Esta edición que encontré por ahí con algunas de las canciones favoritas de Joe Strummer es una buena guía para entender aquella música que inspiró a los Clash para la creación de su obra maestra (léase 'London Calling', 1979) y, más tarde, la carrera posterior de Strummer en solitario. No faltan canciones bien conocidas para quien sea fan acérrimo de los Clash y esté familiarizado con los gustos de Joe, como es el caso del 'Junco Partner' (que los Clash hicieron por partida doble para 'Sandinista!' al estilo reggae y en dub jamaicano), el 'Crawfish' de Elvis (o lo que es lo mismo: Elvis pregonando camarones al estilo Nueva Orleans en una secuencia de 'King Creole'), 'Stagger Lee', Bo Diddley (que incluso acompañó a los Clash en una gira), Buddy Holly, Big Youth, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Eddie Cochran (Joe era un verdadero rocker en la mayor parte de sus influencias) o ese 'Sixteen Tons' de Tennessee Ernie Ford que abrió gran cantidad de conciertos de los Clash antes de que la banda saltara a escena... además de muestras de música latina (cumbia, bolero...) y joyas del Jazz...
Aunque la verdadera guía para escuchar su música predilecta es esa serie de programas que hizo para la BBC británica pinchando sus canciones favoritas (y que seguramente aún se puede encontrar por ahí si se busca bien).
This edition with some of Joe Strummer's favorite songs is a good guide to understand the music that inspired The Clash to create their masterpiece (read: 'London Calling', 1979) and, later, Strummer's solo career, featuring here some songs well known to any fan of The Clash or those familiar with Joe's taste, as is the case of 'Junco Partner', Elvis' 'Crawfish' (from 'King Creole'), 'Stagger Lee', Bo Diddley (who even accompanied the Clash on tour), Buddy Holly, Big Youth, Screamin 'Jay Hawkins, Eddie Cochran (Joe was a real rocker in most of his influences) or the great 'Sixteen Tons' by Tennessee Ernie Ford, a track that sounded in many Clash concerts before the band jumped on stage... along some Latin music (cumbia, bolero...) and jewels of Jazz...
Although the true guide to his favorite music are those programs that he conducted for the BBC presenting some of his favorite songs (anyone interested probably still can find them out there somewhere).
Joe Strummer. Foto: Steve Double
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▶Chuck Berry·'La Juanda'
▶Jimmy Reed·'Baby What You Want Me To Do'
▶Saban Bajramovic·'Pelno Me Sam'
▶Arsenio Rodriguez·'La Vida es Sueño'
▶Kitty Wells·'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'
Aunque la verdadera guía para escuchar su música predilecta es esa serie de programas que hizo para la BBC británica pinchando sus canciones favoritas (y que seguramente aún se puede encontrar por ahí si se busca bien).
This edition with some of Joe Strummer's favorite songs is a good guide to understand the music that inspired The Clash to create their masterpiece (read: 'London Calling', 1979) and, later, Strummer's solo career, featuring here some songs well known to any fan of The Clash or those familiar with Joe's taste, as is the case of 'Junco Partner', Elvis' 'Crawfish' (from 'King Creole'), 'Stagger Lee', Bo Diddley (who even accompanied the Clash on tour), Buddy Holly, Big Youth, Screamin 'Jay Hawkins, Eddie Cochran (Joe was a real rocker in most of his influences) or the great 'Sixteen Tons' by Tennessee Ernie Ford, a track that sounded in many Clash concerts before the band jumped on stage... along some Latin music (cumbia, bolero...) and jewels of Jazz...
Although the true guide to his favorite music are those programs that he conducted for the BBC presenting some of his favorite songs (anyone interested probably still can find them out there somewhere).
Joe Strummer. Foto: Steve Double
>EscuchaListen
▶Chuck Berry·'La Juanda'
▶Jimmy Reed·'Baby What You Want Me To Do'
▶Saban Bajramovic·'Pelno Me Sam'
▶Arsenio Rodriguez·'La Vida es Sueño'
▶Kitty Wells·'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'
