Johnny Hickman: Vocals, guitars of various shapes, and pleasant demeanor.
Chris LeRoy: Vocals, guitars, keyboards and bass upside down... (the bass, not Chris)
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LOOK!!! Our weekly book review section exclusive to The Songbook from Rebecca Hickman at 40 Forever...
Jarkins, Sheila, and Eida de la Vega. Marco Flamenco. McHenry, IL: Raven Tree Press, 2008.
Guess what? A few of my book reviews have been published! Please visitLibraryJournal.com for a sneak preview.
* This is an ongoing series of Book Reviews from 40 Forever. Go to the blog for all the related hyperlinks. You will like it!
CALLING ALL CRACKER FANS: POST-A-COMMENT REVIEWS: Click your favorite Cracker album on the slideshow below and tell us all about it in 130 characters including your name...
This reconstruction of the earliest known olive oil
factory demonstrates a simple yet ingenious process to extract olive
oil from olives using pulleys, levers, and gravity decanting. This was
much more effective than using mortar and pestle to make olive oil,
typically used for small scale production. Dating back to the 6th
century BC, this factory was located in the Ionian city of Clazomenae,
on what is now the coast of western Turkey. This photo shows the press
used to squeeze the olive oil out from burlap sacks filled with a paste
of ground up olives.
I’m guessing part of the key to the Mediterranean Diet is the exercise you get pushing this olive press around. ;)
If YOU LOVE JOHNNY HICKMAN SINGING and GUITARING, and CHRIS LEROYS Melodic invention
AND FROM GAROD... Dedication - The Dangers
Again, I'm too biased to accurately assess this album, but the duo of Johnny Hickman and Chris LeRoy bring together influences from all over the map. You get a little rock-a-billy, country punk, and roots rock all rolled into one. Fans of music of all genres will probably enjoy this the most. Front Door and Sunday Morning are going in high rotation on the Ipod. Those are two good ones to try out...
Johnny Hickman and Chris LeRoy have written and performed together since 1979. At The SongBook we celebrate their creative relationship, and extensive musical community. Each week brings new songs, archive recordings, reviews and podcasts, even gems from their first band, The Dangers. ---Johnny and Chris
Less than a month after playing at Madison's High Noon Saloon,
Toronto's Rock Plaza Central returned to Wisconsin to perform a set on
July Fourth. The stage was set up on a roped-off street, and audio and
crew were provided by the Pabst/Riverside Theatre. Steven Malkmus of
Pavement was the headliner, but I was there to see RPC.
This
is the third time I’ve picked a Rock Plaza Central track for my Pick Of
The Week, and the last time was just two weeks ago. The first time I
picked RPC, I chose I Am An Excellent Steel Horse, a track from their
album Are We Not Horses. The pick a couple weeks ago was Oh I Can from
the new album, whose title is abbreviated “. . . In The Moment Of Our
Most Needing.”
My pick this week is another song on the new
album, this time it’s “How Shall I To Heaven Aspire?” Rock Plaza
Central has a way of getting stuck in my head that I really enjoy. I
just found out they’ll be returning to Wisconsin in September for the
2nd annual Forward Music Festival so it’s FORWARD INTO THE PAST!
Polka anybody? This week we have the last rock band on the planet "CRACKER" with a
very rare Polka song, featuring kenny Margolis.---> "The Shiner
Song" from Erinstock" I have included the lyrics to this classic polka
tune, so you can sing along with David and Johnny. "The Shiner Song" Kdyz jsme opustili Shiner, slunce svitilo Kdyz jsme opustili Shiner, slunce svitilo Piva bylo dosti, a jidla do citosti Piva bylo dosti, a jidla do citosti Kdyz jsme opustili Shiner, slunce svitilo
Kdyz jsme opustili pivovar, becka byla prazdna Kdyz jsme opustili pivovar, becka byla prazdna A my jsme popijeli, a dobre jsme se neili A my jsme popijeli, a dobre jsme se neili Kdyz jsme opustili pivovar, becka byla prazdna
Kdyz jsme opustili prahu, slunce svitilo Kdyz jsme opustili prahu, slunce svitilo Piva bylo dosti, a jidla do citosti Piva bylo dosti, a jidla do citosti Kdyz jsme opustili prahu, slunce svitilo
Now
campout 5, is only 2 months away, and they just announced --->
Officially on board for Campout 2009 along with Cracker and Camper Van
Beethoven, we will get to enjoy, Clem Snide, Monks of Doom, and more to
come, along with The Hickman LeRoy Songbook Stage! WOW, I can't wait!
So, it is time to start making plans for our week in the desert! you
can get all the details over at www.crackersoul.com just click on the campout link. or you can get it here ---> www.myspace.com/3rdannualcampout
Rumor has it that the DANGERS will be making an appearance at said
campout 5!!! stay tuned! thanks for hanging out at the songbook! and
have a great weekend, bigDAVE™
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