Moving on from the Doobs to another nostalgic record. Played this not long ago and had to take another go. Perfect choice. The nightly closing song at one of my favorite watering holes back in my youth was on here... Lovestruck. With Duke Robillard. 'Something hit me, it must be love.'
More posthumous Hendrix. It's hard for me to remember what's on each release, but also a lot of fun to analyze each one. Thankfully, pretty good liner notes prove to be useful.
I watched the first half of the No Direction Home DVD (Bobby D.) and, wow, the last time I watched this was probably when it came out on DVD several years ago, and I was floored last night. I had to re-watch any part where folks including Dylan relate and speculate on why and how he did what he did.
New Riders of the Purple Sage self titled and then Bowie's Ziggy Stardust soundtrack from the Five Years box. These live versions of Moonage Daydream and Width of a Circle have made me die and go to guitar heaven. Been nice knowing y'all.
I watched the second half of the Dylan DVD. Wow, I forgot that he didn't tour eight years after the '66 tour. But a lot of that was due probably to his motorcycle accident. Then I watched X, The Unheard Music.
CRB played a really good show yesterday in Göteborg. Cool venue with two bars at the rear, and another bar upstairs at the balcony. Chris Robinson is a great front man. I hope thwy return soon! I was impressed by the sound. Neal Casal's guitars was really loud but very clean sounding. What a player! The encore was a fast paced Positively 4th street! Great way to end the show!
The Attic Goncalo Almeida: Double Bass Rodrigo Amado: Tenor Saxophone Marco Franco: Drums Recorded Live on 12/22/2015 On No Business Records Exceptional and sometimes very challenging 5 free improvisations in a language that might be confused with older precursor ways of playing music.
Speaking of Casal... I miss the Cardinals. They had a great pedal steel player and a great drummer. And Ryan himself is a good guitarist. Probably the best band of the 2000s. Saw them live two times and was very impressed!
Some classic reggae from 1976, these guys were great singers. Listening to their vocal style makes me wonder if they were big Motown fans. UB40 did some very cool things early on with Signing Off and Present Arms. In the midst of the 2-Tone, ska, beat splash, they held their own nicely... English Beat being another huge favorite, Selector too. PA/In Dub is atmospheric, and has some wonderful playing and heavenly vocals.
An all time Bunny Wailer classic, had the vinyl back in the early 80's and would love to know where it ended up. Marley, Tosh and Shakespeare add to the fun, Wailer produced.
I'm in the same boat. It will almost be like a first time listen when I decide on a late night time slot to spin this... looking forward to it.
The ska's finest as far as I'm concerned. These guys were fun and great, all albums released were fine. If I were at a party and someone just happened (it wouldn't) to drop some Beat on, it would become an embarrassment of riches. Once I hit the dance floor trying to dial up those hyper-kinetic moves from yesteryear, the disaster would occur almost immediately.
This came up at random. Some inspiring guitar work by old Shakey. Great version! You can tell that Norah Jones is an awe.