Random ten
After a week off, the random ten returns:
1. A Certain Girl - The Yardbirds
2. Love is the Only Way - Robert Randolph and the Family Band
3. Witches' Song - Marianne Faithfull
4. The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
5. Cool Rockin' Loretta - Joe Ely
6. Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
7. (Splash) Twist Turn - Jimmy Eat World
8. I Want to Be Loved - Cassandra Wilson
9. Groovin' for Mr. G. - Richard "Groove" Holmes
10. White Riot - The Clash
Here's a Youtube video of Sam and Dave at their prime, with Booker T. and the MG's and the Mar-Kays horns. Mick Jagger wishes he could dance like that.
Sam Moore has recently made a comeback album that shows him in good vocal form, well into his 60's, with just the right amount of added rasp. Here's a 2001 performance of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (which you may know better from Elvis Costello's version):
