http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/01/bobby_charles_louisiana_songwr.html
ease up a bit why don't you 2010?
― Prospective Liberal Troll (will), Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:04 (fifteen years ago)
oh ffs! RIP Bobby.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)
oh man ... RIP. I've got a tape of his earliest Chess recordings ... so good, and he was like 13 or something.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:07 (fifteen years ago)
His S/T from 1972 is great. RIP.Christ — Vic Chesnutt, Jay Reatard and now this. They're dropping like flies.
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)
RIP; s/t album SOOO GOOD
I can't find a youtube for "Tennessee Blues" but suffice it to say it's absolutely essential.
― Euler, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)
a place I could sleep with nothing but peace
― Euler, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:12 (fifteen years ago)
oh yeah. That s/t is wonderful, most of the Band plays on it (and it's better than a lot of the Band's own records). Had no idea he couldn't actually play an instrument (as the obit linked above says)! Crazy. Guess you can be an awesome songwriter without that skill.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)
wtf :I
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.requesound.com/imagenes/bobby-charles.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:21 (fifteen years ago)
RIP Bobby, I still need that LP on Bearsville :(
― Joint Custody (ian), Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:45 (fifteen years ago)
picked it up @ Princeton Record Ex for like $2 a while back and I have een v pleased
― Prospective Liberal Troll (will), Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:48 (fifteen years ago)
been
yeah, it's definitely a classic -- great vibe, great sound. any time I play it, I have to play it at least one more time.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)
RIP.
“I don’t really have anybody,” Mr. Charles said in 2007. “I just don’t have a whole lot in common with the people I went to school with. I still love them as my friends, but I don’t have anything to say to ‘em. They wouldn’t believe half the (stuff) that happened to me anyway.
“But when I get around Mac Rebennack or Fats or somebody like that, then I’m in my world.”
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 January 2010 14:16 (fifteen years ago)
I've got an old import 7" of "Small Town Talk", dating from the early 70s. Wonderful track, later covered by John Martyn on The Church With One Bell in the 90s. RIP, BC.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 15 January 2010 14:34 (fifteen years ago)
"Before I Grow Too Old" guys! (the Bearsville version, the Fats Domino one & the Tommy McClain one)
RIP
I loved that anecdote in Shakey from Ben Keith(?) about what Bobby contributed to a 70s Neil session: "He rolled the joints!"
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 January 2010 17:08 (fifteen years ago)
haha, yeah, that is great. another story about him in that book is Bobby stopping bot Neil and Dylan cold with a version "Jealous Kind."
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 17:20 (fifteen years ago)
bot = both
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KAceUZPbSg
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 January 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)
"The Jealous Kind" on Wish You Were Here Right Now is excellent.
― Euler, Friday, 15 January 2010 19:30 (fifteen years ago)
"Swamp pop" pioneer Bobby Charles is perhaps best known for writing songs that became hits for others, like "See You Later Alligator" for Bill Haley and "Walking To New Orleans" for Fats Domino. But in 1971, the Louisiana native moved to Woodstock, New York, and recorded a self-titled overlooked masterpiece that combines Charles' Cajun roots with R&B and country influences across ten timeless tracks. Rhino Handmade shines a spotlight on this "lost" classic with a three-disc DELUXE EDITION that combines a remastered version of the original BOBBY CHARLES album with a wealth of unreleased material from those sessions and later recordings at Bearsville Studios throughout 1974.
BOBBY CHARLES (DELUXE EDITION) features the celebrated songwriter leading a session stacked with top-shelf talent, including Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, pedal steel ace Ben Keith, guitarist Amos Garrett, saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson of The Band. Packed with 21 previously unissued tracks culled from out-of-print imports, demos, outtakes, and more, the set also serves up a newly-found 30-minute interview Charles recorded with Barry Hansen (aka Dr. Demento) shortly before the album's original release in 1972.
http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/bobby-charles-bobby-charles?eml=rn/071811/deluxeeditiontext
― tylerw, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)
That's gonna be great!
― Euler, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, is all the "unreleased" stuff mentioned really unheard? that'd be worth the $$$. it's $50...
― tylerw, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
I bet it's gonna be unheard; at least I've never heard material from those sessions besides the (killer) album.
― Euler, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)
totally missed that this came outhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCHJNkMhL._SS500_.jpgin the running for worst cover ever, but the samples (produced by dr. john) actually sound pretty decent.
― tylerw, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:31 (fourteen years ago)
the bobby charles bearsville LP is a fave, total laid-back summer jams
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)
wow @ that cover
― Euler, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)
i think the graphic designer is also the guy who does those awesome-landscape-coupled-with-inspirational-quote calendars.
― by another name (amateurist), Monday, 18 July 2011 22:13 (fourteen years ago)