81 - An Overdue Catchup

We may have been out of touch with you here for a while but we are far from idle. Various travels about the UK and the US, both solo and en famille, while Underground Garaging ultra-remotely made blogging difficult. We continue to concentrate on maintaining and improving our health aided by some excellent physicians in New York.



BREAKING NEWS: The Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra is back! You will recall "The Andrew Oldham Orchestra & Friends Play the Rolling Stones Songbook Volume 1," after many years out of print was finally reissued on CD in 1996. Our arrangement of "The Last Time" found its way into the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" and the global soundtrack of our lives. Its success whetted my appetite to make music under my own moniker for the first time in a long while.



So...a couple of years ago I got together with old mate and wunderbar guitarist Gary Lucas in Bogota to lay down tracks for "She's a Rainbow," "Play with Fire," and a versions of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" I'm more than chuffed with. "The Andrew Oldham Orchestra & Friends Play the Rolling Stones Songbook Volume 2" was born ! Gary and I go back to the days I lived in Connecticut and he and Jon Tiven were the young upstart sprouts around town. His work since then with the avant garde and experimental , with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley has placed him on a solo road that only he drives upon.

Having cast our bread upon the waters, so to speak, a cast of talented friends came along to lend a hand: Elliot Easton, Christine Ohlman, Vashti, Rafael Atijas, Wyckham Porteous, Johnny Marr, Juan Galeano, Pablo Memi, Brett Smiley, The Chesterfield Kings, and Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals have made this a delightful excursion back to musicland. Oh, and Jerry Shirley took time out from his turn as Humble Pie memoirist to beat it out for me once again as he has so many times before.



MORE NEWS: I have edited the first two volumes of my autobiography, "Stoned" and "2Stoned," into one volume that is currently available in South America via Spanish translation. For those of you who read Spanish here are some links to the rather flattering coverage "Rolling Stoned" is getting in the Southern Hemisphere.

http://is.gd/3uRWTa

http://is.gd/CrgLsJ

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-7111-2011-06-12.html

EVEN MORE NEWS:



For English readers I have completed an updated Rolling Stoned and it is available from the following sites:

Gegensatz Press

Amazon

Mobi Pocket

Smash Words

I am more than pleased with this edition. It is an updated version of my first two books, Stoned and 2Stoned - ten years is a long time and so much has happened to the participants of those books.

Wellness,
ALO

80-Reet Petite Tweet Song of the Week: Jackie Wilson - No Pity (In the Naked City)

reet petit tweet song of the week: jackie wilson "no pity (in the naked city"



and here's a live version of the song which i found on youtube:



enjoy!

79 - Reet Petit Tweet Song of the Week -Mick Jagger with Jeff Beck-Gangster's Moll

this is from a 1979 jam session featuring Jeff Beck doing an unfinished, unreleased Stones song...

Mick Jagger-Gangster's Moll by industryofhumanhappiness

78 - Reet Petit Tweet Song of the Week - Rod Stewart - Just Like I Treat You

Reet Petit Tweet Song of the Week: Rod Stewart during his Long John Baldry days doing "Just Like I Treat You"



Today is Rod's 66th birthday, and still working. Happy birthday Rod. In the video above, keep your eyes out for Kenny Jones dancing around a minute and a half in.

77- Reet Petit Tweet Song of the Week: Bob Dylan-Brown Sugar

Reet Petit Tweet Song of the Week: Bob Dylan doing his version of Brown Sugar live with his band in 2002.

Bob Dylan-Brown Sugar by industryofhumanhappiness

76 - Tweet Song of the Week: The Drifters - I Don't Want to Go On Without You

This weekend i will be doing a tribute to Bert Berns on my radio show. I thought it would be good to share one of the songs that I discovered on the new compilation "Sloopy Music 2 Presents the Songs of Bert Berns" as my Tweet Song of the Week.

This song is The Drifters doing "I Don't Want To Go On Without You" written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler in 1964.

One of the better Stereo Mixes that I've heard from the time.

Drifters-I Don't Want To Go On Without You by industryofhumanhappiness

75 - Tweet Song of the Week: Brian Wilson, Phil Everly and Bill Medley - In My Room

bill medley, phil everly & brian wilson doing a stunning version of the beach boy's "in my room"

74 - Tweet Song of the Week: Wild Horses

Tweet Song of the Week is the Rolling Stones doing Wild Horses. This was recorded during a soundcheck at the Tokyo Dome on March 22, 2006 on the Smaller Bang Tour.

RS-Wild Horses(Tokyo SoundCheck) by industryofhumanhappiness

Here's a version of the same song recorded for "Stripped", their 1995 unplugged album.

73-Tweet Song of the Week: Too Many Cooks

The Tweet song of the week for this week is "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)" by Mick Jagger. This version was produced by John Lennon and first came to me when May Pang shared with us in 2007.

The backing musicians were the Hollywood Vampires, which was a rotating cast of people hanging out in LA. This song features Danny Kortchmar and Jimmy Ed Davis on guitar, Al Kooper on keyboards, Jack Bruce on bass, Jim Keltner on drums, and backing vocals by "original Hollywood Vampire,” Harry Nilsson.

Too Many Cooks by industryofhumanhappiness

72-tweet song of the week and inducting al kooper

Tweet Song of the Week: Beware Of Darkness from the demos George Harrison cut for Phil Spector for "All Things Must Pass". This year its the 40th anniversary of "All Things Must Pass" so we figured we'd feature George this week.

Beware Of Darkness by industryofhumanhappiness

On November 16th Al Kooper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. I had the honor of inducting Al from a jungle away. Here's my induction video:

71 - Tweet Song of the Week

the andrew oldham orchestra featuring gary lucas - the rolling stones songbook volume 2 - " you can't get no (satisfaction)"



Andrew Oldham Orchestra-(You Can't Get No) Satisfaction by industryofhumanhappiness

70-Tweet Song of the Week: Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue

the prequel to "dandelion" with keith on lead voice minus the manicure

RS - Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue by industryofhumanhappiness

69 - Tweet song of the week

Tweet song of the week: The Beach Boys during a 1967 rehearsal doing their version of The Box Tops' "The Letter"

05 The Letter by industryofhumanhappiness

and here's the original version by the boxtops



and to get you guys in the halloween spirit, here's brian wilson doing "the monster mash"

68-tony curtis and arthur penn

i’m sure you now know but tony curtis and arthur penn have passed…



here’s some audio of me giving my thoughts on tony curtis…

Tony Curtis by industryofhumanhappiness

tony curtis ... thankyou



here’s a link to see more pictures of tony curtis
click here

one of the last interviews with one of the last stars standing, tony curtis
click here


arthur penn, the director of " bonnie & clyde " and " little big man " has passed. a joyous career

click here for paris match article on arthur penn

67- terry o'neill, jerry hall, tom jones, and tragedy in france

rod and my first real crush, audrey hepburn plus a lot of great terry o'neill snaps.



click here for more pics.

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the odd puff with robert fraser , or keith, for sure, but a habit ? for nuns perhaps...

click here for article.

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tom jones’ luscious locks….from his arse or his armpits ?



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tragedy de rock en francais

click here for the paris match article

66 - song of the week

Dion - King of the New York Streets

great lyric, great dion, feel the city in his shoulders and verve

King of the NY Streets by industryofhumanhappiness

65-odds and ends

what a groupie.....



click here for article

and keith's wife patti got a clean bill of health after bladder cancer...



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simon; love the martha reeves piece, she gave us satisfaction and meat on the bone...



click here for simon harper from clash magazine's interview with martha...

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the feisty godfather of punk - doing it until the end. mom and son are $OK so why not give it to his lady.



click here for the article in the daily mail.

64-mick in solitude

hope for us all....

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63-august recap

i have been meaning to post a bunch of stuff i wanted to share from august.

i have been doing a song of the week on my twitter account (which you can see to the right.

most recently we featured french old guard rocker eddy mitchell with a slightly otis take on dylan...



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the masters do the master



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adios to a great british radio man, bernie andrews

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Also I had a bit on me on NPR...you can hear it below:



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Last but not least...there were a couple pieces on me in the press:

Washington Post - click here

Globe and Mail - click here

62 - mel senior

we disagree with mel snr about the holocaust but agree on the pope who is after all, still hiding cardinal lowe of boston in the Vatican...

click here for daily mail article

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also a new feature, but you can now see my twitter feed on the right. you can see my twitter feed by going click here