Bill G

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

It's 3:30 a.m. and I can't sleep. Guess what I'm watching?

[Vanessa @VanessaChaseOG]

Roscoe Holcomb- “On Top Of Old Smokey”

[Vanessa @VanessaChaseOG]

Now this is a fucking commercial… ‘Merica!!!

Rambler American Commercial (1966)

[Vanessa @VanessaChaseOG]

❤️❤️❤️

Archie Campbell- “No One To Love” (1947)

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: Beaumonsters Edgar and Johnny Winter sat in for a gig with the great B.B. King at the Raven club in Beaumont back in 1961. I had heard of this event but never knew much about it and certainly did not know that there was a photo of it until "Sweetwater Sal" posted about it on my TOT forum. I found an interview with Johnny in which he mentioned it and said it essentially came after he begged B.B. to let him and his brother sit in. "He didn't even know if I could play or not," Johnny said later. "I'm surprised he let me play but he finally did after I bugged him to death. But I really wanted him to hear me play plus I wanted to play for a black audience and see how that worked." The Raven was a club that appealed primarily to an African-American clientele, and I wonder what the crowd made of the two brothers as they sat in with the great B.B. King. And the music! Oh, to be a fly on the wall that night! Shown here, L-R: Bobby Reeder, Johnny Winter, B.B. King, Edgar Winter and Isaac Peyton Sweat.

Thanks so Sweetwater Sal for sharing this photo, which was taken by a man named Steven Beal.

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

That time Willie and Asleep at the Wheel played Pancho and Lefty.

https://t.co/lhSCNFTiY5

[Eric Shimada @ShimadaEri11956]

レーナード・スキナード：伝説のライヴ！
1977年、オークランド・スタジアムで行われた伝説のライヴです。
「フリーバード」！

[Rock History Live! @KTrain939913]

Today in Rock History

July 7, 1976
Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded One More from the Road over three nights (July 7 - 9) at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Released later that year, it became the band’s first major live album and captured the classic lineup at its commercial peak, featuring performances of staples like “Free Bird,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Workin’ for MCA.”

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Merle Haggard making the impression of Buck Owens and it was spot on.

[Real Country Music @real_kuntry]

Hands on the Wheel

[BluesAlive @KeepTheBluesAli]

Roy Buchanan ~
Green Onions
https://t.co/lcqHbNGD36

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Johnny Cash laughing at George Jones for making his iconic hiccup noise.

[Andrzej @AndrzejZmiasta]

American Girl (1976)🎶
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 🎶🎤

[Vintage Rock N’ Roll 🎸 @RockNRoLL_85]

Workin for MCA is definitely their baddest in your face rock n roll song!
#Lynyrdskynyrd

[Frank Reardon @frank21274]

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite actors, the singular Warren Oates. 1 of my favorite artists, hands down

"Heavies are closer to life than leading men. The heavy is everyman -everyman when he faces a tough moment in life. It's the heavy that has to do with the meat of life."

[Peter Oxley @oxley264]

THE WILD BUNCH 1969
William Holden Ernest Borgnine
Robert Ryan Warren Oates
Ben Johnson Strother Martin
Edmond O'Brien L.Q Jones
Jaime Sanchez Bo Hopkins
#SamPeckinpah
#WarrenOatesBOTD1928

[Sergio Rodríguez @Sergiofordy]

#botd 1928 #WarrenOates
92 in the Shade, 1975, directed by Thomas McGuane.
Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton.
“Arnold Palmer’s Caddy” scene.

“For some of us, Warren Oates is the only human being in pictures."
Ned Beatty.

[Classic Movie Hub @ClassicMovieHub]

Born Today, July 5, in 1928, Warren Oates.
Over 120 roles including Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, The Shooting, Dillinger 1973, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Race with the Devil, The Wild Bunch, and lots of TV.
Did You Know? He enlisted in the US Marine Corps for two years (1946–1948), serving in its air wing as an aircraft mechanic and reaching the rank of corporal.
#botd https://t.co/aa64TApjKc

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Screenwriter Gordon T. Dawson wrote the lead character in "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974) with Sam Peckinpah in mind. He said “I really tried to do Sam Peckinpah, as much as I knew about him, his mannerisms, and everything he did…I tried to say it all.” He expected Peckinpah to scale it back in the rewrite but he didn't, but much to Dawson's surprise Peckinpah didn't. He said, "but by god he didn't take much away." Warren Oates copied Sam Peckinpah to play his part, right down to borrowing a pair of sunglasses from the director.

("Ain’t No More Chances", Travis Woods, Bright Wall/Dark Room, 2018 & IMDb)

P.S: Remembering the great American actor Warren Oates on his 98th birthday!