Never really dared to get into Pollard's world, even if I like a lot of the stuff he put out back in the '90's, it would be the final straw for my bank account. My good pal @kewkbrt is a major fan, tho.
Ill be driving Houston to roughly Mobile Alabama (or further). Got the Stones cued up (cant go wrong) but those are fine starting suggestions.
I missed it somewhere - how did you score all these boxes without breaking the bank?! Also, don't tell me youve got the Montreux set too!
I love the Stones, man There is this thing at gigs over here where somebody will shout out 'spell no Stones'a!' (c'mon and play some Stones!) in a loud and rude voice. It is only funny if it is a black metal show, really. Or some classical music.
I still cant believe Master of Reality is from 1971!!!! Sweet Leaf Into the Void Lord of this World Still one of the best sounding electric guitar tones in all of metal! 1971!!!!?1!*2_39:9:&×.1..+_!€!€$€&!.#!?
No, the Montreux boxes (the DVD and the cd one) and everything from the Prestige years are on my 'must buy'-list. Other than that, I have pretty much everything Miles released now Don't tell my mother or I'll probably lose my inheritance.
For me, the main point of interest would be the '73 show and on the DVD it is only one song, I think. But yeah, they will both be mine. Sooner or later
I bought this set today. Right now, I'm listening to the 1955 set, which feature the lovely performances of: Miles Davis: trumpet Thelonious Monk: piano Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone Percy Heath: bass Connie Kay: drums Not a bad bunch of cats, uh?
Basking in a boat in the Sea of Love of Warm Sun and Happy LA Pop, but I enjoy my pop with the popsicle twist of a Lindsey Buckingham flavor. Paul Simon's Surprise just left the building, so I'm sitting good in my armchair, surrounded by the sprawling omnipresent sonics and wonderful vibes of TUSK. Never understood the lack of love Surprise got (at least in my circle and neck of the woods) Great songs, musicianship by terrific talent (Frisell, H Hancock, Gadd) and ENO lending a hand with the PS production. I've always adored Surprise starting with the SNL appearance at the dawn of the release. I mean a stunning rocker opener about generations of northern fisherman, ending with the immortal line, 'I'm wearing my father's old coat.' I'm a sucker for such eloquent popster trick traps. I love the rest of it too: the sentimental relish of fathers and their daughters, and the others, including some other singles, some that did better abroad than over here. The responses of the mega-critics seemed to be split in its praise, then. Maybe in retrospect it did better than I thought. TUSK is not the great experience imho, unless you eat the whole thing. Not fair to spoon up the Fleetwood sweets without Lindsey's cool wacky pop vegetables. Anyway, this is fun. I never wrote (or typed) the word 'popsicle' in my whole sweet short life. Forgive me for the pop ramble, I'm stuck in the rain in my mancave room, and it's IPA time too...
It's a genre which demands a lot of time, but it's extremely rewarding. Not unlike some of my favorite "rock" bands. Right now, listening to the 1958 Newport set (not for the first time, of course): Miles, Trane, Cannonball, Evans, Chambers, Cobb. Pretty tasty.
Yup, I've finally come 'round to that way of thinking. And I was "dumb" enough (hah, wasn't dumb, it was the smartest thing ever, in fact) to listen to this one earlier today. It is astonishing. So pretty soon I'm going to have to go for Ellington and Mingus too... And yeah, that '58 set is a gem.
Sounds like the northern European version of the obnoxious "Free Bird" yelling here in the States (I assume that's entirely or at least mostly a stateside phenomenon). Dylan actually responded to that by playing Free Bird at the Greek in Berkeley a few years ago, a night I unfortunately did not attend.
For Houston, Rodney Crowell of course! Having done the Houston ---> Orange Beach run a few times on 10. You know, you could just listen to music from along i10-Johnny Winter, Big Bopper, Gatemouth Brown, Balfa Brothers, George Jones, Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, etc. That always kept my night going. That coffee and chewing tobacco. I hear just into Mississippi is bad on tickets.
Country on the rocks, said he A diluted temperate taste. Doused with gasoline, said I The genre's not so chaste. Just ask Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny, Hank, or Merle. It takes a little barbed wire To irritate a pearl. The newbies need a shiner or Kicked down basement stairs, To find the grit required as Country's worthy heirs. Sing it Sarah.
I've always enjoyed back to back spins on these two. One great song after another for a fine hour plus.
I like Surprise too. I’d be interested to hear a more stripped down version. I don’t mind Eno’s contributions, but I could live without them too. Simon is a true genius though. I kind of wish he wasn’t such a perfectionist and had more output, but his stuff is multi-layered and rewards repeated listens.
Listening to Big Brother& The Holding Company-Live at Winterland 1968 Truthfully I enjoy this more than Cheap Thrills It more true to the Big Brother I saw live in 1968 @ Lewisville Pop Festival THIS is what Janis & BB sounded like live. Raw radical in your face psychedelic blues rock as a complete working band
