Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tuscadera, wheel-a barra, some place in Mexico. . .
Did somebody say Tom Waits? Did somebody say Bob Dylan? This guy combined the best of both. I mean. . . "Wheeling, West Virginia, with everythin' that's in ya. . . " This was the first, and possibly last master of verbal jazz. (And he sang just as badly as both-a dem guys.)
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Don't forget Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, whom I saw in concert in Madison so long ago I can't remember if it was before I saw Ray Charles in Madison or after. Probly before, because they performed on campus to a smaller audience than had they been on the town. Now those guys could sing. Mebbe they still can if they're not in Sunnydale Rest Home yet.
ReplyDeleteYou said earlier Dylan at the Golden Globes sounded like Waits on Drano? I've always thought Waits was the guy who invented the Drano gargle. I'm almost glad I missed Bobby's performance.
I saw Ray Charles too, maybe 20 years ago. I kept thinking he was going to fall over backwards.
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