"No Reason" 18

[NormanD]

This month:
"Shadow & Jimmy go from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Cali, Colombia via Texas and Texas and Texas...."

Further tales of musical travel, with rhythm & blues, scratchy blues, Bert & Curt and a guest (whom you'll know) choosing his Sublime Moment, and setting a competition question for good measure.

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[Rob Hall]

Love the Shadow & Jimmy track, I'd forgotten all about that. The sublime moment is pretty sublime too, as is the 'Let's got to the movies' track. Well done chaps. (Shame about the baby though; I hope he got his book signed.)

[garth cartwright]

Thanks guys - an honour to be on No Reason. Especially one that features Barbara Lynn - did u choose her as a Texan left handed girl guitarist to balance Lydia's right handed magic?

[NormanD]

Of course we did, Garth! Every track is chosen to develop aural syncronicity - we connect musical choice with Jungian forethought to maximise entertainment pleasure. A-hem.

Your feature on Lydia Mendoza, first published in fRoots magazine, is still online: http://www.frootsmag.com/content/featur ... a-mendoza/

I can't think of a track by her that I don't like. Thanks for choosing her.

[Adam Blake]

Great interview with the roving lad, Norman! Really enjoyed that, thanks all.

[uiwangmike]

A (rather obvious) bit of radio ping-pong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CqUU3QNOV0

[NormanD]

Thanks Mike. I'd forgotten about that track by The Evs. I do like that period of their music - they had to move forward, commercially, but were still with their country roots. You can see they'd made the first moves with their haircuts, which they may not have been too comfortable with, but were acting on managerial direction.

The track I think we were grasping to remember might have been this one by Louis Armstrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kV_5ewikm0

I just remembered Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in "The Defiant Ones", but can't find a video clip.

[uiwangmike]

John may correct me, but I think Bowling Green ("the third most populous town in Kentucky": Wiki) makes just one appearance in the birthday lists, at April 13, as the birthplace of Sam Bush.

[Adam Blake]

More later Everly's - and a Goffin/King song. This shows they had completely absorbed the changes in pop, I think. One of the only original 50s rock'n'roll acts to successfuly do so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7JRsUGi10

[NormanD]

...This shows they had completely absorbed the changes in pop, I think. One of the only original 50s rock'n'roll acts to successfuly do so.

With a little added help along the way from their good friend Mary Jane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XheYy_qj_ds

[Adam Blake]

Hah! Nice one. I know Chuck Berry liked his weed, probably still does. Can't see Jerry Lee or Elvis toking up, though. Richard probably smoked a field full and then declared it to be a mortal sin.

[john poole]

John may correct me, but I think Bowling Green ("the third most populous town in Kentucky": Wiki) makes just one appearance in the birthday lists, at April 13, as the birthplace of Sam Bush.

Yes, Ben Keith the pedal steel guitarist did once live there but it wasn't his birthplace.

Newsflash for Adam -
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... 64,6635762

[Adam Blake]

Newsflash for Adam -
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... 64,6635762

Hahahah!! Jeez, what would he be like if he DIDN'T imbibe??

[gary booth]

The tracklisting for this show is now on the page at: www.noreason.podomatic.com

And a reminder that you can win either Garth Cartwright's book 'More Miles Than Money' or the 2CD set which is the soundtrack to the book by entering this month's competition - there's a couple of weeks left before we pick the winners