Music

Kickstarting R Stevie Moore

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Only a few more days to raise funds for [wikipop]R. Stevie Moore[/wikipop]’s new recording:

Who’s R. Stevie Moore? Some may ask.

He started as a 7 year old on the [wikipop]Jim Reeves[/wikipop]’ But You Love Me, Daddy in 1959. You remember, it goes…

He subsequently dropped out of university and started a [wikipop]lo-fi music[/wikipop] career in the late 1960s. Since then he says: “I’ve worked harder than anybody to become rich and famous, but I remain poor and anonymous!” :

Find more R. Stevie Moore.

Frank Zappa / Takashi Yoshimatsu

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[wikipop]Takashi Yoshimatsu[/wikipop] contemplates whether to shave or not…

While listening to the new [wikipop]Pascal Roge[/wikipop] recording of [wikipop]Erik Satie[/wikipop] and Yoshimatsu piano pieces on Spotify this piece seemed to have a familier ring to it…

Takashi Yoshimatsu – Noel In Midnight:

Frank Zappa – Watermelon In Easter Hay:

http://youtu.be/B9DqykUsqRY

Captain Beefheart (1941 – 2010)

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I used the instrumental “Best Batch Yet” for the Jam Making Movie so here is [wikipop]Captain Beefheart[/wikipop] in 1980 with a vocal version…

The offerings on YouTube seem decidedly low Def so I shall rummage in my boxes and see what I can fish out… “if you want to be a different fish, you’ve got to jump out of the school.”… Beefheart said claiming he tried school for half a day and never went back. His high school graduation photograph somewhat counters the claim.

The BBC obituary