Summertime Blues #10 (2021). Playliste 16. august 2021

1. Don Cherry - Buddha's Blues (1976)
2. Yo La Tengo - The Pain Of Pain (1986)       
3. The Dukes Of Stratosphear - The Mole From The Ministry (1985)            
4. Droogs - Countdown To Zero (1987)
5. Motorsav - Min Nat Er Fuld Af Stemmer (2020)                 
6. Power Face - Door Slammed Shut (2020)
7. Television Personalities - World Of Pauline Lewis (1981)
8. Thin White Rope - Down In The Desert (1985)                    
9. Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip (1988)                     
10. The Replacements - Nightclub Jitters (1987)                     
11. Deadringer - Donnie (2021)                         
12. Vilde Græs - Røde Flod (2018)
13. Mellemblond - I Mit Stille Sind (2020)
14. The Rain Parade - Don't Feel Bad (1985)
15. The Fuzztones - Gotta Get Some (1985) 
16. The Church - Field Of Mars (1982)            
17. The Woolen Men - Mexico City Blues (2019)

Frigjort Festival 2021. Playliste 12. august 2021

1. Brimheim - Exquisite Bliss (2020)
2. Baby In Vain - 2019 (2020)
3. Disarmer - Beaming Before Scheming (2021)
4. Yellow Spoon - Octopus (2021)
5. Strongboi - Honey Thighs (2020)
6. SlimO - My Voice Is Real (2020)
7. Elsker Dig For Altid - Marble (2020)
8. Tan - Pharmacy (2019)
9. Lyra Valenza - Low B4 (2020)
10. Josefine Opsahl - Liquid Entity (2019)
11. Bjørn Svin - 101 Engle (1999)
12. dj funboi & ricc xitt - Clasa XIII (2021)
13. Afskum - Moderne Ondskab (2021)
14. Ublu - The Light (2020)
15. De Må Være Belgiere - Ineffektiv (2021)
16. Kate NV - Kata (2016)
17. Prisma - I Never Wanted To Meet You (2021)
18. Debbie Sings - Satanizer (2021)

Fela Kuti & Lou Reed, Giants Stadium, New Jersey, 15. juni 1986.

Summertime Blues #9 (2021). Playliste 9. august 2021

1. Wee Bea Booze - These Young Men Blues (1944)
2. The Long Ryders - Mason-Dixon Line (1985)
3. Hoodoo Gurus - Zanzibar (1984)
4. The Chills - Rain (1987)       
5. Baujillaud - Some People (2021)
6. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Brian Jackson - Ethiopian Sunshower (2021)
7. Um Gajo é Parvo - Cars (2021)
8. Died Pretty - Blue Sky Day (1986)
9. The Dream Syndicate - The Medicine Show (1984)
10. New Race - New Race (live) (1982)
11. Thin White Rope - Crawl, Piss, Freeze (1987)
12. Poly Styrene - Dreaming (1981)
13. StrongBoi - Tuff Girl (2020)                          
14. The Church - Already Yesterday (1985)
15. The Feelies - Original Love (1980)             
16. Leizure - Sylvia’s Comedown (2020)        
17. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Bundle Of Blues (1933)

Summer Groovin' #6 (2021) med Måneskjold. Playliste 5. august 2021

1. Måneskjold - Atomknuser (2021)
2. Madmans Moustache - Wizards (2015)
3. Sume ‎- Aasarisseruttoraa / Højsommer (1974)

4. Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Ngoma Yarira (1974)
5. Baby Woodrose - Flaminica (2001)
6. Troels Jørgensen - Sunny Day (2016)
7. The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit (1990)
8. The Troggs - Night Of The Long Grass (1967)
9. Centrum - Som En Spegel (2019)
10. Fun Boy Three - Summertime (1982)
11. Måneskjold - Fjernsyn (2021)
12. MU - Drink From The Fountain (1982)
13. Ond Tro - Hooked På At Dø (2017)
14. Povl Dissing, Peter Thorup, Ken Gudmand, Knut Henriksen - Skin Solskin (1980)
15. The Hedgehogs - Yellow Note (2012)
16. Butthole Surfers - Tongue (1993)
17. Beat Happening - Indian Summer (1988)
18. Måneskjold - Primus (2021)

50 countryplader enhver rockfan bør kende…

”Inventing soul music as a combination of blues sensuality and gospel fervor, as Ray Charles did, would be enough to put him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's inaugural class. But Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is even more audacious, quite possibly the ultimate crossover move. Running country standards by the likes of Hank Williams and Eddy Arnold through his inimitable soul-man filter, Charles won over both audiences — and even beat Frank Sinatra at his own big-band game. That's a mighty big tent, but they didn't call Charles "the Genius" for nothing. Astoundingly, Modern Sounds and its Volume Two follow up (the rare sequel that's just as good as its predecessor) took a grand total of five days in the studio. Even more astoundingly, Charles' label tried to talk him out of doing it. As Charles remembered it in Rolling Stone a decade later, ABC-Paramount's brass told him, "You can't do no country-western things. . .You're gonna lose all your fans!" Instead, Modern Sounds became ABC-Paramount's first million-selling album”

Om Ray Charles’ 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’, der kom i 1962.

Rolling Stone har udarbejdet en liste med 50 countryplader som enhver rockfan bør kende. Jeg kender ikke Ray Charles-pladen, selvom den ligger nummer tre på listen. Med andre ord, jeg har noget hjemmearbejde at gøre. Se alle 50 album herunder.

augusthavn

”skibene
foldes sammen i havnen
kranerne
henter glemte togvogne
ud af strandede varmeskrog
molerne spændt
om ustandselig
nedstyrtende grønhed
isprængt vinger
og rasende
krummede arme
de svømmende
og de døde
fuglene
disse småbitte glimt
i vandet
øjet møder
når det synker
langs ankerkæden
deres smykkers
hilsen os …
vi
de påfølgende
de svømmende
de døde
fuglene”
 
- fra Henrik Nordbrandts debut ’Digte’ (1966) 

Summertime Blues #8 (2021). Playliste 2. august 2021

1. Naturel Child - Country Hippie Blues (2014)
2. Roberta Flack - Go Up, Moses (1971)
3. Plan 9 - Dealing With The Dead (1983)
4. The Rain Parade - Kaleidoscope (1983)
5. The Cramps - Voodoo Idol (1981)
6. City X - Dansende Drenge (1983)                 
7. Måneskjold - Koi Koimetérion (2021)
8. Giant Sand - Last Legs (1986)                        
9. R.E.M. - Driver 8 (1984)
10. Eleventh Dream Day - Nothing's Ever Lost (2021)
11. Ipek Yolu - Ayvaz (2021)
12. Bab L' Bluz - Waydelel (2020)
13. Jaleh Negari - The Harvester (2021)
14. Plasticland - Color Appreciation (1984)
15. Game Theory - We Love You, Carol And Alison (1987)
16. The Beatles - Yer Blues (1968)

Summer Groovin’ #5 (2021) med Thomas Løppenthin. Playliste 29. juli 2021

1. Shu-bi-dua - Sommergryder (1977)
2. Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann - Sig Godmorgen (1974)
3. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro (1990)
4. Matthew E. White / Lonnie Holley - I’m Not Tripping / Composition 8 (2021)
5. Brigitte Bardot - La Madraque (1962)
6. Thin White Rope - Thing (1987)
7. My Midnight Creeps - Don’t Let ‘Em Bring You Down (2007)
8. Anita Lane - The Groovy Guru (1992)
9. Sort Sol - Midnight Train To Summer (1991)
10. Olesen-Olesen - Sommerferie  Zimmerroom (1997)
11. Kim Larsen - På Stranden  (1998)
12. Marvin Pontiac - Runnin’ Round (1999)
13. S’Express - Theme From S-Express (1988)
14. Teenage Fanclub - Ain’t That Enough (1997)
15. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing (1988)
16. Matadorerne - Summertime (1967)
17. Danzig - Dirty Black Summer (1992)
18. Mordicai Jones - Walkin’ In The Arizona Sun (1971)
19. Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) (1987)
20. Ripple - I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky (1973)

Paisley Underground udflugt

Den opmærksomme læser har sandsynligvis lagt mærke til, at The Dream Syndicate har været rigt repræsenteret i Summertime Blues-udsendelserne. Bandet var nemlig meget populært blandt kunderne i London-pladeforretningen, Plastic Passion. Butikken lavede i 1990, tror jeg, en liste med de 100 bedste plader fra det forudgående årti, baseret på kundernes stemmer. Og netop den liste er årets tema i Summertime Blues. Det vil sige, at jeg har givet mig i kast med at spille et nummer fra alle lp’erne på listen. Derfor var det også ekstra interessant, da der dukkede et billede op på nettet med det helt tidlige The Dream Syndicate. Fotografiet stammer fra en udflugt til Catalina Island, ud for Californiens kyst, som flere bands fra den såkaldte Paisley Underground-scene var på i 1982.

Øverst til venstre er det Debbi og Vicki Peterson fra The Bangles, derefter kommer Steve Wynn, Dennis Duck og Kendra Smith fra The Dream Syndicate, Susanna Hoffs fra The Bangles, og så er det Louis Gutierrez og Michael Quercio fra The Three O’Clocks eller som de nok hed på dette tidspunkt The Salvation Army. De to piger nederst til højre er blevet identificerede, men de har ingen tilknytning til Paisley Underground, andet end de var tilstede den dag fotoet blev taget.

Summertime Blues #7 (2021). Playliste 26. juli 2021

1. Game Theory - White Blues (1982)

2. The Bevis Frond - Little Eden (2021)

3. The Dentists - I Had A Excellent Dream (1985)

4. Naked Prey - Voodoo Godhead (1986) 

5. Neil Young - We Don't Smoke It No More (1975/2020)

6. Collider - When Will It End (2020)

7. The Dream Syndicate - When You Smile (1982)

8. R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion (1984)

9. The Sunny Boys - Trouble In My Brain (1981)

10. The Gun Club - Promise Me (1981)

11. 3Ds - Dreams Of Hergé (1991)

12. Love, Burns - Gate And The Ghost (2020)

13. Hjalte Ross - Holidays (2020)

14. Droogs - Stone Cold World (1984)

15. The Church - For A Moment We're Strangers (1982)

16. The Triffds - The Seabirds (1986)

17. Sofie Birch - Loph (2020)

18. Dead Moon - I Hate The Blues (1988)

Summer Groovin’ #4 (2021) med Peter Hvalkof. Playliste 22. juli 2021

1. Luiz Bonfá & Antonio Carlos Jobim - O Nosso Amor (pt. 2) (1959)
2. The Lebron Brothers - Summertime Blues (1967)
3. Luedji Luna - Acalanto (2017)
4. La Banda Africana - Te Clavo La...Mano (1980)
5. Fernando Falcão - Amanhecer Tabajara (à Alceu Valença) (1981)
6. Prince Buster - Soul Of Africa (1963)
7. Chico Science / Nação Zumbi - A Cidade (1994)
8. Robyn Hitchcock - Grooving On An Inner Plane (1982)
9. Bomba Estéreo - Fuego (2009)
10. The Free Design - Summertime (1969)
11. Nicola Cruz - Cumbia del Olvido (2015)
12. Bembeya Jazz National - Petit Sekou (1976)
13. Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar - Immigrés/Bitim Rew (1988)
14. Danmarks Radios Pigekor - Se, Det Summer Af Sol (1993)
15. Francis Bebey - Di Saegi (1984)
16. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (1970)
17. Tinariwen - Le Chant Des Fauves (2001)
18. Sam Cooke - Good Times (1964)
19. Franco & Sam Mangwana - Coopération (1982)

Summertime Blues #6 (2021) Playliste 19. juli 2021

1. The Detroit Cobras - Midnite Blues (1998)
2. Reigning Sound - Oh Christine (2021)
3. Country Westerns - Undeletable (2021)
4. Felines - I Reap What I Sow (2021)
5. Let's Active - Blue Line (1984)
6. The Dream Syndicate - Loving The Sinner, Hating The Sin (1988)
7. Rail Band - Mansa (1995)
8. Księżyc - Zakopana (1996)
9. Outskirts Of Infinity - Eastern Spell (1987)                            
10. Eleventh Dream Day - Sweet Smell (1988)
11. Happy Hate Me Nots - Soul Rejection (1988)
12. Joy Division - Heart And Soul (1980)
13. Ved - Ett Visst Fängelse (2021)
14. Francesca Burattelli- Over Hav, Over Himmel (2021)
15. The Saints - Hymn To Saint Jude (1986)
16. Robyn Hitchcock - Do Policemen Sing? (1981)
17. Speaker Music - Ex-American Blues (2021)

Summer Groovin’ #3 (2021) med Hernia/Malte Hill. Playliste 15. juli 2021

1. Hernia - Sea Of Lies (2021)
2. Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground (1985)
3. Helen Love - Summer Pop (2020)
4. The Bleeder Group - Amber Green (2004)
5. Television Personalities - Psychedelic Holiday (1982)
6. Complicated Universal Cum - Home Is the Way That I Go To (2012)
7. The Ravens - Summertime (1947)
8. Big Mess - Leather Jacket Weather (2019)
9. Hernia - Green (2021)
10. Dig & Mig - Når Jeg Stikker Af (2012)
11. John Mogensen - To Mennesker På En Strand (1972)
12. Dinosaur Jr. - Take A Run At The Sun (1997)
13. Television - Days (1978)
14. Bob Hund - Det Skulle Vara Lätt För Mig Att Säga Att Jag Inte ... (1994)
15. Molly - Sunshine Seems Important (2016)
16. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (1983)
17. Martin Newell - The Green-Gold Girl Of The Summer (1993)
18. Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (1984)
19. The Pastels - Summer Rain (2013)
20. Hernia - Dead Inside (2021)

“We might change our name to the headbreakers, and go visit them…”

David Johansen interviewer Johnny Thunders foran CBGB i efteråret 1976, før The Heartbreakers tager til England for at spille sammen med blandt andet Sex Pistols til den såkaldte ‘Anarchy in the U.K’-tour.