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Today's music video
"Johnny B Goode" - The Bailey Bros (Live - 1989)
OK, you have to humour me here. I've been trying to remember the name of these guys for like 20 years. Found them today. Small-town, small bar, live music still has a certain magic. I would have loved to walk into this bar and caught their act.
Oh, and White Kids Can't Dance.
Sunnyside Hotel, 135 Water Street, Vancouver, BC. 1880′s. Photo by Bailey Brothers Studio. vpl.ca
“When a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings"
Hot dog! Celebrate the most beautiful Christmas movie of all this holiday season with our new sweater inspired by It’s a Wonderful Life!
Bailey Bros logo jumpers for all my buildings and loan pals!
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Great Christmas gifts for fans of classic films!
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“It’s a wonderful life!”
Autumn is here, so Christmas is near and it’s never too early to sort out your Christmas jumper game for the year!
We got bored of seeing the same old Ugly Christmas Sweaters, so we launched a range of cool, subtle Christmas movie inspired sweaters.
Bailey Bros - inspired by the enduringly beautiful festive classic It’s a Wonderful Life! Available to buy online in different colors and styles. Check it out in our Teepublic shop here:
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God bless the internets! A little more sleuthing yielded this - Bony Moronie (minus the long intro) from the show I watched last night.
And that's the last of the Bailey Bros., I promise. Unless I find them playing in upstate NY some day...
Alright, I found a few more videos and some more information about the Bailey Bros. They were a band from upstate NY that was together from 1988 - 2001. This clip is from 1993 at SUNY.
It takes some jam to do Voodoo Chile. IMO they walk the walk.
Last night I was channel-surfing on TV and stopped on the PBS station, which was showing a trio on-stage playing blues. The 'info' section on the remote wasn't very helpful -- it just said 'Music Experts - Bailey Bros'. Drums, bass and lead guitarist/singer. He was clearly carrying the show, although the other two were very competent.
His playing reminded me of Stevie Ray Vaughan's technique, although he used a lot of bends and pull-offs in a percussive style. For one or two numbers he sat in a chair and played slide on an acoustic guitar and it was tasty indeed.
They were playing in a small sound stage that reminded me of a high school gymnasium, and a small crowd of people were either sitting or up dancing. I had a flashback of the Lloyd Thaxton show with random video cuts of the dancers. They were wearing mostly plaid shirts with suspenders on the guys and white turtlenecks, tight jeans and big hair for the ladies. I began to realize this was not a current show. All I could think of was Seattle in the 90's. When they rolled the credits it said '1989' but no location, so I was sort of half-right at least.
All I could find on YouTube this morning was the clip above, which has Russ Bailey playing slide "in his blacksmith shop". I'm guessing that was a fallback position from his music. It's a pity, because I thought they were really good. Where else would you hear a three minute intro in classic 12-bar blues leading to a kick-ass version of Bony Moronie?
