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02.20 Pullin Tubes: Rail-Thin Frontman Edition

02.20 Pullin Tubes: Rail-Thin Frontman Edition
Jim Borowski  |  by www.glidemagazine.com. All rights reserved. 1.03 | 9:20

So I wanna post some vids on the face of today and then they ll paint it.
Let s lead off with Blind Melon s Shannon Hoon hopping on stage with Guns N Roses in Chicago back in 1992 for a rousing rendition of Don t Cry.

This video is simply amazing, and I m left wondering why Axl and Hoon never joined the WWF as one of those high-flying tag teams that delivered well-timed simultaneous drop kicks from the top turnbuckle (check out 4:10 into this clip). It all makes perfect sense. Incidentally, Axl s outfit is worth emulating and bringing back into the mainstream fold: flannel shirt, giant crucifix, boxer briefs and Timberlands.


  • Someone had the audacity recently to claim that Joni Mitchell sucks. I won t say she s the greatest musician ever, but every time I watch or hear her play I m reminded of the incredible dearth of singer/songwriter talent in today s music world. Just watch this version of from Santa Barbara in 1979 with Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny behind her.

    I always point to Joni as the quintessential ugly girl with big teeth that s still sexy as fuck.

  • There was a six-month span at one point in my Northwestern career during which Chicago s biggest classic rock station played the James Gang s Walk Away every time I got into my car. It was uncanny, every time.

    I had been a big fan of the song and never really complained, but now I m kvetching about the withdrawal. I miss it. So here s a sweet version of from 1971 that, sadly, the radio never played.

  • Most people under the age of 35 don t really know how awesome the J. Geils Band was back in the day. I mean, seriously, they were off the freakin charts.

    And who doesn t have room in their heart for a cool band with a great harp player named Magic Dick? Check out this Dick-led from Germany in 1979.

  • There s a harp segue here, but instead I ll go this route: Grace Potter The Nocturnals playing ?

    Shit, that combines two of my favorite things in the music world. Thank you, Farmerstan.com.

  • It s been awhile since I ve posted some Tea Leaf Green in any post, and that s gotta change right now. So here s from the Rock and Roll Band DVD they released on Halloween last year.
    • Are you not satisfied?

    Well, post some of your own Tube finds below You cant talk about rail-thin frontmen without talking about Bon Scott.
    So how about 1976 AC/DC with Bon in Pigtails?
    Attaboy, Biscuit, thanks for the clip.

    Since I am really avoiding work. Lets watch the longer and stranger version of that song

  • : Thank you, Mr. Cowboy.

    You're the bee's knees. And the whole schoolboy thing is all speculation, he's..

    .

  • : I really dug these guys on Saturday. Their mix of punk/ska/jazz scratched me right where I itch.

    Too bad they...

  • : I love the new Arcade Fire stuff...

    they never really clicked with me before. Does anyone agree that "Keep the..

    .

  • : Yeah..

    . and Trey couldn't even get on the RS guitar gods list, where Mayer was one of the top 3.

  • : Do these guys have an album I can get or a full show I can download?

    I've listened to their tracks online...

  • : You nailed it on this one again, Acer. After seeing them 4-5 times, it's pretty impressive how their..

    .

  • : Oh, please still post the collaboration, that would be awesome!
  • : Ditto that, I was all set to make it in for this one Sat night and then bailed in one of those chronic bouts.

    ..

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