The Boy Wonder

Written from before my hangover kicks in.

KC the new rising star from  the WYCRA  stable fairly accurately points out that Ryan Adams has recorded about 700 albums. And that is not counting his Whiskeytown days.
This caused me to go to the shelves and check my Ryan section. I have five - the first four - Heartbreaker, Gold, Demolition and Rock'n'Roll plus 2014's Ryan Adams
Fourteen studio albums into his career and he finally decides to come up with a self titled album. What pretentious twaddle.
I gave it another listen and it is not a patch on his earlier stuff.
One or two good numbers though

Ryan Adams - Gimme Something Good

Ryan Adams - I Just Might

Springsteen Covered - Mansion on the Hill

Close but no cigar last week. The Mavericks gave Bruce a run for his money with All that Heaven Will Allow before finally succumbing.He wears you down does Bruce.
So Springsteen marches on - there is no stopping him. It's now The Boss 7 The Rest 2

Time then to field another big gun to challenge the theory that none of the originals on Nebraska can be bettered.
Here is  the great Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers  with Mansion on the Hill from the1992 live recording from the Grand Old Opry, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to debunk that theory.
I won't let any of the bloggers leave Glasgow until they agree with me.

Those of you at a safe distance may choose to differ.

Bruce Springsteen -Mansion on the Hill

Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - Mansion on the Hill

Let's Get This Party Started

Sorry - no time to hang around today.
Things to do
Dirk to pick up
Bloggers to meet
Drink to be drunk
Nonsense to be talked
Laughter to be had
Stories to be told
Excitement to be had
History to be made

Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party

The B52's - Party Out of Bounds

The Cast Are Gathering

The Glasgow Bloggers Gathering is nearly upon us
By the time some of you read this Brian and Walter will have touched down at Glasgow airport where they will be met by JC
Tomorrow morning I will do the honours and  meet Dirk (whose idea it was in the first place) and later on Friday we will be joined by Drew and Swiss Adam and hopefully a few others.
I'm guessing that it will be more than Alright and that a Finetime will be had by all

Cast - Alright

Cast - Finetime

Burnt Offerings 17

Well it was always going to happen I suppose.I'm just a bit surprised that I got to  Burnt Offerings 17 before I came to a CD with less than 3 artists featured before.
Actually the Jolly Ranchers from Loredo, Texas are the only ones who have never featured before and after listening to this you can probably see why. Here is their version of Country Roads from their 2003 album  12 Gauge. I think it and Highway 99 can be downloaded free should you feel the urge

The Jolly Ranchers - Country Roads

Ryan Adams and Beth Orton have both appeared on these pages but never together. I never knew until now that they were an item at one stage
I now find that he has written at least three songs about her You Will Always be  the Same, For Beth and English Girls Approximately.
He didn't write this

Ryan Adams & Beth Orton - Brown Sugar

For my third choice I debated whether to feature someone who I have posted before or to pick someone from a previous Burnt Offering who hasn't graced these pages.
I chose the later and so her is Canadian alternative hip hop artist Richard Terfry better known as Buck 65 whom I first discovered via Andy Kershaw's radio shows

Buck 65 - Drawing Curtains

Three never before featured acts next Wednesday

Have You Ever Been to Derby?

Have you ever been to the English midland town of Derby?
I've been three times.
The first time I was there for about an hour after going along for the ride with a pal who had an interview with Rolls Royce
The second and third times saw me visit the now sadly departed Reveal Records.
One of these trips saw me purchase the eponymous  2001 debut album by Denise James

Three reasons for purchasing it:

• It was a staff choice with some blurb probably highlighting that she was a voice on the Detroit scene for a number of years providing background vocals for a number of groups
• It was on Poptones (two days running!)
• It was a fiver

Sadly despite many attempts it has never really gelled with me. Inoffensive but not one that grabs you and makes you want to play on repeat.

All Music describe her as being similar to Mazzy Star - but she is no Hope Standoval

Denise James - Darlin'

Denise James - Everywhere

Erland and the Carnival - The Derby Ram

Your New Favourite Band

Happy May Day to you.
I've pretty much exhausted my Imelda May section in previous years so rather today a random selection from a band I don't think has featured before.
The Hives are from Sweden and their album Your New Favourite Band was released on Alan McGhee's Poptone label in 2001 to great hype
It features tracks from their first two LPs and the A.K.A I-D-I-O-T EP

All the songs were written by the not particularly Swedish sounding Randy Fitzsimmons..He may or may not be band member Nicholaus Arson (real name Niklas Almqvist)
As is the way of such hype they shone very brightly very briefly before very rapidly fading away.

The Hives - I Hate To Say I Told You So

The Hives - Main Offender