On the last few Toronto drives, one band keeps getting played over and over again. When I return from my hiatus I’m going to be writing a lot about Blotto. Their upbeat, comedic rock and roll has been everything we needed. There have been dark days these past weeks, but Blotto helps make us laugh again. Blotto formed in the late 70s, never signed to a major label, released one album and several singles, and became a cult band.
One day before hitting the highway, I checked out a Blotto concert from 1982 on Youtube called Tonight At Toad’s. It had Jen’s favourite song (“It’s Not You”) and two of mine (“Metal Head” and “Goodbye, Mr. Bond”). I flipped the concert to mp3 and put it on the car stereo. Together we found a new favourite, “I Wanna be a Lifeguard”, their first hit from 1979.
Music helps. Every little thing helps.
Selected Road Tunes:
- Blotto – Tonight at Toad’s
- Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn
- Deep Purple – With Orchestra: Live at Montreaux
- Deep Purple – The House of Blue Light
- Budgie – Deliver Us From Evil
- Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai – G3 Live in Concert
- The Darkness – Live at Hammersmith
- The Sword – Used Future
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Some more great road tunes. I will have to ch can out blotto as I have never heard of them. That Darkness one is really great.
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It really is. At least when they put out their first live album, it ruled!
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Hang in there Mikey!
House of Blue Light huh? Nice little revisit with an album that never had a chance after the immortal Perfect Strangers!’
Nice selection of tunes….
Keep on Swinging Mikey and Jen!
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Thanks buddy it just happened to be next in rotation and I left it on because there are enough good tunes on it. Not Mitzi Dupri though! That song is pretty stale.
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Do you have Scatterbrain’s first album? It’s a comedy-rock/thrash metal classic.
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I do not although I am well aware of Scatterbrain since 1990. In fact some buddies of ours did “Don’t Call Me Dude” for airbands.
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LeBrain’s knowledge knows no limits. Can’t introduce you to anything new! How about Z with Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa?
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I used to own the album Shampoo Horn.
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I have Scatterbrain Scamboogery and Here comes Trouble on vinyl.It’s been ages since I’ve played either.
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Rock with a sense of humour can hit the spot quite nicely, glad to read the music could bring some laughter – thinking of you folks
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White Trash belongs in this category too. Here’s apple pie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Wi4o0Q4BQ
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I have to agree, all great road tunes. I now fully appreciate how funny and musically talented Blotto actually are.
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Can see how that could lighten your spirits a bit on the road. Also try Bruce McColluch’s “Shame Based Man” or Monty Python’s “Sings” for more good laughs along the way.
Safe travels my friend
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I think I have Monty Python Sings! Will check….
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