| Author | Message | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2542 Registered: 9-2002 |
The comrades have reported snow levels are increasing, Nyet ! ! Now where did I stash the Stoli . . . .  Joey | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 792 Registered: 6-2014 |
How could I possibly have never seen either of those Joey?! That's great stuff. Down here, we never, ever take the name of Chet in vain. Day one, shift two. I'm at our BIG water plant until midnight, then back to mine on the other side of town, crash out for a few hours, then I'll get up and try to taxi some of our guys in to work tomorrow. So far - there's 8 inches of New Hampshire Cocaine, Connecticut Confetti, New England Clam Powder... whatever you wanna' call this mess. I have a small confession to make. When it became obvious I was going to be here a couple or three days, I went home and got a bass and my practice amp. And just in case the power grid craps out, I grabbed my old Gibson A-model mandolin. I'm set, bring it on. =) Here's another Mark Knopfler tune "Marbletown"... pretty sure this is Glenn Worf on bass. http://youtu.be/rvk5D1iI2LA | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4727 Registered: 5-2009 |
Joey , two great vids , thanks ! I remember when Mark King with Level 42 toured with Tina as an opening act for her in the 80's . She was spectacular . Her performances were outreaching to the concert goers as she made a point to make direct eye contact with as many folks as she could . It was an endearing experience as she looked right in to your eyes and sang just for you just in that moment. Mark King was as awesome as ever at those shows as well ! Wolf | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4879 Registered: 6-2002 |
Im just watching a documentary on BBC4 about Lemmy! | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1583 Registered: 6-2006 |
Lemmy! Dusted off some old ones and found this with a bonus Alembic sighting. At 1:15 they show a couple shots of Dave Myles with what appears to be a Series Bass. Max Webster/ Rush. - Battlescar https://youtube.com/watch?v=jZh_ibIkRYA Can you have too many Canadians rockin'? | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4881 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yes Paul was listening to Lemmy. :-) I'm not a Motorhead fan or anything like that. Don't know much of they music except Ace Of Spades. It was a good documentary and half way through I realised I'd seen it before but it was worth seeing again. :-) | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1584 Registered: 6-2006 |
I ass-u-me it is the one where he was asked what his most precious possession was in his apartment. And without missing a beat he says 'my son, Paul'. You gotta love a man that has his priorities straight. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4884 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yep that's the one. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 794 Registered: 6-2014 |
Okay, this kinda' creeps me out a little bit... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCiZSN62M5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOmFgIxvVzc Hat-tip to Forest. (ed_zeppelin) | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4728 Registered: 5-2009 |
I have the DVD set of this ! It kept me well distracted and amused from my flu symptoms the last time that I was afflicted . I am glad that I own the DVD. | ||
| ed_zeppelin
Advanced Member Username: ed_zeppelin Post Number: 238 Registered: 2-2010 |
I love those things! Whoever comes up with that stuff is a genius. I finally know what to train my pet spider crab to do! I'll bet I know what inspired that first one, Greg. The 42-string "Pikasso" guitar Linda Manzer made for Pat Metheny:  | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12028 Registered: 5-2002 |
I have that Mark and Chet CD. Thanks for posting the video link; I hadn't listened to it in quite a while. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12029 Registered: 5-2002 |
I like that Marbletown video; thanks! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 795 Registered: 6-2014 |
@davehouck - "Marbletown" again, as played by some local folks... (well, local to us anyway) =) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFCFUzO-EUw I love how they took Knopfler's little bluesy hook and made it a more central theme to the tune. This is the best sounding carbon fiber guitar I ever heard. (ordinarily, Tim plays a 1934 Martin D-18... I've played it, and yes it's awesome!) Folks, I'm officially sick of shoveling snow. Thankfully, we were spared the brunt of the storm here, only ended up with a foot, give or take a couple inches depending on where in the region you are. Also helpful, with exception for one of the City snowplows taking out a fire hydrant Friday night, it's been relatively uneventful from a standpoint of keeping the water plants all up and running and keeping water in the pipes. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12030 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice! I saw there was another video up of a bluegrass band doing Marbletown. Is that tune in the bluegrass book? Come to think of it, does bluegrass even have a book? | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 796 Registered: 6-2014 |
<chuckle> No, not in the book per se. Yes, there are a couple books, but Blue Highway chose instead to write their own book. Those guys have been together for over 20 years now, having formed in 1994. I saw their very first show together at the Down Home in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the band I was playing with back then was HQ'd in nearby Jonesboro. We all knew each other, as the bluegrass community is so comparatively small. Tim Stafford (guitar player) built that band from the ground up after leaving Alison Krauss & Union Station, a tough gig to walk away from even then, as the Grammys had just started rolling in. They quickly established themselves as a one of the very few bluegrass acts to go "mainstream". (meaning they actually make a living playing full-time) It's a little unusual for them to do a cover song like Marbletown though, as they are best known for doing all original songs from within the band. Tim is quite the student of music though (as well as a professor at East Tennessee State University) so it's not surprising he's well-versed in the music of Mark Knopfler. For whatever reason though, they made Marbletown the title cut of an album, next thing anybody knew, a bunch of other regional bands were covering Blue Highway, covering Mark Knopfler. The whole thing hit me funny. Tim's also quite a natural comedian... one of his favorite go-to gags on stage is an impression of Ralph Stanley. First time I heard this laughed til my guts hurt, it's just so spot-on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xCnqWCPWCs | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12032 Registered: 5-2002 |
Ah; I didn't realize that was Tim Stafford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmt1Is8RteI | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2003 Registered: 10-2006 |
OK, I was just on Youtube and stumbled on something that scared me badly. I won't post a link out of simple human decency, but - is there anything wronger than Judas Priest doing "Diamonds and Rust"????? That is BAD!! Peter | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 467 Registered: 11-2009 |
Maybe the worst is that I knew JP's version first, when I was about 9 years old (Listened to their "Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan" album back in 1981, along with "British Steel", on a single sit). But then, there's one in every crowd... :P | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 797 Registered: 6-2014 |
Let me take you back one further Dave... I got to see this evolution happen in real time. Before they were members of the AKUS video you posted, Tim Stafford, Barry Bales, and Adam Steffey were the core members of this band called "Dusty Miller". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz15zYz6m2c (a very young) Alison met them between band members coming and going, and they just clicked. The only one who remains in Union Station today is Barry Bales on bass. Tim went on to start Blue Highway, and these days Adam Steffey plays with another decorated band called The Boxcars. It really is a very small musical community... fun to reminisce about those days. We were all coming of age at about the same time in East Tennessee... man, I was having a ball, fresh out of high school, running up and down the highways every weekend playing bass. Fun times! =) (Message edited by edwardofhuncote on January 26, 2016) | ||
| ed_zeppelin
Advanced Member Username: ed_zeppelin Post Number: 239 Registered: 2-2010 |
It's a Composite Acoustics "Legacy" guitar. They're made in Peavey's old factory in Mississippi, by the way. I prefer Rainsong guitars, because I own one. I bought a WS1000 from John Decker when they were still made in Hawaii. It's strictly an "apples vs. oranges" deal, though. Your mileage may vary. Viewer discretion advised. (What the heck does that mean, anyway? "Don't tell anybody?") There are lots of comparison videos on YouTube, knock yourself out. Rainsongs don't have braces. CAs use Martin X-bracing. Rainsong offers four different composites (including fiberglass/carbon fiber) in five (6?) body shapes and sizes. The closest to Marbletown's guitarist's would probably be the CO-DR1000 Dreadnaught (the "N2" designation indicates a truss rod and slightly beefier neck). There are quite a few companies making carbon fiber guitars (note the date of that article) mainly because they're so much easier to make than wood guitars. Some vacuum molds, an oven, line up some suppliers and watch the money roll in. In fact, lots of people are making their own. Whatever you do, don't buy a guitar made with *sodium hydroxide. * That would be a base guitar. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12033 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks Gregory; I was wondering how Union Station came about. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2004 Registered: 10-2006 |
Tonight it's a little Quintette du Hot Club de France in honor of Stéphane Grappelli's 108th birthday. Peter (Who maintains that the contemporary guitarist with the most overt Django influence is Willie Nelson) | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2005 Registered: 10-2006 |
"* That would be a base guitar." Which is often found in ensembles with a strumpet & a French whorn....... Peter (Who's really ashamed of that...but not enough to refrain  ) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12034 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks for the Django & Grappelli! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2543 Registered: 9-2002 |
Here's Gene Simmons, placing himself in the hands of an older and very experienced woman . . . . I love it when she tells him to come over to the house and she'll show him how to do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q15LqTowvhA Joey | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2006 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yesterday I had a young lady in my cab who turned out to be a pianist, vocalist, and activist who was in town for a sex-trafficking seminar. As I tend to do with musician passengers, we chatted, and at the station she gave me her CD; today I listened to it. I'm not ready to follow her on tour, but I am ready to follow her home.... May I introduce you to Hana Kim? Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6332 Registered: 7-2004 |
Peter, you dirty old man. She looks about 13 years old! Bill, tgo (with tongue firmly planted in cheek). | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2007 Registered: 10-2006 |
Um, yeah - I probably should have noted that the girl in the vid looks 13 because she probably is; the song is about sex trafficking, and that's not Hana. She looks like this:  Try this one...... Peter (Who's a nasty old perv, true - but not that bad!) (Message edited by cozmik_cowboy on January 28, 2016) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6335 Registered: 7-2004 |
Crown of Creation. I've been listening to all the Jefferson Airplane/Starship loaded on my Pono player all day. So far Blows Against the Empire; Baron Von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun; and Surrealistic Pillow. Next up will be Bless Its Pointed Little Head and Volunteers. If I work late, I might even get to Red Octopus. Bill, tgo | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12037 Registered: 5-2002 |
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| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4737 Registered: 5-2009 |
" Bless It's Pointed Little Head" is such an awesome LIVE recording ! Wolf gives his 100 thumbs up award on that one . It would be required listening in my music school ! All the tracks are stellar ! AND listen to Grace Slick on the track called " Bear Melt " like WOW___ man !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1AbG52L2M Sonic Regards ! Wolf | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4738 Registered: 5-2009 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0GQKi2YMsQ&list=PLRAdZfjRXp6rXfyfiz9tTPpN0ibebYFi5 CLICK IT for " Bless It's Pointed Head" They are all Stellar here , JACK CASADY"S playing here in my opinion is just exemplary in particular as well . Wolf | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1812 Registered: 6-2002 |
Cat #1(Sylvester) likes it, I'll play some for Cat #2(Darkstar) soon. =^..^= http://www.musicforcats.com/ | ||
| rv_bass
Intermediate Member Username: rv_bass Post Number: 180 Registered: 8-2014 |
Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, and JD Blair live at the Regatta Bar | ||
| rv_bass
Intermediate Member Username: rv_bass Post Number: 182 Registered: 8-2014 |
Charles Lloyd and The Marvels with Bill Frisell at Berklee. Fantastic show, catch these guys if you can! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 814 Registered: 6-2014 |
I've been recording some original tracks with these two fellas and another of their buddies who is a *killer* drummer. Although the first couple hours in the studio was strictly a seat-of-th'-pants affair that really didn't produce more than just a couple use-able rhythm tracks, the whole thing quickly began to gel into the beginnings of a band. Here's Jake Crawford & Ethan Power doing a cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IVmxdQgoI Obviously if it takes off, for appearances sake, if not logistics, they'll need to find a bass player closer to their age, but I'm absolutely having a blast playing with these young-uns for now. The back-story here is actually, I used to run the roads playing music with Ethan's Dad (Ernie Power) back about 25 years ago, before he was even born, and we've been buds ever since. So that's how they found this old guy to sit in on bass. =) | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2012 Registered: 10-2006 |
Dug out Yellow Brick Road for the first time in a long while; with the month we just had, "Funeral For A Friend" just seemed like the right thing. Peter | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1814 Registered: 6-2002 |
Jake and Ethan are great! What fun! : ) | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 817 Registered: 6-2014 |
Fleetwood Mac releases "Rumours" 39 years ago today. This tune is probably the least known on the album, but it was one of my favorites to hear at the skating rink. I don't roller-skate anymore (or play with bumble-bees) but I do especially like the back-beat bass line McVie played on this one. http://youtu.be/Vq8ka5gTFaI Interesting trivia, "I Don't Want to Know" replaced "Silver Spring" on the original release of the album. The reason being, long-play records could only fit so many minutes of music, there simply wasn't room. "Silver Spring" went on to become a B-side hit. | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1585 Registered: 6-2006 |
This: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck Just love that crispy crunchy bass on the second half. Dee Murray is the guy and I found out that he had played with Bob Weir for awhile. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12043 Registered: 5-2002 |
Levon Helm and his band doing Tennessee Jed. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 829 Registered: 6-2014 |
Nice one Dave! I'm fascinated by anyone who can sing lead and play drums, but I guess if one were coordinated enough to play drums, just adding a vocal line on top of using both hands and feet to keep time, probably not a big deal. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 830 Registered: 6-2014 |
I've been looking around for stuff to play to help me sharpen up for this alternative country gig... (I really don't like genre' labels) The guys are covering the Lowell George tune "Willin", so one search led to another until I landed on Linda Ronstadt doing it in the mid-70's. It was always one of my very favorites, so I've borrowed a couple textures from Kenny Edwards' lines here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMP8JsV7wbg This was a really good band for her. Or really anybody. (Message edited by edwardofhuncote on February 10, 2016) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6343 Registered: 7-2004 |
John Hammond's "So Many Roads". A little known blues album from 1965. The backing band was a group of mostly up and coming, but then unknown, players. Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica Robbie Robertson - guitar Levon Helm - drums Michael Bloomfield - piano (yes, piano!) Jimmy Lewis - bass Garth Hudson - Hammond organ (would you expect Hammond to allow a Farfisa in his band? lol). Bill, tgo | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 2190 Registered: 5-2002 |
Surprised Garth wasn't playing his usual Lowrey EofH, for a different take on Willin', check out Seatrain! Great players and singers in that band. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2014 Registered: 10-2006 |
"I'm fascinated by anyone who can sing lead and play drums...." "The only time a drummer should ever sing is when he's Levon Helm." - Pete Townshend Peter (who would also make allowance for Ringo) | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4745 Registered: 5-2009 |
Kenny the Drummer in my Band " Easy Wind " can play and sing at the same time as well ! We have a Gig this Saturday ! @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1653311268252253/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l_tuUDYGFc Wolf | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 833 Registered: 6-2014 |
Loved the Seatrain take on "Willin'"... I had almost forgotten about them. Here's former Seatrain drummer Larry Atamanuik with AKUS a few years ago. Lotta' folks (particularly 'round here) don't care for drums with bluegrass instrumentation, but this is a fine example of how it can work brilliantly when done tastefully and not over-played. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR5XOGY8Skk Tricky, but super-fun little tune to jam on, IIRC, it was actually written to be used as bumper music for the IBMA Awards Show one year... like maybe '90 or '91. Here's an earlier version of it with a couple of Alison's mentors and eventual band members. Also unusual to see Mark O'Connor on guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wli-MIbv1c | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12048 Registered: 5-2002 |
That Hide & Seek tune is pretty cool! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2015 Registered: 10-2006 |
The Flatlanders, Hills And Valleys. The only supergroup that was a group before the individual members made their marks? Whatever, they're damn good! Peter | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2016 Registered: 10-2006 |
Guy Clark with Verlon Thompson, Live At hippie Jack's. Peter | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12051 Registered: 5-2002 |
Get Up Stand Up | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1582 Registered: 3-2004 |
Infectious, covers a huge area of influence. 3 tracks available now on itunes. https://youtu.be/UDrEHphZbcE | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1583 Registered: 3-2004 |
live https://youtu.be/635LnyveWi8 | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 2198 Registered: 5-2002 |
Gil Scott-Heron at the Bottom Line 1977 | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1591 Registered: 6-2006 |
Danno - thank you! Your links revealed this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QOo-ZLRk-6U I cannot think of the proper adjectives to describe what I heard. Instead I will ask questions. What is this new direction she is on? Edit- asked and answered: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GAA-koUPSps Why do I like it so very much? Thoughtful composition coupled with thoughtful lyrics, strung together with brilliant musicianship. The instrumental section starting just before 6:00 had me biting my lower lip, eyes squinted and head rockin'. (Message edited by Pauldo on February 17, 2016) | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1592 Registered: 6-2006 |
Woke this morning with demons in my head . . . I need to Get Steady: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lGZCg0LYFlU | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 844 Registered: 6-2014 |
One of the few regrets I have in life is that I didn't take up cello sooner than age 32... by which time there were no teachers willing to waste time on adult students, regardless of ability. Anyway, I just couldn't get the crazy idea out of my head, so I bought a beautiful old Johann Stüber (Dutch) cello in pieces and restored it to playing condition. This simple melody is one of the first, and remains one of the few (recognizable) things I can play on it. http://youtu.be/Jmj6NR4ltKo | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12056 Registered: 5-2002 |
I love that tune. I tried to work it up several years ago with a descending bass line similar to the one in the climatic verse in this version (which is itself a wonderful arrangement of Simple Gifts setting up a beautiful pastoral movement of chords), but didn't come up with anything worth keeping. I still would like to work up an arrangement of it at some point. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 849 Registered: 6-2014 |
That's fantastic Dave! One more, with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNueuDCue0 I just played an obnoxiously loud bar gig, so this is helping with the unwind/chill-out phase! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 12057 Registered: 5-2002 |
Beautiful! | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 856 Registered: 9-2009 |
Sitting here listening to Jorma...Embryonic Journey, Quah, and River of Time as I grade the papers of my University juniors and seniors. It is really sad to consider the significant decline that has occurred with respect to this generation being able to effectively express themselves through the use of the written word. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 851 Registered: 6-2014 |
Uh-oh... sounds like Professor Hammer is about to hand out some poor marks. =) Strange coincidence... (may, or may not have anything to do with your post) I just posted on another forum a minute ago about the utter disregard for grammar. I guess it's the same as it ever was, just adjusted for inflation. Nowadays instead of sloppy penmanship, it's smartphone and computer lingo, and you still have to decipher what someone meant. Not that diagramming a sentence ever *directly* helped in my job, but when composing an email, I take a small amount of pride in knowing none of the recipients will have trouble understanding it. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3732 Registered: 10-2002 |
been listening to the new Dream Theater - 'The Astonishing' over the weekend. It's a double concept album set in a dystopian future where music has been outlawed. As you'd expect there's a lot of 'samey' stuff running through the whole piece with a fair bit of orchestra (and bagpipes!!) John Myung doesn't seem to get as much space to excite as he usually does but there are a handful of exceptional riffs. I believe Petrucci and Rudess pretty much wrote the whole thing so there is more than enough keys and guitar noodling. That said, so far I'm enjoying it. Will take a few listening sessions to make my mind up fully though. Graeme |
