Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Mayor Goldie Wilson Edition

“Hey, you…get your damn hands off my Internet videos.” –George McFly, 1955

Some time during HT Weekend Posting Hours I salivated over the upcoming SXSW premiere of the new David Berman-intensive documentary Silver Jew. In dual congratulatory honor of this release and my salivary glands working properly, here’s a cool clip of the Jews playing my favorite SJ tune, Smith & Jones Forever:

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• David Berman begets Stephen Malkmus, and Malkmus begets jaws dropped to the floor. So to follow the logical progression, it’s Jenny & the Ess-Dog time, this one from David Letterman’s Heady Emporium on CBS. Check out Paul Schaffer’s helping hand and Stephen’s perfect head of hair.
• Like Silver Jew, another item of import that forced drool from my mouth this week was Levon Helm’s return to New York City for another “adult dose.” In order to pump everyone up for this impending St. Patrick’s Day miracle, let’s take a closer look at the man some might call the Greatest Person Ever To Live (I seen it written, yo). Levon, his lowercase band and Jimmy Vivino recently raised $5,000 for the arts program at Onteora High School, and Seventh Hour Blues produced a great video of a live Evangeline and a nice schmaltzy story. Look it here.
• There’s no ultra-smooth segue between Levon and Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes, so I’ll just get straight to the point here. The Allman Brothers in Arms sat down backstage for an understated version of Old Friend, and it’s just always cool to check in and see two accomplished musicians fuckin’ around. On a related note, Derek Trucks is a Golden God! Oh, it’s New Guitar God? Whatever, Rolling Stone.
• I’d like to end on a non-video, just for the filth flarn filth of it. This YouTube clip is simply a solitary still shot of Leonard Cohen on stage, presumably in mid-syllable; but, it’s an incredible live version of Seems So Long Ago, Nancy that deserves your polite attention (thanks to Marco Benevento for getting me into that tune by playing it wonderfully at Tonic).

I’ve got no cousin Chuck, and I ain’t Marvin, but if I did and if I were, I’d call him right now and tell him about Derek Trucks…that’s the new sound I’m lookin’ for.