Harry Smith’s 6 lp Anthology of American Music from 1952 is a sure fire slam dance of traditional song from wild ends of the wild weird unending country. No stone is left unturned. Even current search engines are stunned. The guts of Vol 1 follow
For the psychedelic among us, It’s Lenny Kaye’s brazen assemblage from a sliver in recording history, made in the garages of 1965-68 America. Ablaze with originality, propelled perhaps by the complex energy of the time, this stuff could not be held back. It turns out there are 15 Nuggets versions. In some future post soon we hep you to the online German radio station “Beyond the Beat Generation,” which presents vintage obscure garage from the same time pocket. A deeper Nuggets if that’s possible.
Where are they now? Where were they then? East London 1967, Tintern Abbey!
The story goes that American military personnel stationed in Ethiopia during the 60’s and 70’s brought their record collections with them. As might be expected the record hounds in the country discovered them and the fun began. Ethiopian versions of r&b, soul, jazz and funk exploded onto the scene leaving at the very least
28 cds of worthy experiments in which to bask.
Pic of a band what means it! Batch of Natch attitude. Mulatu Astatke, Wow. What hemisphere did the fuzz guitar come from
R.L. has been sampled more often than Mary Kay cosmetics!
Moe Nuggets: with the great Barry Tashian:
“Truth is the light, the light is the way, The less folks know, the more they have to say.’