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bigredbass
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Post Number: 2321
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 9:43 pm:   Edit Post

Dave, I noticed another established (!) session guy in the vid from Irvine with the Darling: The second drummer (your right, stage left), Jim Keltner ! Further down that YouTube page is a clip from 'Later with Jools Holland' where JM's playing a Wolf.

Joey
bigredbass
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Post Number: 2322
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Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 9:43 pm:   Edit Post

Dave, I noticed another established (!) session guy in the vid from Irvine with the Darling: The second drummer (your right, stage left), Jim Keltner ! Further down that YouTube page is a clip from 'Later with Jools Holland' where JM's playing a Wolf.

Joey
peoplechipper
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Post Number: 563
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Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 11:39 pm:   Edit Post

Listening to Matthew Sweet Altered Beast while doing some jewellery work and neck sanding on my new bass project (whee!) great album...Tony
davehouck
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Post Number: 11656
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 2:29 pm:   Edit Post

Joey; yeah, Keltner's played on one or two things.

:-)
davehouck
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Post Number: 11657
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Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 2:41 pm:   Edit Post

Speaking of Keltner, here's Little Village, featuring Keltner, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and John Hiatt.
edwin
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Post Number: 1925
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Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 3:52 pm:   Edit Post

Ah hah! That makes sense that it was Keltner. He's awesome, although I've never seen him play live or even a video of him, despite decades of listening to his playing.
peoplechipper
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Post Number: 564
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post

I have a friend who has the same Silvertone as John Hiatt in that video; such a nice guitar...some of those old Harmony's were so good, and the old Kay's too (I have one) but other models were poo...Tony.
sonicus
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Post Number: 3919
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2015 - 3:54 pm:   Edit Post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M03LPQeVDk

Mr. Nicky Hopkins , Piano Master! He played with the Stones , Quicksilver, The Jerry Garcia Band, and many more ... ... ...

Wiki =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins

(Message edited by sonicus on February 15, 2015)
pauldo
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Post Number: 1433
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015 - 5:40 am:   Edit Post

Ninja Parade by Ryan Duce
spose
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Post Number: 334
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015 - 5:49 am:   Edit Post

Gov't Mule
hardest working rock band to date..
I have a hard drive filled with live shows

Warren is keeping the torch burning BRIGHT!!
elwoodblue
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Post Number: 1555
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015 - 6:34 am:   Edit Post

Edgar Meyer ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVo91gRa2tQ
cozmik_cowboy
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Post Number: 1832
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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015 - 10:27 am:   Edit Post

Cool, Elwood - I confess I am only familiar with his newgrass stuff (if you're not, Youtube "Strength In Numbers"); this is another side altogether.

Peter
mica
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Post Number: 8424
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Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 5:36 pm:   Edit Post

I'm addicted to Nicky Bluhm and the Gramblers right now... http://youtu.be/RpqPiO_exYA
sonicus
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Post Number: 3929
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Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 8:38 pm:   Edit Post

That was great Mica! , I will look for more of these folks ! Nicky Bluhm has a refreshing approach .
edwardofhuncote
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Posted on Friday, February 27, 2015 - 2:44 pm:   Edit Post

What sonicus said... great band, and looks like it would be a fun gig for a bass player. They remind me of something else, just can't put a finger on it. Anyway, they surely compliment each other well as a band. Easy to see they've been together a while.

As an aside, I've been trying since yesterday evening to figure out if that Martin guitar is a D-18 Golden Era, or Authentic Series. I'm guessing it's a GE. Definitely looks like an Adirondack top, and the long bridge saddle suggests it must be one or the other... the pickguard is throwing me off though. Maybe it was changed?
hankster
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Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 12:33 am:   Edit Post

Great band! The sound reminds me of a band we have up here called Blue Rodeo, although they don't have a female singer. The mix though, and the sound generally.
lbpesq
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Post Number: 5977
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 8:42 am:   Edit Post

I just received the "Anthology of American Folk Music", a six CD version of the original collection of recordings put together by Harry Smith and released in 1952. Among others, Dylan, Garcia,and Hunter have acknowledged the Anthology as seminal in their development. I'm currently listening the CD's 1&2, "Ballads". 3&4 are "Social Music" and 5&6 are "Songs". Altogether a total of eighty-four recordings from the 1920's and early 1930's.

Oh yea, and Nicki Bluhm is excellent!

Bill, tgo
davehouck
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Post Number: 11676
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 9:43 am:   Edit Post

Here's Nicki Bluhm with Phil Lesh, Scott Law, Jackie Greene and more doing Free Man In Paris.

Nicki's band is the one that made those really cool videos of them riding down the highway singing covers, like this one: I Can't Go For That.
sonicus
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Post Number: 3931
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Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 11:43 am:   Edit Post

Dave , I saw that one too . l listened and enjoyed it as well . It was also good to see Phil with his new Series II .He has a Birthday coming up on March 15th along with the famous trumpet player Harry James ! My Birthday will be the day before on March 14th along with Mr. Albert Einstein . :-)

Wolf LLAP
davehouck
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Post Number: 11679
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Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 1:37 pm:   Edit Post

Wolf; one of the things that impresses me most about Phil is that it seems to me that he is always trying to get better, in both his playing and his singing. And in this video, it looks to me like he's once again pushing his own boundaries, playing what I think of as a difficult piece, for what looks to quite possibly be the first time, in a live situation. And having loads of fun all at the same time.

And another thing, while I'm thinking out loud; he is introducing us to a lot of really cool younger musicians, giving them well deserved opportunities, and probably teaching them a thing or two along the way.

Dave LLAP
sonicus
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Post Number: 3932
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Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 6:49 pm:   Edit Post

Dave , Quite certainly ,Phil and that collection of players with Nicki Bluhm did a great job of Free Man in Paris and Nicki sang it wonderfully and they made it their own with Jam Band Grateful Dead style from my perspective. I really liked what they did with it .

As far as Phil introducing young players to us I think is an awesome tradition among great artists such as Mr. Charlie Parker introducing and inviting a young Miles Davis to play with him. Later Mr. Miles Davis introduced us to John McLaughlin and Darryl Jones and several other players . It is such a nice thing for a seasoned accomplished musician to do.

Wolf LLAP
sonicus
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Post Number: 3933
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Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 7:11 pm:   Edit Post

Joni Mitchell - "Shadows And Light " Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKb9Ms68ME
jcdlc72
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Post Number: 415
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 7:50 pm:   Edit Post

"Shadows and Light" is an old time favourite of mine :-) I specially enjoy the "joke" they do on "In France they kiss at main street", where, after Pat´s solo, they play an insinuation of Metheny´s "Phase Dance"... delightful! And an awesome performance, all of it!
peoplechipper
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Post Number: 571
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post

Good stuff...a LOT of ACOUSTIC amps up there in that gig...I love my 370; seriously, I've played a number of gigs using more modern solid state amps (Gallien Krueger, etc.) and they don't have the balls of my 370; I'd like some amp geek to explain why to me...

What I am listening to now is rehearsal recordings; some amazingly angry versions of songs; clearly the tensions of each member needed a release...someone recently described our sound as Killdozer mixed with Goddo; a mind-bending mix but perhaps the closest peg yet...Tony
davehouck
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Post Number: 11680
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post

Edgar Meyer and Bela Fleck

This should brighten your day!
terryc
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Post Number: 2321
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 11:57 am:   Edit Post

Bloody amazing!..thanks Dave
davehouck
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Post Number: 11681
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Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post

:-)
pauldo
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Post Number: 1442
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 4:55 pm:   Edit Post

Got beck yesterday from MOSES in La Crosse;
This song seems appropriate and ties into Dave's recent contribution:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DKMvgtat4Eg
davehouck
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Post Number: 11682
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, March 01, 2015 - 6:53 pm:   Edit Post

Wow! Thanks Paul; that's a really cool composition.
sonicus
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Post Number: 3937
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 1:05 am:   Edit Post

Alison Balsom - Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Rondo

This Lady Is Amazingly Awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcYjiLQgQU
sonicus
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Post Number: 3938
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Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 1:23 am:   Edit Post

More Alison !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_5cLu4FUk
pauldo
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Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 3:27 am:   Edit Post

Wolf, I enjoyed that.

Watching someone expose their inner joy through any genre of 'the arts' makes life robustly beautiful.
sonicus
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Post Number: 3939
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Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 5:57 am:   Edit Post

I am glad you enjoyed it Paul . She makes some really challenging repertoire so joyful and free . Like a beautiful bird in flight.
edwardofhuncote
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2015 - 2:44 pm:   Edit Post

Chris Thile.

I had the pleasure of meeting and playing music with this gentleman when he was a prodigious teenager, not so many years ago... a once-in-a-generation musical mind, and a class act.

http://youtu.be/ADtJqVMtA-M

This Bach piece seems to fit well with the recent direction of the "listening" thread.
rv_bass
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Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 3:28 pm:   Edit Post

Head Hunters - Watermelon Man
davehouck
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Post Number: 11688
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Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 4:26 pm:   Edit Post

Wow; just listened to the Chris Thile piece that Greg linked above. Cool that you got to play with him.
pauldo
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Post Number: 1450
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Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post

Watermelon Man! Good lord that takes me back. . . . Great stuff.

Speaking of, I can't answer to why I don't have any Jimmy Cliff in my album collection:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=boPCNaFPrso
edwardofhuncote
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Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 8:06 pm:   Edit Post

Christine Perfect - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions. http://youtu.be/ub-asknyxtc

Somewhat by contrast - I'm going to see her perform with Fleetwood Mac tomorrow night in North Carolina... never saw them with Chris before, having missed my chance in 1997. Always loved her smoky lounge singer's voice. Anyway, I managed to get seats right on eye level with a clear view of her ex-husband John's bass rig. =)
wishbass
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Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 5:16 pm:   Edit Post

Steven Wilson "Hand.Cannot.Erase."
Can't. Stop.Listening. !
hankster
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Post Number: 393
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Posted on Monday, March 23, 2015 - 8:24 pm:   Edit Post

Clarence White. "When you're smilin'..."
sonicus
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Post Number: 3994
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Monday, March 23, 2015 - 9:51 pm:   Edit Post

A really good video of " The Faces " :

There are many good views of Ronnie Lane's Zemaitis Bass .
This was 1972 and custom hand made instruments like our Alembic's were rare birds !

I really liked Ronnie Lanes Musicianship . He left us WAY before his time !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xHBjeiqzkQ
edwardofhuncote
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Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 8:06 am:   Edit Post

Ahhh Clarence... wow, talk about one who really went before his time, and yet was light-years ahead of his time... smilin' indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDd3mXyS9ng

I had the pleasure of meeting and performing with his brother Roland a couple years ago. Peach of a guy... very approachable, genial, and inspirational musician. Winning Grammys didn't go to his head.
sonicus
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Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 4:17 pm:   Edit Post

JJ Cale & Leon Russell at the Paradise Studios, LA 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHxPi9dM7o

This is A MUST SEE just to see JJ Cales MODIFIED HARMONY GUITAR ! His own work .

Good Video & Audio Quality

I am a long time fan of both JJ Cale & Leon Russell , A fun video !
edwin
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Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 5:04 pm:   Edit Post

Dub Like An Antelope-Legends of Reggae Play The Music of Phish.

It's Xander's favorite, especially Bouncing Around the Room, so we listen to it at least twice a day. It's got some great performers on it: Chalice, Steel Pulse, Toots, Chinna Smith, etc. Interesting to hear these songs with people who can REALLY sing.

Now that Xander's figuring out how to use a computer, life is getting more interesting.
cozmik_cowboy
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Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 7:05 pm:   Edit Post

Am I the only one who, on every hearing of "Bouncing Around the Room", hears it's refrain in my ear while my brain hears

"Two hangmen hangin' from a tree
And that don't bother me
At all"?

Peter
jcdlc72
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Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 6:33 am:   Edit Post

Since I´ve watched "Whiplash" several days ago, I´ve been on a binge of Don Ellis music... starting, of course, with the movie´s title track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCykgzrwIw0
davehouck
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Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 5:45 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for the Clarence White!
hankster
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Post Number: 394
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Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 7:23 pm:   Edit Post

That recording that Edward put up is exactly the one I was listening to. What a miracle. there is another Youtube audio out there of Clarence noodling backstage on his Tele, just warming up - easy to find, and absolutely devastating. As my big brother says, if you want to know how all of the country rock of the 70s got started, listen to that!
davehouck
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Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post

Is this it?
hankster
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Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 2:08 am:   Edit Post

That's the long version. There's also a shorter one which is the one I was talking about. Crazy stuff. If I could play "Buckaroo" like that I'm not sure I would ever do anything else.
hankster
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Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 2:15 am:   Edit Post

That's the long version. There's also a shorter one which is the one I was talking about. Crazy stuff. If I could play "Buckaroo" like that I'm not sure I would ever do anything else.
sonicus
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Post Number: 4036
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 1:18 pm:   Edit Post

ELUVEITIE - The Call Of The Mountains

The Crows in my backyard become very noisy when I play this !
I like it too .
This Band is quite interesting with their insrumentation .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w2m-TeLi6I
peoplechipper
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Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:20 pm:   Edit Post

TORCHE Restarter, the new album...so far I like their previous album Harmonicraft more, but I've only listened to the new one twice...
pauldo
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Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 3:29 am:   Edit Post

Saw the Hardanger Fiddle on Antique's Roadshow last night.
8 string fiddle from Norway, 4 playable strings like a standard fiddle and then 4 sympathetic strings that run underneath the fingerboard.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_mikraKPg2s
edwardofhuncote
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Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 5:52 am:   Edit Post

One of those came through the shop a few years ago where I was working as an apprentice... hands down, that's gotta' be the strangest thing I ever worked on. IIRC, it was a 9 or 10-string too, not as insanely ornate as many are. There's not much I could compare the sound to... and that's saying a little bit, having been around fiddle music for my entire life.

Cool find Paul! Love the Roadshow. Couple of those guys are neighbors of mine, if you ever see Will and Ken Farmer on there. They often appraise musical instruments.
sonicus
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Post Number: 4038
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 12:22 pm:   Edit Post

Celtica Pipes Rock!

@ 14:20 in the video there will be a surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svKK7YsjgXo
sonicus
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Post Number: 4039
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 1:01 pm:   Edit Post

Circa Paleo "Viking Song" LIVE @The Mucky Duck in Houston Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaRDLmDhxw0
sonicus
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Post Number: 4040
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Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 1:06 pm:   Edit Post

(double post correction)

(Message edited by sonicus on March 29, 2015)
sonicus
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Post Number: 4041
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Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 1:27 pm:   Edit Post

Paul , I enjoyed the " Hardanger FIddle" video , Thanks .

Wolf
sonicus
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Post Number: 4042
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Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post

Game of Thrones Cover Violin and Guitar!!!!!!!!!! GREAT !

These two young Ladies are VERY GOOD ! !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzOW5flFG7c
sonicus
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Post Number: 4043
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 6:36 pm:   Edit Post

Game Of Thrones - Complete Soundtrack Season 1-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALDwhkjJqrw

( Trying to persuade a cathedral organist to let me play it in a Church service with him on the Trumpet ) :-) LOL !
sonicus
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Post Number: 4050
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Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 8:52 pm:   Edit Post

Aoife O'Donovan - "Oh Mama"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSmZCCtyq3Q

Great !
edwin
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Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:23 pm:   Edit Post

She's just wonderful. Have you heard Too Repressed? Who knew such things went on in the bluegrass world!

Here we are in the peaceful aftermath of the infamous destruction at Delfest.



By destruction, I mean, this is what our set looked like. For the whole 90 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIu5iZJxbTI

70mph winds and hail. By the time it was over, Vince Herman, who was behind the stage keeping the amps from blowing over, was waist deep in ice water. I thought he was going to suffer hypothermia for sure (the temp dropped from the mid 80s to the mid 60s in nothing flat).

But, I digress. Listening to my recording of Fareed Haque and Tony Monaco from last Thursday night. Burning.
sonicus
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Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:38 pm:   Edit Post

Edwin , that Storm looks like NO FUN . Such can be life on the road .
sonicus
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Post Number: 4052
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:41 pm:   Edit Post

A Choir of Angels !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOVdjxtnsH8

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