It is a good one to have and the most obscure record in the bunch. I hope the Sweet Hearts of the Rodeo tour honours Clark with at least one song in the show; he was exceptionally talented. Java' Cheers It's Sat'd morning and MvyRadio is spinning the magic... 11/17/2018 09:03 AM Rolling Stones, Can't You Hear Me Knockin' 11/17/2018 08:58 AM Madeleine Peyroux, Instead 11/17/2018 08:55 AM John Hiatt, Cry To Me 11/17/2018 08:51 AM Johnny A, Oh Yeah 11/17/2018 08:45 AM Rosanne Cash, Not Many Miles To Go 11/17/2018 08:41 AM Ben Lee, Catch My Disease 11/17/2018 08:38 AM River Whyless, All Day All Night 11/17/2018 08:32 AM Noah Gundersen, Number One Hit Of The Summer 11/17/2018 08:30 AM Bruce Springsteen, 57 Channels (and Nothin' 11/17/2018 08:25 AM Shemekia Copeland, Mississippi Mud 11/17/2018 08:21 AM Garland Jeffreys, Waiting For The Man 11/17/2018 08:15 AM Darlingside, Hold Your Head 11/17/2018 08:08 AM Robt. Bradley's Blackwat, Train 11/17/2018 08:04 AM Ural Thomas, Slow Down 11/17/2018 08:02 AM Little Feat, Spanish Moon 11/17/2018 07:56 AM David Gray, Please Forgive Me 11/17/2018 07:52 AM Robert Plant, Bluebirds Over The Mountain 11/17/2018 07:48 AM Lou Reed, I Love You Suzanne 11/17/2018 07:43 AM Devotchka, Straight Shot 11/17/2018 07:40 AM Lord Huron, Fool For Love 11/17/2018 07:34 AM Al Green, Before The Next Tear Drop Falls
Zappa In New York. I’m still getting to know this one. It’s got some great tracks. Some of the zanier, more dialogue oriented songs I haven’t connected with as much yet (though I usually do like those). But I haven’t played it a lot yet so that will likely evolve.
Of Za, Pollock & a Baker on drums...A relatively tame journey to Louisville to see Music of Cream, performed by Jack & Ginger's boys with Eric's nephew (attenuated) on lead. Extraordinary to experience such unique and seminal hard psychedelic blues played by those with a DNA-level affiliation; a heavy dose of improvisation proved a welcomed rebuttal to the notion of a mere cover act. What the trio did with "White Room" in the 'tween spaces was revelatory (who'd have thought!). A favourite moment, which underscored the group's aesthetic risk-taking (and perhaps only a Deadhead or jazz aficionado could distill great significance from such a thing), occurred during "I'm So Glad" when groupmind completely broke down: 4-5 minutes of utterly failed attempts to find some sort of freeform melodic construct (Will listening to Malcolm while looking pensively, lips pursed at the ornate ceiling and Malcolm listening headcocked to Will while staring holes with laser focus into the stage flooring) until Kofi declared 'enough' and pulled the crew back onto the page of written notation. And in the beautiful historic Brown Theatre! Worth the time and money. Louisville is also home to a little-known artistic jewel in the Midwest: the Speed Art Museum located on the edge of U of L's lovely campus. Currently hosting a Modern Masterworks exhibit that comprises movements "from Picasso to Pollock"; really an extraordinary capsule of major artistic schools during the first half of the 20th century. Finally, in years past I'd eaten at the pizza altar of Impellizeri's, though friends of a competing faction insisted that Wick's is the inarguable Alpha predator among River City pizzerias. So I went, and in the shabby-chic boho bar environs of Wick's, watched the busy midday traffic along Bardstown Road, deep in the magnificent Highlands, while a crazy patch of the season's first snow moved through. Good - no, really good - pizza, BUT certainly not Impellizeri's...sauce too thick, no fennel (or not enough), and clearly inferior crust. Have to admit, I brought 4 pieces home and it was better cold the next day. Currently listening to Phideaux magnum opus "Doomsday Afternoon"; the tastes of veteran Deadheads and elder forumites have largely proven an effective compass for my personal exploration of 'classic' (ugh...primal? Golden Age? pre-Cambrian?) RnR, but I've been flummoxed by the poet waxings for Prog - stuff like Genesis & Yes (I simply cannot fathom how Tull (of which I own everything pre-Reagan) could be classified as such). Anyway, doing the whole 'Alice down the rabbit thing' on Amazon (i.e., if you bought X, you might like Y), and I stumble onto Phideaux; what's this? In a couple weeks I've picked up just about everything, but can readily suggest 'Doomsday' as a point of entry: operatic in scope, a symphonic soundstage, and cascading succession of musical movements suggestive of classical composition. Suddenly I grasp the creative promise of a genre that has to this time eluded me. Happy Days. P.S.: Did WTF artistically correlate "Wolfman's Brother" with "Full House" AND claim to find sympathetic emotional appeal in BojackH., or did I hallucinate page 929?
The problem with that album is that the remix made in the 80's (the version that has been used since then for all formats) drenched everything in reverb and it was not properly equalized. At least we have Läther, which features seven songs from that album (in some cases edited differently) sounding great. Sonic issues aside, the performances are marvelous, and I would love to have that complete run of shows properly released one day.
Switching gears. @wavethatflag ’s Van Morrison outing prompted me to bring out A Night In San Francisco, which was recorded in 1993. I can’t remember the last time I played this; it’s probably been years. But I always really liked it.
I had no idea who this was, so I just read his biography on allmusic.com. Footlooseman, you know how to mine the classic rock vein.
One of my alltime favorite mostly instrumental rock guitar records. The deluxe edition made even sweeter with more jams.
Listening to it for the very first time (in fact, I have a lot of Weather Report titles in my collection that I have never even tried).
I just started it. Good choice. I don't drink much beer at all. The night I recently hung out with @budwhite, I only drank a twelve-pack of PBR before I drove us out to Phil's. I kid. Anyway, I did the rare thing and bought a big bottle of Brother Thelonius' Belgian style abbey ale. Actually, they probably sell it only in one size bottle (25.4 ounce). I drank half last night and am drinking the other half now. I haven't had an ale like this in a long time. Beer.
The famous test pressing, which is still essential in spite of the latest volume of the bootleg series. I think this is the only bootleg title in my collection I pay real attention to.
UFO - Phenomenon: Chrysalis, 1974 The Coal Porters (Sid Griffin & Co.) - The Gram Parsons Tribute Concert (cd) : Prima, 1998 Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior : Passport, 1976 Mick Taylor - A Stones' Throw (cd) : Sensible, 1999 Darol Anger & Mike Marshall - The Duo : Rounder, 1983 The Vibrators - Pure Mania : CBS, 1977
This and the SF release are all top notch. Van live is amazing when hitting on all cylinders, but those 73 shows are probably his best ever.
Peter Brotzmann Tentet: Live @ Molde 2007 July 20th, 2007 On Okkadisk - low volume master reveals itself at 95% volume These are towards the beginning of the no charts band - great low brass & low horns - tuba, trombone & beastly baritone & tenor saxophones / 3 long pieces ranging from 12 minutes to 39 minutes. Oh to have been there.
My most recent batch of records, all different and all pretty good. Doyle Bramhall II has a new title out that I heard a cut from, a former Arc Angel who did some great work in their short-lived run; saw them live with Charlie Sexton on the other guitar... unforgettable show. Booker Ervin is an old jazz great standby who is always enjoyable anytime. Love Jer's first record with the bunches of great songs.
