+1 Budgie! reubent
A three piece band that sounds much larger.
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A three piece band that sounds much larger.
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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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Budgie - "Napoleon Bona Part One and Part Two" from the album "Bandolier" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scIqFErh3v4 Give yourself 7:17 minutes and listen all the way through before you comment..... OK guys, I'm going out on a limb with this one. But I've been listening to this band since I found the 8-Track of this album - Budgie "Bandolier" in my sister's car in 1975. Tell me what you think. I think it is an awesome example of an early heavy prog track. |
Bettye Lavette - "Down to Zero" A great song by Joan Armatrading, but bettered by Bettye's incredible vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHr6fY5ASLQ |
Crowded House, "Weather With You"- https://youtu.be/2Ymg6t12Eqw Difficult to choose a single Tune from these guys. N |
Awesome reubent! Slow Turning is every bit as good an album as it’s predecessor, Bring The Family. And his band on the album, The Goners (with Sonny Landreth on guitar), are fantastic. I was able to see/hear he and they on the tour for the album at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd.---one of my all-time favorite nights of music. There was an opening act whose name I was unfamiliar with, so I didn’t enter The Roxy until the opener, a young, lanky woman, was playing her set closer. The song was fantastic, and she was a real good singer with a real good band. Turned out to be Sheryl Crow, whose first album had been recorded but not yet released. Damn it! |
John Hiatt - "Feels Like Rain" - Deep, Layered, Outstanding Sound and just a tremendous song. From a tremendous album - Slow Turning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DP0mn-fUqA |
And now for something completely different..... Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition - "Tennessee Walking Mare" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxNxGmcNoc Mississippi Roots Rock Music |
Keller Williams "Moving Sidewalk"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96STBlLhPEI&index=8&list=PLaLfvXu_Xr7SckOcVuQDpCRW_AqmpWZ51 |
Great song slaw! Every band in San Jose did that song in 1965-6, including The Chocolate Watchband, seen in the Roger Corman movie Riot On Sunset Strip. The Yardbirds' version is great, but try and give a listen to the 1957 version by The Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Johnny Burnette, his brother Dorsey, and guitar-legend Paul Burlinson). Jeff beck is a big Paul Burlinson fan, which Is how The Yardbirds came to cover the song. The Trio's version is quite a bit "tougher"; they were American juvenile delinquents, The Yardbirds British "dandies" ;-) . |