Great piece! I love hearing more about this record. But I didn't know Velocity Girl was an old song, was it one that popped up in bootlegs that he'd played live for quite a few years or did it come out previously on something I missed?
My favorite recorded version of this song is on Pigs Will Fly, a movie soundtrack to which Chris provided many songs. I love love love the about-one-minute haunting guitar intro (treated as a separate track). Here's the main track, missing the intro track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfHUw8bTAk
Huh, wow I DEFINITELY missed this one! I was under the impression that the songs he did on PWF were on Weed, but I'll have to investigate this more. Thanks for the tip! :)
And to think I almost dropped the reference to The Scientists from my post ...! I'm glad to have given you a reason to stroll down memory lane. Speaking of memory lane, I see the band released a new album a couple years ago - everything old is new again.
Great piece! I love hearing more about this record. But I didn't know Velocity Girl was an old song, was it one that popped up in bootlegs that he'd played live for quite a few years or did it come out previously on something I missed?
My favorite recorded version of this song is on Pigs Will Fly, a movie soundtrack to which Chris provided many songs. I love love love the about-one-minute haunting guitar intro (treated as a separate track). Here's the main track, missing the intro track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfHUw8bTAk
Huh, wow I DEFINITELY missed this one! I was under the impression that the songs he did on PWF were on Weed, but I'll have to investigate this more. Thanks for the tip! :)
Dislocation Blues also appeared first on PWF - lots of gems, some not fully articulated yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyN7M5KOM-0
Jeff Lang digs The Scientists! There’s a band who I’d never associated with Lang or Whitley.
The Scientists were an excellent band, aggressively psychedelic and swampy, the loudest band I’ve ever heard.
Their paisley shirts were louder than their music!
Their mention brings back very joyous memories of seeing them at the sadly-missed Trade Union Club here in Sydney.
I also saw them once in London in the mid-1980s; my strongest memory is of an audience member’s proto-crowd-surfing attempt go comically wrong.
And to think I almost dropped the reference to The Scientists from my post ...! I'm glad to have given you a reason to stroll down memory lane. Speaking of memory lane, I see the band released a new album a couple years ago - everything old is new again.