Legendary Stardust Cowboy and special guests...
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, Girls with Guns, & more!
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
No one knows what's going to happen when the Legendary Stardust Cowboy takes the stage. Decked out in a cowboy hat and boots, spurs, leather chaps, and a jean jacket with his name emblazoned on the back, the 74-year-old singer carries a bugle and shoots off a pistol filled with blanks. He may ride a stick horse around stage and he'll probably strip down to his underwear, but he never plays the same show twice.
There's one thing that's certain with the man his fans call "The Ledge." He'll begin, and likely finish, each of his performances with "Paralyzed," a wild, unintelligible song alternately acknowledged as one of the worst ever recorded and a masterpiece of outsider art. It's the song that landed him a major label record contract, made him a cult figure, and ultimately immortalized him as the inspiration for David Bowie's iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.
"He's just kind of a genius savant, hovering above the rest of the world," says country singer and Flatlanders member Joe Ely, who's known The Ledge for over 50 years. The two met during junior high school in Lubbock, Texas. "He's really brilliant, but they've never really found a place for him."
Born Norman Carl Odham (in the same hospital, bizarrely, as Buddy Holly), The Ledge was drawn to rock 'n' roll at an early age, in particular Elvis Presley. "I needed something wild," he says. But even Presley was too earthbound for his tastes: "Shake, rattle, and roll was not wild enough. Not fast enough. Too slow," he declares, biting off his words in an abrupt, almost belligerent shout. What he really loved was jazz, particularly artists like Thelonius Monk and Wes Montgomery. "I could listen to that stuff all day. I could just get drunk on jazz," he says.
Inspired by his love of Westerns and fascination with space travel, he adopted his moniker of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy as a teenager in the early 60s. Ely remembers him playing songs on the steps of the school auditorium each morning. "He was just screaming at the top of his lungs and kind of played the same chord for every song. I was just fascinated," he says. "He had this following, although people kind of poked fun at him because he's a real character and had this whole image of himself built up." - Vice
https://www.legendarystardustcowboy.com
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Isaac Rother and the Phantoms
Ghoulish Rock n' roll.
https://isaacrother.bandcamp.com/
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Girls with Guns
San Francisco based punk band formed by La-ni Mae Lithman, daughter of Phillip Lithman a.k.a. Snakefinger.
https://girlswithguns.band
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The Whoosie-What's It's
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, The Whoosies, continue to confuse audiences with their name of limited appeal. Fronted by Nettie KaBOOM!, they crank out silly punk ditties with a dash of pop along the lines of the Rezillos and Paul Collins.
https://whoosiewhatsits.bandcamp.com/
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DJ Pete Slovenly
The founder of Slovenly Records blaring all kindsa stuff, from: frat pounders, 60s beat-punk, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, western & 50s R&R, exotica, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 90s garagepunk trash!
https://slovenly.com
show less
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, Girls with Guns, & more!
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
No one knows what's going to happen when the Legendary Stardust Cowboy takes the stage. Decked out in a cowboy hat and boots, spurs, leather chaps, and a jean jacket with his name emblazoned on the back, the 74-year-old singer carries a bugle and shoots off a pistol filled with blanks. He may ride a stick horse around stage and he'll probably strip down to his underwear, but he never plays the same show twice.
There's one thing that's certain with the man his fans call "The Ledge." He'll begin, and likely finish, each of his performances with "Paralyzed," a wild, unintelligible song alternately acknowledged as one of the worst ever recorded and a masterpiece of outsider art. It's the song that landed him a major label record contract, made him a cult figure, and ultimately immortalized him as the inspiration for David Bowie's iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.
"He's just kind of a genius savant, hovering above the rest of the world," says country singer and Flatlanders member Joe Ely, who's known The Ledge for over 50 years. The two met during junior high school in Lubbock, Texas. "He's really brilliant, but they've never really found a place for him."
Born Norman Carl Odham (in the same hospital, bizarrely, as Buddy Holly), The Ledge was drawn to rock 'n' roll at an early age, in particular Elvis Presley. "I needed something wild," he says. But even Presley was too earthbound for his tastes: "Shake, rattle, and roll was not wild enough. Not fast enough. Too slow," he declares, biting off his words in an abrupt, almost belligerent shout. What he really loved was jazz, particularly artists like Thelonius Monk and Wes Montgomery. "I could listen to that stuff all day. I could just get drunk on jazz," he says.
Inspired by his love of Westerns and fascination with space travel, he adopted his moniker of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy as a teenager in the early 60s. Ely remembers him playing songs on the steps of the school auditorium each morning. "He was just screaming at the top of his lungs and kind of played the same chord for every song. I was just fascinated," he says. "He had this following, although people kind of poked fun at him because he's a real character and had this whole image of himself built up." - Vice
https://www.legendarystardustcowboy.com
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Isaac Rother and the Phantoms
Ghoulish Rock n' roll.
https://isaacrother.bandcamp.com/
-----
Girls with Guns
San Francisco based punk band formed by La-ni Mae Lithman, daughter of Phillip Lithman a.k.a. Snakefinger.
https://girlswithguns.band
-----
The Whoosie-What's It's
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, The Whoosies, continue to confuse audiences with their name of limited appeal. Fronted by Nettie KaBOOM!, they crank out silly punk ditties with a dash of pop along the lines of the Rezillos and Paul Collins.
https://whoosiewhatsits.bandcamp.com/
-----
DJ Pete Slovenly
The founder of Slovenly Records blaring all kindsa stuff, from: frat pounders, 60s beat-punk, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, western & 50s R&R, exotica, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 90s garagepunk trash!
https://slovenly.com
Legendary Stardust Cowboy and special guests...
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, Girls with Guns, & more!
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
No one knows what's going to happen when the Legendary Stardust Cowboy takes the stage. Decked out in a cowboy hat and boots, spurs, leather chaps, and a jean jacket with his name emblazoned on the back, the 74-year-old singer carries a bugle and shoots off a pistol filled with blanks. He may ride a stick horse around stage and he'll probably strip down to his underwear, but he never plays the same show twice.
There's one thing that's certain with the man his fans call "The Ledge." He'll begin, and likely finish, each of his performances with "Paralyzed," a wild, unintelligible song alternately acknowledged as one of the worst ever recorded and a masterpiece of outsider art. It's the song that landed him a major label record contract, made him a cult figure, and ultimately immortalized him as the inspiration for David Bowie's iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.
"He's just kind of a genius savant, hovering above the rest of the world," says country singer and Flatlanders member Joe Ely, who's known The Ledge for over 50 years. The two met during junior high school in Lubbock, Texas. "He's really brilliant, but they've never really found a place for him."
Born Norman Carl Odham (in the same hospital, bizarrely, as Buddy Holly), The Ledge was drawn to rock 'n' roll at an early age, in particular Elvis Presley. "I needed something wild," he says. But even Presley was too earthbound for his tastes: "Shake, rattle, and roll was not wild enough. Not fast enough. Too slow," he declares, biting off his words in an abrupt, almost belligerent shout. What he really loved was jazz, particularly artists like Thelonius Monk and Wes Montgomery. "I could listen to that stuff all day. I could just get drunk on jazz," he says.
Inspired by his love of Westerns and fascination with space travel, he adopted his moniker of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy as a teenager in the early 60s. Ely remembers him playing songs on the steps of the school auditorium each morning. "He was just screaming at the top of his lungs and kind of played the same chord for every song. I was just fascinated," he says. "He had this following, although people kind of poked fun at him because he's a real character and had this whole image of himself built up." - Vice
https://www.legendarystardustcowboy.com
-----
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms
Ghoulish Rock n' roll.
https://isaacrother.bandcamp.com/
-----
Girls with Guns
San Francisco based punk band formed by La-ni Mae Lithman, daughter of Phillip Lithman a.k.a. Snakefinger.
https://girlswithguns.band
-----
The Whoosie-What's It's
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, The Whoosies, continue to confuse audiences with their name of limited appeal. Fronted by Nettie KaBOOM!, they crank out silly punk ditties with a dash of pop along the lines of the Rezillos and Paul Collins.
https://whoosiewhatsits.bandcamp.com/
-----
DJ Pete Slovenly
The founder of Slovenly Records blaring all kindsa stuff, from: frat pounders, 60s beat-punk, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, western & 50s R&R, exotica, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 90s garagepunk trash!
https://slovenly.com
read more
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, Girls with Guns, & more!
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
No one knows what's going to happen when the Legendary Stardust Cowboy takes the stage. Decked out in a cowboy hat and boots, spurs, leather chaps, and a jean jacket with his name emblazoned on the back, the 74-year-old singer carries a bugle and shoots off a pistol filled with blanks. He may ride a stick horse around stage and he'll probably strip down to his underwear, but he never plays the same show twice.
There's one thing that's certain with the man his fans call "The Ledge." He'll begin, and likely finish, each of his performances with "Paralyzed," a wild, unintelligible song alternately acknowledged as one of the worst ever recorded and a masterpiece of outsider art. It's the song that landed him a major label record contract, made him a cult figure, and ultimately immortalized him as the inspiration for David Bowie's iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.
"He's just kind of a genius savant, hovering above the rest of the world," says country singer and Flatlanders member Joe Ely, who's known The Ledge for over 50 years. The two met during junior high school in Lubbock, Texas. "He's really brilliant, but they've never really found a place for him."
Born Norman Carl Odham (in the same hospital, bizarrely, as Buddy Holly), The Ledge was drawn to rock 'n' roll at an early age, in particular Elvis Presley. "I needed something wild," he says. But even Presley was too earthbound for his tastes: "Shake, rattle, and roll was not wild enough. Not fast enough. Too slow," he declares, biting off his words in an abrupt, almost belligerent shout. What he really loved was jazz, particularly artists like Thelonius Monk and Wes Montgomery. "I could listen to that stuff all day. I could just get drunk on jazz," he says.
Inspired by his love of Westerns and fascination with space travel, he adopted his moniker of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy as a teenager in the early 60s. Ely remembers him playing songs on the steps of the school auditorium each morning. "He was just screaming at the top of his lungs and kind of played the same chord for every song. I was just fascinated," he says. "He had this following, although people kind of poked fun at him because he's a real character and had this whole image of himself built up." - Vice
https://www.legendarystardustcowboy.com
-----
Isaac Rother and the Phantoms
Ghoulish Rock n' roll.
https://isaacrother.bandcamp.com/
-----
Girls with Guns
San Francisco based punk band formed by La-ni Mae Lithman, daughter of Phillip Lithman a.k.a. Snakefinger.
https://girlswithguns.band
-----
The Whoosie-What's It's
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, The Whoosies, continue to confuse audiences with their name of limited appeal. Fronted by Nettie KaBOOM!, they crank out silly punk ditties with a dash of pop along the lines of the Rezillos and Paul Collins.
https://whoosiewhatsits.bandcamp.com/
-----
DJ Pete Slovenly
The founder of Slovenly Records blaring all kindsa stuff, from: frat pounders, 60s beat-punk, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, western & 50s R&R, exotica, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 90s garagepunk trash!
https://slovenly.com
show less
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