Whats playing on your system today?

"Why?" - Ginger Baker.  
Baker's short-lived fame in the rock realm does an injustice to his overall career. His personality never helped him in any way, either. 
Both those sentiments aside, he deserves recognition for his artistry and sensibilities on the kit; serious good stuff here. 


"Ghosts Of Highway 61" - Lucinda Williams
I personally find the production a little murky on her latest but what the hell.  If I bought records solely on that basis I'd have a piss poor music collection.  An excellent rainy day record - maybe some whiskey as well. 

Wow - Humble Pie!

Great to see some people still listen to them - they were my first live concert in 9th grade.  (This was a post-Frampton membership show at CW Post College on Long Island.)

"Live At The Fillmore" remains today as one of the very few great live recordings.  (Hell,. I even created a ringtone on my cell from "Four Day Creep's"  opening salvo.) It is as much a testimony to the band's awesome live performance as it is to the Fillmore East - you can actually HEAR the space...

"Even you people,  behind the glass plates at the back of the hall..."

R. I. P. Mr Marriott.  

Joan Osborne - "Relish"
One of THOSE albums without a single bad cut. 
"Right Hand Man" alone is worth the investment. 

Lucinda Williams & Kevin Gordon - "Down To The Well"
A track culled from a festival collection. A killer cut lyrically and sonically - the guitar sounds as though they're in my living room.  A great effen duet as well. Lazy, kind of somber, not to mention a simple well recorded piece I use when I audition equipment sometimes. 

BeBop Deluxe - "Live In The Air Age"
This stands heads above the band's studio recordings which all sound as flat as the horizon to me. Check out the guitar solo in "Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape", the lower register feedback washes over the run enveloping the air in the venue.  Amazing. Overlooked, under appreciated, this is a gem of a live album. 

Little Feat - "Waiting For Columbus"
Crank it up to 11 and let it fly.  Talk about artists taken from us too soon?  I STILL miss Lowell George. And if any of you haven't heard his daughter Inara's version of "Trouble" you need to do so - just beautiful. 

Chris Whitley - "Dirt Floor"
Another early departed artist whom I got into only months before his death. After hearing a couple of cuts from him on WFUV here I went out and bought his entire catalogue.  "How the hell did I not know about this guy?" I thought. 
Well, radio more or less stinks these days, that's how.  Nonetheless, this is seriously good stuff. His daughter's stuff is pretty damn good as well.  She has a new one out. 

Dave Brubeck - "Live At Carnegie Hall"
This needs to be played LOUDLY.  After that, it's insanely amazing stuff.  Wow. 

Bdp24...
Going to buy that Kevin Gordon record!

"What's New",  - Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle...amazingly good on vinyl. 

"Live In The Air Age" - BeBop Deluxe, digital
My vinyl copy all worn out.  One of the best performances and live recordings I've heard.  "Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape" alone is worth the price of admission.  In fact, if you're unfamiliar with Bebop start here, their studio stuff pales by comparison.  

"Brothers In Arms" - Dire Straits.  Needed a Knopfler fix...