image link “Lipstick Sunset” was originally on John Hiatt’s 8th album, “Bring the Family,” released in 1987. It features Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass guitar, and Jim Keltner on drums. The version I’m including here is from the album of live performances on the 1994 release, “Hiatt Comes Alive at Buddokan.” I…
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dVerse Poetics Tuesday — Walk About
Felt Mansion Walk AboutI stand up from the sturdy wooden armed school chairand follow the gurgle to aquarium whose water is too lowset between two windows, as dusk falls the birds haveflown and deer graze tender grass and clover out other.Open slider into atrium that is still too warm; thirsty plantprisoners behind glass call out…
Hiatt’s (and Mike Porter’s,) “Tennessee Plates”
image link Since blue-tooth is out AGAIN in the car, I’ve been listening to CD’s, including, “Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?,” which is neither a tribute to Peter Frampton nor recorded in Japan. You know the origin of the title by now (if you don’t please look it up.) The live album was released in…
Friday Favorite Feature 48 — John Hiatt –Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
image link Yes, I know it is late in the day, but here it is. This will be another quick write-up. I bought this CD about a month ago from discogs and have had it on repeat many times since then. I wanted to have a hard copy of the CD that has Icy Blue…
#MMB week 16 — John Hiatt, “Icy Blue Heart”
John Hiatt John Robert Hiatt (b. 8/20/52) is an American singer-songwriter. His parents were Robert and Ruth Hiatt. He is the sixth of seven children in a Roman Catholic family from Indianapolis, Indiana. When he was 9 years old, Hiatt’s 21-year-old brother Michael died by suicide. Two years later, his father died after a long…
Turntable Talk – One Hit Wonders – Angel Eyes by Jeff Healey and The Jeff Healey Band
Jeff Healey (full name Norman Jeffrey Healey) (b. 3/25/66 – d. 3/2/08) was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz singer, guitarist, and songwriter per wikipedia. Jeff and The Jeff Healey Band first came to my attention in the 1989 blockbuster movie, “Road House,” starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, and Ben Gazzara. In Road…
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