Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs: Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma". I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
Frank Zappa, Sheik Yerbouti. Whoa, Frank’s quite the potty mouth! I also discovered those standard charcoal foam ear pads on Grados and other similar headphones really suck sound wise.
Vinyl: Tommy Dorsey - This is Tommy Dorsey; Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker; St. Vincent - Masseducation; Bennett & Gaga - Cheek to Cheek; St. Vincent - S/T.
Triumph...a true blast from the past there Took me back to England in the early 80,s and some outdoor festival where OZZY was headlining but this group called Triumph was about 3rd on the stage, never heard of them until then. WOW indeed Tear the roof off tonight, and that they did!
You are right on about Warren Haynes! Just saw Govt Mule live two weeks ago in Atlantic City, NJ. Incredible show! I regret not pushing myself to see their two New Year’s shows in NYC. Maybe next year...
I have a lot of cassettes and I play back through a Nakamichi582. Like vinyl quality of recording can be a mixed bag.
This mix on cassette ranks among one of my better cassette recordings. The vocals and acoustic guitar are real standouts. Not sure how many others here still play tapes......
I have compared the vinyl to tidal streamed version.
The vinyl wins hands down on all fronts. The soundstage and imaging is much more defined. Just comparing say drum strikes, the vinyl really sounds like a drum(full and vibrant) whereas the tidal sounds more sterile. Bass also feels more natural and strives lower imho. I may have to order that cranberries album from their label too.
Sco-Mule - Gov't Mule with guitarist John Scofield - on vinyl. Instrumental jazz fusion Mule! Reminds me of the classic Jeff Beck records, but with 2 amazing guitar players!
The Cranberries "Everybody Else is Doing it,....."
After around a 25 year wait, I finally have this one on vinyl! The label is Analog Spark. This isn’t your typical sounding, somewhat sterile, somewhat in your face, ’90s sounding vinyl either. Very smooth and analog sounding while keeping enough dynamics/transients to really make this one special. Inviting, involving, and (enticing). I had to get one more "ing" in there.
Working my way through my new/only copy of Santana "Lotus" (lp) Jap./MFSL/RTI.
Mudcrutch "2". I don’t recall reading anywhere here about this lp. I’m sure glad I finally bought. Strong, very strong IMO. In fact, highly recommended! He just kept getting better............
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@kjweisner,
I hope you have the QRP version of "Laid Back"...the absolute best version I’ve heard.
Picked up a Parasound JC-3 a week or so ago and finally getting a chance to listen. Playing some highly familiar ablums tonight and enjoying every track.
Elvis Costello: -Almost Blue (MFSL) -Punch the Clock (MFSL)
Peter Gabriel: So (45 rpm)
And something newer/not so familiar: -Gregg Allman: Laid Back
Lit them off with Eagles Farewell Tour and Pretenders Live at LA . Both on Blu-Ray playing in 5.2 .. Rock On ..
Someone mentioned Pat Traverse . When I picked out the new speakers there was a PT shirt/jersey hanging in the store. I told the guy if we buy speakers the shirt goes too.... LOL .. Its hanging here ......
The sole album by The Notorious Cherry Bombs, a Super Group if there ever was one. NCB members include Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Richard Bennett (an absolutely fantastic guitarist), Hank DeVito, Tony Brown (yeah, the bigtime producer. But remember, he played piano for Elvis), and Eddie Bayers. Think of them as the Rockpile (Dave Edmunds/Nick Lowe/Billy Bremner/Terry Williams) of Country music (real Country, not the stuff on the radio now). THIS is the kind of songwriting, singing, and musicianship pro’s listen for from their peers. I’ll bet Robert Plant, a fairly recent convert to Country, is very much intimidated by these guys. From 2004, one of the very best albums of recent decades. Seriously!
OK Guys, for you fans of Alt-Country/Americana I’m going to recommend a recording I’ve recommended a few times in the past. I believe this recorded was recommended here on AudiogoN several years ago, but I don’t remember who originally recommended it. Whoever it was, I thank you. It’s a wonderful recording.
Here goes: Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - "Live at the Ruhr Triennale". This is a fantastic recording by a couple of great artist, plus the band is really an All-Star Band. For anyone that doesn’t know Chip Taylor, he is the writer of both "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing". He’s also the brother or Jon Voight. The aging Chip Taylor, and the very young Carrie Rodriguez (at the time of this recording) make great music together here. And the band is incredible - Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, David Piltch, Kenny Wollesen and a special guest appearance by Buddy Miller.
This is playing on my system right now and I’m enjoying the crap out of it........
Great, reubent. I see the Written In Chalk LP in your future! The two Buddy & Julie albums are of a piece, the same but different, like The Band’s 1st and 2nd albums. Buddy’s guitar song parts and little solos are SO cool, and his production SO hip. He sometimes employs frequency filtering, severe compression (the good kind ;-), and other engineering tricks to give a song an old-time 50’s or 60’s sound and feel, particularly in the Stax Records style. Very Southern, very rural, very Rootsy, really cool.
@bdp24 - I really like Buddy Miller. Based on your recommendation, I've order the Buddy and Julie Miller -S/T CD. Should have it in a couple of days. I'll let you know how I like it.
Too bad I didn't see your post about their 2009 release before I purchased the S/T CD. Would have rather ordered the newer record on Vinyl. Anyway, if I like the S/T recording, I'll probably pick up the LP too....
Been watching your various music posts for a while now. I’m struck by how often you will post a title or artist that’s personally well-regarded. (And not talking the same old, same old.) Similar tastes maybe. Saw your mention of Gillian Welch’s "The Harrowing". Are you familiar with the Dave Rawlings Machine? Love the cover photo of "Nashville Obsolete".
I hadn't listened to their Written In Chalk album (their 2nd, from 2009) in a while, but did last night. Wow, it may be even better than their 1st! Great, great songs (most written by Julie), fantastic production by Buddy (the living room of their Nashville home is his studio), stellar singing (Julie, Buddy, Patty Griffin, Robert Plant, and Emmylou Harris) and musicianship (Buddy---a superb guitarist, Larry Campbell, Jay Bellerose, Gurf Morlix---Lucinda Williams' original guitarist and producer, Stuart Duncan, and other lesser-knowns). And, the album is available on LP.
The depth and breadth of Buddy's knowledge of American music is unparalleled (with the exception of Dylan, and perhaps T Bone Burnett), and is an absolutely fantastic producer, guitarist and bandleader (in which capacity he works for Emmylou Harris), and makes music as good as is currently being made. Written In Chalk is fantastic---just buy it!
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