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exotica-digest       Thursday, December 2 1999       Volume 02 : Number 559



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
Re: (exotica) Three Things
Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
(exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
(exotica) experiment in terror album cover
Re: (exotica) Comments?
Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
(exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Re: (exotica) trucker records
Re: (exotica) trucker records
Re: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....
(exotica) Re: Baltimore Pirate Radio
(exotica) a young person's guide to The TJB
Re: (exotica) trucker records
(exotica) Re: trucker records
Re: (exotica) trucker records
(exotica) [obits] Don "Sugarcane" Harris,Clifford Jarvis,Gene Rayburn
Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
(exotica) Spacey Music......
RE:(exotica) Three Things
(exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Re:  Re: (exotica) trucker records
(exotica) Tiger Lillies

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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:35:14 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?

At 7:07 PM -0500 11/30/99, Nat Kone wrote:

>To the degree that I recognize the classic B-3 sound, I would not have
>thought that Jimmy Rowles was playing one on the Laurindo records I have.

It's because of the different speaker cabinets - - Jimmy Smith, John
Patton, Baby Face Willette etc all used the classic Leslie Tone Cabinet,
which featured the 'rotating speaker' effect (which could be sped up and
slowed down). Wanderly, etc, used the Hammond Tone Cabinet, which produced
a full, rich reverb sound. The Lowrey organs played by Dick Hyman utilised
tone cabinets of a similar variety. You can tell the Hammond B3 by it's
distinctive keyboard 'clicking' sound, produced by adding overtones to the
sound (this was available only on their B3 and M100 models). The best
Electronic Organs were produced by Lowery and Baldwin. Hammond Organs work
on a Tone Wheel system.

br cleve


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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 21:34:32 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Shirley Bassey - Shirley.  I bought this by mistake,  but I didn't see
Do you mean 'Something'? (a.k.a. "...is something else" in the US) with
her on a beach on the cover? top album if you exclude My Way. The next
one 'Something Else' is also Johnny Harris produced (at least half of it
is i think), and okay-ish, but not outstanding. There's two more of the
funky-ish ones I believe, before she goes back to the more-mediocre
stuff, but I can't remember the titles.

> Tom Jones - From the Heart.  Normally I wouldn't report this to the list,
> I was chuffed.

'This is Tom Jones' is also pretty good in parts, with an excellently
funky one called 'I'm a fool to love you', as well as Witchita Lineman
and Little Green Apples.




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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 21:40:33 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Three Things

Peter Risser wrote:
>
> Thing Three:
> I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
> depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
> Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
> is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
> and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
> else have a different POV?

Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
;)
My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
never very big in the states - is that right?



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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 21:54:07 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?

Br. Cleve wrote:
>
> At 7:07 PM -0500 11/30/99, Nat Kone wrote:
>
> >To the degree that I recognize the classic B-3 sound, I would not have
> >thought that Jimmy Rowles was playing one on the Laurindo records I have.
>
> It's because of the different speaker cabinets - - Jimmy Smith, John
> Patton, Baby Face Willette etc all used the classic Leslie Tone Cabinet,
> which featured the 'rotating speaker' effect (which could be sped up and
> slowed down). Wanderly, etc, used the Hammond Tone Cabinet, which produced
> a full, rich reverb sound. The Lowrey organs played by Dick Hyman utilised
> tone cabinets of a similar variety. You can tell the Hammond B3 by it's
> distinctive keyboard 'clicking' sound, produced by adding overtones to the
> sound (this was available only on their B3 and M100 models). The best
> Electronic Organs were produced by Lowery and Baldwin. Hammond Organs work
> on a Tone Wheel system.

Strictly speaking the Hammond is an 'Electric' organ, rather than
'Electronic'. The C3 is identical to the B3 but has a different casing
(c for church, b for home). You can get a pretty good sound out of a lot
of organs though (e.g the other hammond models), and these 1000-quid
modules which Hammond and something else make (forget name) do a
reasonable version (as well as weighing quite a few kilos less!) of the
b3/c3


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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:09:01 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?

At 4:54 PM -0500 12/1/99, M H Jemmeson wrote:

>Strictly speaking the Hammond is an 'Electric' organ, rather than
>'Electronic'. The C3 is identical to the B3 but has a different casing
>(c for church, b for home).

True about the casing, but the C3 does not include the distinctive
'percussion' pipe settings which gives it the keyboard click, which is so
essential to its sound (the famous Jimmy Smith sound is the 1 1/2 pipe
percussion used with only the first drawbar pulled out, and the Leslie on
low speed). Guess they didn't figure they'd need that in church. And yes,
it is an electric, not electronic, keyboard.

br cleve, playing keyboard instruments since 1965


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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:14:13 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere

At 09:40 PM 12/1/99 +0000, M H Jemmeson wrote:
>
>Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
>;)
>My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
>never very big in the states - is that right?

I love Dusty in Memphis but I can understand how if you only ever knew "Son
of a Preacherman", you could be disappointed by the record.  It's a bit
more "eclectic" than you would guess from that tune.

(By the way, Petula Clark and Brenda Lee also did "In Memphis" records.
Pretty good.)

As far as how big Dusty was over here, in Canada anyway...  She was very
well known but when I heard her great, great, greatest hits CD which came
out around the time she died, there were lots of tunes I didn't know or at
least, I didn't know her version.
I knew her for "You don't have to say you love me" and "Son of a
Preacherman" and that's about it.
I know she was very attached to Bacharach and got to do the "official"
version of some of his songs but maybe in North America, we got to hear
other versions instead of hers.

But anyway, let me reiterate, that greatest hits CD is grrrrrrr-eat!

Nat



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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:05:59 -0500
From: Al Hoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy

> From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) trucker records
>
> Any one out there collect or have  trucker records?

10-4, I was gonna say "yes" and more about trucker records, but Brother
Cleve took those words and more outta my mouth. He was modulating wall
to wall and tree-top tall.

I'd have to look it up for the exact specs, somewhere I have a Canadian
trucking record about a guy hauling potatoes. Not as exciting cargo as
Coors beer or dynamite or even a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

Another wacky CB sampling record is Cleddus Maggard. (Minor chart hit
with "The White Knight") He was an actor hired to do a whole LP of CB
stuff. Worked off a dictionary, for you CB experts out there, he
mis-uses a few terms, but a nearly unlistenable highlight of the LP is
his history of the USA delivered in CB lingo.

Truck, trucking and trucker songs -- one of the few (sorta surviving)
subgenres of work-songs.

eastbound and down, Al

- --

Al Hoff

Email: [e-mail]
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 22:46:31 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere

Nat Kone wrote:
>
> At 09:40 PM 12/1/99 +0000, M H Jemmeson wrote:
> >
> >Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
> >;)
> >My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
> >never very big in the states - is that right?

Just looked at http://www.dustyspringfield.nu/
and found all the us albums are different (diff covers, titles and
tracks - what a pain. actually the us covers are better though). It's
'The Look of Love' which has most of the 'Where Am I Going?' tracks on.


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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:49:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) experiment in terror album cover

I have a question about the cover to Mancini's experiment in terror. I
heard that there was some sort of controversy involving the album cover
(which doesn't surprise me too much - the version I have shows a pretty
amazing shot of a woman ( Lee Remick?) about to burst out of her, uh,
undergarments) and that there were a few different covers issued.

I'm just curious as to what the story was with it.


- - bruce lenkei


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Lenkei Design

     www.lenkeidesign.com

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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:03:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Comments?

In a message dated 12/01/99 1:17:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ" >>

you would recognize this tune if you heard it.  a variation of Mama's Little
Baby Loves Shorten Bread.

tb


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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:37:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus

At 9:34 AM 12/1/99, Nat Kone wrote about Leo Addeo's Stereo Action record

... is okay but not much more.
>He CAN be a great over-the-top hyper arranger.  I had one record with a
>couple of cuts that reminded me more of Esquivel than anyone else ever has
>(but I think I sent that record to Texas...?)

Nope, you sent the Stereo Action one, buddy. Make that STEREO ACTION (wish
I could animate letters!). The music IS so-so, but the zapping between
channels leaves me feeling like I just got off a particularly vicious and
fun amusement park ride. Think, the Wild Mouse and the Tilt-A-Whirl,
combined with something that turns you upside down, too--the Zipper.




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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:31:44 -0600
From: "Mark D. Head" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?

Nat wrote:
<I never really thought much about organ brands
until Mimi brought up this question.  Jimmy Smith
and Big John Patton both played the B-3 but to me
they sound nothing alike.>

I am certainly no expert on the Hammond B-3, or
other electronic organs, for that matter.  It
seems easy to my ear, however, to tell the
difference between the Hammond, the Lowry, and
say, the Wurlitzer electronic/electric organs.

There have been / are so many *great* B-3 players,
I am always impressed with the different sounds
the players can wrangle from the same brand of
instrument - but then nobody playing the Fender
Stratocaster ever sounded quite like Jimi Hendrix,
either! <no dig to Stevie Ray Vaughn>

The key distinguishing feature of the Hammond B-3
is its use of whirling Leslie speakers - two
speakers that literally twirl around in their
casings, emitting that trademark tremolo "wah wah
wah wah" organ sound, coupled with the "stops."
Eumir Deodato was famous for carefully guarding
the settings of his "stops" and never letting his
session buddies see how he elicited a given "sound"
for a given take.  And, I suppose we're all familiar
with the phrase "pulling out all the stops," which
to my knowledge is a direct reference to the
Hammond B-3...
- --
Mark D. Head
The Captain
______________________________________________________
Prediction for Year 2000:  Polygram Records,
Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers will merge
to become Polly-Warner-Cracker.




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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 23:44:20 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?

Mark D. Head wrote:
>
> I am certainly no expert on the Hammond B-3, or
> other electronic organs, for that matter.  It
> seems easy to my ear, however, to tell the
> difference between the Hammond, the Lowry, and
> say, the Wurlitzer electronic/electric organs.

But there can be some overlap in sounds. I've got records of Yamaha
organs which sound very Hammond-ish

> The key distinguishing feature of the Hammond B-3
> is its use of whirling Leslie speakers - two

You can plug anything into a leslie though, they're a separate unit, at
least on all the Hammonds i've seen. Decent Hammonds in small ads are
quite rare, but often a cheap lowrey or something is advertised, and
including a Leslie cabinet, which may be a good deal for any musicians
or junk collectors. Leslies are quite highly prized as a find along with
Watkins Copicats, Space Echos and all that sort of musical electronics

> for a given take.  And, I suppose we're all familiar
> with the phrase "pulling out all the stops," which
> to my knowledge is a direct reference to the
> Hammond B-3...

or church pipe organs over the past couple of hundred years...


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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 18:57:27 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy

At 05:05 PM 12/1/99 -0500, Al Hoff wrote:
>
>I'd have to look it up for the exact specs, somewhere I have a Canadian
>trucking record about a guy hauling potatoes. Not as exciting cargo as
>Coors beer or dynamite or even a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

You're not by any chance referring to Canadian icon/hero Stompin Tom
Connors and his song "Bud the Spud" are ye?
You guys familiar with Tom?  You should be.
He's a national treasure.

Nat





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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 19:10:48 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records

At 03:26 PM 12/1/99 -0500, Br. Cleve wrote:
.
> While most of the tracks from that era are
>novelty based , the  earlier material has more of the underlying
sin-and-salvation >tension evident in many hillbilly recordings of the time
(i.e. Louvin Bros.), in
>tracks like "Widow Maker", "A Tombstone Every Mile", "Diesel Smoke And
>Dangerous Curves",

Well I don't know about those titles but I'm familiar with a Willis
Brothers tune called "Soft Shoulders and Dangerous Curves"  That's a much
better title, don't you think?  I mean, what part of a woman's body reminds
you of diesel smoke?

Actually I do know those other titles.  I even once had a Bill Kirchen
record where he re-did that Tombstone tune... which he did when he was in
what band again?

But my favourite trucker's tape was indeed a Willis Brothers tape I bought
at a truck stop (along with, yes I admit it, a "You know you're a redneck
if" tape, which was pretty hilarious if you only hear it once.)





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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:59:09 -0700
From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records

Br. Cleve wrote:

> (there's even the extremely politically incorrect "CB Savage"
> by Rod Hart (sic), which follows the exploits of a gay trucker)

At the end of the song, it turns out not to be a gay trucker at all, but
a
smokey putting on an act (sorry if I spoiled the surprise ending). So
are
there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

Mike Ewanus
All Sales Are Vinyl
http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~kendoll/Welcome.htm





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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:06:08 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....

Nathan Miner wrote:
>              TIKIFEST'99: Tikis At The End Of Time!
> Featuring:
>    The Fisherman's Quiet Village: A tribute to Martin Denny!

The Fishermen are a great, great, great Exotica group in the classic
Denny/Lyman mold (no piano, though). Well worth the effort to see them
perform!

> Where:  The Hi-Ball Lounge, Broadway@Kearny inOld North Beach,S.F.
> When: Tuesday December 14, 1999, from 8:00-11:00 p.m., Only 5 Clams
>        See our gorgeous poster at: http://www.poprecords.com/liftoff

Kevin Crossman
The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai
http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/


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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 21:35:30 -0500
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Baltimore Pirate Radio

hi y'all
glad to finally say that there is now RADIO worth listening to in the
drEARy Baltimore area...

WMOB-97.5  (don't ask me why they went for a spot in the middle of the dial)
the voice of the purple pumpkin
on air from 7-11 everyday.
with a schedule too far out and freaky to describe.
the range of music/talk is guaranteed to be appreciated.

while i am still having some trouble tuning in.
i did submit my first hour show.
for your pleasure...
its called the Ultraman Hour
can't use my "real" name, this is ILLEGAL.

9 Holy Orifices - Double Dong
Make Me Stinked - Flamenco Au Go Go
Barracuda - the 5,6,7,8's
Smokey's Hole - Cee Bee Beaumont
Try It - the Standells
Upside (live) - ? and the Mysterians
Midnite to Six Man - the Pretty Things
Sookie Sookie - Steppenwolf
I Wanna be your Favorite Pair of Pajamas - Andre Williams
Punk Rock Caveman - the Desert Sessions featuring Blag Jesus
Troglodyte - Jimmy Castor Bunch
movie ad for Ghetto Freaks
movie ad for Trunk Turner and Foxy Brown
Truck Turner Theme - Issac Hayes
Trip to your Heart - Sly and the Family Stone
If you Got Funk, You Got Style - Funkadelic
Time - Edwin Starr
Gimme Some Love - Joe Cuba Sextet
Bat Macumba - Mutantes
Com Medo, Com Pedro - Gal Costa
The Baby Grows/Magic Carpet Ride - Francois Evans + the London Gay Symphony

                                   Orch. (from the Pervirella sndtrk)
Faud Rameses - Tipsy
Hellraiser - Combustible Edison

catch us if you can....

bump out




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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 23:00:40 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a young person's guide to The TJB

Over the last week or so, I listened through the first 10 Tijuana Brass
albums in chronological order. And then I was compelled to put together an
overview of the series, perhaps of help when contemplating them in the
bins. So many to choose from. I dunno, maybe this is too elementary to
bother with, but too late now. This is not an 'official list' -- only an
attempt to quickly describe each album. I've tried to avoid judgemental
statements, but reactions always have subjectivity hidden somewhere, I
suppose. Feel free to disagree. Thanks for the space.

For a more traditional and comprehensive discography check here:
http://www.rudyscorner.com/tjb/index.html
at Rudy's A&M Corner:
http://www.rudyscorner.com/amcorner/index.html

A Young Person's Guide To The Tijuana Brass

"The Lonely Bull" - Has the usual special interest of first albums. The
title track sets a real standard, but Herb still wasn't quite sure what he
was doing with the project, resulting in some nicely diverse tracks. Along
with the Mexican and jazz flavorings, one can also hear occasional traces
of the 50s rock/r&b instrumental vein (think of The Champs). On the other
hand, there are some rather easy tracks. And just to confuse things, a few
tunes with prominent whistling parts.

"Volume 2" - Probably the most raucous TJB album. Not that it rocks out,
but it does lean towards a rowdy 'south of the border' ambience. And again,
a bit of the Champs feel. Even a bit of fuzz guitar on "Surfin' Senorita".
Also some down-tempo tracks with a nice spaghetti western sound. Was
Morricone buying TJB records (to augment his Dick Dale collection)? Herb
definitely has a better feel for what he wants to do, and his arrangements
are more snazzy and confident (check "America").

"South Of The Border" - Pulling back, this is a very polite and somewhat
low-key album. All hair neatly combed, like a photo for grandma. Includes
the soon-to-hit "Mexican Shuffle".

"Whipped Cream & Other Delights" - Well, of course this one has THE COVER.
Nice batch of tunes, too, with the energy level turned back up a notch or
two. Includes TJB standards like "A Taste Of Honey" (bomp, bomp, bomp) and
"Whipped Cream". Herb's arrangements are really on the ball by this point.

"!!Going Places!!" - Builds on the energy generated by "Whipped Cream" with
more standards like "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea". Herb and gang are in
top gear now. Interesting to hear their take on The Ventures' version of
"Walk, Don't Run". And versions of "Third Man Theme", "A Walk In The Black
Forest" and "Zorba The Greek", the latter a marathon lung test for the
horns. The first album where electric guitar gets prominent, rather than
just some twangy coloring here and there.

"What Now My Love" - After "Going Places", a steady touring band was
formed, some members having been in on the recordings from the start, some
less so. This influences the sound, as the 'steady band' phenomenon has its
inevitable organic effect. The sound becomes a bit more homogenized. That
sounds sort of negative, maybe say "more cohesive" instead. Less dramatic
variations between tracks. More consistency of instrumentation from track
to track -- perhaps Herb is now thinking in terms of having to reproduce
the tracks onstage. Anyway, on following albums, the band's sound gradually
shifts from bouncy to liquid, which I wasn't really expecting. But the
process is only beginning on this album, which is a rather dark and quiet
collection. Sort of a rainy weekend at a cabin by a deep lake.

"S.R.O." - Not a live album, even though the cover makes that impression.
The energy bounces back up a notch... the band is very comfortable with
each other, and contributing to some of the writing. An album that runs
through very smoothly, like a well-tuned engine.

"Sounds Like..." - As the band moved into its 'liquid' phase, some tracks
actually got into a trance music sort of groove, which surprised the heck
out of me. That side of the TJB peaks on this album with tracks like "Wade
In The Water". Also includes the "Casino Royale" theme, and it never hurts
to have another copy of that.

"Herb Alpert's Ninth" - Things take another turn, pulling back into more
normal pop hit covers, but still very smooth. Notable for "Carmen", which
juxtaposes Bizet with signature tags from past TJB hits.

"The Beat Of The Brass" - The beginning of the end, as Herb ascends to pop
singer stardom with the last track, "This Guy's In Love With You".
Otherwise, continues their latter agenda of pop standards rendered with a
liquid sheen.

A few more followed, but ten is enough for me, okay?

In the interest of disclosure, my personal favorites are "Volume 2",
"Whipped Cream", "Going Places" and "Sounds Like".

Now if only I could find that legendary "The Tijuana Brass & Nico" album.
The one with "All Tomorrow's Fiestas" and "Spanish Flea In Furs".


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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 02:04:59 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records

At 05:59 PM 12/1/99 -0700, kendoll wrote:

>So are there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

There are gay country/cowboy songs anyway.  Ned Sublette's "Cowboys are
Frequently Secretly Fond of Each other" for one.






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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 04:33:42 -0800
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: trucker records

I have a web page devoted to trucker songs:
http://www.ratso.net/cheat11.html .  Don't ask me why!

Also, in the recent discussions of Michel Polnareff, did anyone mention his
great electronic score for LIPSTICK?  Worth owning for sure!

C. "Ratso" Russo





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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:06:03 +0100
From: Mo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records

(slightly off-topic:)

Does anybody know if "Burns Bros." is a chain or just a single trucker's
restaurant?

Mo



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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:07:55 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Don "Sugarcane" Harris,Clifford Jarvis,Gene Rayburn

Following note found at the Sugarcane website:
http://sugarcane-harris.com/
December 1, 1999: We've just heard from Dewey Terry that Don's body was found today. He apparently passed away several days before.
- ------------
Clifford Jarvis, Arkestra drummer
see: http://elvispelvis.com/cliffordjarvis.htm
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see:http://www.public.usit.net/sbeverly/index_gameshow.html



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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:55:25 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy

In a message dated 12/01/99 5:18:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< eastbound and down, Al >>

jerry reed -- smokey and the bandit.

sum' bitch!

tb


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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:00:57 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys

In a message dated 12/01/99 12:52:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< just curious as to who has captured the
 attention of the masses. Baxter perhaps, so many great film scores, perhaps
 Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any? >>


Mr. Denny has been diss-ed.  That's all I gotta say!

TB


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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:08:16 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere

I have to recommend "The Dusty Springfield Anthology" three cd set that
Mercury put out in '97 (US release). A very good comp, with wise selections
and some very cool obscure tracks.


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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:10:37 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys

At 10:39 AM -0500 12/1/99, jonathan richardson wrote:

> Wondering- Are there any other
>artists that we talk about here on the list that have been nominated for a
>grammy, or won for that matter..... Baxter perhaps, so many great film
>scores, perhaps
>Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any?

Esquivel was nominated about a half dozen times in the late 50's, for best
big band arrangements and for best engineered albums. I've got the details
around here somewhere, or check out all the Esquivel info I posted years
ago on the Space Age Bachelor Pad site.

br cleve


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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:12:16 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy

Okay, okay, I can't take it anymore:  FLASHBACK!  FLASHBACK!

Wearing my "Official CB Nut" baseball hat and tuning in on a friend's =
brother's CB "base unit" talking to whoever was foolish enough to engage =
us in conversation and puzzling over all the dirty jokes we *thought* were =
dirty but not so sure (something about the air brake piston and female =
truck trivers???), holding dinky yard sales to raise the cash for our very =
own CB's ( a GE 40 ch., and later on - thanks to the paper route - a fancy =
silver Cobra 40ch!!! yeah!!!) and bein' "On the Road Again" pretending to =
be a trucker with the CB hooked-up in the station wagon headin' to western =
N. Carolina to visit the grandparents and signing off with "Keep yer tires =
outta the ditches and the smokies outta yer britches"  OR "Keep yer wheels =
spinnin' and the beavers grinnin!"

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:14:28 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Spacey Music......

Hey, anybody have that CD where some scientist gal used "space sounds" in =
her ambient recordings - I think she was British....?

Good? Boring?

- - Nate




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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:15:38 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE:(exotica) Three Things

Peter,  I must say I've got to agree,  mind you I have the mono version and
its not 100% but i was very disappointed.  At a push I play breakfast in bed
(mainly as I like the reggae version so much but don't have it) and don't
forget about me,  and thats mainly for the song it should be.  To be honest
i don't rate preacher man that highly, for me, Nancy Sinatra's version has
much more of a 'hey baby,  lets go out into the swamps and FUCK!' feel about
it.  I thought the whole thing overrated.

IM(not so)HO of course.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:04:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>

Thing Three:
I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
else have a different POV?



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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:18:44 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere

I personally enjoy the Dusty In London cd comp that came out recetnly.  I
must second m.aces recomendation on the Mercury box also.

The Dusty in Memhis cd has some bonus tracks which some people felt, I think
it was a review in Goldmine Magazine,  that the bonus tracks just didn't add
much and in fact took away from the beauty of the album.

I don't go for this.  Give me the bonus tracks anyday.   By the way does
anyone have the Association's "Birthday" cd with bonus tracks??  I'm
wondering if these tracks are great.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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> I have to recommend "The Dusty Springfield Anthology" three cd set that
> Mercury put out in '97 (US release). A very good comp, with wise selections
> and some very cool obscure tracks.

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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:23:19 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys

jonathan richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Wondering- Are there any other artists that we talk about here on the list that have been nominated for a grammy, or won for that matter.  Baxter perhaps, so many great film scores, perhaps Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any?
- ---------------------------
I responded to this yesterday but the post has "gone missing." Apologies if it turns up and gets posted twice.

Anyway, if I recall what I said (and yesterday is a long time ago sometimes), it was that the best site for Grammy info is the official search site at:
http://www.grammy.com/awards/search.php3

You can enter a name and see if you get a hit. Responses are in the form:
GRAMMY Winner            Jo Stafford & Paul Weston: Artists.
Genre                    Comedy
GRAMMY Category          Best Comedy Performance (Musical)
Year                     1960 - 3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Title of the Work        Jonathan And Darlene Edwards In Paris
Artist Performing Work   Jo Stafford, Paul Weston

The database only has winners -- the other nominees aren't listed.

Just for grins, y'all should also browse the Grammy Gateway:
http://www.grammy.com/gateway/index.html
and especially the Grammy Web Resources page:
http://www.grammy.com/gateway/gatewaylinks.html

- -Lou
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:24:24 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) trucker records

In a message dated 12/1/99 7:58:28 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>So are
>there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

Actually, yes. Martin Mull once had a song about a gay trucker. I think its
called "The Fruit Song"..."Well I ain't your average trucker, they go their
way I go my way. I'm the kind of guy who picks up any fruit out on the
highway...."                I can't remember all the words, but there are
double entendres about hauling loads, picking fruit, etc. and each verse ends
with..."one eye out for highway danger, the other out for fruit."


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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 20:31:00 +0100
From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiger Lillies

Saw a wonderful concert last night, actually more of a variety show. The
Tiger Lillies, an English Trio who have been existing for 9 years and
have 7 albums out so far. The show came together with a dinner, people
were sitting on different levels at tables and eating and drinking two
hours before the concert started. The music of the Tiger Lillies is
slightly of the cabaret type, but super-subtile with exotic influences.
The trio consists of an acoustic bass player, a singer playing the
accordion and singing with a very high falsetto voice that reminds one
of Henry Purcell, and a drummer, that cannot be praised enough: while
other drummers seem to want to make as much noise as possible compared
to him, he really accentuated a rhythm with the most minimalistic means.
It was incredible. They were dressed in a Charles Dickens/Clockwork
Orange/Lounge style with bowler hat, tuxedo and fez.

But the best thing was the show! Everything the Residents or Tom Waits
(or myself!) ever wanted to do on stage, they did it better! Here in
Munich they were accompanied by a lot of acrobats, beautiful women,
sometimes illuminated by slide projections, sometimes just throwing
shadows as back projections. The stage changed between slide projections
of 19th century park landscapes and interieurs and simple colors from
the back of the stage. The band had both parts playing alone, and
playing background music for the performers, which became some sort of
very well fitting filmmusic that increased the effect of the performance
a lot. They started with an exotica piece, I haven't yet figured which
it was, something by Les Baxter.

Somehow everything I saw and heard on stage was so perfect and
beautiful, I was really amazed if not hypnotized and will-lessly
clapping for minutes when  the best life-performance I've seen since El
Vez was over. The show of the Tiger Lillies can only be highly
recommended.

Mo



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