martykl
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| Fleetwood Mac Tostado,Not surprisingly, I've given that question a lot of thought over the years.Here's my own take - in a (large) nutshell:Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer - the two most blues-centric songwriters in the original FM - both quit the band pretty ea... | |
| Fleetwood Mac Ahhh...my favorite band is back!To some of the above thoughts/questions: Peter Green is TTBOMK still alive and making blues records (as is Jeremy Spencer, the slide guitarist who was in the original FM line-up). Bob Welch committed suicide not too... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Arnett,You might want to check this out. I caught this band when they opened for Taj Mahal near my home last year. It's Danny Seraphine's new band and they seem to be targeting that early Chicago sound. When I walked into the show, I was amazed at... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Phase -Another lesser known name in that Brit blues-rock genre was Chicken Shack. Stan Webb was a really good lead guitarist and the keyboards were handled by non other than Christine Perfect (AKA McVie), later of Fleetwood Mac.Cerrot -On the surg... | |
| Wu-tang clan new cd Cool! If it works for Wu Tang, maybe Wang Chung will follow! | |
| Large Room which speakers? A lot will depend on your listening position. If you sit reasonably close to the speakers, your choices are plentiful. If you're twenty feet back, that's a different kettle of fish and you'll probably want something a little bottom heavy. If you'r... | |
| SRV Instrumental tracks and similar artists I'll second Peter Green, but suggest a different track: Man of the World. Some versions feature vocals, some don't. Either way, it's a great example of blues guitar in "lyrical" mode and I'm not sure that anyone does that better than Peter Green. | |
| "Against design" Interesting notion, but I'd read it slightly differently. I think people want cutting edge tech for a high five/six figure price tag and think that exotic materials and complex curves demonstrate that kind of technology. It's not that they're ugly... | |
| Help me find WARM speakers a la Sonus Faber Dtc,Compare the Cremona with any of the pre y2k Sonus Fabers and see what you think. IMO, the old models (at least those I've heard or owned) were decidedly warmer than the Cremona. Those models not only had a mid bass hump, but they also featured... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Loomis,I fully understand those who aren't moved by post-Brian Wilson pop/rock and prefer to stay closer to the blues. I also understand why some people lean the other way. As I noted, I can't really spend much time listening to The Beatles, (even... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Loomis,The distinction between our views may be real or it may be more semantic. I use "songcraft" to mean sophistication in a few areas - but, in the end, it's first and foremost (tho not exclusively) a harmonic distinction to me. What I call "tr... | |
| Two subwoofers When you match the output level of a sub to the main speakers in a system, you do so at a given SPL (75db in the latest Audyssey set-up regimen IIRC). I think the OP may be asking what happens as that SPL changes. Might two different sub models be... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Well, if we're going to youtube, try this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HGs6M9exS4Just skip ahead to the 4 1/2 minute mark where the guitar solo begins. Some may prefer the wrenching pain of the best blues solos (for example, Peter Green), but I... | |
| Help me find WARM speakers a la Sonus Faber I've never heard the Olympica so I can't, but I do own Cremonas and wouldn't call them particularly warm. I also have a pair of old SF Minuettos (ca 1990ish) in my office and those little guys definitely lean toward a warmer sound. My point is: do... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll BTW, if it wasn't clear from my post above re: The Stones, I pretty much agree with you. The Beatles are prized for their exquisite (at least in the context of rock and pop bands) songcraft, which simply has very little to do with what The Stones ... |