It’s hard to believe that Rudy’s Corner has been around for almost 12 years now! The whole concept started on Thanksgiving weekend in 1995, when we created a home on the web for jazz and wolrd music reviews that were originally posted on the Compuserve online service. At that time the site was called Rudy’s Latin Corner, but that soon changed as the scope of music covered had changed. This site was dormant for awhile (as most of the various sections spun off into their own separate sites), but it was resuscitated as a home for miscellaneous reviews and opinions of the proprietor. Thank goodness we’re still around, and a lot of ‘net citizens still remember us!
Category Archives: Music, Video & Print
YouTube: Marvelous or Mayhem?
Maybe I just don’t understand the concept, but at times, I think YouTube is a total waste of storage space and bandwidth. And yet at other times, I’m amazed at what I find on there. Continue reading YouTube: Marvelous or Mayhem?
Elmer’s Glue + LP = ??
Call me crazy! Would you ever dream of dumping Elmer’s Glue all over your prized LPs? Well, I did! I not only dreamed about it, I bit the bullet and tried it! But, why did I do it? And, did it work?
The Beatles: Love
I imagine this disc could set off a lot of controversy amongst avid Beatles fans–the ones who feel that any new presentation of a classic repertoire is treading on hallowed ground. But aside from that, this newest of Beatles releases is actually the soundtrack to a Cirque du Soleil presentation at The Mirage in Las Vegas. What Love is: a new reconfiguration of Beatles songs, reimagined and recombined (or as some would say, a “mash-up”) to create something new. Gimmick? Or a unique new project?
Lee Rocker: A Bulletproof Slap Bassist
In the rockabilly tradition, “slap” bass is predominant, providing a bright percussive element in addition to a meaty bass line that propels a song forward. While you hear it on countless rockabilly recordings from the 50s, and even a few blues records here and there, it was pretty much lost on popular music until Lee Rocker brought it along with him in the Stray Cats way back in 1980. Since then, the Stray Cats have recorded numerous albums with Rocker’s participation, and the individual Cats has splintered off into numerous side projects both solo and with other bands. (Avid readers know I’m a big Brian Setzer fan.) A few years ago, I’d gotten Brian Setzer’s Ignition album, and along with the 50s channel on XM Radio (which features rockabilly on Bruce Berenson’s “Rockabilly Road Trip” and Matt The Cat’s occasional weeknight features), I found a renewed interest in rockabilly both new and old, finally exploring something outside my familiar Stray Cats recordings.