On the piano accordion, I’m much better on the keyboard side than on the bass side. I play basic bass and chord stuff OK but I’m not very accomplished at playing single note bass runs. I want to change that, so I’ve started practicing scales… Read More
Who says Mister Anchovy doesn’t like music from the 80s? Wrong I say, wrong…. Here’s Scrubby and the Dynatones from Buffalo NY playing the Don’t Fight Girls Polka And here’s The Helen Polka Finally, let’s listen to the Dynatones year later, in 2007, playing Johnny’s… Read More
I heard a cut from these guys on Deep Roots the other day on the CBC. My kind of outfit. I don’t know much about these guys. Apparently they’re from Montreal. As regular readers of this here blog know all too well, I have great… Read More
Indulge me a moment, dear readers, as I remind you that I also post on SqueezeMyLemon, a blues blog. Pop over and enjoy four versions of the Blind Willie McTell blues, Broke Down Engine. I’ve got a broke down engine ain’t got no whistle or… Read More
It’s a beautiful snowy day…let’s go surfing. Here are The Chantays on The Lawrence Welk Show. I kid you not. When I hear this tune I always think that Billy Idol must have been a Chantays fan. Listen to this tune back to back with… Read More
This tune was written by a fellow named Johnny Burke. It’s a Newfoundland song in an Irish tradition. Here’s one version of the lyrics: You may talk of Clara Nolan’s Ball or anything you choose, But it couldn’t hold a snuffbox to the spree at… Read More
Ry Cooder, featuring Flaco Jimenez on squeezebox.
When we were out at the opera the other night, somebody said something about that old song, you know the one that has ay yi yi in it…not whoopitiyi-o, ay yi yi, and the song was Navajo Rug. C. had heard it somewhere but couldn’t… Read More
Here’s Joe Ely with Joel Guzman
Ok, I know I’m showing my age here. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, records were those curious vinyl items used to play music before mp3s and before CDs, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. When I was a little… Read More
27th Street 