Payn's Ponderings Black History Month Music Edition

[payn]

Unfairly overshadowed by CB4.

"Are you sure its not just the glasses?"

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Unfairly overshadowed by CB4.

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

CB4 got all the press, but Fear of a Black Hat absolutely nailed the 90s zeitgeist.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The great Professor Longhair

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That was an excellent parody of Soul II Soul.

See also PM Dawn as a target of that spoof

 

[Mad_Jack]

Lucky enough to see all these folks live... Vintage Trouble was opening for The Who.


Robert Randolph and the Family Band... I saw this guy lift up his pedal steel and play it behind his head.





The Blind Boys of Alabama, singing Amazing Grace to the tune of House of the Rising Sun...




Vintage Trouble - Not Alright By Me and Nobody Told Me

 

[Ryujin]

Gotta throw this one in, that's also on my daily drive playlist.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Think I'll throw out some random international stuff that's worth knowing about...

1975 psych/prog rock/proto-metal from Zambia, the style's called Zamrock, the band also records in their native Bemba language as well

Amanaz - Easy Street

 

[Mad_Jack]

African metal...

ARKA'N from Togo



Sasamaso from Madagascar, singing in their native Malagasy



Rish, from Kenya. She bounces around between rock, metal, R&R and jazz

 

[payn]

2/12 Blind Willie Johnson
I gotta toss in some blues on the weekend since The Current doesnt have much of it on their list. Tell me a tale Willie.