crazy4blues
Responses from crazy4blues
| your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why? "Catfish" by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. I LOVE this track; no one can swing any harder than Gate! | |
| Names of Bands... Cedar Walton Trio: let's see, cuz the leader of the group is named Cedar Walton, and there are two other cats--usually Billy Higgins (RIP) and Buster Williams. There! Another mystery solved! | |
| Aleph 3/30 Owners: What preamp do you use? Hey, Crazy: I use a VTL 2.5. Nice . . . | |
| How many CD/LPs do you need? Just a couple more--this week! | |
| Names of Bands... Stevie Ray Vaughn's rhythmn section is called "Double Trouble," which is a classic Otis Rush song--a minor blues. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1. BMW 328is. 2. BMW 530i. 3. Ducati 999! | |
| Names of Bands... I once knew of band called Freud Chicken, but, frankly, I would NOT want to know why it was called that ^_^ | |
| RIP Jimmy Knepper Hey, y'all. Thanks. This cat was one of the BEST! He was simply so DOWN with the MUSIC. Thanks for the fyi, Pbb. | |
| Your favorite Jazz album - w/in last 5 years Hey, everybody: Extremely hip posts. For me, in the last five years, I have to say that Benny Green's stuff with Christian McBride and Carl Allen do it for me. I just think that Green swings HARD! | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Oops. When you mentioned "Rufus Reid's playalong books," I just assumed that you were referring to TEB. Mea culpa! But, yeah, I know all--too-well about scale and arpeggio practice, especially in D flat! | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? EL, I LOVE "The Evolving Basist!" It's a classic. It's how I learned to make bass lines! | |
| Best Manufacturer's Website Features Well, one of the first things I can think of is a site that's STOOPID. That's the Synergistic Research Soft Core Porn site. Geez, why can't some guys ever get out of junior high school?!As for what makes a good site, I want to know about the PRODU... | |
| Which artists do you just not get? Spoken Word. Uh, isn't that just poetry? What's a "slam" anyway? Puh-leez! Grown up! | |
| Why do you listen music? Hey, Mike! I'm with you, man! I love MUSIC, not my system! The best music I've ever heard was performed live in jazz clubs late at night. Not in my living room on my $12,000 system! | |
| Does full range guarantee bass? Nooooooooooooo! One listen of B&W NT-7 will demonstrate that! Soliloquy 5.0 monitors have mo' base than they! Seriously, I've checked it out! And the B and dubs were loaded up with big, fat MacIntosh amp/preamps, while the 5.0s here hung on a ... |