OT: The Old, The Obscure, and the Forgotten - Round 3

[quavik]

Last of the evening, my undergrad days soundtrack was stuffed with English blues:

 

[Scud49]

Steve Miller - always liked this one too from way back when:

 

[Aluminny69]

The Ames Brothers "The Lady of Shady Lane"

Ed Ames also had a solo hit in 1967 with this song

 

[Dove]

 

[64Zcode]

You'll be happy to know, sixty years later, Darlene is still belting out this song!

Nice! Good to know she's still got the pipes. Patty Smyth is another lady that still has her voice after all this time.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well old has been well covered, here's some obscure. Can't remember if I've ever worked them into a music thread previously. A fairly recent discovery for me. I would've expected You Tube's algorithm to suggest this to me long before, but I'm pretty sure I first heard it on Pandora. Reminds me a fair bit of First Aid Kit. This is also a sister duo, although from Indianapolis, not Stockholm.

 

[Aluminny69]

Last of the evening, my undergrad days soundtrack was stuffed with English blues:

The Yardbirds Smokestack Lightning

Wanna talk obscure?
The Yardbirds were filming and performing in a re-creation of the Ricky Tick club built at MGM Studios in Borehamwood for Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film “Blow up”


In 1966 if you were interested in experiencing Britain’s “Swinging London” and who wasn’t ? Antonioni’s film was a must see! You are immediately drenched in London’s steamy brothel of “Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and fashion! For us it meant plenty of Carnaby clad “Birds” ( English girls) and our favorite band “The Yardbirds”, playing our favorite version of “Train Kept a Rollin”

 

[nwhoopfan]

Another obscure group I like, with some new stuff from the beginning of this year.

 

[64Zcode]

Iconic bass line. Completely different song than the studio cut.

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[lne001]

Johnny Kidd and The Pirates 1960

 

[nwhoopfan]

I thought this lady was poised to be a breakout star in country music in the mid 90s...but it just never happened. Nashville has been missing the boat or bus or whatever on talented musicians for decades. I got smart and quit listening to mainstream country music a long time ago (although I can make an exception for Kacey Musgraves.

 

[64Zcode]

WIZN FM 106.7 in Vergennes, VT was a great album rock station when I lived in the Burlington area. Got introduced to a lot of songs that didn't get airplay on pop stations. That station and CHOM FM in Montreal saved me from the Madonna/Michael Jackson era.
The Kinks

 

[bantamlaker]

When we beat Stanford to reach the national championship game this song by the Moodty Blues from their Question of Balance album started going through my head almost constantly: How Is It We Are Here ?

 

[64Zcode]

Punk band out of L.A. "X" (I know that everyone can see Rick Vaughn walking onto the diamond) (There should probably be a separate thread for cover songs in movies as well...DiVinyls - I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore?)
I prefer this to the original.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Looking at the OP, it's a bit open to interpretation, but maybe all the songs are supposed to be old, and can be forgotten, or never were known, or something. But then, how old is old? Time flies, this album is from 25 years ago. Was kind of a hit in the alt country scene. Ryan Adams went on to some acclaim solo and in other groups, but seems like you don't hear anything about Whiskeytown anymore. I had this album for a while, seemed like it was hit and miss, but I really like this one then and still do.

 

[64Zcode]

A deep track from Alan Parsons' Stereotomy album.

 

[Woof 101]

For many it was just called gas, but even in the day we had Classical Gas.

 

[64Zcode]

Michael Been and The Call put out a several albums(3?) and I liked everything they did, but they never got much recognition.
Off the debut album from 1983.

 

[Woof 101]

Don't like to go back to back to afford others room but ..... Broke my own rule.
A little Dixie Chicken will sooth my soul.....

 

[64Zcode]

 

[Woof 101]

OK it is late and I am not crowding anyone out so to end the eve. A little more soul....

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think I've got the story right on this. John Fogerty originally released this as The Blue Ridge Rangers without attaching his name to it. Later got repackaged. It's a solo project he did. Album of classic country/folk cover songs.

 

[Golden Husky]

Sanford-Townsend Band: "Smoke from a Distant Fire"

The Olympics" "Big Boy Pete"

 

[64Zcode]

His voice is sooooo smooth.
(This always reminds me of the Ballantine beer commercial - 'Take a ring, and add another ring, and another ring.....')

 

[OldSchooler]

"Nature Boy."
It's the haunting melody from the 1948 anti-war film, "The Boy with Green Hair."
When Nat King Cole recorded the song, it shot to the top of the charts.

 

[OldSchooler]

How about the video of Tennessee Ernie Ford singing "16 Tons," which spent 7 weeks atop the Billboard chart in 1955.

 

[Hoops66]

Wild at the time...

 

[meyers7]

I guess we're calling 40-50 years ago old. Eagles (before Bernie Leadon left the band and after Don Felder joined - I think that's him on the steel guitar). With Linda Ronstadt. Guess this one's a little obscure too. Song was originally recorded by Wanda Jackson (think I'll find something for her later.)

Silver Thread and Golden Needles

 

[meyers7]

Wanda Jackson (Queen of Rockabilly) and Jack White covering a (newer actually 2006) Dylan tune. Supposedly the song was inspired by Alicia Keys. We'll go with obscure here. But "old"? Rockabilly sound.

Thunder On the Mountain