One of my favorites performances by Earl Bostic, Special Delivery Stomp originally titled Man from Mars has John Lewis Bartee written all over it. Bostic nailed it just as John intended if he had been performing it himself. The clarinet version by Shaw you will hear some of John's VOICE which he later shared with Raymond Scott. Some of the phrasing in Special Delivery Stomp you will hear in Hold your Hat / Hold your HATS.
The ORIGINAL Man from Mars
Now while watching & listening to the two performers think about Raymond Scott and the type of arrangements he needed.
Now take some of what John was doing with Shaw 37- 39 put him with Mario Bauza and Calloway and you get tunes like Rhapsody in Rhumba. Owned by Mills & Calloway.
The Bastard Fairies are an American musical group from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2005. They are described as an "internet phenomenon," becoming at one point the No. 18 Most Subscribed (All Time) Musicians and No. 31 Most Viewed (All Time) Musician on YouTube.[1] They achieved a measure of fame for a non-musical reason, after releasing a promotional video that received media attention on Fox News.[2] The band's debut album, Memento Mori, was released on April 10, 2007.
The band's website describes the group as being composed of two
members, singer/lyricist Yellow Thunder Woman and guitarist/songwriter Robin Davey. Yellow Thunder Woman is a Native American ("Yellow Thunder Woman" being the English translation of her birth name, Wakinyan Zi Win), while her band mate Davey is a Britishexpatriate from Great Cheverell, near Devizes, Wiltshire, formerly in The Davey Brothers with his brother Jesse.[3] The Davey Brothers album 'Monkey Number 09' was released on AN Records, a label owned by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics.
Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman, with Dave Stewart as executive
producer, created an award-winning documentary film called The Canary Effect, which "takes an in-depth look at the devastating effect that U.S. policies have had on the Indigenous people of America."[4]The Canary Effect won 'The Stanley Kubrick Award For Bold and Innovative Film Making' at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival in 2006,[5] and 'Best Music Video' Award at The American Indian Motion Picture Awards in 2006.[6]
The band recorded their album Memento Mori "on a Mac" and has
released twelve of its songs for free on their website as a means of
"spreading the word about their music"; the version in stores includes
five additional tracks.[1] A track from that album, "The Boy Next Door," was featured on The L Word, episode eleven of the third season.
Controversial video
The band released a promotional video
entitled "The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly,"
featuring a young girl discussing a number of political, religious, and
social issues.[7] The video was featured on The O'Reilly Factor, whose host is mentioned in the title, and was described as "child abuse" and "emotional abuse" in a discussion between host Bill O'Reilly and lawyer/"child advocate" Wendy Murphy, who recommends shunning the child and her family.[2] The band clarified the content of the video on the video's YouTube page:
“
OFFICIAL
STATEMENT: THIS VIDEO FEATURES A TALENTED YOUNG ACTRESS PLAYING A
FICTITIOUS CHARACTER. IT IS A COMMERCIAL FOR THE BAND 'THE BASTARD
FAIRIES' AND DIRECTED BY AN AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING TEAM.[7]
”
As of September 11, 2007, the video has received more than 1.6
million views and holds several honors on YouTube, including a ranking
as the No. 10 all-time most-discussed video for news and politics.[7]
Years ago I started this blog basically as a online filing cabinet for the information I collected on John Lewis Bartee and his involvement with the music industry. For every published post I created there were many more drafts about Music, Musicians, Music industry stories which in my research I had come across and for one reason or another grabbed my attention. Thinking I might start posting again... it was looking back at these older drafts that these guys have been playing over and over in my head this week.
The Band ~ STATES
Jimmy McDonnell- lead vocals
Dominic Butch Germano- bass
Morgan Hampton- drums/percussion
Barry Scott- lead guitar/vocals
Robert Schindler- keyboards
Steve Chandler- special effect guitars/vocals
States was started in 1977. The Band regularly packed clubs like Peabody's in
Virginia Beach and the now-defunct King's Head Inn, the group released
an album on a major label, Chrysalis, in 1979. And it joined Hall and
Oates on a national tour. After that high-water mark, the group played
steadily on the East Coast circuit, from New Jersey to Atlanta.
There is much that others have written about this Band on the internet these days and they have a facebook page STATES. In future post I will get more into the links to The "Norfolk" Aliens and Mason. But what really caught my attention a few years back were the videos that Wynn Evers posted on Youtube, K-94 ROCKS along with Cox Cable created pre-MTV a show called Radiovision. Attached are three video performances which I personally feel hold up after thirty some years, and may have you listening to them over and over as the beautiful weekend starts.
The band's 1981 album "Picture Me With You," released on Boardwalk Records, sold nearly 100,000 copies. That's a feat since
unmatched by a local rock band.
Cavatina is a classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers. It is most famous as the theme from the Academy Award winning The Deer Hunter, whose writer/director Michael Cimino was a nearby neighbor the year I lived on the North Fork of the Flathead River near Polebridge, Montana in 1985.
The piece had been recorded by classical guitarist John Williams, long before the film that made it famous. It had originally been written for piano but at Williams' invitation, Myers re-wrote it for guitar and expanded it. After this transformation, it was first used for the film, The Walking Stick (1970). In 1973, Cleo Laine wrote lyrics and recorded the song as "He Was Beautiful" accompanied by John Williams.
My thanks to Brigid for allowing me to share her words. She has a blog, Home on the Range which is filled with good food, humor, and memories of family & friends. The World she paints offers a perspective of a very unique individual whose journeys and experiences will leave you intrigued.
I haven't posted on this blog for sometime now. In the years of research on John Lewis Bartee and the MUSIC World I truly came to understand his special gift. MUSIC transcends ALL. As humans it allows us a sanctuary of peace, happiness and remembrance of LIFE. So i dedicate this post to a Friend, Father & Brother of so many that Celebrate his Life.
MacArthur
"Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015. - See
more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
MacArthur "Billy" Adams, 57
passed away peacefully February 24th, 2015.
MacArthur
"Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015. - See
more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
Billy Adams
Chesapeake - MacArthur "Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015.
- See more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
