One Reporter's Opinion
06.21.23
The monthly dublab program One Reporter’s Opinion—named after Chris Ziegler’s L.A. RECORD review column—is one part lesson in lost history and one part celebration of the new and the now in the city of Los Angeles, California, where everything happened at least once, and anything could happen tomorrow. From demos to dead stock to new releases and the never-released—all genres and generations of musicians from the greater L.A. area are welcome.
On this month’s episode:
I’m DJing the born free vintage motorcycle show and these are songs i thought were maybe a little too mellow for the live set. Think of it as the ‘easy’ side of Easy Rider: pre-Asylum Records country contemporary, oddball B-sides from Specialty Records’ hard rock 45s, a barely released Cyril Neville track from the “Gossip” era and a funky “Folsom Prison” cover that has yet to be comped probably due to insurmountable copyright complications.
Tracklist:
Albert King And Pops Staples And Steve Cropper – “Tupelo” Pt I (1969) Lee Dorsey – When Can I Come Home (1972) Lee Conway – Love And Little Joe (1970) Cyril Neville – Son Of A Preacher’s Daughter (197X) Obrey Wilson – Headman (1968) C. J. – Lay Back (1976) Kin Vassy – Hello LA, Bye Bye Birmingham (1969) Denny King And The B.O. Boogie Band – Bessie Mae (1971) Joe South – Motherless Children (1971) Don Nix – Black Cat Moan (1973) Tom Green – Rock Springs Railroad Station (1973) Johnny Jenkins – Voodoo In You (1969) D. J. Rogers – March On (1973) Travis Wammack – Put On Your Shoes And Walk (1972) Longbranch Pennywhistle – Bring Back Funky Women (1970) Willie West – Fairchild (1970) Bodine – Keep Lookin’ Through My Window (1969) Jake Porter – I Wanta Make Her Love Me (Till The Cows Come Home) (1970) Jerry Lacroix – Mean Ole World (1974) Shiloh – Swamp River Country (1970) Freddy-Henchi & The Soulsetters – Folsom Prison (1969) John Roman Jackson – Rosemary (1971) Harlan County – Harlan County (1970) Dennis Linde – On The Run (1970) Bobby Merritt – Blue Foam (1969) Billy Lee Riley – Looking For My Baby (1969) Danny James – Soul And Wine (1970) Jack Kane – All Of My Life (1970) Lonnie Mack – Untouched By Human Love (1969) Jimmy Forde – Crazy Cajun Cake Walk Band (1968) The Plastic Blues Band – Country Food (1968) The Grease Band – All I Wanna Do (1971) Eddie Long – It Don’t Make Sense But It Sure Sounds Good (1970) Clifford Curry – Delta Dawn (1972) Kingdom – If I Never Was To See Her Again (1970) Parrish & Gurvitz – I’ve Got Time (1971) Sam The Sham – Oh Lo (1973)
