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.
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?
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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?
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Forty Duce- Nothing to lose. Featuring Ritchie Kotzen. I particularly like the song, "Stand up". Sick Puppies, the song, "My world". Ronnie James Dio- Lock up the wolves. Song, "Between two hearts". Las but not least, California Breed, S/T. Featuring Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Andrew Watt. Entire CD however " Sweet tea " rocks! N |
A buddy of mine gave me a CD of an album called Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years by Sandy Bull. My friend said it was he was one of the first 'World Music' artists. Just amazing music. I listened to the first track, "Blend" and immediately thought of The Doors "The End." There was a track on it called Carmina Burana Fantasy that had a familiar melody. That led to a whole afternoon listening to Carl Orff's Carmine Burana by the LSO, among others. So Sandy Bull stays on the rotation for awhile. |
I happened across this today and wanted to share it with the Rory Gallagher fans. https://www.instagram.com/p/BBSoyfOOC3I/ N |
In the never ending pursuit of off the radar new music, here are a couple of fun additions to recommend: Britta Phillips- "Luck or Magic" Britta was bass player for one of my favorite 90's bands- Luna. She is also married to the frontman Dean Wareham. She has a sultry voice and this solo effort sounds like the soundtrack to a James Bond movie. I actually like the originals better than the covers. She also has a solo album with her husband called Dean & Britta- "L'Avventura" that is tasty. The Record Company- "Give it Back to You" Kind of a blues/rock vibe with the bass player using a slide like Mark Sandman from Morphine. This is one of the most enjoyable debuts I have heard in a long time. |
@bdp24 - I did not know you held The Band in that high regard. I think we are on the same page as far as what makes them "special"...e.g., "technical execution that illuminates the composition" = "playing in a manner so as to benefit the song itself". Exactly. Not taking anything away from their individual talents but as with a certain other highly regarded group from England, I think a lot must be credited to the producer of their first two albums, John Simon. Based on the Wikipedia entry for him, he is very impressive. If you happen to know of a good read about the recording sessions for "Pink"and "Brown", do please advise - I'd be very interested. By the way, it is post-Robertson but still great music (sound quality is a little uneven): The Band - Live in Tokyo 1983. Talk about three great singers, check out Rick Danko's performance of "It Makes No Difference". One of my favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHzODm-Ik8 In addition to Richard Manuel's talent as a vocalist, he was capable of writing magical songs that were precious (in a good way) and ephemeral. Whispering Pines and In A Station are two fine examples of this. I wish he had lived longer and written more. The Band deserves its own thread, I suppose. |
You are so right, ghosthouse. The Band imo (and I'm not alone) are the finest self-contained (writing the songs, playing the music, singing the lyrics) Rock 'n' Roll ensemble the genre has produced. Three great singers (especially Richard Manuel), world-class musicianship (playing in a manner so as to benefit the song itself, a concept in advance of most R & R bands. To play thusly requires maturity and taste, a rarity in the field ;-), and excellent material. I've said it before and I'll say it again---The Band revolutionized Rock 'n' Roll when Music From Big Pink was released in early 1968, and that album and it's follow-up (S/T, aka the brown album) set the bar so high that it has yet to be equaled. Those two albums are a Master Class in how to play the music, and how to be a band. |
Thanks for the history lesson, bdp. Whatever their motivation for making it, MDM is an enjoyable recording. The Band on track after track in this recording and others displays excellent "musicality"...wonderful arrangements, soulful vocals, technical execution that illuminates the composition and, with the exception of the occasional "over the top" quirkiness of Garth's keyboards/organ registrations, restraint and good taste. No wonder that going on 50 years now, their music still communicates. |
The Band’s Moondog Matinee was their reaction and response to the 50’s revival that was going on in the early 70’s. As The Hawks (both backing Ronnie Hawkins and on their own) from 1960 until Dylan hired them as his (heh) band for his 1966 European tour (Bob hired them away from their then-current employer, John Hammond Jr.), they were a working band playing in Canada, up and down the Eastern Seaboard, the Midwest and South in bars, lounges, dancehalls (including the one in Dallas owned by the man who shot JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby!)---dives of all types, performing hits and misses from the 50’s and first half of the 60’s. It’s the same material that what are now referred to by Rock ’n’ Roll historians as Frat Bands were playing on the West Coast (I was in one named The Squyres. Classic Frat Band name!). Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and other original Southern R & R, Rhythm & Blues, Country & Western, Pop classics, Brill Building Soul, instrumentals from movie soundtracks, novelty songs---you name it. What The Band heard coming from Sha Na Na and the other nostalgia acts of the early 70’s was such an insult to the music they decided to do it themselves, correctly. Moondog Matinee is comprised of songs they actually performed on stage as The Hawks in their bar band days. Damn would I like to have seen them then! I have two friends who saw them live with Dylan in ’66, at The San Jose Civic Auditorium. I had yet to "get" Dylan, and passed :-(. |
YAW :-) jafant. Mapman - "Ain’t Got No Home"...I take it you are talking Moondog Matinee? Don’t know the version you are familiar with but the re-issue (black cover) includes a great Chuck Berry tune as a bonus track, "Back to Memphis". I really enjoy the lyrics. "You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing' your pajamas." Ain't Got No Home is a good 'un too. In fact thanks to you, listening to the whole thing right now. |
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Had some friends over last night and sipped on some Belle Meade bourbon and listened to; Real Estate- Atlas War on Drugs- Lost in a Dream Futurebirds- Hotel Parties The Horrors- Luminous Suede- Night Thoughts The new Suede is great and sounds fantastic. Futurebirds is kind of a Wilco/My Morning Jacket hybrid with nice harmonies, lots of reverb, and twangy pedal steel guitar. Check out "Rodeo" on youtube. |
Nutty Glad you like Blues Travler. I only have the Live CD but just ordered some BT LP Also, took your advise and got some Black Country Communion LP In route My quest for. More Glenn Hughes Right now Im listening to. "Johnny Winter Live and" "Great Balls of Fire" Easily one of my all time guitar jams. Not to mention the entire album is good. And a well sonic recording Search the song on YouTube for a preview ,you won't be disappointed I am getting some new "Guitar" and "Bass" heroes and l want to thank all who contribute . Seems a lot of similar taste here Happy Listening R |
Throughout the day, various early Daryl Hall & John Oates recordings... Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) [This one not really happening for me. More like a Todd Rundgren LP (he produced it) - though I do like some tracks from Todd's uneven discography.] Self-titled [aka "The Silver Album"] (1975) Looking forward to getting into: Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) |
radfrad, Took your advice and ordered the S/T Bluestravelers. Great stuff. Thanks for the recommendation. I also took a listen to the refrence above regarding Kevin Gordon. Very nice. Ordered it. Cannot wait to hear it through the system properly. Thanks again. Today: Triumph, Rock & Roll machine. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Live Rust". Been a while since I spun that one. Billy Joel, 52nd Street. Love Billy. Saw him live in Louisville with Sir Elton John. N |
Speaking of Kevin Gordon (see oblgny’s post above), the original studio album Down To The Well is a perfect album---all prime Grade A beef, no filler. The album is an absolute K..I..L..L..E..R !! Kevin’s a great songwriter and singer in the style of John Hiatt, with a smokin’ band, and great recorded sound. Deep, deep pocket and groove, swings like crazy, the album is great driving music. One of my all-time favorite albums. I’m with oblgny---Joan’s another great one. I saw her just last week in a 600-seat theater, and she was absolutely fantastic. Just her singing, with a guitarist and pianist. Great, great singer. |