My Generation of Sun. 31 Jan.: Oostende Rockt, Paul Personne, The Easybeats, Nina Simone [Ed’s Show, 2016-05]

Specials: Paul Personne ** Oostende Rock ** Nina Simone ** The Easybeats ** Ray Phillips (Nashville Teens), Louis Cennamo, Tales From The Woods **

Radio 68: All the sounds and all the voices that made the sixties ** Happy To Be Different  

SHOWTIME 12:00 noon, repeated 16:00, 20:00 and 24:000 hrs midnight CET **  Show ends at 04:00 (Monday morning)
RADIO 68 TIME is Central European Time (CET: Paris, Brussels, Rome) and is 1 hour ahead of GMT / UTC Time (London). For example: 14:00 hrs CET = 1 p.m. in London

MY GENERATION  & BLUESIDE: THE PLAYLISTS
PART 1: NEW SHOWS
MY GENERATION

SPECIAL OOSTEND ROCKT pt. 1: FRECKLEFACE, BRAIN CANCER,  THE SWALLOWS, TJENS COUTER, THE SEABIRDS ** ROY ORBISON: Mean Woman Blues (Black and White Night, thanks to Airplay Direct) ** THE EASYBEATS:  RIP Stevie Wright, lead singer, 28 Dec2 015** THE COWSILLS ** H.P. LOVECRAFT ** DEEP FEELING with Jim Capaldi, Luther Grosvenor, Poli Palmer  ** ALAN WILSON ** CANNED HEAT  ** DESMOND DEKKER ** THE EQUALS **
BLUESIDE
AFTER TEA ** DELBERT McCLINTON ** NINA SIMONE, AMEN  CORNER , FRIJID PINK ** SPECIAL: PAUL PERSONNE ** SPECIAL: OOSTENDE ROCKT pt. 2: TJENS COUTER ** FRECKLEFACE  (Freckleface’s LP was reissued by Starman Records **

PART 2: REPEATED
MY GENERATION

TALES FROM THE WOODS SPECIAL feat. Dave Berry, P.P. Arnold, Cliff Bennett,  THE   NASHVILLE TEENS  feat. Ray Phillips  ** LOUIS CENNAMO special, pt. 1, featuring THE HERD,  AL STEWART, RENAISSANCE (1st album with Keith and Jane Relf)  and JODY GRIND ** DRAFI  DEUTSCHER ** Voice: David Bowie aka Jones about long hair.
BLUESIDE
RAY PHILLIPS special: THE BRITISH INVASION ALL STARS (“United” cd, 1991), feat. Ray Phillips ** LOUIS CENNAMO, special pt. 2  JAMES STEWART, AL STEWART,  COLOSSEUM, JODY GRIND  ** THE ROLLING STONES: I Got the Blues (Marquee, Live, 1971) ** CHESS BLUES GUITAR: Jon Brim, Danny Overbea, Lafayette Thomas ** B.B. KING and IKE & TINA TURNER (supporting The Rolling Stones  on tour in 1969)

MY GENERATION, incl. BLUESIDE: THE SHOW 
MY GENERATION: each week, a new 60 minute episode followed by the previous show, totalling two hours of all the sounds and the voices that shaped the 60s. Each show includes a special highlighting one artist, release, topic or trend. BLUESIDE: a new 60 minute episode every week, followed by the previous show, totalling two hours of the blues that influenced and inspired the sounds of the sixties – from the originators till the present day. Each show includes a special highlighting one artist, release, topic or trend.

SPECIALS 

PAUL PERSONNE

Almost unknown outside his home country, that’s France, Paul Personne has proved again and again that, yes, the French can sing the blues and that they can do so in the French language as well –  with great effect. Radio 68 chose tracks from “Puzzle 14é (2014) and the magnificent live double cd “Il était une fois sur la route”.
« Aujourd’hui, avec “Puzzle 14” (anno 2014), Paul Personne se rappelle à notre bon souvenir avec un disque que l’on n’hésitera pas à qualifier d’excellent. On retrouve ici les qualités qui ont toujours distingué Paul Personne : un jeu de guitare aiguisé et précis, ainsi que de belles paroles dans les chansons. Son “Puzzle 14” est une collection de pièces glanées dans la vie (“Ça fait mal”), les amours (“Mainmise”, “Un peu jaloux”), la défense des grandes causes (“Pour quelle bonne raison”, “Pardon animal” ou le désir d’évasion (“Partir aujourd’hui”, “M’envoler plus haut”). Une fois assemblé, tout ceci donne un album dense et captivant, dégoulinant de giclées de guitare électriques (“Ça fait mal”, qu’on écoute assis sur sa chaise et bouche bée) ou environné de brumes tranquilles, romantiques ou désespérées (“Une journée”, “Un peu jaloux”, qu’on écoute un mouchoir à la main) ».
http://www.musicinbelgium.net/le moment.

OOSTENDE ROCKT

Met uitzondering van The Swallows en The Bunch, moet het verhaal van de Oostendse pop en rock eigenlijk nog worden geschreven. Dat is merkwaardig, want iedereen weet dat Arno van Oostende afkomstig is en voor zijn internationale doorbraak als soloartiest actief was in T.C. Matic, Tjens Couter en helemaal in het begin in Freckleface.
En dan is er nog Sylvain / Sylveer Vanholme, bekend van The Wallace Collection en Sylvester’s Team. Nog vroeger, sloot deze Veurnaar van geboorte zich aan bij de Oostendse lgroep The Seabirds. The Seabirds hebben overigens wellicht de eerste Vlaamse protestsong op hun naam staan – en misschien ook de eerste Franstalige protestnummer van een Belgische groep, want dit rockende protest werd in beide landstalen uitgebracht.
Een groep die het niet maakte, maar wel twee singles uitbracht (1970-71) en in ons land aan de wieg stond van de  psychedelic rock, is  Braincancer. Medestichter Eric Allary is overigens nog altijd actief.
Het verhaal van The Swallows en The Bunch, werd gelukkig op papier gezet door Laurentius Van Acker, die in beide groepen een hoofdrol speelde en tot op vandaag actief blijft als zanger, gitarist en componist.
Mijn recensie van Van Ackers boek:   http://www.eddybonte.be/justgoodmusic/TESTINSPANJE.cfm
Je vindt ze ook op facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/324884217532458/?fref=ts

Met speciale dank een Laurentius Van Acker en Johnny Markey

RAY PHILLIPS (The Nashville Teens, The British Invasion All Stars)
Ray  was a founder member and lead singer of the Nashville Teens in 1962. They had a huge hit with Tobacco Road and a minor one with Google Eye. In 1990 Ray Phillips recorded a CD called “Regression” with The British Invasion All-Stars. In addition to Ray these were Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds, Eddie Phillips (no relation) of The Creation, and Don Craine and Keith Grant of The Downliners Sect. A year later, they released a second album (“United”) with the same personnel, plus guests Dick Taylor, Mick Green and Phil May. A compilation of both cds is available; contact Don via http://www.downlinersect.com
RADIO 68 plays The Nashville Teens and tracks from “United”.  See also Tales From the Woods

TALES FROM THE WOODS
Tales From the Woods call themselves a MAGAZINE and a ROOTS MUSIC NETWORKING GROUP. They have a website, issue a magazine, broadcast their own show on Radio Sutch, get together regularly as a band of mates and… organize gigs. The next main gig as at The Borderline, London, on Sunday 31 January and features several acts that ARE STILL GOING STRONG: P.P. Arnold, Dave Berry, Cliff Bennett, Ray Phillips (see also under Ray Phillips) and Wee Willie Harris  RADIO 68 PLAYS  STUFF by Dave Berry, P.P. Arnold, Cliff Bennett (solo and with his Rebel Rousers and Ray Phillips (see also Ray Phillips).

LOUIS CENNAMO
Louis David Cennamo (born 5 March 1946) was bass guitarist with an early line up of  HE HERD (pre-Frampton), the original line-up of RENAISSANCE (with Keith Relf),  and two bands that developed from  Renaissance –  ARMAGEDDON and ILLUSION. He also played bass with COLOSSEUM (Daughter Of Time) and heavy rockers JODY GRIND, not to mention the numerous albums he played on, such as the first album by JAMES TAYLOR (Apple protégé) or AL STEWART’s Zero She Flies.  Throughout, there is a connection with the Relfs (Keith and Jane) and that other Yardbird – drummer, singer and composer Jim McCarty.   More recently,  Cennamo is active in jazz bands and also performs poetry.
RADIO 68  PLAYS  songs featuring  Louis Cennamo  on bass (of course) in both the sixties and blues section: The Herd, Jody Grind, Al Stewart, Colosseum, James Stewart and Renaissance
Interview: http://www.jtl.us/nlightsweb/lib/reviews/cennamo.htm