Blue Monday – Jimmy Reed

Here is another from the great Jimmy Reed, this time one of my all time favourite songs “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” recorded in 1956

“Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” – Jimmy Reed

 

I know I love you baby
I know I love you baby
I know I love you baby
But you don’t even know my name

Yeah listen to me baby, what I say is right,
I could leave home in the morning baby
I won’t stay out all night.
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
But you don’t even know my name

Yeah listen to me baby, tell you what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna find out if my baby’s all right
And come home to you
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
But you don’t even know my name

Well baby, you kill me baby, grab me just like you do
I’m gonna travel the railroad across the land
and come on home to you
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
Ain’t that loving you baby
But you don’t even know my name

Sunday Jazz – Aretha Franklin

No your eyes didn’t deceive you…….yes Aretha Franklin is featured today in Sunday Jazz.

Partly to make up for me bending the genres yesterday to include Louis Jordan in Saturday Soul as the song “Old Age” was appropriate for my birthday I hereby re-address the balance by adding a touch of soul into Sunday Jazz.

Aretha was and remains the Queen of Soul, however, in 1964 she recorded an album called “Unforgettable A Tribute to Dinah Washington” and like Dinah Washington hereself it was a varied collection including a cover of Hank Williams “Cold Cold Heart”  stretching the boundaries of R&B, Blues and Jazz and remains a must have album, though often neglected within Aretha’s vast bounty of recordings.

As Aretha said on the original sleeve notes “I hope this album will give people some idea of the way I felt and will always feel about Dinah”

Here is the title track

“Unforgettable” – Aretha Franklin

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To buy the music of Dinah Washington click HERE

Saturday Soul – Old Age

Today I am officially 12 months away from the big 50

Here is Louis Jordan

“Old Age!” – Louis Jordan

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circa 1969

Fiona Friday – Rachel Sweet

Fiona just loved Rachel Sweet and by co-incidence I had bought her 1978 debut album “Fool Around” when it was released as it was a picture disc.

However, I was suprised by how much I enjoyed it and four tracks still feature on my iPod here are Fiona’s two favourites.

Cuckoo Clock -  Rachel Sweet

Stay Awhile – Rachel Sweet

 

To buy the music of Rachel Sweret click HERE

Click HERE to visit Bobby Shred’s great Rachel Sweet Tribute Page

Neil Young at Hyde Park

Neil Young’s headlining performance at London’s Hyde Park on Saturday was given an extra special jolt of energy when Paul McCartney unexpectedly joined Young onstage for a rendition of The Beatles‘ psychedelic opus A Day In The Life.

Young has been closing his arena set with the Lennon/McCartney masterpiece for the last 12 months.

Watch McCartney surprise Young onstage below. Punching the air, swaying from side-to-side and even throwing the odd thumbs-up into the air – this really is None More Macca…

 

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Imelda May – Rockabilly Lives

I am really enjoying the music of Imelda May.

Having fallen in love with rockabilly and the blues as a nine-year-old in Dublin – the only kid in her class who wasn’t into a-Ha and Wet Wet Wet – she’s turned them into a cool, swinging fusion that’s both classic and oddly modern.

Her debut album, “Love Tattoo,” is lusciously retro, but as fresh as 2009.

Visit her website HERE

“Love Tattoo” – Imelda May

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Now whether she is as good as the great Wanda Jackson remains to be seen.

To buy the music of Wanda Jackson click HERE

New Music – Paolo Nutini

Watching Glastonbury over the weekend I was reminded following a superb live set that I have not as yet posted about my favourite album of the year Paolo Nutini’s  second album release Sunny Side Up

I had been disappointed with the debut album These Streets as I thought it was over polished when compared to the demo and acoustic versions of songs I had heard prior to it’s release.

The new album however has a great feel to it and sounds like it has been made by a “band” rather than perhaps session musicians (his touring band even features the veteran Fraser Spiers on harmonica) throughout the album there is a feeling of people having a great time and the songs range from Ska/Rock Steady, through Soul to Celtic influenced songs that Mike Scott of The Waterboys would be proud of.

This is a must purchase for anyone who like music with a heart, soul and spirit.

“Coming Up Easy” – Paolo Nutini

Sunday morning go the hazy, hazy jeans
I turn to you and inhale where you lay.
Took a wonder through the garden,
To awake the long long day
And then roll for a while on violet flower bed.

Oh, you kiss my lips again and again and again
And then again and then we watched the sun coming up easy
While the rain came tumbling down
And it watched our bodies so cleanly
We could see them rise up off of the cold cold ground.

It’s a shame the way it’s seems to go
Cause now my best friend, my partner in crime
I’m afraid it looks like we’re
Gonna have to go our separate ways.
You see the thing is I love you, I love you
But you see I resent you all the time.
All my other friends their just saying
Your slowing me down.

Oh I should have known
You’d turn to me and say
Before you throw too much of me away.
Don’t you remember seeing the sun coming up easy
While the rain came tumbling down.
And it washed out bodies so cleanly
Seen them rise up off of the cold cold ground.

We seen the sun coming up easy
While the rain came tumbling down
And it washed our bodies so clean
We could feel them rise up off of the cold cold ground.

 

 

To buy the music of Paolo Nutini click HERE

Happy Anniversary

Today would have been our second wedding anniversary though we would have been together for 12 years.

Hopefully Fi will have the same smile on her face and is looking after Bonnie well.

Not up for saying much but will play two key songs from our wedding album, the first was the song we chose for our first dance and the second song Fiona always thought said it all

To my soul mate

Love always

Gilbey

xx

“But For Now” – Jamie Cullum

“At Last” – Etta James

At last
my love has come along
my lonely days over
and life is like a song

Ooh, yeah, yeah
At last
the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
the night I looked at you

I found a dream
that I could speak to
A dream that I
can call my own
I found a thrill
to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Ohh, yeah, yeah

You smile
you smile
Ooh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last

 

Sunday Jazz – Body and Soul

I feel drained today so here is the great Django Reinhardt with something for the Body and Soul.

“Body and Soul” – Django Reinhardt

Saturday Soul – The Jackson 5

 

 

For obvious reasons it seemed appropriate for this week’s Saturday Soul to be Michael Jackson related so here is a Motown Nugget from The Jackson 5

“I Found That Girl” – The Jackson 5

 

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