"Fred Neil Medley" ~Jerry Jeff Walker
Tune of the Day
"Blue Rondo a la Turk" on the Two Generations of Brubeck album. Wow.
There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8? I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes. This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it. Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too. It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it.
You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All". And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".
For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.
Anyway, that's my two cents today.
There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8? I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes. This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it. Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too. It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it.
You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All". And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".
For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.
Anyway, that's my two cents today.
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Laying down some ZZ Top the other day. Nice! Geez, If only I'd received a dollar for every time I spun that track. Coffee anyone? Here's some morning coffee, 1st cup ... Scorpions - Sails Of Charon 2nd cup ... YRO Racer X with Paul Gilbert - Street Lethal 3rd cup wind down ... Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
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@slaw: Good to see you giving The Rubinoos their due. Do you also have their Back To The Drawing Board album? It contains a fantastic song entitled "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", very high energy Power Pop (with a great guitar solo by Tommy Dunbar). It shoulda been a hit single! They are also a great live band (I saw them in both the 80’s and 90’s). |
@dabel - listening to I'm Your Puppet as I type. It's fantastic! Thanks for sharing. |
Olivia Vedder (Flag Day Motion Picture Soundtrack) - "My Father's Daughter" @slaw - It think I saw you post the album on the "what's playing" thread a week or two ago. Streamed the album via Spotify. The opening track of Olivia singing "my Father's Daughter" is the star of the record IMHO. It's all pretty good, but this song is special... |
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