Lucinda Williams "Rarity"
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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Here’s the thread I was looking for! (on which to recommend Lucinda William’s song "Essence"). Ah well, here’s another I love: Marshall Crenshaw’s "Dime A Dozen Guy", from his #447 album. Another is his recording of the Byrds "Have You Seen her Face", a great, great song written by Chris Hillman. It’s from Marshall's Live: My Truck Is My Home album. |
Lucinda Williams - "Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings" nuff said...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGlvplz49w |
the byrds, "if you're gone"--an obscure gene clark song buried on the second side of "turn turn turn." it's a very haunting melody with mcguinn's droning, jangly, almost eastern-sounding guitar and deceptively simple, poetic lyrics. clark had a knack for writing these tightly-wound, hooky verses which resolve without chorsues (think "eight miles high"), and this is powerful stuff. |
@slaw What Happens Next from Joe Satriani's album of the same name. Nutty turned me on to this. I gotta change my O-pinion of Joe if this is typical of his stuff. I always thought he was just another shredder. But these are nicely structured hooky songs. No self-indulgent noodling. Re sound quality...could breath more. It is REALLY loud with great bass but I'm guessing pretty compressed? Has a kind of dense feel like a ton of lead coming down (heavy, heavy, heavy) but not a lot of air or space. Still, it DO rock. Great rhythm section. It's on repeat. |
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Neil Finn gets taken for granted as a songwriter. To me he is sort of the British (or is Neil Welsh, Irish, or Scottish?) Marshall Crenshaw---great chord sequences (employing chords lesser songwriters aren’t even aware exist), melodies, harmonies, and arrangements, a little on the "softer" side in presentation. |