Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
You will probably recognize this guy even if you are not sure from where. He appeared in many television and movie roles, quite often as a Biker. What we at Infinite Jones were surprised to find out was that he had a previous career as a drummer in the ’60’s. He was a member of …
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Wild Teens by The incredible staggers New faves here at Infinite Jones, The Incredible Staggers are a retro-garage rock band from Austria (I think). They Rock! Bonus; Here they are doing a live version of Little Latin Lupe Lu. The energy level is just, well, Incredible. The song even survives a Flugelhorn(??) solo! WOW. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …
Hog of the Forsaken by Michael Hurley A very special fave here at Infinite Jones, Hog of the Forsaken comes from the Highly Recommended 1977 album Long Journey. Many will recognize it (or the instrumental, fiddle part) as the theme to HBO’s Deadwood. But, the charmingly weird vocals and lyrics are what really make it …
Big Daddy emerged as a comedy cover band on Rhino Records in 1983 ( see here). Their (brilliant) shtick is they were a fifties Rock and Roll band who were captured while touring Viet Nam(!) in the early sixties and were rescued in the early eighties. They then attempted to gain fame by covering the …
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Anyone who is into greasy, funky Swamp Rock, Southern Soul, Southern Rock or, the Allman Brothers Band should really hear this record. Ton-Ton Macoute! (1970) was intended to be Duane Allman’s solo debut but, the Allman Brothers Band started taking off and Duane left. Jenkins took over the vocal duties and made this album his own. …
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Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues passed away January 4, 2018. This is his signature tune. And, of course, that flute solo is Ray… —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
