Ted Tocks Covers

Acid Queen

Originally posted on May 24, 2024

Remembering Tina!

“I’m the gypsy, the acid queen
Pay before we start
The gypsy, I’m guaranteed
To tear your soul apart”

#TheWho #petetownshend #tinaturner #ikeandtinaturner #bobdylan #merryclayton #PattiLaBelle #sonnyboywilliamson #TheHillBenders #thelondonsymphonyorchestra #thesmithereens

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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 18

A Look at Led Zeppelin’s Famous 12 show ’Thank You’ Tour.

On this day 55 years ago Led Zeppelin embarked on a brief tour that took them ‘back to the clubs’ that helped make them famous in their early days. The band’s setlist unveiled a handful of songs from what would become ’Led Zeppelin IV’.

#LedZeppelin #JohnBonham #JohnPaulJones #JimmyPage #RobertPlant #SonnyBoyWilliamson #WillieDixon #NeilSedaka

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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 17

Human Being

Remembering David Johansen and the New York Dolls!

“In fact I’m talking about the human race
You’re trying to cover up the big disgrace”

#newyorkdolls #davidjohansen #johnnythunders #Sylvain#Sylvain #arthurkane #jerrynolan #billymurcia #muddywaters #williedixon #sonnyboywilliamson #BillDoggett #morrissey #gunsnroses

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/human-being-gleeful-sleaziness-and-reckless-sound-musicislife-tedtockscovers-newyorkdolls-davidjohansen/

Sonny Boy Williamson - Santa Claus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSdF-txPXbM

#SonnyBoyWilliamson #Blues #NowPlaying

AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1962, 1963
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: #blues #browniemcghee #folkblues #folkmusic #helenhumes #johnleehooker #memphisslim #music #musicfeed #musicnews #sonnyboywilliamson #sonnyboywilliamsonii #sonnyterry #tbonewalker #williedixon :

Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

• Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
• Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
• Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
• Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
• Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
• Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
• Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
• Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
• J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
• Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
• Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
• Elmore James– Madison Blues
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
• Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
• Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
• John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
• Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
• Little Milton– Stormy Monday
• Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

#1980s #1987 #AmesburyMA #Blues #BuddyGuy #ChessRecords #Collection #EddieBoydTheChessMen #elmoreJames #HowlinWolf #JBLenoir #JimmyRogers #JohnLeeHooker #KokoTaylor #LittleMilton #LittleWalter #LowellFulson #MCARecords #MelSRecordShop #MuddyWaters #OriginalChessMasters #OtisRush #Reissue #RobertNighthawk #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieMabon

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Sonny Boy Williamson:
🎵 Help Me

#SonnyBoyWilliamson

https://maranguitar.bandcamp.com/track/sonny-boy-williamsons-help-me-in-a-minor-backing-track

https://open.spotify.com/track/0yOFuMZLW6xvns77bwTomm