Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Javan Dawn


Where did that week go? I’m finding it difficult to find enough time to put much together here right now. This post is therefore going to be short but, I hope you will agree, has a sweet end.

I’m decorating my son’s bedroom at the moment. I always play CDs when I’m decorating and as a result each room for me ends up with a permanent association to a particular selection of music. Going back a few years now, our bedroom is linked to Blur’s 13 and old John Peel program mix tapes. A couple of years ago our daughter’s bedroom got the treatment to a vinyl selection (the turntable was in close proximity at the time) including Peoples Choice “We Got The Rhythm”, various Earth, Wind & Fire albums, and Gil Scott Heron. Last year it was the lounge’s turn and lots of Reggae, Joan Osborne’s “Relish”, and Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions” spring to mind.

Last time I decorated my son’s bedroom I was left with the lasting impression of Miles Davis' “Kind Of Blue”. As it happens kind of blue is the colour theme this time round for Ben’s room. As I slap on the Javan Dawn (a sort of deep turquoise – coincidentally very similar to the colour of the paint I had on my bedroom wall as a teenager) so far it’s been The Bees “Octopus”, Bjork’s “Vespertine”, The Be Good Tanyas “Hello Love”, and some of my mix CDs. And Terry Callier’s “Holdin’ On” was on one of those mix CDs yesterday and I thought that would be a good track to drop on here.

In an interview Terry did a few years ago he said this track was deemed too political for airplay! – oh dear, the roots of PC.

“Holdin’ On” is from the 1978 album “Fire On Ice” which was reissued on CD a few years ago and you could buy it here.

Terry Callier – Holding On (To Your Love) 1978

3 comments:

ally. said...

i'll never forget a magical night at the jazz cafe when i first saw terry callier play. he was amazing and the crowd were going so mad he was clearly overwhelmed and ended the show in tears.
i'd missed this track so thanks for digging it out.
i'm sure rooms decorated with such tunes will be filled with
magic
x

Darcy said...

Ally: Would like to have been at that gig. My pleasure at digging this one out, thanks for the comment, the decorating's finished now and the boy seems happy!

Adam Bennett said...

Terry's new album, Hidden Conversations is out and is available from Mr Bongo, Terry is also on tour throughout the UK. Info on this and more can be found at
www.terrycallier.net / www.mrbongo.com