Like a lot of folks here, I just spent some time with my favorite white, British, blues-rock guitarist, in my case, Peter Green. Specifically, the expanded version of John Mayall's "Hard Road". Green's take on Freddie King's "The Stumble" is pretty friggin' spectacular. |
Nutty,
"Green Manalishi" is indeed a Peter Green composition. One of my favorites, at that. Like "Black Magic Woman" (popularized by Carlos Santana) it's another Green song that's often misattributed to a band that covered it. Sadly, Green had a relatively short career peak before LSD and/or mental health problems felled him. The stuff he did with Mayall and on the first four Fleetwood Mac albums is IMO just great, though. |
Sorry Slaw,
Not the most precise language I've ever used in a post - I didn't intend to suggest that we live close to each other. I'm in SoCal. I was only pointing out that if Iron Butterfly is playing here, they may be out touring the land. Possibly passing your way, wherever that may be! |
Slaw,
I may be making this up, but I think I saw a local billboard the other day (it always lists upcoming shows at our local club) with an Iron Butterfly date. They may be touring. FYI. |
Matthew Sweet .....Girlfriend. Somehow, It fell out of rotation. What a mistake that was. One of my favorite guitar records ever. Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine, among others work wonders within the confines of some amazing, beautifully crafted songs by Sweet. |
Ghosthouse,
Odd coincidence.
I just finished listening to "Mavericks" by Chris Stamey and Pete Holsapple. I'm trying to work out arrangements for both " I Want to Break Your Heart" (Stamey) and "She Was The One" (Holsapple) for solo acoustic guitar. It's going to take me a while to sort it out (not great at that sort of thing), but it should be worth it. Two great songwriters, IMO. |
You betcha Loomis,
I believe that I own everything that Holsapple has participated in; DB records, solo album, duet with Stamey, and Continental Drifters. I also tried to make it a point to catch his nightly (?) shows in a little dump (can't recall the name) whenever I visited New Orleans when he lived there.
As to his lack of pipes, I had to laugh at your observation. He's exactly like me - he won't even try to hit a pitch. He just kinda mumbles his way thru songs.....just like me! It may not impress many folks, but at least it spares embarassment. |
Loomis,
It's been a very, very long time since I thought about the Palominos. I lived in Hoboken during The Feelies early run at Maxwell's, so I initially knew the Palominos as Anton Fier's new band after he quit The Feelies. Then, they just started soaking up one after another of my favorite performers.
I was big Bill Laswell fan at that time and he was an original member, I believe. Later, both Matthew Sweet and Don Dixon signed on and they are first tier names in my book. (One aside: My first dance with my wife was to the Don Dixon/Marti Jones arrangement of Joe Tex's "You Got What it Takes"). IIRC, even Richard Thompson got some run with the band. Syd Straw, T-Bone Burnett, and a few others that I'm no doubt blanking on at the moment also did time with the Palominos.
(What, no Lindsey Buckingham?)
Man, I gotta go back and revisit that stuff. Thanks for the reminder. |
Bdp,
A little free association here: Will Rigby.........Amy Rigby.
Will Rigby's ex-wife Amy Rigby is a wonderful performer in her own right (as well as in her duo with Don Dixon's wife, Marti Jones (who, incidentally, sings like an angel)). Amy always shares a little aphorism in her concert between-song patter (and its one that I'm sure you know): The drummer is the one guy in the band that never gets laid.
She follows that with one of her best original tunes: "Tonight, I'm Gonna Give The Drummer Some". |
Just spun up Jeremy Spencer's "Bend in The Road". Another superb blues album from a former member of Fleetwood Mac. Spencer handles the slide duties with his usual skill and taste, but the extra treat here is a second guitarist called Brett Lucas. Classic blues done right. |
I've got Richard Thompson's live "Two Lettr Words" spinning right now. It's just not fair the one guy can both write those incredible songs and play guitar like that. |
Loomis,
You said the magic word..."Feelies". Just fired up Atlas on AppleMusic and instantly hear what you're talking about. So far, so good. Thanks for the tip. |
Todd Rungren is playing a club just down the road from me tonight, so I've been streaming a bunch of his stuff over the last few days in anticipation of the show. It would be hard to find as many beautifully crafted songs from one artist as I've enjoyed during this run. It might also be hard to find as many bad recordings.
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