Assorted Connections

I saw Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones being interviewed on TV the other night, and he was even coherent. The interviewer guy asked him for his favorite lesser-known Rolling Stones song, and he replied "The Connection." Good pick, and he got the name almost right...like the old joke about putting your name on a test: "I got 75% on that."



Live, 11/11/06



"Connection" as played by Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob (in socks)
(Reminds me of the time I saw Stampfel and Weber play "From Home" by The Troggs...)



"Connection" by Can, 1969



Jackie McLean, "O.D." from the movie "The Connection" (1961, the upside-down year)
Jackie McLean on sax, Freddie Redd piano, Larry Richie drums and Michael Mattos on bass.

Born on 07/18

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, born 07/18/29, in Cleveland:



"Hey, he is my mainman, so bug off!"

Ian Stewart, pianist, co-founder of the Rolling Stones, born 07/18/38,
heard here playing with Keith Richards in 1977:



Martha Reeves, singer, politician, born 07/18/41:



"You don't look like Martha and the Vandellas!"

A Remembered Conversation

Jim Jones once told me of a dream where he heard the music of The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" with the lyrics of "I Should Have Known Better" by The Beatles.