Back in the late 90`s and very early 2000`s, i use to frequently
go to Sunflower Music at Garden City Shopping Centre to buy
my favorite specialty music, especially obscure blues stuff. It
wasn`t just because i liked Marissa who worked there, man
i wonder what ever happened to good `ol Mariss. She was a
bit up herself, and i think i would have been quickly initiated
into finding out what tough love and getting dirty knees was
all about if i had gotten together with her. She was definitely
high maintenance stuff but for some reason she lasooed me
and i was in love. Then all of a sudden Sunflower Music shut
up shop and i never got a chance to say goodbye. A very typ-
ical Tim Badrick story from the past decade and a half. Any-
way, Sunflower Music stayed open long enough for me to get
my hands on a CD by little known US bluesman John Mooney.
Mooney brought out a CD in 1996 called `Against The Wall`,
and it remains one of my favourite blues records recorded in
New Orleans. Characterised by jazzy drumming and a very
detached atmospheric feel, Mooney`s swamped up guitar
riffs float effortlessly over a rhythm section that sensibly
doesn`t drown out the main attraction. He is not the best
singer in the world, but what he does about fits in perfect-
ly with the assertive but not overwhelming jamming that
features on the album. Mooney`s lyrics are a mixture of
southern voodoo and satire at the expense of love gone
wrong. `Sacred Ground`, `Doggone Thing` & `3 Sides
To Every Story` are the best three tracks, ten songs
in total, the other seven are good upbeat blues, a bit
of Memphis Blues meets New Orleans is what it is.
Ahh, yeah . . there is something about southern blues,. .
ReplyDeleteI expect you reckon Marissa ain't reading this blog. .right . .ha ha.
No matter how bad things get you
ReplyDeletecant afford to lose the ability
to take the mickey out of yourself
Buddy haha. Hey, who really cares
if Marissa sees this dude, it`s
not defamatory to tell a girl
that she`s into tough love is
it LOL? You get the whole story
with me man, even all the gory bits.
You know the conceited ones probably google themselves any time there isn't a mirror handy,. . .maybe she'll give you a call
ReplyDeleteHaha, she`s probaly got three kids by
ReplyDeletenow, at least i`ll have a ready made
family man. Marissa - 0437043786 LOL.