Omelet's Monthly Music thread

[Omeletpants]

This month it's all about obscure artists and songs you will never hear on the radio. So much great stuff that most have never heard nor has ever been played on the radio

This song is called Steamroller Blues and written by James Taylor. This version was performed by a couple of guys from Deep Purple a somewhat popular 70s band. John Lennon used to call these kind of songs "pot boilers" that slowly build up to a frenzy at the end

[video=youtube;t68k2hipUXo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t68k2hipUXo[/video]

 

[Nail Polish]

I know that song..It was on the radio soon after it was recorded, but I haven't heard it in years..


How about..."The Cheater"...Bob Kuban and the In-Men"..One hit wonders,from St Louis area..Tragic story attached to this band...The singer (Walter Scott)on this song was murdered

[video=youtube;UTzfvtHjlWk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UTzfvtHjlWk[/video]



Walter Scott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott_(vocalist)


Scott disappeared on December 27, 1983. In April 1987, his body, having been hog-tied and shot in the back, was found floating face-down in a cistern. Scott's second wife, JoAnn (née Calcaterra), pled guilty to hindering the prosecution of his murder, and received a five-year sentence. Her lover, James H. Williams Sr., whom she married in 1986, was found guilty of two counts of capital murder involving the deaths of his previous wife, Sharon Williams, and Walter Scott.[5][6]
The case was shown on Court TV's Forensic Files.[7] and HBO's Autopsy 3: Voices From the Grave.[8]
On September 13, 2011, James Williams, then aged 72, died in prison from a heart condition while serving his life sentence

 

[Omeletpants]

Bob Dylan wrote so many great songs that you never hear on the radio. Here is the great Leon Russell doing my favorite version of this song

[video=youtube;pTsyAUraJK4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsyAUraJK4[/video]


Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can’t buy a thrill
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
Leanin’ on the windowsill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don’t make it
You know my baby will

Don’t the moon look good, mama
Shinin’ through the trees?
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the “Double E?”
Don’t the sun look good
Goin’ down over the sea?
Don’t my gal look fine
When she’s comin’ after me?

Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don’t wanna be your boss
Don’t say I never warned you
When your train gets lost