Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I hope you don't mind me asking, but what/who is Parker?

Welcome Whosis, Paul pretty well summed up Parker.
Perceptions of this place are as varied as the ales of the world, mine goes something like this; a typical evening at the Cold Ale Blokes Bar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlNZF1QLrbw

(Freeze the video at 2:30 to see Parker behind the bar)

...Alright, Gill, fight's on. Let's have a good, old fashioned stereo war, like back in the college dorms, or the army barracks, depending on your background, or really anyplace where you had a bunch of young guys with too much testosterone, too much amplification, and strongly held opinions about what good music is.

How about a little psychobilly:

http://youtu.be/H96XcNWKZVg

The Reverend Horton Heat (I think he's from TEXAS!)

A fine use of metaphor in that piece

Coincidentally, I had just pulled my tenderloin from the oven last night.
Reverend Horton Heat is a new one on me, I'll look into this dude.

I don’t know here to begin, when it comes to music my tastes are as varied as an East Texas quilt.
Being the last in line, starting with depression era parents followed by four siblings ahead of me, my ears were subjected to the widest array of music that vinyl could crank out.
Whether it was mother’s Gregorian Chants, Classsical music, Catholic hymns pounded out on the piano, father’s Big Band, Bob Wills, Spike Jones, Arthur Lyman, my brother blasting out the likes of Blue Cheer, The Who, Zeppelin, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Cream, three sisters listening to Herman’s Hermits, Neil Young, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Buffalo Springfield and on and on…, my contributions to the testosterone jam fests were often met with scorn as I pulled out, oh let’s say…a Glen Miller LP.

As it turned out, my brother’s influence brought me into the fold when I dropped something like this on the fellas followed by the common refrain; “crank it up dude”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSZhCKbQZc

[The Atheist]

(Freeze the video at 2:30 to see Parker behind the bar)

What a great spot; that's him alright.

Now all we need is Lady Penelope to pay a visit. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...84_468x469.jpg

(Parker again in the background)

[Sancho]

Heh heh. That's a lot pink right there.

Hey, Gill, I wiki'ed The Reverend Horton Heat and it turns out he is, in fact, from TEXAS. Yeeehaw! His name is Jim Heath, and he and I went to the same college within a couple of years of each other (that little ole school down in Austin). Go figure. Anyway I don't think I've ever seen him play live, but you never know. The señora and I like to do a Sixth-Street crawl 3 or 4 times a year. We were last there in February on Marathon weekend.

Pandora Radio turned me on to the Reverend. I like to set it to a Rock-a-Billy station out in the garage when I'm working on cars. That kind of music just seems to work when I'm drinking warm beer and doing the grease-monkey thing. Anyway, Pandora keeps coming up with tunes you might like based on what you've told them you already like. It's amazing. They know what I'll like before I've ever even heard it. The Reverend kept coming up, and I kept hitting the little thumbs-up thingy, so The Reverend kept coming up some more.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

What a great spot; that's him alright.

Now all we need is Lady Penelope to pay a visit. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...84_468x469.jpg

(Parker again in the background)

I bet Parker and The Most Interesting Man in the World would hit it off pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9hrV1KIx4

....Pandora Radio turned me on to the Reverend. I like to set it to a Rock-a-Billy station out in the garage when I'm working on cars. That kind of music just seems to work when I'm drinking warm beer and doing the grease-monkey thing...

I have a cloudy recollection of 6th street back in mid 80’s visiting friends at UT.
Okay, rockabilly, thanks for narrowing that down. One fella that comes to mind is Eddie Cochran his rockabilly classic… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZD8ckwLJA

Here again, had I brought Cochran's version to a stereo war, I would have been run out of town but thankfully we have Blue Cheer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5uDozoSSM

Note the drummer…remember Cousin It from the Adam’s Family?

[Sancho]

Rockabilly almost died with Eddie Cochran.

Anyway, aside from cars, I had to do tractor maintenance as well:

This little number works better in the barn.

http://youtu.be/q_9gOjT5qxY

Hoyt Ming, getting down and getting funky.

[Paulclem]

The Who - fantastic.

My formative teen years were the late 70s and 80s, but I have been travelling back to 70s rock over the past 10 years. The lad also likes a bit of rock - he got me a great Santana collection for christmas this year.

Anyway, one of my favourite bands from that era is The Allman Brothers Band. I'm sure this will be in keeping with the bar music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRS4DRmf_w

I often sing this when I'm cycling along in a wanted fugitive bandit cycling fantasy I have.

[Paulclem]

Whoa - I've just found this version as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xZBfV5JvLk

[Paulclem]

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv85YFe-lCA

which gives it a great slow time feel.

[Paulclem]

and this - which offers something a bit different

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDy7-eq7OGM

Which version do you prefer? I'm a bit stuck.

[Sancho]

I had no idea Midnight Rider had so many covers. I gotta tell ya, I kinda like what Patti Smith did with it.

Hey, I know. How's 'bout we goes to Chi-town for a little blues number. Hound Dog Taylor, Walking The Ceiling:

http://youtu.be/xEhMwUmV9dk

The man played as though he had an extra finger on his frettin' hand. (He did)

[Paulclem]

Bon Jovi have incorporated it into their Wanted Dead or Alive song as well - I've found.

I liked Patti Smith's version too. Smooth.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

and this - which offers something a bit different

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDy7-eq7OGM

Which version do you prefer? I'm a bit stuck.

Paul,
putting the original aside, I have to go with the Paul Davidson variant, maybe it's the Friday night talking, I really like that one.

I had no idea Midnight Rider had so many covers. I gotta tell ya, I kinda like what Patti Smith did with it.

Hey, I know. How's 'bout we goes to Chi-town for a little blues number. Hound Dog Taylor, Walking The Ceiling:

http://youtu.be/xEhMwUmV9dk

The man played as though he had an extra finger on his frettin' hand. (He did)

Hound Dog Taylor isn't bad Sancho, but when I stack him up against Johnny Horton, well...
oh yeah turn it up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPYC53wyVq0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK42a2wImO8

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Happy Mother's Day gentleman and to anyone else that saunters in.



A little ditty ....

deleted - It's been posted enough already!

[Sancho]

Caught this guy live in Austin down on 6th St. - 20 freakin' years ago!

http://youtu.be/fcyszC6fotE

Bats. Bats! Everywhere! And armadillos, Keeee-riest!

[The Atheist]

Great find!

Armadillos. Mmmm.