, when their version of Ritchie Valens' " La Bamba" peaked at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and several other countries. Songs by Los Lobos have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic, and Robert Plant. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2018, they were inducted into the ''Austin City Limits'' Hall of Fame. They are also known for performing the theme song for ''Handy Manny''. History 1973–79: Formation and early releases Vocalist and guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Pérez met at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including rhythm and blues, R&B, jazz, soul music, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel music, gospel. Womack was a prolific songwriter who wrote and originally recorded, (with his brothers, the Valentinos), the Rolling Stones' first UK number one hit ("It's All Over Now") and New Birth (band), New Birth's "I Can Understand It". As a singer, he is most notable for the hits "Lookin' for a Love", "That's the Way I Feel About Cha", "Woman's Gotta Have It (song), Woman's Gotta Have It", "Harry Hippie", "Across 110th Street (song), Across 110th Street", and his 1980s hits "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much". In 2009, Womack was induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin Theater (Portland, Oregon)
Aladdin Theater is a theater in the Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon, Brooklyn neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon. It originally opened as a Vaudeville, vaudeville house called Geller's Theatre on December 25 (Christmas Day), 1927. Its name was changed to Aladdin in 1934. Later the venue operated as a pornographic cinema for more than 30 years, screening the film ''Deep Throat (film), Deep Throat'' for fourteen of them. It was revived as a classic movie and live music venue with a capacity of 620 in 1991. References External links Aladdin Theater {{Authority control 1927 establishments in Oregon Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon Music venues in Portland, Oregon Theatres completed in 1927 Theatres in Portland, Oregon Adult movie theaters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Marie
"Marie Marie" is a song by American rock and roll band the Blasters. It became an international success after being covered by Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens. Composition and releases The song was originally released in 1980 on the Blaster's debut album '' American Music'' on the small independent label Rollin' Rock. It was then re-recorded a year later for the Blaster's second album ''The Blasters'', released by Slash Records and distributed by Warmer Bros. This album had much better distribution than their first album and "Marie Marie" was released as a single in Australia in 1981 and France and the Netherlands in 1982. Dave Alvin has said "Marie Marie" was "the third or fourth song I wrote with the Blasters". After joining the Blasters, Alvin came up with the melody, thinking "this would be a great Cajun Balfa Brothers kind of song, and then if you put it to a Chuck Berry beat, this might be pretty cool". However, he couldn't think of any lyrics and the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Bobrick
Sam Bobrick (July 24, 1932 – October 11, 2019) was an American author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist. Early life Bobrick was born to a Jewish family in Chicago on July 24, 1932. His father was a storekeeper and his mother worked for the postal service. In 1950 he graduated from Benton Harbor High School in Michigan. After a three-year, nine-month, twenty-seven-day stint in the U.S. Air Force between 1951–1955, Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a degree in Journalism. Career He began his career writing for the popular children's show ''Captain Kangaroo''. He also wrote for such shows as ''The Andy Griffith Show'', '' Bewitched'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Kraft Music Hall'', and ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. He created the short-lived Disney Channel TV series ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'', which was resurrected by NBC as the long-running hit show ''Saved By The Bell''. He won three Writers Guild of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Out The Lights
''Shoot Out the Lights'' is the sixth and final album by British husband-and-wife rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson. It was produced by Joe Boyd and released in 1982 on his Hannibal label. A critically acclaimed work, AllMusic's Mark Deming noted that ''Shoot Out the Lights'' has "often been cited as Richard Thompson's greatest work, and it's difficult for anyone who has heard his body of work to argue the point." History After their 1979 album '' Sunnyvista'' had sold poorly, Richard and Linda Thompson found themselves without a record deal. In the spring of 1980 they toured as the support act for Gerry Rafferty and in June of that year they recorded some demo tracks at Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire.Smith, Dave, ''The Great Valerio - a study of the songs of Richard Thompson'', 2004 Later that same year and with the Thompsons still without a contract, Rafferty stepped in and offered to finance and produce a new Richard and Linda Thompson album and then use his contacts in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood & Chocolate
''Blood & Chocolate'' is the eleventh studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in the United Kingdom as Demon Records XFIEND 80, and in the United States as Columbia 40518. It is his ninth album with his long-standing backing band known as 'The Attractions'. After his previous album '' King of America'' with producer T-Bone Burnett and different musicians, this album reunited him with producer Nick Lowe and his usual backing group the Attractions. It peaked at No. 16 on the UK Albums Chart, and No. 84 on the ''Billboard'' 200. In ''The Village Voice''s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for the year's best albums, ''Blood & Chocolate'' finished at number 9. The album was also included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. In 2000 it was voted number 475 in Colin Larkin's ''All Time Top 1000 Albums''. The recording of ''Blood & Chocolate'' was troubled, as the relationship between Costello and the Attractions had deteriora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Prescription
''My Prescription'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released in February 1970, by Minit Records Minit Records was an American independent record label, originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak in 1959. Ernie K. Doe, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and Benny Spellman were early artists on the label. Later artists included Bobb .... It was arranged by Bobby Womack, Glen Spreen and Mike Leech. The cover photography was by Herb Kravitz. Track listing All tracks composed by Bobby Womack and Darryl Carter; except where indicated References {{Authority control 1970 albums Bobby Womack albums Albums produced by Chips Moman Minit Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
"Jockey Full of Bourbon" is a song by Tom Waits released as the first single from his 1985 album ''Rain Dogs''. It is featured in the films '' Down By Law'' (1986) and '' Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead'' (1995). Personnel * Tom Waits - guitar, vocals * Stephen Arvizu Taylor Hodges - drums * Larry Taylor - double bass * Michael Blair - percussion, conga * Marc Ribot - guitar * Ralph Carney - bass sax(1985). ''Rain Dogs'' iner notes New York: Island Records. Cover versions "Jockey Full of Bourbon" has been covered by performers including Joe Bonamassa (on his 2009 album '' The Ballad of John Henry''), John P. Hammond, (on his 2001 album ''Wicked Grin''), Moxy Früvous (on their album '' Live Noise''), Moshav (on their album '' Misplaced''), Los Lobos Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blasters
The Blasters are an American rock band formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. Their self-described " American Music" is a blend of rockabilly, early rock and roll, punk rock, mountain music, and rhythm and blues and country. Band history Origins and heyday (1979–1985) The Alvin brothers grew up in a household filled with music and parents who exposed their sons to different kinds of American music. They made friends with Bazz and Bateman, and together the boys were brave enough to go into Los Angeles blues clubs to watch their musical idols. They learned firsthand from the likes of Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. Phil Alvin recalled how his mother would drive the boys anywhere, and around 1965 or 1966, she took Phil to see Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. At Phil's request, Big Joe Williams introduced him to Terry, and Phil wound up taking a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thee Midniters
Thee Midniters were an American rock group, among the first Chicano rock bands to have a major hit in the United States. They were one of the best known acts to come out of East Los Angeles in the 1960s, with a cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" in 1964 and the instrumental track "Whittier Boulevard" in 1965. Thee Midniters were among the first rock acts to openly sing about Chicano themes in songs such as "Chicano Power" and "The Ballad of César Chávez" in the late 1960s. The band was promoted by Dick "Huggy Boy" Hugg on local radio station KTYM in Inglewood, California and also by his fill-in Godfrey Kerr. Huggy Boy was also a popular DJ on KRLA. Achievements Thee Midniters are a 1960s band from East Los Angeles influenced by "surf music to rhythm and blues to Mexican music," embodying a Chicano identity, a "mixture of Mexican heritage but living in America." The band was one of the first to integrate horns, an unusual combination of trombone and sax, congas, keyboards a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
