stuartk

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Jazz for aficionados
A short Petrucciani documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5HNAgi23AE        
Jazz for aficionados
@curiousjim Do not neglect this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLewsblH64M It’s also known as "Complete Concert In Germany". I have a special attachment to my copy, having bought it in Paris. Another live recording -- this one a trio: ... 
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@immatthewj  ... then, there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRy53fb_7Sc   Emmylou covering Bruce; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efV8-Gve50&list=RD6efV8-Gve50&start_radio=1    
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Damn -- Joan Osborn's version is smokin' !  !  !        
An ANSWER....of sorts......
I need an AI or maybe one of those Star Trek "Universal Translators" to understand the dialects used in this thread...    
Jazz for aficionados
"I’ve Got Your Love" from Boz Scaggs "Come On Home". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ia15RLRpCo&list=OLAK5uy_nHjoCyyKJVGBc7i4cD8b4bmqpyIxVLm2w The whole album is excellent -- musically and (to my ears, at east) sonically. It’s one of my fav... 
Those rare albums that are great on first listen.
@chrisoshea Not unusual at all for me to love an album at first listen…. 95% of my favorites I loved at first play; Good to know I’m not the only one for whom this is not only not a "rare" occurrence but the norm!     
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@immatthewj "She gave me half of her cheeseburger. I wasn’t the same for weeks." I read an interview with R. Crowell where he described the ongoing challenge to his libido of working side by side with a "goddess". Poor guy! @bdp24 I start... 
Why even bother?
There's a certain guitar repairman I've been trying to contact and he simply isn't responding to my texts, phone messages.  Why not? Could be a variety of reasons. What you're experiencing is not unique to Audiogon or audio. It's simply part of de... 
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@immatthewj  Seen her live?   I wish !   Saw EmmyLou in '76, though, with the original Hot Band. That was special.            
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@immatthewj  My introduction to her was "Car Wheels..." I don't recall whether I bought the "white album" before or after having seen the ACL broadcast. I have the 2CD version that includes live performances.  These two remain my favorite L. Wi... 
Those rare albums that are great on first listen.
Not sure how you are defining "great", but if a CD doesn't make a strong positive impression the first time I hear it, I pass. If I were a person who often changed their opinion of music after initially disliking it, that could warrant a different... 
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  EmmyLou Harris: "Together Again": "There are only two kind of men walking this earth, those who are in love with Emmylou and those who have yet to meet her"        
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@bdp24  Mary Gauthier is very talented but what dark material!   I tend to think of Gurf as mostly a sideman  but clearly I need to explore further... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_1i8q9WYpc    
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@immatthewj  It's the first ACL show from 1989 -- where her hair is blonde and she's playing with the original band. Gurf Morlix on guitar.  I had it on DVD at one point. The complete performance was taken down, apparently and I can only find t...