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

 




nutty
Into the wild life....Halestorm


Off to the LRS next, hopefully some new goodies to spin later.
And a whole sack full of new to me vinyl.
Seeing as Masque by Kansas had a few mentions of late just had to buy it.

So first up Masque..... Kansas
uberwaltz,

Regarding Masque, people either love it or hate it. I think its great.

Revisited Van Halen, Balance. On the new Totems its fantastic! The highs were a tad splashy on the old speakers.

Up next, more V/H, 1984 and Fair Warning

N
Nutty
Masque..... Have to say what's not too like? The mastering could have been a little better for sure, think the rest of my Kansas vinyl is much better sq.

But as for the musical content I give it a big thumbs up!
👍👍👍
Also glad the Totems are working out for you, always admired them and thought looked very well made but never owned a set.

Sound like they are very musical and not bright if they calmed down Balance for you, enjoy!
Go Insane... Lindsey Buckingham.

My fave period of Fleetwood Mac was when Lindsey/Stevie joined....I know a lot of others will vehemently disagree...lol.
On another Note entirely(sic).

If anybody here ever gets in the vicinity of North Florida you just HAVE to visit Wolfsons records.
He has about 25,000 lps in at any one time and the condition of the vast majority is near mint. Or it gets tossed in the $1 box!
His prices are excellent, very very fair.
For example I bought both private eye and teaser by Tommy bolin there and both were $4 each.
Tbh if u r remotely close it is worth a road trip, just be prepared for an all day visit!
Dream Theater, Falling Into Infinity

Lucifers Friend, Mind Exploding
Pearl Jam, Ten

N

Streaming Radio Paradise tonight while I file the "recently played" stack of LPs. I'll be back playing records shortly. But Radio Paradise is always a good diversion. 
OK, got the "recently played" LP's put away. Now back to listening to records. I'm starting out the evening with

 Lucinda Williams - "Little Honey"
I Am Human.... Escape The Fate.

Brilliant new album of theirs....imho of course.
uberwaltz, 

Glad to see your enjoying Tommy Bolin! Check out Billy Cobham's Spectrum. Tommy B plays some excellent jazz fusion on that release. 

Rory Gallagher, various tracks 

N
Nutty
I read an article on Tommys short tragic life, very sad waste of a great talent and obviously a human life.

Seems nobody was really aware just how bad his addiction was until out on the road with Purple.

Will be checking Spectrum out for sure
Too funny as we were talking about the Strawbs.
Just picked this up in our local sally army shop.
The best of Strawbs
Double album for $5 in pretty good shape.

Its a good day.
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (MQA) and Bashin’ The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith absolutely glorious!

Cheers  
Ron Carter- All Blues (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)
Still sounds fresher than fresh.
Tracey Chapman day:

Telling Stories
Crossroads

Robert Plant and Allison Krause “Raising Sand"
up soon...

Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers"  MFSL/45rpm
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band  "Loose Salute" (lp)
Not a huge fan, but stumbled across Springsteen's, Darkness on the Edge of Town.
One of his best, IMHO. Very raw. 

N
"...stumbled across Springsteen's, Darkness on the Edge of Town."

I'm sure that reflects something of an age difference, N.  DotEoT was THE Springsteen album for me when it came out.  Greetings, ...E-Street Shuffle, & Born to Run all had their moments, but that one always hit me as something deeper.  He was going through a tough personal/business situation at the time.  Seems like the struggles made the writing better.  Never followed him too much after The River and Tunnel of Love.  
We were just another band out of Boston, on the road and trying to make ends meet!
Professor Tom Scholz!

regarding the Michael Nesmith lp above...

This is my first time listening to it. All of my memories of him were from watching The Monkees  tv show when I was a kid.

Listening to this lp, (by the way, the sonics are pretty remarkable), after my years of musical interests, it's obvious to me that he had quite a bit of talent. These songs are well written, well performed, period. Not shy about listing it here.
Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday (sonics on this digitally remastered BGO Records release are pretty good).

@slaw - 
Don't know that particular Nesmith album but I do agree with your assessment of him.  He was the real deal.

Crack The Sky,  White Music
Donnie Iris, "Ah! Leah"-- remember that one?
https://youtu.be/GNjqYV2HGWc
Jack Bruce Robin Trower, Seven Moons

N
Just listening to quite an assortment as I put new phono stage through its paces.
Concrete Blonde, wishbone ash, Strawbs,
Grant Green: Sunday Mornin’
Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 (organ) Charles Munch Boston Symphony. Berj Zamkochian, Organist
@nutty, not a big fan either but Darkness on the Edge of Town is one I do like. Nebraska is the other one.  Thats about it for me.
The "boss"has never rung my bell I am afraid either.

What better way to end the night than

Radio Kaos... Roger Waters
pops,

As I stated, I'm not a big Boss fan. However Darkness on the Edge of Town is raw.
He pours his guts out on that albumn. 

uberwaltz,

Gotcha - The Boss is not everybody's cup. 

N
I was not much of a Springsteen fan until I saw him live a couple of years ago. Now I'm a big fan. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is a great record. He has many other good to great records too, and many highlights to choose from the prolific catalog of records. He has no trouble playing for 3-4 hours and making sure everyone leaves happy.
My night cap:
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: "The Best Of...."
Bill Frissel: Music IS
Chet Baker Sings
Train: "Hey Soul Sister"
Stanley Turrentine- Look Out!
Go Go Penguin "Man Made Object"


reubent and others who haven’t been Springsteen lovers, I too have yet to understand his allure, or the enormousness of his popularity. But I haven’t seen him live, and from the clips I’ve seen (and the accolades from those I know who have), that’s obviously his forte. The opposite of The Beatles! I give him high marks for caring as much as he does about giving his audiences their money’s worth. Before his unusually long shows, he puts his band through a 2-3 hour sound check! The hardest working man (and band ;-) in show business.

Joan Osborne: Pretty Little Stranger. Two thumbs way up!

Joan Osborne: Songs Of Bob Dylan. Sorry JO, don’t care for it. Yet. I’ll give it a few more spins.

Lee Ann Womack: The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone. Lee described it’s Genesis as her wanting to make an album having a rural, back-to-her Texas roots quality to it. So I gave her the benefit of my doubt, and bought a copy. My doubts were confirmed; over-produced, showbizzy slick, very non-rural. It’s what an Americana-style songwriter I worked with in the 90’s (Steve Tagliere, himself now back in Texas) calls Housewife Country.

Lucinda Williams: Her entire catalog. One of the couple of greatest living artists, she’s the real deal. I can’t believe how many songs she’s written in the past 30 years, nor what a great singer she has grown into. Yes, I hear what some others have complained of in her singing---the inarticulate, slurred delivery. To me, she sometimes kind of sounds like her tongue is maybe slightly swollen. She delivers the lyrics in a rather laconic, very relaxed manner. I dig it! But beyond that, she sings them with an honest, heartfelt quality, like she has lived every word. I’m absolutely in awe of her talent.

bpd24,

I have seen Bruce live and enjoyed the show, but still not a fan.  I saw him right after Johnny Cash passed and he opened the show by himself with a tribute "I walk the Line."  I really appreciated that.

+1 on Lucinda,  Her entire catalog is excellent!  My Company helped her get off the ground 25 years ago and I spent some time with her before one of her shows drinking buds!  LOL!   

Yeah pops, Springsteen’s heart is in the right place. I just wish he (and Elvis Costello, whose vibrato is WAAAY out of control) would calm the Hell down. Bruce is just "trying" to sing way too hard---his throat all tight, squeezing the lyrics through clenched teeth and jaw. I’m usually just ambivalent about him, but actively disliked him when he just couldn’t help himself during the all-star tribute show to Roy Orbison, behaving like he was the star of the show. Bruce, dude, this isn’t about you. Show some respect, stay back where you belong, as part of Roy’s accompaniment.

As a songwriter, there’s not much to say. Pedestrian chord sequences, not much in the way of melodies, very little harmony singing. His songs have verses and choruses, but rarely a bridge/middle 8. Yawn.

His band on the 1st and 2nd albums was just awful, especially drummer Vini Lopez. What a sloppy, amateur mess. After that it was only mediocre. THE most boring, stock drum and keyboard playing of any band achieving their level of success I’ve heard. No character, no style, no personality. No imagination, no creativity, no humor, no nuthin’.

As I said, I don’t get it.


Drinking with Lucinda! I met her only once, at a Long Ryders' show in the mid-80's at Club Lingerie on Sunset Blvd. I didn't know it at the time, but she was married to LR drummer Greg Sowders. I was slightly acquainted with their manager, whom I bumped into on the floor in front of the stage. After our salutations, he introduced me to the provocative yet shy, lanky blonde who was standing with him, saying to me "This is Lucinda, she's a singer too". I also didn't know she had already recorded two albums that had been put out on the Folkways label, performing traditional Folk Blues material, nor that she was about to start on what would turn out to be her s/t Rough Trade album. Her marriage to Greg was the first of many; she's on about her fifth, I believe. Good for songwriting material ;-).

@bdp24 

Don't hold back, spit it all out....lol.

Never seen them live but seen enough video performance to know exactly what you mean on his over trying style.
And yep the music is pedestrian mediocre at best.

Anyway reall musicians now.

No Smoke without Fire... Wishbone Ash
I’ll disagree on the Bruce. I’ve never sought his stuff out as essential but I don’t have strong feelings against him like others here. I think he’s an excellent song writer. Can we still be friends?

Faces "Stray Singles & B-Sides" from the box set.