Billy Bragg & Wayne Kramer - What's In My Bag?

Musicians and activists Billy Bragg and Wayne Kramer go shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood.
Check out their picks:
Valerie June - Pushin' Against A Stone (CD) bit.ly/2jnI2Zb
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight... (CD) bit.ly/2k0Fa5S
Grant Green - Grantstand (CD) bit.ly/2jnLhzL
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (CD)
Tal Farlow - Verve Jazz Masters 41 (CD)
George Sidney - Bye Bye Birdie [1963] (DVD) bit.ly/2jbY7xR
Jackie McLean - Destination Out (CD) bit.ly/2jc4DVj
Lou Reed - Transformer (CD) bit.ly/2jX9jma
Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) - The Bootleg Series Vol.10 (CD) bit.ly/2k0VALd
Cliff Martinez - Only God Forgives [OST] (CD) bit.ly/2jPd5vE
Merrry Clayton - The Best Of Merry Clayton (CD) bit.ly/2jnIiHN
Buy Billy Bragg albums: bit.ly/1eFsZPl
Buy Wayne Kramer albums: bit.ly/1dPQOFC
Buy MC5 albums: bit.ly/1lzLhGX
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[@KC-zp6gy]

God bless Wayne for spreading the gospel of jazz to little rock n rollers like me.

[@friendlier]

The MC5 and the Stooges were all free jazz fans. Nice to see Kramer goes even further back. What movies and TV shows does he write for?

[@Unklechopchop]

East bound & down is one of them ....Kenny fuckin Powers 😀

[@JunkyardGod89]

Billy Bragg makes out like the UK is starved for independent record shops but they're doing far better now than they did ten years ago, I've been to plenty all over the UK.

[@iandiandi]

Can't find a record shop in England Billy? Take a trip down to Brighton one of these days. It's about an hour's drive from where you live.

[@theonlyantony]

Saw Tal Farlow at The Bull in Barnes, London, 300 years ago. He ws stunning. His guitar was loud and fedback at the end of a song - a big, deep chord of feedback

[@friendlier]

Wow, loud is not what I'd expect. Would love to have heard that.

[@harvey1954]

Was that when he was still playing with the Flintstones ?

[@RustyBosshhkkhh]

I'm a hard core 90's rap fan but when it comes to different types of genres I love a little of everything. Lately I've been discovering a lot of classic musicians that slowly i've been starting to follow

[@ebuzzmiller34]

Wow, Wayne Kramer has excellent jazz taste. Who'd a thunk it? Can't wait for the future What's In My Bag where Iggy Pop details his favorite bossa nova records.

[@bobfagan5616]

He studied harmony etc. with Red Rodney from Charlie Parker's band, they were both in prison at the same time.

[@rafalvarenga]

+Dom King as a brazilian i go "meh" everytime a gringo goes bossa nova or tropicalia.

[@stephenkane2464]

MC5 were advocates of Sun Ra and Mingus.

[@paolocoletti1574]

@@rafalvarenga That was a joke, but ok! Now what can we go meh about what You like outside of Brazil?

[@rafalvarenga]

@@paolocoletti1574 i was probably talk9ng about something wayne kramer liked. anyway. i posted that 3 years ago.

[@BigVitus]

Nilsson Schmilsson! what a fantastic name for a record.

[@jamesjennings3726]

Oh Billy, even at the time of recording this there were plenty of record shops in the UK, you just need to get out and find them.

[@TheDritch]

love you wayne! a true soldier of peace! from the white panthers to a self confessed addict- he's run the muck and is alive to tell others his story. love him

[@DiamorphineDeath]

True soldier of peace hu? Violent Marxist revolutionary type stuff somehow has a peaceful connotation attached to it eh?

[@DiamorphineDeath]

" a true soldier of peace!" "from the white panthers" There's an abundance of contradictions there bud. Lay off the soy and grow up into some big boy philosophy. The bleeding heart emotional outburst type stuff really does get old when it comes from anyone that doesn't happen to be an 18 year old female, especially from an adult male, which I'm guessing you are. But you listen to NPR so I shouldn't be expecting much here.

[@KC-zp6gy]

[@gabbyc3444]

@@DiamorphineDeath and you probably watch fox news which I think is far worse. NPR has never gotten anyone killed whereas fox news has.

[@blahblah606]

@@DiamorphineDeath That level of negativity must be exhausting. I hope you find peace.

[@iidrgn]

I love Billy he was always my favorite Folk singer!!! isnt it time for him to return to oregon/.

[@paulkazakoff9231]

I went to the Amoeba in San Fran. and so much to look at.could of spent a coupla days there.Wow nothin' like that here in Western Australia !

[@louiso.4325]

Cliff Martinez, the guy Wayne Mentioned, was the drummer of the RHCP and even played on their first two albums.

[@danieltaylor-roman2048]

I was wondering if it was the same Cliff!

[@written12]

I had no idea that Wayne composed movie and television music.

[@benomara8622]

Big up the Mick Mcarthy reference.

[@mymixture965]

Kramer knows jazz guitar, great picks.

[@presidentraygunn]

I love These guys' cause, Jail Guitar Doors. Good lookin out for the ones nobody thinks about.

[@sugarspun4216]

What you on about Billy? I know loads of independent record shops just as good as the one you're sat in there. Next time you're in Cardiff I'll take you to Spillers the oldest record shop in the world, it first opened in 1894 and still going strong. You need to get out more Billy lad.

[@dream-67]

I know right! In little old Norwich there are at least 4 indie record stores.... But then it doesn't fit into his anti British agenda

[@roberthubbell2234]

I totally get being frustrated with lack of support from Billy for UK shops... but as an east coast American, I gotta say I’ve never seen a record shop like Amoeba. It blew me away when I first discovered it 25 years ago. Think of the best independent (new/used) shop you’ve been in and multiply the stock/variety by a factor of 8-10

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Thanks. I am always keen to know the music behind the musician. I am a Canadian so I don't know about the actual state of record shops but Billy, bless him, seems a tad off- Britain, from the little I've read, England has lots of great "brick and mortar" shops. The music he chose- SUBLIME, SUPERLATIVE- made me aware of artists I have listened to and forgot about and need to BUY since radio and Sirius aren't up to scratch...( truthfully I know dick about the latter- maybe a NICE, POLITE, WELL MEANING "cat" will fill me in- yes, BE NICE. LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR ANYMORE MEANIES- listen to Billy's raw, heartfelt, no half-naked exploited dancers, jiggling about- listen to his music- you might learn something too- Off to shop, Merry Clayton, Yusef Latif, "Confessions of Margaret Thatcher's Hair Stylist and Makeup Lackey" ...I think it was the divine Julie Driscoll who once quipped, "that "barnet"? (Cockney rhyme slang?) imagine putting your hand in it and getting stuck for a week?" I misquoted I'm sure but I got the sentiment- of course she was referring to overkill hairspray, helmets not hair, back combed beehive do's, before Vidal Sassoon made life easier and simply, elegant- I mention Marg because I can't see or hear Billy without shuddering at memories of her and the fall-out still affecting Britain and I suppose, the entire globe- her tentacles of rich are better, screw the ordinary people, those who work, struggle, maintain a foul status quo and promulgate The Me First Mentality- hairnets off to Meryl Streep though for a stunning performance in that biopic- got damn boring so bless her acting skills- time for Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, in my humble sack...Namaste

[@ChrisMeerkat]

I'm not familiar with either of their own music but they have a good selection. I love Merry Clayton. I can't think of a more powerful vocalist.

[@emmaduncan2991]

well now I'm off to listen to "Gimme Shelter.

[@CS-sf1rz]

On Spotify thx BB

[@emu8435]

Didn’t expect to see Mick McCarthy when clicking on this video

[@Paneeks1960]

Fantastic. Thanks Amoeba. Oh, could you guys please open up a store on the east coast? Preferably Boston. Thank you~ Rob/Boston

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Amoeba is the best

[@26ruben1]

Is it me, or does the music from "Only God Forgives" sound like the opening music to "Stranger Things?"

[@sega62s]

great stuff,

[@gramsci420]

Impeccable taste, Wayne

[@pekkak9127]

Does someone know the song from the very beginning that lasts like 25seconds.?

[@jukeboxbaby1]

Billy seems like a hilarious guy just the way he talks.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Valerie June's voice reminds me of Erykah Badu's!

[@asiankaos3861]

Man do I love BIlly Bragg and MC5

[@jeniferallan6693]

There are loads of great independent record shops in the UK. BRAGG SHOULD COME HOME AT TAKE A GOOD LOOK

[@louiso.4325]

Brother Wayne Kramer!

[@written12]

Where are all the record shops in the US that Billy alludes to?

[@ianmcclymont8872]

Billy...have you ever heard of car boot sales, flea markets...charity shops..shit loads of records in them..got most of my collection in those bad boys.

[@83056]

Mary Clayton! WOW!

[@robjanssen2961]

spotify found mary clayton for me....

[@DirtyWindshieldSeries]

Rest in Peace, WK!

[@gapthfc]

lol about the Mick McCarthy thing, I knew it reminded me of someone!

[@friendlier]

Merry Clayton's version of "Gimme Shelter" is as good as, if not better, than the Stones'.

[@Robhalifax]

Note to Billy Bragg. Try the internet to buy vinyl and cd's. You dont have to travel to the USA.

[@SueTube7]

Except that you stumble across music in actual shops stocked by music buffs in ways that no algorithm can replicate.

[@bobgreen623]

Exactly right, Sue Tube.

[@JohnnyFriendly]

@@SueTube7 This is rubbish. Record stores are a business and will stock what sells or what the record industry is trying to push, not what some purported music buff likes. I have NEVER discovered anything in a record store for this reason - there are no interesting artefacts there. Additionally algorithms have nothing to do with vinyl or cd; back in the pre-internet era we would hear of interesting and obscure things via the music press or word of mouth. Today the word of mouth aspect is far greater thanks to the internet and hence people are now better informed about what music to search for (which they can of course buy via the internet)

[@SandraDeefan]

@@SueTube7 You stumble across music online, stop trying to see shops through rose tinted glasses, they can be crap with pretentious sales staff.

[@SueTube7]

@@SandraDeefan I've discovered great stuff looking through the racks. There are still some good record shops out there.

[@DavidJones-mo9jc]

Neko Case was a totally new name to me.

[@grahamstrahle4010]

Brothers in arms

[@doomgloom8414]

The Motor City's Burnin'❗

[@mod69]

Thought billy would have a bag of vinyl

[@jackv6227]

WAYNE!!!!

[@macadoo2530]

Brother Wayne!

[@bobgreen623]

Wayne Kramer. Wayne fucking Kramer. Brother Wayne!!

[@joepineapples9332]

Wayne ......fucking rock god

[@josephreilly6328]

Neilson smelison, Me and my Arrow

[@geospot4679]

McCarthy is an Irish football manager

[@Caligula138]

That album Billy picked for Album of the year... blah... His son has better music taste then he does. Oh and Merry Clayton has 4 albums on Spotify.

[@dcdude171]

Including the album he bought haha.

[@mr.coolmug3181]

Harry Nilsson is great. I don't like Billy Bragg because his music sucks. Just thought you should know.

[@MrERLoner]

Whats with all the Billy Bragg hate? Seems like everyones having a run at him

[@paul87buick]

It's funny calling CDs records

[@laylaglantz8876]

Billy is talking tripe in his dotage...there are record shops remains in Britain although in decreased numbers...

[@robertmunro5382]

loads of record shops in the u.k just not as good as amoeba

[@paddlepop77]

Umm, Billy, all those things you bought are called CDs. "Records" are made of vinyl.

[@paddlepop77]

MrGenedancingmachine I'm not wrong, son. Normal people (unlike yourself) call it a CD, not a record. EOT

[@henrybemis3439]

Wrong. A record can be vinyl, CD, or cassette. It's called vernacular. Look it up.

[@KowankoMusic]

A 'record' is anything that's recorded: photo, audio tape, film, mp3, court transcript. Wonderfully non-format-specific term, isn't it?

[@skyblazeeterno]

not in common use...British people refer to vinyl records as records NOT CDs...just go into a shop and ask for a record you wont get a cd

[@bobgreen623]

British people of a certain age and above refer to records, meaning singles and LP's. Younger people use the term vinyls, which I truly abhor.

[@Kelly14UK]

Lol. Fuckin A

[@Humanshieldchorus00]

Mick McCarthy is Irish.........NOT English

[@paddlepop77]

Mick was born in Barnsley, that would make him...ENGLISH.

[@Humanshieldchorus00]

He is Irish ya buffoon, of Irish decent, sure Shane MacGowan was born in Pembury would you call him English?

[@irish66]

lol, i enjoyed this conversation,

[@simonandrewx]

Billy seemed to Piss me off here. Record shops still exist and much as I love America there's no need to ass kiss it Billy. Its not the messiah

[@kelzuya]

Mick McCarthy hahah

[@richardmurphy9006]

Nilson Smilson

[@mysecretworld6603]

Mick McCarthy, plastic paddy...Billy Bragg, millionaire faux socialiam

[@robertstotts1209]

yeah those are cds not records you are supposed to get schmilsson on record with the poster still in it or don't show it fake wanna be musicians no street credit. proof any person can hustle through music i dig music i'm on drugs

[@veronicalucas7727]

Ex army ex Gail bird play geeeetarr billy Bragg leg-end Wayne Kramer kick out the jams mo fo

[@dpurcell5]

I used to have great admiration for Billy Bragg and his way of seeing the world through his musical ideas. Now, I can see he's just another media wanker hunting the money. Dismal, Billy, dismal...