Liquid Tension Experiment (1) - side project of Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy that enlisted bass player Tony Levin. Not completely even track to track, but contains some strong compositions and virtuosic playing. The 28 minute improvisational closer, ironically called, "Three Minute Warning" coulda been a wee bit shorter (gee, ya think?).
Whats playing on your system today?
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?
N
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?
N
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Black Sheep, S/T, (1975) Features Lou Gramm, aka (Lou Grammatico) The band sound a lot like Free. In fact, they perform a cover of Free’s "Woman" on the LP. https://youtu.be/3mdWVxR-nm8 N |
Pat Benatar, Prescious Time. Definitely my favorite song by Pat and company. "Promises In The Dark". https://youtu.be/KuPFhDQRKzw N |
Copperhead S/T. "The Scar" https://youtu.be/EEtfbuPDPRU Martin Briley, "The Salt In My Tears" Three Dog Night, "Shambala" Player, "Baby Come Back" Boz Scaggs, "Look What You've done to me" N |
@astewart8944 - Yep, I'm a big fan of Warren Zevon (RIP). Finished off my WZ fix this evening with "The Wind". It's hard to listen to it without a heavy heart, knowing he knew he was dying when he recorded it. Give real meaning to songs such as "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Keep Me In Your Heart". |
astewart8944, Sorry for the delayed reply regarding Sir Elton John. I only recently received a copy of Tumbleweed Connection. arcam88 recommended it highly so I borrowed his copy. I agree its a very good albumn and a great recording as well. I’m an big Elton John fan, (outside of his movie soundtracts). I was fortunate to see Sir Elton and William Joel together in Louisville, KY. Great show! But when the dust settled, my wife and I both agreed that Billy Joel (The Piano Man!) had a the better show. Tons of energy. He had the crowd eating out of his hand and singing every word of every song. He played after Elton, so maybe folkes were more inebriated.... Today I listened to new Incubus 8. "No Fun" is side one, track one. Not bad. Might take a bit for the album to grow on ya. I know there are a few Incubus fans on this thread. https://youtu.be/xPqhjeUtr5U N |
Finishing up R&B/Soul set... Lauryn Hill "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" 1998 Ruffhouse RBCD Then to other genres... Mahavishnu Orchestra "Birds of Fire" 1973/2000 Columbia/Legacy RBCD Gram Parsons "Grievous Angel" 1974/2012 Warner Bros./MoFi SACD Getz/Gilberto "S/T" 1963/1997 Verve RBCD Pink Martini "Hang on Little Tomato"2004 Heinz Records RBCD Santana/Mahavishnu "Love Devotion Surrender" 1973/2011 Columbia/MoFi SACD Billy Joel "Piano Man" 1973/2010 Columbia/MoFi SACD McCoy Tyner "The Real McCoy" 1967/1999 Blue Note RBCD RVG Edition |
Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair. After listening to the albumn, I went looking for live performances and found this link. https://youtu.be/W4_mMl0B5mA It’s a live performance within a very intimate setting. They play the entire albumn and dicuss the real meaning of each song. Quality is good. I believe it’s on Spotify as well. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0Tk0lkJ7A&ab_channel=BluesRain Gary Moore - "Left Me With the Blues" |
kevn kinney, macdougall blues--his drivin n cryin has always registered as a bit too desperate-for-arena-rock-success, but this is something of a folky masterpiece. guided by voices, do the collapse--this was their ric ocasek-produced foray into high fidelity, and was much maligned critically, but i dig it--it's tuneful and weird in all the right ways. |
Return to Forever "Romantic Warrior" 1976/2011 Sony Japan RBCD Bruce Cockburn "Nothing But A Burning Light" 1991 Columbia RBCD--Here is another T-Bone Burnett production. Well recorded master song craftmanship. Kenny Burrell "Midnight Blue" 1967/1998 Blue Note RVG Edition RBCD Genesis "Invisible Touch" 1986 Atlantic RBCD--While this was playing digitally downstairs, my teenager came down, listened a bit, and upstairs he went to play the LP. And, no surprise, the LP is sonically better. Patricia Barber "Smash" 2013 Concord/MoFi SACD Dexter Gordon "GO" 1962/1999 Blue Note RBCD RVG Edition Bruce Springsteen "Greetings From Asbury Park" 1973/1984 Columbia RBCD Tina Brooks "Back to the Tracks" 1960/2013 Blue Note/Audio Wave XRCD24 Marc Cohn "Marc Cohn" 1991/2007 Atlantic/MoFi 24bitGCD--This album deserves special mention. The recording is terrific; the songs are great stories and memorable. Oh yeah, he won an Grammy as Best New Artist on the strength of this album. A few years back I saw him in Dallas at the Kessler Theater, which seats/stands 200 people. Cohn on the piano; Ben Wisch, his co-producer and good friend, on the bass. That's it. Great act, musical, funny and worth every penny. Highly recommended. |
@astewart8944 - Counting Crows - "August and Everything After" is an AWESOME album. Really strong lyrically and musically. Sonically, it's pretty good too. "Anna Begins" is probably my favorite cut from the album. Well, if I were forced to pick a favorite......... :~) Thanks for the reminder. I've got the CD spinning as I write this..... |
Hello, @arcam88 - YES! I know that Peter Gabriel album and that track in particular. "Up" is a spectacularly good album - sonics and song writing. Sky Blue is one of my favorite tracks from it...especially the wordless harmonizing from The Boys that closes it out...not to mention Peter Green’s "less is more" guitar solo that cuts through everything at the end. |
ghosthouse, Check out this track from Peter Gabriel, with The Blind Boys of Alabama! https://youtu.be/LkKISoSdpOI |
Taddy Porter, S/T -Rock N Roll, named themselves after a craft beer. "In The Morning" https://youtu.be/PqA8dWryewg N |
London Philharmonic/John Alldis Conductor "Handel's The Messiah" 1987 Sparrow RBCD--I do not recommend listening to this recorded version of The Messiah. Having listened to it, I need to replace it with a better recording. If anyone has a version they like, please share your recommendation. Bonnie Raitt "Nick of Time" 1989 Capitol RBCD John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" 1961/1990 Atlantic RBCD Chick Corea "Return to Forever" 1972/1988 ECM RBCD Counting Crows "August and Everything After" 1993 Geffen RBCD--This album is well recorded and a T-Bone Burnett production. Franz Ferdinand "You Could Have It So Much Better" 2005 Domino RBCD |
Hey N... Pleased you liked it. Something appropriate to the day. That is track 6, Amazing Grace, from The Blind Boys of Alabama "Spirit of the Century, a 2001 recording on Real World Records. I first heard it maybe 15 years ago while driving one night listening to WXPN out of Philadelphia. The whole album is very, very good. Superior sound quality; great songs, arrangements and performances. |
Grace Potter And The Nocturnals, The Lion The Beast The Beat. Well produced. Janes Addicion, Ritual De Lo Habitual- Thanks astewart8944 for mentioning Janes Addicion above. Been a while since I've played them as well. A track from Janes Addition from Guitar Sessions, "Janes Says". https://youtu.be/gPsorSm1PpQ One track by Johnny Lang, "Lie To Me". I feel is some of his best. https://youtu.be/3tigVYfHVmQ Tool, "Forty Six & 2". https://youtu.be/Tja6_h4lT6A N |
Don Henley "The End of the Innocence" 1889 Geffen RBCD Pat Metheny "Bright Size Life" 1976 ECM RBCD Green Day "Dookie" 1994 Reprise RBCD Herbie Hancock "Maiden Voyage" 1965/1985 Manhattan/Capitol RBCD Big Star "#1 Record" 1972/1992 Ardent/Stax RBCD Big Star "Radio City" 1972/1992 Ardent/Stax RBCD Man, if the record companies could have promoted and distributed these Big Star records better, Alex Chilton would have been a major rock star. Both these albums are terrific and still hold up years later. |
Yesterday's play list: Wynton Marsalis "Black Codes (From the Underground)" 1985 Columbia RBCD--This is probably Marsalis' best recording of mostly songs he composed. Jane's Addiction "Nothing's Shocking" 1988 Warner Bros. RBCD--I played this recording right after the one above and my wife came and asked me, "Who is this?"...and not in a way that said she was loving it. I generally listen to jazz and rock interspersed together; I think it clearly reveals that in many rock records earlier jazz records paved the way. This CD goes back on the shelf for another year. Thelonius Monk "Monk's Dream" 1963/2002 Columbia/Legacy RBCD--Monk was a musical genius; not appreciated early, but covered like crazy by many jazz artists. |
