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| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th The Band are sort of a Rorschach test. ;-) Bob Dylan thought they were phenomenal, Nick Lowe says Brinsley Schwarz (in which he was the bassist/songwriter/singer) were trying to be the British Band, Elvis Costello has expressed his deep appreciati... | |
| No binding post a good idea? The closest thing to a direct connection that I’m aware of is the Electra Cable Tube Connectors, marketed by GR Research and shown on their website. But integral to the design is the connector that must be installed on the ends of the speaker cabl... | |
| James Taylor "The" Moon River? Henry Mancini's recording of that fantastic song is a longtime favorite of mine. I bought it on a 7" 45 RPM single when it was initially released. | |
| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th I share his adoration of J.S. Bach, but (this) man does not live by JSB alone. | |
| Cover Songs that are better than the Original Still about my favorite: Dave Edmunds' reworking of the Smiley Lewis song "I Hear You Knocking" (also done by Fats Domino and a few others). For the inverse, compare The Beatles version of "Money (That's What I Want)" to the original by Barrett St... | |
| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th No, The Band weren’t The Berlin Philharmonic (though Garth Hudson IS Classically trained ;-) . Listen to his "Genetic Method" intro to "Chest Fever" on The Band’s live album, if you dare). Neither were The Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestras... | |
| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th @tomic601, Have you noticed during Muddy's set in The Last Waltz how Bob Margolin looks over at Robertson every time the latter lets out with one of his exclamations during "Mannish Boy"? Hilarious! I know just what Bob is thinking, 'cause I'm thi... | |
| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th Robertson was essential to The Band, especially as a songwriter. When they regrouped without him (Jim Weider taking his place on guitar) it was not remotely the same. Richard Manuel never got back his songwriting mojo, and the magic just wasn’t th... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 vs Ref 6 SE Isn't the SE version about a thousand bucks different from the non-SE? ;-) | |
| Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th Agree 100%, @rpeluso. I know there are Robertson apologists, but I see right through his self-serving rationalizations for what he did. He is a fine guitarist and songwriter (or rather was), a terrible singer (he "fakes" singing all throughout The... | |
| You could work for any manufacturer, past or present... Great topic, good one Erik.Of the dead guys, I'd say Julius Futterman, Harvey Rosenberg, Roger Modjeski, Robert Fulton, J. Gordon Holt, Bill Johnson, Doug Sax, Jerry Wexler (Atlantic Records producer).Of the living: Max Townshend, Ralph Karsten, B... | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Capitol has always made terrible LP's, one reason in the 60's and 70's we bought British E.M.I. copies of as many titles as we could. | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Rounder and Sugar Hill. Chris Hillman has two pure Bluegrass albums on the latter, both with great music and sound quality. I tend to not include audiophile labels on these kinds of lists, for the well known reason that their musical content is mo... | |
| Underrated album: Sonics AND Music Terry Evans: any of his albums on Audioquest. Also his two albums with partner Bobby King on Rounder Records, a non-audiophile label with many audiophile-sound quality albums in it's catalog. Terry and Bobby served as Ry Cooder's "back up" singers... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw and @tomic601, I was fortunate enough to have been invited to an industry-only event at the Sony offices in L.A., promoting T Bone Burnett's then current album (The Criminal Under My Own Hat). His wife Sam Phillips was with him, and he had h... |