tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:09:41 +0000http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)Blogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-4517522005508454302Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:45:00 +00002008-10-31T08:36:04.022-05:00Yes without Jon Anderson? It's a little like thinking about Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant. (Of course, that's exactly what Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are thinking about these days.)Of course, Yes has a history of fluid membership - even briefly replacing its singer once before, when Trevor Horn subbed for Anderson on 1980's Drama. And the band new singer Benoit David fronts on the tour http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/10/yes-cover-band-singer-benoit-davidgets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-2900490523260468596Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:32:00 +00002008-08-20T21:47:05.628-05:00For a song that's not a single, that's not commercially available, that's not even out for another three months, a lot of people sure do know Taylor Swift's "Fearless." As I note in a story for USA Today, if you search for the words "taylor," "swift" and "fearless" at YouTube, you'll get results showing nearly 100 aspiring singers who've already learned the song, covered it and made their own http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/08/fearless-gets-covered-swiftly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-8782665558298417507Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:42:00 +00002008-04-13T07:57:29.624-05:00Sunday Morning GospelRoundabout way to this performance: I first learned this Charles Tindley song on a Washington Phillips collection that T-Bone Burnett recommended to me. I've since heard Vince Gill perform it, and it's now being used, via a Lilly Brothers recording, in a commercial for Blue Bell Ice Cream.The Swanee Quintet started in Augusta, Georgia, in 1940. Fellow Augusta native James Brown helped popularize http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunday-morning-gospel-swanee-quintet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-7480677452228585903Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:10:00 +00002008-04-12T19:10:38.740-05:00Saturday Morning Cartoonshttp://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/04/saturday-morning-cartoon-george-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6016730159531837144Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:23:00 +00002008-04-06T13:29:01.258-05:00Sunday Morning GospelOne of my favorite gospel tunes, "Milky White Way" (I first learned it from Elvis Presley's version). The Trumpeteers came out of Maryland and were reputed to have sold a million copies of their recording for Score Records in 1948.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunday-morning-gospel-trumpeteers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-2553658190538733628Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-04-05T07:55:18.373-05:00Saturday Morning Cartoons"The Robot Monster," from 1966 - Space Ghost's original run.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/04/saturday-morning-cartoons-space-ghost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-8264594975138902715Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:10:00 +00002008-03-30T07:13:39.805-05:00Sunday Morning GospelFrom 1964 - "Testify."http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-morning-gospel-pilgrim-jubilees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6534390479500476829Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:05:00 +00002008-03-30T07:15:32.952-05:00Saturday Morning CartoonsNo commentary this week, because I cut my two fingers pretty severely, and I'm typing one-handed for a while. So watch and enjoy.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/saturday-morning-cartoons-yje-jackson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-1326802967091807195Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:26:00 +00002008-03-24T18:28:37.290-05:00Fellow reporter Edna Gundersen just sent me this YouTube video of Japanese celebrity lookalikes singing "We Are the World." I can't even imagine the context for this performance. Wait for Cyndi Lauper.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/theres-choice-were-making-were-saving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-2396676637687048866Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-03-30T07:13:57.612-05:00Sunday Morning GospelI've had the distinct pleasure of seeing Rance Allen perform twice in the past year - first, at the 50th anniversary celebration for Stax Records in Memphis, then in Nashville at a luncheon honoring the Mighty Clouds of Joy. He's always a showstopper. In fact, when I asked Steve Cropper about his favorite moment of the Stax show - which also included Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd and a Booker T & the http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-morning-gospel-rance-allen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-5969088867249309435Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-03-30T07:15:32.952-05:00Saturday Morning CartoonsCool McCool, a secret-agent spoof (think animated Get Smart) from Batman creator Bob Kane, aired on NBC Saturday mornings during the 1966-67 and 1967-68 seasons. But I remember it airing on the local Bozo show. Danger is his business.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/saturday-morning-cartoons-cool-mccool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-4836743460340929455Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:18:00 +00002008-03-16T07:19:26.339-05:00Sunday Morning GospelEx-Caravan Inez Andrews sings a slowed-down version of "Mary Don't You Weep." Hold on for the end, when Inez goes for the big notes. Definitely worth the wait.http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-morning-gospel-inez-andrews-and_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6893280582709997044Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:23:00 +00002008-03-30T07:15:32.953-05:00Saturday Morning CartoonsThe Mighty Heroes, which first aired on CBS during the 1966-67 season, was the first cartoon series I ever remember watching. The hero team featured Strong Man, Rope Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man and - my favorite at the time, since I was about 3 years old - Diaper Man.The series originally aired as part of the Mighty Mouse Playhouse and was created by Ralph Bakshi, who would later helm Mighty http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/saturday-cartoon-mighty-heroes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-2249273293983381895Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:03:00 +00002008-03-30T07:14:30.146-05:00Sunday Morning GospelThat's the great Claude Jeter singing lead, y'all. "Only Believe."http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-morning-gospel-swan-silvertones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-3702934172209417568Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:43:00 +00002008-03-03T09:56:11.256-06:00Didn't post a new Sunday Morning Gospel video yesterday, maybe because I spent too much of the weekend listening to an advance of Beat Union's Disconnected. I'm a sucker for a band with an obvious Jam influence, which this U.K. four-piece acknowledges in the first line of the album's first song. The band starts a tour of the USA in a few days - of course, they're not coming to Nashville and I'm http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/favorite-new-band-beat-union.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6966071100042372390Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:11:00 +00002008-02-28T16:16:46.628-06:00Here's the official press release:Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of The Dave Clark Five, one of the premier bands to emerge during the 1960’s “British Invasion”, died today from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital outside of London. His devoted wife, Arlene, who is known as Charlie, was by his side. Smith was 64 years old.Smith, who was due to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/dave-clark-five-singer-mike-smith-1943.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-7731484795164084657Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:04:00 +00002008-03-30T07:14:30.147-05:00Sunday Morning Gospelhttp://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/highway-qcs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-7964074379358535990Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:59:00 +00002008-03-30T07:14:30.147-05:00Sunday Morning GospelThe Dixie Hummingbirds, singing "Bedside of a Neighbor." These are the guys that sang behind Paul Simon on "Loves Me Like a Rock."http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunday-morning-gospel-dixie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-3595869194623576349Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:31:00 +00002008-02-07T09:47:00.712-06:00I've heard of people feeling like a performer was singing right to them, but I've never had the experience of feeling like someone was playing an entire show just for me. But that's exactly what happened last Friday night when I saw Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives play the Plaza Theater in Glasgow, Kentucky.My father's from Glasgow, about 80 miles north of Nashville, and my 86-year-oldhttp://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/marty-stuart-glasgow-kentucky-212008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-3431723748868345025Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:34:00 +00002008-02-03T13:09:22.577-06:00Sunday Morning GospelI recently found some treasure troves of old gospel video clips on YouTube. I'm a huge fan of Golden Era gospel - especially the quartets of the late ’30s through the mid-’60s - but had almost never seen footage of them performing. So these clips came as something of a revelation to me. I hope you'll enjoy them, too. If I can get in the habit, I'm going to post one each Sunday.This first clip http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunday-morning-gospelthe-blind-boys-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-7984508679129728806Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:30:00 +00002008-02-01T12:58:03.620-06:00Kathy Mattea, Coal (Captain Potato)Dengue Fever, Venus on Earth (M80)Bob Mould, District Line (Anti-)Van Morrison, Keep It Simple (Lost Highway)The Cat Empire, So Many Nights (Velour)James McMurtry, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Island)Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend (XL)Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (Lost Highway)http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-weeks-mix-feb-1-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-4164419935685033589Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:53:00 +00002008-01-30T16:01:11.860-06:00Willie Nelson might have recorded Kris Kristofferson’s “Moment of Forever” years ago, if he could have taken it seriously. The song, which is the title track of Nelson’s new album and one that Kristofferson sang at Johnny Cash’s funeral, begins like this:Was it wonderful for you?Was it holy as it was for me?Did you feel the hand of destinyThat was guiding us together?“It’s not the sort of song http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/willie-nelsons-moment-of-forever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6317566545950710736Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:49:00 +00002008-01-29T12:57:18.091-06:00Two months ago, without much fanfare, the Blind Boys of Alabama made their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. I’d hoped to take the opportunity of that appearance to meet the group’s longtime lead singer, Clarence Fountain, who I’d once interviewed by phone. Unfortunately, I learned that he’d recently retired from the group because of health problems related to his diabetes.Instead, I got tohttp://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/blind-boys-of-alabama-at-grand-ole-opry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-5206285620576620364Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:53:00 +00002008-01-24T08:12:58.825-06:00PlaylistsThe Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in New Orleans (Time Life)Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)Paul Thorn, A Long Way From Tupelo (Perpetual Obscurity)Otis Taylor, Recapturing the Banjo (Telarc Blues)Willie Nelson, "Gravedigger" [from Moment of Forever (Lost Highway)]Love in October, Pontus, The Devil, and Me (The Musik Group)Admiral Twin, Center of the Universe (The Pop http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-weeks-mix-jan-24-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385953115577535007.post-6390820755524714133Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:47:00 +00002008-01-21T12:06:09.064-06:00So Plain White T’s' Tom Higgenson finally got his date with Delilah. They’re going to the Grammys, where the persistent singer and his band are up for two awards, including Song of the Year for “Hey There Delilah.”Contrary to the story the song tells, there’s no romance between Higgenson and Delilah DiCrescenzo, even now that the song Higgenson wrote for the Olympic track hopeful has become a http://breakoutthegoodstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/plain-white-ts-singer-gets-date-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Mansfield)0