Here’s a great version of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” sung by Joan Baez and released in October 1971. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is a song written by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by the Canadian-American roots rock group the Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song…
Who remembers this piece of drive-in movie magic? What happens when you blend a human and an octopus? You get a creepy Octoman, of course! Here’s more from the YouTube Description: A scientific expedition to remote Mexican fishing community discovers unhealthy amounts of radioactive waters. They also find a small mutant octopus with nearly human eyes that can crawl on land and make mewling sounds like a baby. In order…
Well, I tried to find a live performance of the then-controversial song about three coal miners trapped in a cave-in who maybe, possibly resorted to cannibalism to survive (a great theme for a rock song, right?) “Timothy” with the band who originally recorded it, The Bouys, but failed. There are a bunch of YouTube videos of the song, but none of the band. Then I found out that later members…
This started out as an attempt to find a LIVE version of the classic 70’s song “Signs” by the Five Man Electric Band back in the day, and ended up with me only being able to find the original recording of that song (which is still great, by the way) as well as dozens of cover versions over the years, most notably by the band Tesla. So, why not give…
Wait, what? When I first saw the link to this video I thought it was a joke or parody of some kind, but nope, it’s an official segment from the famous Lawrence Welk Show which ran on television from 1955 to 1982. Did they realize what they were singing? Gail Farrell and Dick Dale sing Brewer and Shipley’s song “One Toke Over The Line,” and Lawrence describes this song as a…
Another great mash-up! This time we have Chicago’s Classic “25 or 6 to 4” and Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” which actually meld nicely together, don’t you think? Interesting, the songs came out within a year of each other back in the day, “25 or 6 to 4” in 1970 and “Sweet Leaf” in 1971. Here’s more on each song from Wikipedia: “25 or 6 to 4” is…