Memphis Belles Pinup Car Wash

UPDATE: Bumpin' this up because the girls are so beautiful mentally and physically. Go get you some good vibes and a clean car for cheap.

The Memphis Belles burlesque troop is having another car wash at Shangri-La Records on Madison. I went to the last one; and the girls did an amazingly good job on my van for the measly $10 contribution. Here's the latest poster:

More info at the Belles' great MySpace site.

See who else will be there on the Facebook page for this event.

Two words: Hubba Hubba!

VotD: Rock Hard with Jimi Jamison

Steve Cohen Votes for Supplemental War Funding

Conyers didn't. Kucinich didn't. Cohen did.

It's Hard Out Here for a Blogger

Durn, here I am wanting to write something serious and important; but a Sam Adams beer, a blues podcast, and VirtuaGirls on my screen are making it very difficult.

See what I mean?  It's hard out here for a blogger!

Laddie Hutcherson & the Guilloteens

I am tracking down a rumor I hope is not true. For now, enjoy a piece of Memphis music history, a video of "I Don't Believe":



That'd be Laddie on bass (the guitar with only 4 tuners, OK, the blonde guy).

Click here for audio only but the whole record.

The B side, live on TV, Laddie on guitar and doing the lip sync this time:



This being what I'm steeling up for: 64 is too young to die in this day and age. The drummer, Joe Davis, left the building already, last year at 63 (obit w/ band history). From the Batesville [AR] Daily Guard:

CHEROKEE VILLAGE — Laddie Gene Hutcherson, 64, of Cherokee Village died Saturday, May 30, 2009, in an Ash Flat nursing home.

Arrangements will be announced by Tri-County Funeral Home of Highland.

The phone number over there is (870) 856 2705. I AM NOT SAYING this is the same Laddie Hutcherson...YET. (Well, of course, now I can.)

Here's a really nice history of the band, with more graphics. And there's still Louis Paul. Check out his site for more info and pics.

UPDATE from Nancy Apple:

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 12:38 PM

Friends,
Don Nix asked me to help spread the word about a Memorial Service for Laddie Hutcherson
2 Pm on Sat the 22nd at The Church on the River.
Thanks for your help and I hope you are well and happy. Don

Laddie Hutcherson
As one of the founding members of the Guilloteens, a Memphis garage rock trio that ruled the local scene from 1964-1968, Hutcherson appeared on Shindig and American Bandstand, palled around with Elvis and the Byrds, worked with with Phil Spector and Jack Nitzsche, and, as unlikely as it might sound, inked a deal with cartoon team Hanna-Barbera's record label.

NANCY APPLE
Memphis Song Slinger
Have songs, will travel

Map to the church.

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IFC Media Project Episode 204 -- A Venerable Newspaper Dies

I happened to notice this series while selecting programs to record.  Episode 204 focuses on the demise of the Rocky Mountain News.  Here are a couple of outtakes: