Sonny & the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram - VINYL LP

My parents were living in Bolinas when i was born. This was the early 70's. there was alot of weaving, ceramics, banjo playing and this kind of thing back then. My mom said the other day she had developed a course, to be taught at the Bolinas community center, 'Self-Awareness Through Macrame'. i said 'oh, that's interesting, do you keep in touch with any of the students?' she said 'no, no one signed up'. that made me laugh.InchInchThis record was mostly made during the pandemic, in a few masked sessions. The songs came about organically with Josiah Flores, Ava Lynch, just playing around in the pandemic with no agenda. Tahlia Harbour and Rusty Miller appeared later on most tracks and then a few other friends sprinkled around towards the end.InchInchWaiting came about watching my teen age son during the pandemic, waiting in his room for something to change. He was sewing a lot, making garments. I began to imagine he was sewing an outfit he would wear when he would leave this weird dystopian planet, when a UFO came down and helped all the teenagers escape the dumpster planet we've made. Shadows was also about the pandemic, and imagining our shadows to be our friends from another realm, always sticking by our side, up until death. City Life came out of moving to the country during the record. When I would visit the city it took on a new feeling, it felt more like a sci-fi landscape, and I could see a lot more of the city innards then when I lived inside it. All the wires, and dirt and crazy human energy, everything was more vibrant and daunting.InchInch'How to Make a Ceramic Dog,' came about as I started making ceramic dogs for people during the pandemic, and I thought I might write a how-to song about it, and how facsism is all around these days and how to just put it aside sometimes just to make something pure. People love their dogs, and dogs during the pandemic took o

Over his long and distinguished career, Sonny Rollins has made many dozens of albums. Among those recorded during the Fifties, Prestige's Moving Out (OJC 58) and Saxophone Colossus (OJC 291), Blue Note's a Night at the Village Vanguard, Riverside's the Sound of Sonny (OJC 29), and Way Out West on Contemporary qualify as all-time Rollins classics. The session for Way Out West, Rollins's first ever in California, was called for 3 a.m. to accommodate everyone's busy schedules. Sonny, who could never be accused of overstatement, announced after four hours of recording InchI'm hot now.Inch with Ray Brown, Shelly Manne. Tracks I'm an Old Cowhand, Solitude; Come, Gone; Wagon Wheels, There Is No Greater Love, Way Out West. Album Tracks 1. I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) 2. I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) [Alternate Take] 3. Solitude 4. Come, Gone 5. Come, Gone [Alternate Take] 6. Wagon Wheels 7. There Is No Greater Love 8. Way Out West 9. Way Out West [Alternate Take]

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2015 live . For Sonny Knight & The Lakers, 2014 was equal parts unexpected and deserved. The of their debut album, I'm Still Here, nearly 50 years after a young Sonny recorded his first single, began a tidal wave of accomplishments that includes a successful international tour and attention from major media outlets. From the album party in May, through the end of the year, Sonny Knight & The Lakers developed their live show into a full-blown soul music extravaganza. Clocking in at just under 90 minutes of seamless music, the show is reminiscent of the tightly orchestrated performances of James Brown and Sam & Dave. After returning from a European tour in October, they booked a two night stand in December at long standing Minneapolis club, The Dakota. They put on two shows per night for a hometown crowd. Secret Stash Records turned the venue's green room into a make shift recording studio control room, bringing in their own console, outboard gear, tape machines, and microphones. All four shows were mixed live and cut directly to two-track tape, and the best performances were culled for Do It Live. Album Tracks 1. Lion of Lyndale 2. Juicy Lucy 3. Get Up And Dance 4. Through With You 5. Sonny's Booglaoo 6. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? 7. Day Tripper 8. Baby Baby Baby 9. It's You For Me 10. Sock A Poo Poo 11. When You're Gone 12. Cave Man 13. I'm Still Here Part 1 14. I'm Still Here Part 2 15. Sugar Man 16. Hey Girl