Plenty of Joe Zawinul’s «Mercy Mercy Mercy»

I can’t get enough of the great Joe Zawinul tune «Mercy Mercy Mercy». So I collected many diverse covers on YouTube.

A big band version by The Birdland Big Band with drummer Tommy Igoe:

A very unusual version by a Polish guitar quintet:

Buddy Rich, live, with funny introduction:

Version by Nils Landgren’s, Swedish trombone player:

Why not listen to the famous version by Cannonball Adderley with Joe Zawinul on keybaords?

Photographer George Hoole – Defining The Look Of British Rock Stars In The Sixties

British Photographer George Hoole (Photo: David Berman)

George Hoole worked as a successful photographer in London in the nineteen-sixties. His promising career was suddenly hampered by a stroke when he was 33.

His pictures defined the look of many British pop and rock musicians like Traffic, The  Animals. Keith Moon an Donovan. His camera also showed interest in the British  flower power scene.

But Hoole didn’t only take pictures in the word of show business. He also photographed people who didn’t live on the sunny side of the street.

David Berman produced a wonderful and touching portrait of George Hoole (length: 4 min 31 sec) that includes many great photos from the nineteen-sixties.

The Motels Perform Live At German TV Show Musikladen in 1979

The Motels are a classic New Wave band from Los Angeles that started in 1975. They had various line up changes around charismatic singer and guitarist Martha Davis.

On October 18, 1979 the German TV show Musikladen (public broadcaster ARD) broadcast a live performance of The Motels. Below you find six songs from the album Motels (1979) taped for Musikladen.

Find out more about The Motels at The Motels Information Site. It’s also worth to pay a visit to the Revenge of the 80s Radio Podcast that features an extensive interview with Martha Davis.

Celia

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Dressing Up

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Closets & Bullets

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Anticipating

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Total Control

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Kix

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Eyeglasses Of Rock And Roll

The history of eyeglasses and rock and roll has to be written yet. Consider this random photo collection as a modest starting point. Scroll down and indulge yourself in rocking eyeglasses!

Buddy Holly, The-Father-Of-Rock-and-Roll-Horn-Rimmed-Eyeglasses (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roy Orbison comes very close to Buddy Holly with his eyeglasses  (Photo by John Waterman/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Watch out Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, Rockabilly legend Jody Reynolds wears some nice horn-rimmed-eyeglasses, too!

Little Richard, King Of Sunglasses And Rock ‘n’ Roll (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

The other King Of Rock And Roll: Elvis Presley with his wife Priscilla, showing off his fancy eyeglasses (Photo found at Silver Lining Opticians)

Janis Joplin (1969) knows: these glasses keep your eyes warm in winter (Photo by Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

Rock star John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in 1980: Sometimes stars and sunglasses come in pairs (photo: David Mcgough, LIFE)

He ain’t no rock ‘n’ roller but he sure got fine glasses

Heinz Edelmann, Designer Of Beatles Animation Movie “Yellow Submarine”, Dies At 75

Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Getty Images

Heinz Edelmann, the designer of the Beatles animation movie Yellow Submarine died in Stuttgart, Germany on July 21 according to Stuttgarter Nachrichten Online (article in German).  He was 75 years old. See also examiner.com article ‘Yellow Submarine’ art director Heinz Edelmann dies.

The picture above shows Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison (1943 – 2001) posing with a cartoon cut-out of fellow Beatle John Lennon (1940 – 1980), at a press review of ‘Yellow Submarine’.