T. Tex Edwards
@ttexed.bsky.social
Mostly old music, art & lit. Occasional blogger. Dallas native living in Austin. Retired entertainer. I stick to art & gardening now…
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Two Punk Legends Help Revive a Cult Band’s Archive (Gift Article)
The Cramps introduced the world to “psychobilly” and turned Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye into fans. Now the duo is part of an effort to bring the music back.
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Mark Yarm@markyarm.bsky.social · yesterdayGood morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...
It doesn't get much better than this — a thrilling CBGB double bill in the summer of ‘78: Richard Hell & the Voidoids and the Feelies. Listen in.
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Richard Hell & the Voidoids + The Feelies - CBGB, New York City, July 1 / July 2, 1978 We've been hanging out a lot at CBGB lately — and why not? It's a cool place to hang out. Today, we've got...
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The Ramones performing "Listen to My Heart" live at Max's Kansas City in August 1976. From band's s/t debut album. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Dt...
THE RAMONES-LISTEN TO MY HEART -MAX'S KANSAS CITY 08-10-1976
YouTube video by Ariel Roldán
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The Race is On · The Nervebreakers youtu.be/M6-w1d4eaIc from 'We Want Everything!' "If you like yer country music fast & punky, this one's fer yew..."
The Race is On
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Happy Birthday August 4 to Louis Armstrong jazz trumpet innovator & pioneer (1901-1971)! Hot Fives & Sevens youtube.com/playlist?lis... Decca Singles youtube.com/playlist?lis... Essential Louis Armstrong youtube.com/playlist?lis... #jazz #jazzmusic #trumpet #milesdavis #ellafitzgerald
John Fahey - Jaya Shiva Shankarah youtu.be/5agc6hdoUn0 'John Fahey & His Orchestra taken from the album Old Fashioned Love (1975) Recorded Blue Rock Studio, New York City and United/Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA'
John Fahey - Jaya Shiva Shankarah
YouTube video by my3rd3y3
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Happy B'Day August 3 to Joseph Spence Bahamian guitar maestro (1910-1984)! Complete Folkways Recordings youtube.com/playlist?lis... Music Of The Bahamas youtube.com/watch?v=kDSe... Happy All The Time youtube.com/playlist?lis... #acousticguitar #bahamas #guitarist #rycooder #folkways
Bukka White - Midnight Blue youtu.be/kl1echFutIU?... 1964 single for Takoma records
Midnight Blue
YouTube video by Bukka White - Topic
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZy... john cage - experiences no.2 (lyrics by e.e. cummings, vocals by robert wyatt)
john cage - experiences no.2 (lyrics by e.e. cummings, vocals by robert wyatt)
YouTube video by in broken images
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The Bobby Fuller Four - Take My Word 'Vinyl' youtu.be/6mQ-R8Dz8qg (compare & contrast with The Beatles' "You're Gonna Lose That Girl")
The Bobby Fuller Four - Take My Word 'Vinyl'
YouTube video by Dimitris 004 & daughter - Plus channel
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Psychopathia Sexualis by Lenny Bruce youtu.be/uTB8LYisi60 Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, who passed on this date in 1966.
Psychopathia Sexualis by Lenny Bruce
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Please Go Home · The Rolling Stones youtu.be/Tk9EwTzBDVs from Between The Buttons
Please Go Home
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Kevin Ayers "Wide Awake" youtu.be/qB42wyAy69o 'From THE UNFAIRGROUND © 2007 LO-MAX Records'
Kevin Ayers "Wide Awake"
YouTube video by sbritt
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Scott Walker - Mathilde youtu.be/xMlV2KfgxIw 'Scott Walker on the Dusty Springfield Show in 1967 taped from TV on VHS.'
Scott Walker - Mathilde - Dusty 1967
YouTube video by Michael Tomlinson
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Unholy Train · The Damnations youtu.be/1Vjw1k9wzjE from "Live Set'
Unholy Train
YouTube video by The Damnations - Topic
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Sixties gogo dancer slideshow (with music by The Human Beings - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby) youtu.be/uvCyShVB3Tw 'The Human Beings were a band from Detroit's east side. This is actually the B-side of their hit single, Because I Love Her, which was released on Warner Brothers and peaked at #19...
The Human Beings - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
YouTube video by blacflag
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Eddie Taylor with the Aces - France 1970 (Live video) youtu.be/WZrUb4N37RU "Eddie 'Big Town Playboy' Taylor - TV gig France 1970 with the Aces"
Eddie Taylor with the Aces - France 1970 (Live video)
YouTube video by Bob Juke
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45 RPM: Jimmy Reed - Can't Stand to See You Go youtu.be/7ieg9i4OYl0 written and performed by Jimmy Reed recorded 5 December 1955 released as Vee-Jay 186 in May 1956
45 RPM: Jimmy Reed - Can't Stand to See You Go
YouTube video by BigDaveSwinger
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Brother Theotis Taylor mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/brothe... 'Brother Taylor recorded himself on his DIY home setup only when he was inspired by a higher power, often fasting and praying for days before recording...'
Brother Theotis Taylor, by Brother Theotis Taylor
12 track album
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Mercy Dee - Romp & Stomp Blues youtu.be/Fv11F2xZTTM Mercy Dee Walton (born Mercy Davis Walton, August 3, 1915 – December 2, 1962)
Mercy Dee - Romp & Stomp Blues
YouTube video by daddynap
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Watch Iconic Artists at Work: Rare Videos of Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Renoir, Monet, Pollock & More
Watch Iconic Artists at Work: Rare Videos of Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Renoir, Monet, Pollock & More
Claude Monet, 1915: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJE4QUNgaeg We've all seen their works in fixed form, enshrined in museums and printed in books. But there's something special about watching a gr...
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Here's a great documentary about Swindon rock band XTC: youtu.be/DXdh44u33uA?...
XTC - This is Pop documentary. 'I was on valium from the age of 12'
YouTube video by CT music films
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PEARLY LEE ~ Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men~ 1957~Sun Records. youtu.be/ZnszTt3k9GU Billy Lee Riley (October 5, 1933 – August 2, 2009)
PEARLY LEE ~ Billy Lee Riley 1957
YouTube video by MrRJDB1969
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Radioactive Mama - Sheldon Allman (1960) youtu.be/9IDDugNNGQ4 from Folk Songs for the 21st Century 'Sheldon Allman was a full-time composer, as well as a part-time actor. Among the TV themes he composed were "LET'S MAKE A DEAL" & the various themes for "GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE".'
Radioactive Mama - Sheldon Allman (novelty)
YouTube video by buriedinvinyl
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Floyd Tillman ~ Slippin' Around youtu.be/ZuN9zLtXtUs 'On this day in 1949, Floyd Tillman recorded the iconic cheating song, “Slipping Around”. Don’t miss the incredible Hank Garland guitar solo from this episode of “Country Style USA”.'
Floyd Tillman ~ Slippin' Around
YouTube video by GatorRock
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Flash and the Memphis Casuals - "Uptight Tonight" youtu.be/fS38FDJffsk 'Reigning Sound covered it on the "Too Much Guitar" LP'
Flash and the Memphis Casuals - "Uptight Tonight"
YouTube video by BobSeger1981
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Lefty Frizzell- “She’s Gone (And Gone She's Gonna Be from Now On)” - youtu.be/KwOc_t0mx6s Written by Wayne Walker Recorded at Bradley Recording Studios, Nashville, TN on 9/12/58 (Not to be confused with the Lefty hit song, 'SHE'S GONE, GONE, GONE,' recorded in 1965 and written by Harlan Howard)...
Lefty Frizzell - “She’s Gone” - Written by Wayne Walker (1958)
YouTube video by That Good Old Music From The Past
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Conway Twitty - Привет Радость/Privjet Radost (Hello Darlin' in Russian) youtu.be/ez76iMlM9PA 'On July 17, 1975, “Hello Darlin’” was played and broadcast to a worldwide audience as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Actually, it was a Russian language version of the song....
