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i yearn for a walkable town with free places for teens </3

#holy yap #big town #yearning for walkable city #walkable cities #american cities suck #free places for teens

Lecture 2: The incomparable Roy Brown (c.1920/1925-1981) performs “Big Town,” early jump blues rock ‘n’ roll (with a heapin’ side of Blues) at its best, in 1951. Born in New Orleans in 1925, Brown was a beloved early rhythm and blues/rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter and musician. His most famous song was undoubtedly "Good Rocking Tonight," originally released in 1947, and re-recorded by a number of performers, including Robert Plant in his 1980s' rock and roll band The Honeydrippers. "Good Rocking Tonight" is justifiably regarded as one of the first rock 'n' roll songs in the history of the genre. Alas, Roy Brown later experienced a host of tax problems with the dreaded Internal Revenue Service, which dogged him for years. He enjoyed various comebacks in the 1960s and 1970s, but he sadly passed away in 1981 of a heart attack. Brown’s soulful vocals and remarkable songwriting talents made him one of the premier R&B stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

#Roy Brown #Big Town #1961 #R&B #Early Rock 'n' Roll #Good Rocking Tonight #1940s #Robert Plant #Youtube

"Oh, hi there! I'm Bittercup."

My bestie <3

#Bittercup #Big Town #Fallout 3 #havingtosaveeverytwoseconds #screenshot #video game #bitternight

Happy Birthday 61st to Matt Dillon. He has done amazing work over the course of his career, whether that be movies or paintings, he's an amazing actor and painter for that matter. His characters always feel real.

#Matt Dillon #the outsiders #big town #drugstore cowboy #something about mary #wayward pines #one night at mcools #the house that jack built

NEW VIDEO + RECORD OF THE WEEK: A spoken word piece, "Big Town Winding Down," is my impression from conversations, images, scenes, and stories of urban life--in particular, a dream I had in which George Gershwin's Concerto in F kept looping against a black & white "movie" of 1920s New York City. Rather than feel overwhelmed by metropolis, I harmonized with it and let it absorb me. The music bed is from Cafe Khufu live improv sessions in lower East Side Manhattan, with the lovely Frisell-ian guitar work of Richie Devletian and the spot-on dumbek-beatwork of my friend and colleague Felipe Torres. It’s track #6 on my recently reissued I LIKE THE STREET album. Please tune in (feedback welcome): https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/big-town-winding-down-2 #bigtown #winding #down #gershwin #newyorkcity #manhattan #concertoinf #felipetorres #richiedevletian #dumbek #cafekhufu #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #spokenword #street #eastside #billfrisell

#Big Town #winding #down #Gershwin #New York City #Manhattan #Concerto in F #Felipe Torres #dumbek #Cafe Khufu #Johnny J Blair #spoken word #street #east side #Bill Frisell

RECORD OF THE WEEK: A spoken word piece, "Big Town Winding Down," is my impression from conversations, images, scenes, and stories of urban life--in particular, a dream I had in which George Gershwin's Concerto in F kept looping against a black & white "movie" of 1920s New York City. Rather than feel overwhelmed by metropolis, I harmonized with it and let it absorb me. The music bed is from Cafe Khufu live improv sessions in lower East Side Manhattan, with the lovely Frisell-ian guitar work of Richie Devletian and the spot-on dumbek-beatwork of my friend and colleague Felipe Torres. It’s track #6 on my recently reissued I LIKE THE STREET album. Please tune in (feedback welcome): https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/big-town-winding-down-2

#bigtown #winding #down #gershwin #newyorkcity #manhattan #concertoinf #felipetorres #richiedevletian #dumbek #cafekhufu #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #spokenword #street #eastside