TOP OF THE STAIRS MUSIC

Finally got round to watching Fever, the Peggy Lee Story on BBC4 last night. Blog friend Eggbod recently wrote that she watched it and enjoyed it even thoughshe didn't really know much about her. Well I am a fan and have been for years and the programme was excellent, not concentrating too much on her personal life as such but about her music and musical life.
It included fantastic footage of her tv and stage appearances. I always knew she was a stalla singer but had no idea that she wrote songs as well AND watching in that footage - she is SO sexy. She emmed to do very little but oozed sexuality in the arch of an eyebrow or a puckered lip. Class act!

Got Beth Rowleys CD at last, seems to have taken an age to get out so review coming shortly.

Saw this movie starring Danny Glover on the plane going over to San Fransisco. It's a bit ambitious in it's scale and slow in parts but every scene is a dream to look at and the music is sublime. It's about a small town bar which plays live blues music and how a stranger with a home made guitar changes things. I hope it has a soundtrack as I want the music.

Check it out if you need to chill.

Can't believe that this is my first blog of May. Have to get my act together. Too busy listening to music instead of writing about it.

Went to see Alison Krauss and Robert Plant at the NIA in Birmingham. Not too sure it all totally worked. The sound and the music was great and they do sing fantastically well together BUT it just seemed all a little unsure of itself. It didn't flow. I think this was their first concert of the tour plus I was way back in the Arena so couldn't pick up any nuances. Krauss annoyed me [weird I know] but she was forever fiddling with her radio mic, did not move to the music at all, in fact most of the time she looked like a scared kid and said very little. Plant was more relaxed which was to be expected. He was somewhat restrained in his movements - like the rocker he is and looking like he thought he was at an aunts birthday party he did didn't fully let himself go. The thrill for me was the 2 numbers T Bone Burnett played - as someone shouted out; 'you rock T Bone' and he sure did. The sound of his guitar aches of an age when music was so, so real. Anyway to balance my review and just in case you have tickets to see them and don't want to be put off, check out the following Birmingham Post review which is glowing:-

www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/06/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-at-the-birmingham-nia-65233-20867356/

Good, good friend stayed with us over the year and we usually gab about music. She introduced me to the fantatsic Big Mama Thornton, what a blast she was. Plan to do a little more research on her and have downloaded 3 tracks from itunes. Check her out on You Tube especially the following link where she strolls on with shopping bag and weird, little hat and gloriously sings Hound Dog the way it was meant!

Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy - Hound Dog