Still clearing out the cobwebs, this batch of songs had been in the stalled-out production line since the 2015, partly as an attempt to live inside some songs for the Buttsteaks to possibly cover. I prefer working on songs in pairs, probably out of ingrained A side/ B side bias, so there are three 45's here, to my thinking anyway...
Out of these, we ended up picking up only "Friday I'm in Love" and doing a nice job of it (including the bridge section that I've never taken a shine to, and left out of this basement laboratory version). We'd covered the other Cure song, "Push", and the Smiths' "What Difference Does It Make" WAAAAaaayy back in the pre-Buttsteak days of '87 (along with some other still-neglected hits) but likewise left those in the dustbin of history. "Please, Please, Please..." was recorded just because it's one of my favorite Smiths' songs and I'm still convinced it could work in the right format.
The other "single" is, in my mind, done in the style of the underestimated, late-era, Joe Strummer-fronted Pogues. "If I Should Fall from Grace With God" I did as a St. Patrick's thing. Was hoping to pick up "London Calling" for the Buttsteaks, thinking it a no-brainer but we ended up leaving it on the slag heap. It may yet rise again.
JK
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Back up and running: Zevon and Stones covers
Relieved to see that this dumb Blogger deal was still up and running after so many months and years of disuse on my part.... Long and short is the the corona has coincided with an already scheduled work slowdown on my part, so at last there may be an opportunity to take care of business that's been neglected far too long.
As a start here's a pair of covers that Roady and I quickly blasted out in the (then newly re-done and subsequently largely abandoned until recently) basement rock zone in 2015. For those of you doing the math, that's five goddarned years ago. Nuthin' fancy.
JK
Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon cover)
https://app.box.com/s/d3y06nev5fnfpmcpgh7j0xawji905m95
Torn and Frayed (Rolling Stones cover):
https://app.box.com/s/a689xy49c4iounxhxj4osj083dj7mmri
As a start here's a pair of covers that Roady and I quickly blasted out in the (then newly re-done and subsequently largely abandoned until recently) basement rock zone in 2015. For those of you doing the math, that's five goddarned years ago. Nuthin' fancy.
JK
Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon cover)
https://app.box.com/s/d3y06nev5fnfpmcpgh7j0xawji905m95
Torn and Frayed (Rolling Stones cover):
https://app.box.com/s/a689xy49c4iounxhxj4osj083dj7mmri
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Re-posted: Echo & the Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs covers
Goes to show how far in the weeds I am that this promised re-post is months and months overdue.... Recorded by me and Mike down in Baltimore in late 2012, predating the 1st floor renovations at the Roadkill Estate. Considering that I barely remember the house in it's divided, tenancy days, that's a LONG time! Funny enough, though, I can still see the horror of the abandoned fridge and smell the yeast and Siberian husky hair encrusted in that carpeting...
JK
The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen cover):
https://app.box.com/s/guteahq16x5vljw9z7ph
The Ghost In You (Psychedelic Furs cover):
https://app.box.com/s/i37log22lz83tjbno0lb
JK
The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen cover):
https://app.box.com/s/guteahq16x5vljw9z7ph
The Ghost In You (Psychedelic Furs cover):
https://app.box.com/s/i37log22lz83tjbno0lb
Steely Dan deep cover: "Barrytown"
Hey all-
A quick shout-out from the dusty temporary grave of RKBS industries. I have little great thoughts about the passing of Walter Becker over the weekend, and initially I had almost no reaction other than a "what can ya do" shrug. After thinking about things, though, I realized that he and the various Steely Dan incarnations made more of an impression on me than my inner Americana/ pop rock/ punk/ etc aficionado would like to admit. I can get particularly stinky about late '70s Steely Dan but had forgotten how much I loved "Pretzel Logic", and that "Steely Dan Greatest Hits" tape ('72-'77 so no "Gaucho"!) that Dillo and I used to play on the commute to New Rochelle during our senior year in high school.
So, pouring one out, here's a re-posting of a recording from the 2012 Harpswell Hootenanny (another brief tradition that's also hopefully in only a temporary grave): "Barrytown" from 1974's "Pretzel Logic", which was and is my go-to album from those crusty bastards. Paul B sings lead and plays the Wurlitzer and the close-out guitar lick. Paul C on bass, Roady on drums, me on the Gretsch and tambourine and some singing.
JK
https://app.box.com/s/ylkqjl5vvrzksvlkrxym
A quick shout-out from the dusty temporary grave of RKBS industries. I have little great thoughts about the passing of Walter Becker over the weekend, and initially I had almost no reaction other than a "what can ya do" shrug. After thinking about things, though, I realized that he and the various Steely Dan incarnations made more of an impression on me than my inner Americana/ pop rock/ punk/ etc aficionado would like to admit. I can get particularly stinky about late '70s Steely Dan but had forgotten how much I loved "Pretzel Logic", and that "Steely Dan Greatest Hits" tape ('72-'77 so no "Gaucho"!) that Dillo and I used to play on the commute to New Rochelle during our senior year in high school.
So, pouring one out, here's a re-posting of a recording from the 2012 Harpswell Hootenanny (another brief tradition that's also hopefully in only a temporary grave): "Barrytown" from 1974's "Pretzel Logic", which was and is my go-to album from those crusty bastards. Paul B sings lead and plays the Wurlitzer and the close-out guitar lick. Paul C on bass, Roady on drums, me on the Gretsch and tambourine and some singing.
JK
https://app.box.com/s/ylkqjl5vvrzksvlkrxym
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Thanksgiving leftovers: The Band covered a few times
Hey strangers-- Turns out another Thanksgiving just rolled by, didja know, and now has only receded further into the past as I've dawdled? But before every last good intention slid into history, I wanted to post a couple cover songs. This is partly brought on my a pre-holiday trip to see the great Chris Robinson Brotherhood down at the Capitol Theater back in my NY metro homeland. It was as good as hoped, but I was sad to have to miss the upcoming 2016 version of their Thanksgiving-time celebration of the Band's "Last Waltz". So I had the Band on the brain, and it turns out they were on quite a few other folks' minds as well, so I figured I'd go back out to the well.
Though most of the famed West Saugerties, NY "Basement Tapes" sessions were actually in the spring and summer of 1967, the vibe of the audio record is so autmnal and I've been spinning the beautiful recent completist vinyl box set a lot, as is typical this time of year. Maybe the autumn association is cemented in my mind because of the full-on band recordings made after Levon' arrived in October, and I have no doubt it's partly because of the dusty, wistful, timeless quality to the songs. Certainly that their Thanksgiving farewell celebration became cultural semi-touchstone "The Last Waltz" don't hurt.
So here are a few songs for you: First is a group electric, sloppy and semi-raucus version of "Odds and Ends" from the 2011 Harpswell Hootenanny. That one's got the Pauls Bonanos and Cardillo on guitars, Roadkill on drums and me on bass and overdubbed keys. Also you've got here some more austere lonely home studio versions of their beautiful late-era (1975) final masterpiece "It Makes No Difference" and another Saugerties tune, "Katie's Been Gone". Hope you enjoy.
Link to the original post, with some background, discussion, etc is here:
http://roadkillbuttsteak.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-band-covered-acoustically.html
Songs are here:
Odds and Ends (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jfz4nmqhfmm20tyoyog2
It Makes No Difference (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jwn3nd9ztf731mw9uxuahxp9oth68tvh
Katie's Been Gone (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/iz6mhsz6ee0yqgwe1ebuyldkejo7ikok
Though most of the famed West Saugerties, NY "Basement Tapes" sessions were actually in the spring and summer of 1967, the vibe of the audio record is so autmnal and I've been spinning the beautiful recent completist vinyl box set a lot, as is typical this time of year. Maybe the autumn association is cemented in my mind because of the full-on band recordings made after Levon' arrived in October, and I have no doubt it's partly because of the dusty, wistful, timeless quality to the songs. Certainly that their Thanksgiving farewell celebration became cultural semi-touchstone "The Last Waltz" don't hurt.
So here are a few songs for you: First is a group electric, sloppy and semi-raucus version of "Odds and Ends" from the 2011 Harpswell Hootenanny. That one's got the Pauls Bonanos and Cardillo on guitars, Roadkill on drums and me on bass and overdubbed keys. Also you've got here some more austere lonely home studio versions of their beautiful late-era (1975) final masterpiece "It Makes No Difference" and another Saugerties tune, "Katie's Been Gone". Hope you enjoy.
Link to the original post, with some background, discussion, etc is here:
http://roadkillbuttsteak.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-band-covered-acoustically.html
Songs are here:
Odds and Ends (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jfz4nmqhfmm20tyoyog2
It Makes No Difference (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jwn3nd9ztf731mw9uxuahxp9oth68tvh
Katie's Been Gone (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/iz6mhsz6ee0yqgwe1ebuyldkejo7ikok
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
"Up Above My Head" rebroadcast, part 5 of 5
This trio wraps up the rebroadcast in fine aeronautical fashion: Disconnected, demoralized, dashed to the ground, strewn in pieces and still full of wonder, hope and anticipation. Just like goddarned life, huh?
"Amidships" looks at the drudgery and isolation behind the glamour of flight, "...Wreckage..." at the straightfaced equality of mortality, and "Wingwalkers" at a beautiful horizon of clouds and sun.
Playing spot-our-own-influences, I'd say (in order): mid-era Cracker, late-era Pink Floyd and not-otherwise-specified Americana (...OK.. maybe some Paul Burch in there...). More importantly, playing spot-the-incidental-background-noise, that's an enthusiastic poodle with a squeaky toy at about 1:55 in "...Wreckage...".
Peace/ out
jk
"Amidships":
https://app.box.com/s/1b747xk8ewqi2oy5gigi8qghxj9nc3mz
"The Wreckage Looks the Same":
https://app.box.com/s/lpen8nx4p2x10ssne2v3d9h1if94yt87
"Wingwalkers":
https://app.box.com/s/hmsvgwk5kbsh3g9ihwwzxdgd9diybi2f
"Amidships" looks at the drudgery and isolation behind the glamour of flight, "...Wreckage..." at the straightfaced equality of mortality, and "Wingwalkers" at a beautiful horizon of clouds and sun.
Playing spot-our-own-influences, I'd say (in order): mid-era Cracker, late-era Pink Floyd and not-otherwise-specified Americana (...OK.. maybe some Paul Burch in there...). More importantly, playing spot-the-incidental-background-noise, that's an enthusiastic poodle with a squeaky toy at about 1:55 in "...Wreckage...".
Peace/ out
jk
"Amidships":
https://app.box.com/s/1b747xk8ewqi2oy5gigi8qghxj9nc3mz
"The Wreckage Looks the Same":
https://app.box.com/s/lpen8nx4p2x10ssne2v3d9h1if94yt87
"Wingwalkers":
https://app.box.com/s/hmsvgwk5kbsh3g9ihwwzxdgd9diybi2f
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
"Up Above My Head" rebroadcast, part 4 of 5
Too darned busy ovah heah. Nearly abandoned even the re-posting/ filler project out of pure neglect... Thanks to Ted for the reminder to get my crap back in order, or at least to try and do so....
This portion of the program constitutes tributes to each of the US Navy's dirigible fleet back between the wars, and these puppies were the germ from which the whole airship-themed bunch of rock songs sprung:
"Akron (Queen of the Skies)":
https://app.box.com/s/0umwkt3bv86knuqurhqc4i9q95eibw31
"Macon (The Happiest Ship)":
https://app.box.com/s/y5zxxsrwj9ncj5rhsj6ez0etx6och0jf
"Los Angeles":
https://app.box.com/s/43o0248l57dzn43cb7knly9msrur78qq
"Shenandoah (Daughter of the Stars)":
https://app.box.com/s/l2exjd9yn4uny4pdkp3xj4coh3n3ltt9
This portion of the program constitutes tributes to each of the US Navy's dirigible fleet back between the wars, and these puppies were the germ from which the whole airship-themed bunch of rock songs sprung:
- The Shenandoah was the first, commissioned in 1923 and going down over Ohio in a fierce storm. Fourteen men died but, amazingly, 29 others lived, as the airship literally broke into several sections, some of which were subsequently piloted by airmen and guided to the ground by controlled venting of the helium cells (i.e., they literally slashed them with knives). Absolutely nuts.
- Also after two years in service, the Akron crashed off New Jersey in 1933, with the loss of 73 (of 76) lives, mostly to drowning.
- The Akron's sister ship, the Macon, also went down over the ocean, off Big Sur, CA in 1935, after a similar 2 year lifespan, but with the loss of only 2 men (as life rafts and flotation devices had been instituted).
- The Los Angeles was actually acquired as war reparation from Germany in 1924 and was decommissioned in 1932 (without actually crashing!) and dismantled in 1939, having outlived all her peers.
"Akron (Queen of the Skies)":
https://app.box.com/s/0umwkt3bv86knuqurhqc4i9q95eibw31
"Macon (The Happiest Ship)":
https://app.box.com/s/y5zxxsrwj9ncj5rhsj6ez0etx6och0jf
"Los Angeles":
https://app.box.com/s/43o0248l57dzn43cb7knly9msrur78qq
"Shenandoah (Daughter of the Stars)":
https://app.box.com/s/l2exjd9yn4uny4pdkp3xj4coh3n3ltt9
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