Music can send you down a trip on memory lane, it’ll make you remember a loved one or a fun time in your life or maybe even that one night with that special someone… you know what i’m talking about. We at 1833 are no different and want to celebrate the past with our weekly segment THROWBACK THURSDAY’S; check below to see what era our contributors are stuck in this week and come back every thursday to find out what songs you forgot you missed.
Donshining:
I’ve been playing drums for almost 18 years now and when I started as a shorty I got into the traditional “what every drummer plays” classic rock style of music. I was playing Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Zepplin, Nirvana with a little Al Green and a lot of Stevie Wonder thrown into there which is a solid introduction to music, simple drum beats for the most part and great song structure. I was on this tip until I was maybe 13 when I got introduced to jazz, but still was the more traditional style of jazz such as Duke, Count Basie, Louie Armstrong, early Miles, Dave Brubeck, but no Coltrane, no Eric Dolphy, no late Miles, no Sun Ra, maybe a little Charles Mingus but overall it was your basic big band music. It wasn’t until my freshman year of college at Roosevelt did I even begin to hear free jazz, because I had a super dope instructor who introduced me to Coltrane and the more spiritual side of an era. It wasn’t until then that I begin to find a connection with jazz music and Interstellar Space really opened up my mind and my ears to creativity beyond music but an interpersonal relationship with sound. It may just sound like noise but you have to understand that Coltrane and Rashied are at the peak of their playing here and there is communication between these 2 instruments that is magic through living.
Zach:
One day soon it will be hip/relevant to know about Brockhampton and their early catalogue, why not get a jump start now?
Mama Sims:
Here is Jeff Buckley’s impeccable interpretation of the timeless song “A Satisfied Mind,” written by Joe “Red” Hayes and Jack Rhodes. The song was made a #1 hit by Porter Wagoner in 1955, also covered by Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Joan Baez and many others. Jeff’s version was recorded live for a radio program in 1992 and ended up on the posthumous release of the last project he was working on, Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk. At the time of his death, Buckley was not satisfied with the progress of the album. His band was actually on a plane heading to Memphis to start over when he tragically drowned in the Mississippi River. Rolling Stone wrote of the “A Satisfied Mind” recording, “…Buckley gives a performance of sublime purity and contentment that illuminates the heart and purpose etched deep in the rest of Sketches. This is not the album Buckley intended for release, but it is a record of his best intentions.” The song is true, Jeff’s emotive & virtuosic voice and excellent musical taste make for an outstanding rendition of “A Satisfied Mind.”
How many times have you heard someone say
If I had money
I would do things my way
But little they know
That it’s so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind.
Money can’t buy back
All your youth when you’re old
A friend when you’re lonely
Or a piece of your soul
The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the man
With a satisfied mind
When my life is over
And my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones
I will leave there’s no doubt
But one thing’s for certain
When it comes my time
I’ll leave this old world
With a satisfied mind.
Alexy:
I can’t describe how much joy Andre 3000’s verse puts in my heart. Also at the wedding ceremony in the video during Andre’s verse peep T-pain in the background pretending to be one of the choir singers wilding out. This song and video have to be put in the nations archives for later generations to view and understand because its just perfect.
