Surfer From Tennessee (MP3)

Joey Paige  -  Surfer From Tennessee


What, y'all didn't know hillbillies loved surfing?

Muscle Shoals Giveaway

Ichibaners have been offered free tickets to see the Muscle Shoals documentary at the IFC Center in NYC this weekend.  Just go to the website and use the code "ShareTheShoals".  It deserves to be seen on a big screen.

You can also win the above poster and soundtrack by tweeting any of these photos with the hashtag
#MuscleShoalsWin.  T&C apply.

Spotify users can listen to playlists compiled by Rick Hall and David Hood.

On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain

Rose Maddox  -  On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain

Rose Maddox dips into the Hank Williams songbook and emerges with a winner.

Muscle Shoals

Don't be put off by Bone-o! This is one of the best music docs out there.

 Jimmy Hughes - Steal Away
Arthur Alexander - I Hope They Get Their Eyes Full
James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet
Terry & the Chain Reaction - Keep Your Cool
Tommy Roe - Everybody
Liza Minelli - Everyone's F***ing But Me (unreleased)
Bobby Gentry - Fancy

Rent it on Itunes

Heartaches By The Gallon?

Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down

 Rose Maddox - Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down

Sally Let Your Bangs Hand Down appeared on Rose Maddox's 1960 Capitol LP, The One Rose, one of her earliest efforts at striking out on her own after the demise of the Maddox Brothers & Rose.

Rose Maddox Month

Dedicated to Matt Fiveash.

"C'mere, Loverboy!"

Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me

Rose Maddox  -  Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me

Plastic Eyeball Debut

 

Via the JET magazine archives, here's the photo run by the mag to let everyone know about Sammy Davis Jr's new eyeball in June, 1955.  For the search engines:

"Sammy Davis Jr. Doffs Eyepatch: Removing his now-famous eye patch for the opening performance at Las Vegas' New Frontier Hotel, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. unveils his new plastic left eye for the scrutiny of his uncle, Will Mastin.  Sammy lost his eye in California auto crash."  

Rose Maddox

Hillbilly Music...Thank God!

Ichiban Achievement Award goes to Marshall Crenshaw for this compilation.

Rose Maddox & Buck Owens - Mental Cruelty
Rose Maddox - Take Me Back Again

Step Right In - Rose Maddox

Here are a couple of tough honky-tonk numbers Rose Maddox released in 1967.  Somehow, neither side charted, but they're well-worth checking out.

Rose Maddox  -  Step Right In  (2:25)

Rose Maddox  -  Through The Bottom Of The Glass  (2:27)