Category: Artists We Like

Live Video of the Day: The Tedeschi Trucks Band (feat. Taj Mahal) – Leavin’ Trunk

From their 2014 Live at the Beacon Theatre concert Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, along with Jerry Douglas and the rest of the band warm-up backstage with a vintage blues song. Taj Mahal in all his glory. All we want to know is where does he get his shirts.

 

Live Video of the Day: Trigger Hippy – Rise Up Singing (Live at WFUV)

The first incarnation of Steve Gorman’s post-Black Crowes band included Joan Osborne on vocals instead of Amber Woodhouse who is on their latest L.P., Full Circle & Then Some. Both albums are great and worth your ear-time.

Video of the Day: Cold Chisel – Getting The Band Back Together

Cold Chisel is pretty much the Aussie version of Canada’s Tragically Hip. They are arguably the most famous band in their own country and largely unknown everywhere else. All you need to know about these guys is that singer Jimmy Barnes was in consideration for the AC/DC gig when Brian Johnson went down. If there ever was a band worthy of a Youtube deep dive, these guys would be it.

This one is the first single from their 2020 record that is already in the hopper.

 

Video of the Day: Trigger Hippy – The Door

If you listen really closely to Trigger Hippy’s excellent new release Full Circle & Then Some you can catch a scent of The Black Crowes, which makes perfect sense as the Crowes stick man Steve Gorman is one of the co-founders of Trigger Hippy. Here, the ’70s Laurel Canyon vibing band led by Amber Woodhouse on vocals sound like they could have been sitting on Joni Mitchell’s couch.

 

Song of the Day: The Textones – No Love In You

The Textones, a group consisting of music lifers, has been around since the late ’70s. Led by Carla Olson, the group was influenced by Classic Rock and Country Rock of the ’60s as well as Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, giving them that perfect mixture of Heartland Rock and West coast Laurel Canyon. Formed in Austin by Olson and Karen Valentine who went on to join the Go Go’s, this is one of those groups that were very much critically acclaimed and criminally ignored. The debut album after Valentine left the band and the addition of a saxophone player, 1984’s Midnight Mission, is a Roots Rock, Stonesy lost masterpiece.