RIP Porter Wagoner: August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007

Skid Row Joe - Porter Wagoner

The Essential Porter Wagoner

The guys from Bucktown Kickback (who, btw, put on a hell of a three+ hour show at the Hickory Taproom last Saturday night) mentioned this band to me and I thought I would check them out.  They said Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad put on a great 1am set at FloydFest.  I see why now.  This is perfect Friday night at 1am music.  So either enjoy now, or wait until tonight when you’ve consumed too many latte’s and burritos. Isn’t music the greatest?

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Fox Theatre, Boulder CO July 25, 2007

GPGDS - One Source

GPGDS - Rachel’s Dub

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Everybody needs to decompress a little at the end of the work week.  Right?  What better way than by listening to the master decompressor…um…er himself.  Mr. Frank Zappa!!

Wow, that was bad even for me.  As with many other great things in life, I became a lifelong Frank Zappa fan after his passing.  But when you discover artists such as Mr. Zappa, it tends to have a profound affect on your outlook.  Being slightly schizoid music listener that I am, I get to “rediscover” Zappa’s music every few years.  I collected some live shows via trades over the last few years, and hope to share those with you in this (irr)regular feature.  So without any further cheese:

Frank Zappa And The Mother Of Invention March 08, 1974 Kansas City, KS

fz 1974-03-08 - Andy

fz 1974-03-08 - Florentine Pogen

fz 1974-03-08 - Kung Fu

fz 1974-03-08 - Penguin In Bondage

Check out this Frank album from roughly the same time period to get more of this great version of the Mothers: Unmitigated Audacity