Happy Birthday Poison Ivy!

Raising a glass to Poison Ivy – The Cramps guitarist, composer and producer – with some interview & performance footage.

Here's a bonus shot of Poison Ivy with The Cramps featuring Miriam Linna on drums circa 1976. 

One For The Weekend: The Creation from Albuquerque, NM

Here's the scoop...

The Creation were a short-lived but regionally influential psychedelic garage band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, active in the late 1960s. Centered on brothers Al O’Donnell (lead/rhythm guitar) and Mike O’Donnell (bass) together with Ernie (Earnie) Phillips (rhythm guitar), the trio wrote and sang their material collectively while hiring session players for drums and keyboards. Listen to "No Silver Bird" off their second single for Centurion from 1968 –both sides of which were covered by Hooterville Trolley who didn't share any members with The Creation – recently reissued by Guerssen Records and available digitally here. Incidentally, The Creation's first single "What The Daises Know" b/w "Sun and Stars (I Miss Her So) was also on Centurion and issued in December,1967. You can read more about The Creation on the Garage Hangover site right here. 

Ryan Bingham's They Call Us The Lucky Ones out May 15th

Ryan Bingham's new album "They Call Us The Lucky Ones" is out May 15th. You can pre-order it here. Check the clips. 

Watch a video for Zsuzsa Koncz's Hungarian psych whumper "Visz A Vonat"

Here's a clip for Zsuzsa Koncz's head-noddin'' Illes collaboration "Visz A Vonat" which translates to "The Train Is Coming" 

Happy 85th Birthday Irma Thomas!

Celebrating the 85th birthday of the legendary Irma Thomas, soul queen of New Orleans, with a few performances worth checking. 

Margo Price tears up The Phoenix, February 25

Rising country star Margo Price returns to Toronto for a show at the Phoenix on Wednesday, February 25. Get tickets here. 

Tommy Blake vs. Johnny Horton

When Tommy Blake pitched his best tune "Honky Tonk Mind" to Columbia in '57, they said "No thanks" and had Johnny Horton re-cut it as "The Woman I Need."