Here’s another place we differ, I enjoy eating eels, but not listening to Josh Mayer. But happily the commonality is bigger and the differences are not a big deal. I admit being overly harsh on John Mayer on that thread at some point. He’s still not my cup of tea, though, but maybe it’s because my body is definitely not a wonderland.
I swear I wrote that before I read the other recommendations. Anyway, you got your consensus picks there...
OK, I accept all that and grant you safe passage. I wish I could convince people to just laugh every time I insulted them...I'd be doing a lot of insulting, because insulting people is great, but it sucks when they hate it and you as a result...
Finally listening to DDHNM from 1968-10-12... EDIT: I was wondering where this post disappeared to....it was on the wrong thread. Right now I'm listening to THE FALL, see below!
Last night I listened to the great GYBR from Elton, the whole way through. I've missed my sweet 70's classic pop pristine. Unfortunately, that is as far as I got, w/ indulgences in makimo rolls, seafood fare, rice beer good company and red wine, catching up w/ me to an earlier night than wished. This morning some, mvyradio, cosmic americana and Texas rockabilly with over-served jav...
I'm watching Monterey Pop on blu-ray. It also contains a blu-ray with Jimi's full performance, and Otis Redding's. I'm fairly sure I have the Hendrix part on DVD. This stuff is ancient history at this point, but I like it.
One of the earliest Jimi purchases. Had this on cassette and VHS back in the day. I love the whole thing, including the intro Denny art piece over Can You See Me ? No wonder I am still a Jimi freak
Today Sept. 13 this is what my scene is.... I took a musical road trip to Crescent City a few weeks back & have not gotten out of town yet so today my selection is.... Antoine "Fats" Domino - They Call Me The Fat Man(1991) is a 100 track 4 CD box set of Fats best from his 1949-1963 yrs at Imperial Records... The man recorded & completed over 260 songs while at Imperial Records... Every note Fats ever recorded can be heard in his 1st record "The Fat Man" from 1949.... Of all the early Rocknrollers from the 1950s Fats Domino was probably the least suspecting.... Fats was the consummate performer who was at heart a song & dance man of unfathomable talent... There was nothing dangerous , flambouyant,rebellious or threatening about Fats but he still managed to be a major force in early Rocknroll... While at Imperial he sold 65 million records & chalked up 23 gold records , a unprecedented accomplishment for any one... The thing that becomes more evident the more I listen to Fats is how the sound of Crescent City jazz greats of the early 1900s like Satchmo , King Oliver , Johnny Dodds etc etc influences run through his music.... Other New Orleans performers of the era periodically manage to aquire that sound but it is a constant with Fats... Listening closely you can literally hear echoes of a full blown Creole Jazz Band in every piano roll or solo Fats does...pure genius & Herbert Hardesty tenor sax 1949- Fats death just adds even more spice to the gumbo... This music is closer to the historical jazz of New Orleans than any other Rocknroll music other than Fats contemporary Professor Longhair... There are only a handful of performers who could fill up 4 CDs with 100 songs & not be a dud in the bunch... But obviously for Fats Domino he is one of the handful... This set is very well done with a great booklet & annotation but there are a handful of tracks with vocal distortion probably due to tape deterioration , that shouldn't put someone off about buying the box set.... 90 tracks out of 100 sound very good...what better artist to spend money on ? I'm outta here , later
First time listen on Three Snakes, amazingly just perfect; Baerwald always kicks ass and hits the heart perfectly... My pick up and kick out the jams over the postpartum football depression blues. Gosh, that maybe could be a song, yeah, hit it guys...
This is the best live set I've heard with Courtney Barnett. Sound is pretty good with lots of bass guitar in the mix, which is very nice!
Just watched/listened to the From the Vault Stones '99 San Jose show. I saw the Oakland show a few months earlier on the same tour (notable for one of my favorite songs by anyone ever, Moonlight Mile, not played in San Jose), but the San Jose show is on the same level musically that I remember Oakland being. I have to hand it to the Stones, despite the expensive war horse thing, they are still one of the best rock and roll (roll needs to be included in their case) that ever walked or more accurately strutted the earth, and have kept up a remarkable level of quality. I saw them as recently as 2013 and they were still damn good, although it didn't hurt that Tom Waits came out and did Little Red Rooster with them.
Keith was really good in '99 wasn't he!? I have only listened to San Jose once yet but that was my take away. I have to hand it to the Stones, despite the expensive war horse thing, they are still one of the best rock and roll (roll needs to be included in their case) that ever walked or more accurately strutted the earth, and have kept up a remarkable level of quality Yes indeed. They always sounds like the Stones, despite how succesfull they became. Slick and super rehearsed wasn't their thing.
Troubadours of the Folk Era, Volume One A great compilation. Vol.'s Two and Three are worthwhile as well.
Oh, and I just bought a copy of this from the forum classifieds. It's been on my wishlist seemingly forever. I'm quite excited to add it to the collection. Harry Smith - Anthology Of American Folk Music
Yes, they always sound like the Stones, yet pretty much every version of every song sounds a bit different, not as much perhaps as the Dead for some songs, but at least as much as, say versions of Ramble on Rose or Truckin' differ from each other... And indeed, Keith really makes it all come together, whereas on more recent tours, at least judging from the Sticky Fingers live in LA show from a couple years ago, Ronnie really was much more of the linchpin, guitar-wise. I guess that shift isn't surprising as time goes on...
