Skateboardin' Blues
Today, we get retro, in more ways than one...
Tommy Guerrero is a pretty interesting case. Dude was one of the biggest pro skateboarders of the '80s, then when he got too old or whatever for that, he went into making music. Not bad skate punk, but really groovy downtempo stuff. Kind of like if Tony Hawk suddenly turned into Nightmares On Wax. Pretty cool, if ya ask me. But you don't get a Tommy Guerrero track today (although here's what he has on Hype Machine). Today you get a track off of his edition of the bomb-diggity Another Late Night/Late Night Tales mix series, wherein your favorite musical stars "compile an album of their favorite music that inspired them to make music their profession - their favourite of the favourites". Um, okay, sure, whatever. Great series, though, and these kind of compilations are often filled with groovy old nuggets that you might have never heard otherwise, 'cuz artists love to show off their obscure old records when they get a chance - ya know, to show how cool they are and shit. And then you get to hear stuff like this excellent Muddy Waters electric jam...
Buy It!
Didn't know Muddy ever got that funky, did ya? Well ya do know, sucka!
Oh, and here's Tommy in action over 20 years ago, street skateboarding in San Francisco.
I've never been much into skateboarding, but that is sweet...
Tommy Guerrero is a pretty interesting case. Dude was one of the biggest pro skateboarders of the '80s, then when he got too old or whatever for that, he went into making music. Not bad skate punk, but really groovy downtempo stuff. Kind of like if Tony Hawk suddenly turned into Nightmares On Wax. Pretty cool, if ya ask me. But you don't get a Tommy Guerrero track today (although here's what he has on Hype Machine). Today you get a track off of his edition of the bomb-diggity Another Late Night/Late Night Tales mix series, wherein your favorite musical stars "compile an album of their favorite music that inspired them to make music their profession - their favourite of the favourites". Um, okay, sure, whatever. Great series, though, and these kind of compilations are often filled with groovy old nuggets that you might have never heard otherwise, 'cuz artists love to show off their obscure old records when they get a chance - ya know, to show how cool they are and shit. And then you get to hear stuff like this excellent Muddy Waters electric jam...
Buy It!
Didn't know Muddy ever got that funky, did ya? Well ya do know, sucka!
Oh, and here's Tommy in action over 20 years ago, street skateboarding in San Francisco.
I've never been much into skateboarding, but that is sweet...
1 comment:
I knew that Muddy got funky...but I didn't have this gem! Thanks Tone!
xoxo
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