In The Wall Street Journal this week, my latest "Anatomy of a Song" column was on Redbone's Come and Get Your Love, a No. 5 Billboard pop hit in 1974 (go here). Redbone was among the first Native-American rock bands in the album era. I spoke at length with Pat Vegas, the band's co-founder and bassist.
Here they are performing their hit on TV's Midnight Special in 1974...
Here's a French telecom ad that used the song over Christmas 2019...
And here's a random wedding video I found that used Come and Get Your Love...
Also in the WSJ, I interviewed actor Jason Biggs for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). He's starring in a new sitcom called Outmatched. The American Pie star talked about growing up in New Jersey, the passion he and his dad had for sitting outside their home and identifying planes landing at Newark and Teterboro airports, and his favorite pie—sweet potato or pecan.
SiriusXM. Tune in to Feedback (channel 106) on Thursday at 9 a.m. (EST) when I'll be with co-hosts Nik Carter and Lori Majewski to talk about how Redbone's Come and Get Your Love came to be.
Anatomy of a Song. A special thanks to Dylan for snapping the photo above at New York's Union Square Barnes & Noble. Anatomy of a Song is now the #1 Amazon bestselling Kindle in the music history and criticism category. To buy, go here.
Art Pepper. Don Frese sent along this clip of West Coast jazz artists during a tour of Japan in 1983. Bud Shank is featured blowing a solo on Shorty Rogers's For the Love of Art, in requiem for Art Pepper, who died in June '82 [photo of Art Pepper above courtesy of Laurie Pepper]...
Gene Ammons. Tom Reney, who hosts Jazz à la Mode for New England Public Radio on WFCR in Springfield, Mass. (go here), sent along the following clip of Gene "Jug" Ammons, with King Kolax on trumpet, and George Freeman on guitar. Tom is on weekdays from 8 to 11 p.m. The tunes on the clip are Didn't We and The Jungle Strut. Here's the clip...
Young Girls of Rochefort. Following my post on this masterpiece film directed by Jacques Demy with music by Michel Legrand, I was asked by Elizabeth Waldman Frazier if I knew who did the singing for Catherine Deneuve and her older sister, Françoise Dorléac. I do...
Cast...
- Catherine Deneuve as Delphine Garnier
- George Chakiris as Etienne
- Françoise Dorléac as Solange Garnier
- Jacques Perrin as Maxence
- Michel Piccoli as Simon Dame
- Jacques Riberolles as Guillaume Lancien
- Grover Dale as Bill
- Geneviève Thénier as Josette
- Henri Crémieux as Dutrouz
- Pamela Hart as Judith
- Leslie North as Esther
- Patrick Jeantet as Booboo
- Gene Kelly as Andy Miller
- Danielle Darrieux as Yvonne
Singing voices...
- Anne Germain as Delphine
- Christiane Legrand as Judith
- Alice Gerald as Josette
- Romuald as Etienne
- Olivier Bonnet as Booboo
- Claude Parent as Solange
- Claudine Meunier as Esther
- José Bartel as Bill
- Donald Burke as Andy
- Georges Blaness as Simon
- Jacques Revaux as Maxence
Elizabeth pointed out that Anne Germain, Christiane Legrand and Claudine Meunier were in the original Swingle Singers.
Hank Mobley. Following my most recent post on tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, Doug Benson sent along the following...
Marc, You may have already seen this interview with Hank Mobley in Downbeat from 1973 in which he summarizes his life in jazz at that time.
In 1974 I had an opportunity to hear Mobley performing with Philly Joe Jones in a quartet called the "Philly Joe Jones Grand Prix" in St. Mary's Church basement in West Philadelphia, a venue that took the name "Geno's Empty Foxhole" from a title on an album by Ornette Coleman. On a break, Hank sat down nearby and I offered him a cigarette from a pack of Gauloises. Hank thanked me and asked if he could keep the pack, as it reminded him of Paris. I was happy to do so.
Roy Eldridge radio. WKCR will present its annual "Roy Eldridge Birthday Broadcast" on January 30, celebrating the music of the trumpet giant for 24 hours. The broadcast will start Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. and last all day and night on Thursday. You can listen to the show from anywhere in the world by going here.
Dave Brubeck. Tom Fine alerted me that the Dave Brubeck Collection, formerly housed at University of the Pacific in California, has found its way to Wilton Library. The collection includes musical recordings, correspondence, legal and business documents, photographs, manuscripts, and memorabilia from Dave and Iola Brubeck. To read about the move, go here.
Stax Museum. Ever visit the Stax Museum in Memphis? I have, several times. It's wonderful. USA Today is holding a Readers' Choice vote on "Best Music Museum." If you want to vote for the Stax Museum, go here.
What the heck. Here's Chris Connor singing Circus, a hip little song by Lou Alter and Bob Russell from 1949...
Oddball album cover of the week.
Peace of mind? More like Music for Law & Order Victims.