That keeps you on the backroads – By the rivers of my memory It keeps you ever gentle on my mind It’s not clinging to the rocks and ivy – Planted On their columns now that binds me Or something that somebody said – Because they thought we fit together walking Its just knowing tha...
In 2019, Rivers announced that he would be giving up touring. Judging by his performance videos on YouTube from that year, he went out at the top of his game, sounding much as he did when we first heard him. He first came to our attention as an interpreter of classic tunes, one wit...
When Johnny came to guest on my television show, I requested that he do “Poor Side of Town.” He obliged, and it sounded wonderful. That encounter was the one, and only time I have ever been in the same room as Johnny Rivers. He’s a great artist, an essential, timeless cat…and...
The whole album is also on YouTube here...Henry Mancini wrote some really great music for some really great films. But he also wrote music for some lousy films. One of the latter variety rarely comes up in conversation about Mancini because the movie is so awful: Mr. Hobbs Takes a ...
JazzWax clip:There are no video clips from the new album on YouTube but I did findLong Ago and Far Awayhere, from Richards'Something Else. All of Richards' arrangements tended to be extremely difficult, and he typically brought in only the finest players and readers. For example, the trum...