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Club owner: Mickey Bliss
Club publicist : Joe Viglione
Club administrator: Nicole Anzuoni
ClubBohemia.club presents...
Hotline
to the Underground
August
10, 2020
By
Joe Viglione
ROLLING
STONES RELEASE NEW “OLD’ SINGLE, ‘SCARLET”
Continuing
with our “back to the future” phase here on the Hotline, the Rolling Stones
have a magnificent new single out on YouTube entitled “Scarlet.” I’m thinking to myself “this is the best
thing that Mick and Keith have written in years” only to see that despite the
modern video with Irish actor Paul Mescal (Normal People mini-series) the song
goes back to the days of producer Jimmy Miller and then-engineer Rob Fraboni
(who went on to co-produce Bridges to Babylon.)
Mescal asks Mick Jagger in a marvelous video “So when did you guys write
“Scarlet” and how long have you kinda been sitting on it, and why have you
chosen to release it now?” Jagger
responds “I mean I remember doing it in many versions…I remember doing it with
lots of different people and I don’t remember doing this and I talked to Jimmy
Page and he said “Oh yeah, I remember it. We sat in Ronny Wood’s recording
basement” Jagger also adding “It wasn’t really a Rolling Stones Record” …. - and
mind you, Jagger is supposed to be interviewing Mescal, star of the new video! Featuring Led Zeppelin’s page, it is a gem.
Recorded on
May 10, 1974 and produced by Mick and Keith as “The Glimmer Twins” the
stuttering quasi-reggae guitar is vintage Stones from that “Golden Era” of the
greatest rock and roll band in the world. It’s catchy, terrific and is pure evidence of
why this amazing group has the staying power it has displayed over the
decades. Love it.
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Barry
Marshall is one of the originals on the Boston/New England Music Scene and his
production skills are always sharp, just ask the great Lavern Baker. Just re-released on YouTube is a wonderful
new song from The Montgomery’s entitled "Mr. Heartache."
Written by Dan
Rudack and Peter Montgomery it is from the 2009 album WALKIE TALKIE on Naked
Ear Records. Produced by Barry Marshall and Patrick DiCenso, The Montgomerys
are: Peter Montgomery - vocals, rhythm guitar Mike Levesque - drums Sean
McLaughlin - bass Tony Savarino - lead guitar Andrew Malone - piano and
keyboards To learn more about Peter Mongtomery's music, seek out his Facebook
group.
“Mr.
Heartache” is very Beatles and keep in mind, August 12, 1966 the Beatles along
with Bobby Hebb, the Ronettes, the Cyrkle and The Remains embarked on the final
Beatles tour.
Kenny Selcer
and Steve Gilligan duo (Gilligan of The Stompers/Fox Pass/Hummingbird Syndicate)
have a new video out entitled “Tears.”
Written and mixed by Selcer with co-engineering by Billy Mason, the song
was recorded 2019/2020 with Gilligan on vocals and bass, Kenny on lead vocals
and guitar. The pair just performed
outdoors at the Bull Run in Shirley and as weather – and the Governor –
permits, you’ll find them in many a local nightspot…sometimes even during the
day.
Listen
here: https://tinyurl.com/kennyselcertears
STEVEN MARK RELEASES NEW E.P.
After
a hiatus Steven Mark – one of our favorite artists – is back with an EP on
Basset Records. The opening track, “Under
Water,” has heavy piano and reminds me of Pop maestro from the Merry Go Round,
Emmit Rhodes. We lost Emmit July 19,
2020 – not even a month ago, and this work carries on in that superb melodic
tradition. “Cloudy” at three minutes and twenty seconds has Mark’s heartfelt
lyrics and compelling vocal over a beautiful mix of sweet instrumentation. The five songs all clock in somewhere from
under three minutes to almost three and a half, concise well-crafted
essays. “High from You,” “Lift the
Burden” and “Sugar Butterfly” flow in almost thematic fashion. It is elegant
work from a veteran artist and is worthy of your time. Check out Steven’s Hear Now site: https://stevenmark5.hearnow.com/
For the past twelve weeks my writings
here on Somerville/Medford News Weekly have not been as efficient as from
October 19, 2019 to May 11, 2020. A bit
of a life altering episode in my life, but we soldier on and – thankfully – I’m
able to type without the Dragon Software so stay tuned. You can always find my etchings on www.JoeViglione.com and can find me if
you want to send a note @ JoeViglione @ yahoo.com
bonus track DISTRACTION CD BY STEVEN MARK
AllMusic Review by Joe Viglione [-]
The title Distraction is a good example of what this well-defined release from New Yorker Steven Mark is all about. Methodical light pop similar in mood to Jeff Lynne's productions for the Beatles permeates titles like "Under the Covers" and "Another Day Insight." It's an eerie and haunting ambience that harks back to the Bee Gees-inspired groups Tin Tin and Marmalade, though a bit more contemporary à la Gavin Sutherland. If you found intriguing that "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" feel from Paul, Ringo, and George on John's music, you'll flip over this release. Mark cites Lennon as an influence on the www.stevenmarkmusic.com website, and you can hear that among other perspectives on the creative and perplexing "Dumb It Down." On these dozen tunes ranging from under three minutes to just over six minutes in length, Mark has a pensive voice that wistfully gets his point across. "Messiah Complex is a change in style and setting, and brings some rather intriguing sounds to the table that differ dramatically from the earlier offerings on the disc. The riff on "Beer & Nyquil" is as entertaining as the lyrics -- didn't Frank Rowe and the Classic Ruins have a driving rocker that called this toxic combo a "Nyquil Stinger" back in the 1970s? There's not a bad track on this album, almost 50 minutes of music by someone who actually has something to say and knows how to say it. It's a wonderful expression of sound and poetry, perhaps a low-key doppelgänger to Tracy Bonham's extraordinary (and underappreciated) work from 2000, Down Here. Distraction is a very special record sure to reveal more as one explores its possibilities.
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i had the honor of interviewing emmit rhodes twenty years ago on WMFO 91.5 MEDFORD. Let's hope the interview is still in our Varchives - the archives of Varulven Records. Maybe Ray Paul has a copy as he set the interview up for me.
RIP Emmit Rhodes
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