Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
It’s actually been pretty mellow week. We all caught a cold, watched football, ate Mexican food, and I of course listened to records. It really hasn’t been all too bad. I guess the biggest thing that happened is I finally started listening to an assortment of bands—as opposed to my recent steady diet of classic ’60s and ’70s Bowie.
It caught my eye that gospel singer Otis Clay had passed earlier in the month. The news had me digging back through stacks of rocking blues and old northern soul 45s. Thanks to the internet—All Music and Wiki—listening and rediscovering old records is a fun and relaxing pastime that never fails to warm my soul.
Okeh, Shout, Specialty, One Derful, Chess, Loma, Philles etc.—those labels and their logos—what a dream.
Stay warm, stay dreamy.
The Idelic Hit of the Week:
Fat White Family – Whitest Boy On The Beach
I love a cool “o-hole” (and logo).
