“Hot Dog” Lou Donaldson Blue Note Records (1969) One of the funkiest Blue Note albums ever with Lou on electrified alto sax, Melvin Sparks on guitar, Charles Earland on organ, Ed Williams on trumpet and the super-tight drumming of a young Idris Muhammad (still billed under his birth name of Leo Morris) “who hits the kit with a snapping, post-Popcorn style! A hard and heavy groove from the very first note with killer remakes of “It’s Your Thing” and “Who’s Making Love” – plus Donaldson originals “Hot Dog” and “Turtle Walk”.”
Mississippi Fred McDowell “1904-1972” Photo by Baron Wolman Just Sunshine Records Recorded September 8-10, 1969 at Malaco Sound Recording Studios, in Jackson, Miss.; prod. by Tommy Couch; Fred McDowell, g, voc; Jerry Puckett, b; Darin Lancaster, dr Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna Mississippi Fred McDowell taught a young Bonnie Raitt the slide guitar and his recording of “You Gotta Move” was covered by the Rolling Stones on “Sticky Fingers.” There’s a nice story about Fred’s last live recording session on Oblivion Records You can buy a print of this cover shot at Wolfgang’s Vault
Dobie Gray Sings for the “In” Crowders (That Go “Go-Go”) Charger Records (1965) Ramsey Lewis does a killer instrumental version of “IN Crowd”. Gray scored big again in 1973 with “Drift Away”.
“You’ve Got A Date, Mr. Disc Jockey” Mindy Carson, Patti Page and Georgia Gibbs pose and sing for DJ’s in the service in this special armed forces only promotional release.
Elvis covers Dylan: The soundtrack to “Spinout” Elvis Presley’s 22nd movie. RCA Records (1966) Dylan once said that Presley’s cover of “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” was “the one recording I treasure the most.” The song originally appeared on the album, Spinout. According to Ernst Jorgensen’s book, Elvis Presley: A Life In Music – The Complete Recording Sessions, it was recorded at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville, in late May, 1966.
According to Jorgensen’s’ book, Presley got into the song via Charlie McCoy, who had previously participated in the Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde sessions. McCoy played the album Odetta Sings Dylan before an Elvis session, and Presley “had become taken with ‘Tomorrow Is A Long Time’.” Although it had been covered by other artists, Dylan had not yet released a version.
Scotty Moore, Chip Young, and McCoy grabbed their acoustic guitars, while Bob Moore played electric bass. A tambourine was then added. “By take three, they had completed a gorgeous – and for Elvis, extraordinarily long – five-minute master.
“Elvis’ discography also includes covers of these Dylan songs ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and ‘I Shall Be Released’.
“When I first heard Elvis’s voice, I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody, and nobody was going to be my boss … Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail. I thank God for Elvis Presley.” -Bob Dylan
Dylan had this to say about Presley’s death:
It was so sad. I had a breakdown! I broke down… one of the very few times I went over my whole life. I went over my whole childhood. I didn’t talk to anyone for a week after Elvis died. If it wasn’t for Elvis and Hank Williams, I couldn’t be doing what I do today.
“My mouth feels like Bob Dylan’s been sleeping in it.” -Elvis Presley
On his recovery from a serious 1997 illness Dylan told the world, ‘I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.
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