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« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2008, 12:30:21 PM »
QUOTE(gunug @ Jun 13 2008, 05:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Up late (early) and I put on a Townes Van Zandt Live Set from a dinky Houston club called the "Old Quarter" in the year I graduated from high school (1973).  Bad acoustics but a great live set!  TVZ never got the props he deserved as a singer or a songwriter but he sure turned out some great and avocative stuff!

Absolutely incredible record! You can hear the crickets chirping on the quiet passages.

Townes was an amazing songwriter, no doubt about it! I sing a couple of his tunes and I'm always hoping that I'm doing them justice.

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I've always (since my 20's) enjoyed Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke. I've got to remember to seek out more of their stuff!


Then you obviously don't own one of my CD's...  tease.gif both are huge influences on my playing! notworthy.gif

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« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2008, 01:41:32 PM »
Chris' (or should that be Chris'es?) CD's are worth the bucks! I've been listening to them (along with the River City Ramblers) as I drive to and from the hospital and they pick up my spirits. smile.gif
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2008, 10:52:18 PM »
Some real treasures in this thread. Don't know how I missed the Richard Thompson Grizzly Man album - I'm a big fan and own pretty much everything he's ever done. (Along with Linda's solo stuff and now 2 of Teddy's CDs as well) The Roger McGuinn site will keep me busy for a while - lots to listen to and add to the iTunes library there! His Cardiff Rose album is an old favorite. His version of Shenandoah is gorgeous - it's on the Folk Den site.

Hugh Cornwall/The Stranglers are also long-time faves. (even my 16 year old likes them!) Years ago I went to see the Stranglers at the Masonic Temple in Toronto and as we were good friends with the promoters - The Garys - we got to go backstage after as well. We got talking to Hugh and mentioned that we were going to NYC the following week and hoped to catch the Stranglers show there as well. He said "Really? Well, I'll put you on the guest list then!" and proceeded to scribble our names down on a scrap of paper and stuff it in his pocket. We thought to ourselves "right, well, that's the end of that..." but were astonished to discover on arriving in NYC and calling the club that we were indeed on the guest list. Nice guy. Got invited to the party after too, but the concert didn't end until 3 a.m., we were wiped out after jumping up and down all evening and ended up just going back to our friends' apt. in Queens. NYC subways at 3:30 AM on a week night are a bit of an adventure too...

I think I've mentioned this before here, but a really interesting site for live recordings of bands - mostly from the 60s, 70s and 80s AND new indie bands is http://www.wolfgangsvault.com They also have interviews with various musicians. There are 1477 concerts on there now and 506 of them are available for download (some free, some about the same cost as an album at the iTunes store - but you can ALWAYS listen to the entire thing for free online)





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« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2008, 11:12:10 PM »
Just listening to some "Fish Fry" type music (Bo Diddly, Buckwheat Zydeco, other older R&B) that I've set up on a 3 hour iTunes playlist; need to work on the flow of it a little!
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« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2008, 06:55:06 AM »
Thanks for the Wolfgang's Vault link - browsing around I found a 1988 article by Paul Williams about rock videos; on Page 2 - and remember this was written in 1988!
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“In the future, perhaps, everything will be digital, and we’ll be able to order videos of individual songs, which will be instantly transferred over phone lines to our combination personal computer/music disc/video disc player (and billed to our credit accounts at the same time). There will be a broadcast service, so we can be exposed to new product in the first place, but they’ll figure out some way that you can’t copy it for replay without being charged for it….”

Do you think maybe that's where Apple got the idea  whistling.gif
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« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2008, 08:28:57 AM »
QUOTE(gunug @ Jun 19 2008, 05:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just listening to some "Fish Fry" type music (Bo Diddly, Buckwheat Zydeco, other older R&B) that I've set up on a 3 hour iTunes playlist; need to work on the flow of it a little!


"Fish Fry" type music? Could you please explain for those of us on this side of the pond.

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« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2008, 10:37:44 AM »
Hi Sandy,

Don't know exactly which "Fish Fry" gunug is referring to, but it's a common custom in quite a few places in our society. Done a little differently in certain parts of the country, but it has been going on for years and years.

Lot's of folks do it on Friday nights, and it's basically a social get-together over fried fish and french-fried potatoes and beer! It has been a tradition in our Southern region for many years, catch a bunch of fish, get some folks together, get a band, or some music playing on the old stereo, and fry up all the fish you got!

And the music that gunug is referring to is definitely appropriate for such a gathering!

And I'm sure John will be back to post his version!

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« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2008, 09:54:24 PM »
A now deceased friend of mine who was an anatomy professor used to have a blues/Southern Jazz show on a college radio station (1970's/80's) that I model what I like after for my fish fry.  He actually used to have these parties that were like that although they didn't have that much live music!  There is also a guy named Chuck Haddock (Haddix) who has friday and saturday night fish fry shows on KCUR at the University of Missouri KC!  This is the link to the KCUR show which I think is streamable from 8pm to Midnight on Friday and Saturday nights Central Standard Time:

http://www.kcur.org/fishfry.html

I collect music and string it together and listen and see if I can duplicate the elusive qualities my friends stuff or even Chuck's stuff!
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« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2008, 10:55:34 AM »
The very restful, tuneful wonderfully talented JJ Cale Live - even the upbeat numbers are laid back. If that's possible  Thinking.gif

And not a duff track on it!  thumbup.gif
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« Reply #24 on: June 20, 2008, 11:18:59 AM »
How could I have forgotten to get "1000 Years of Popular Music" by Richard Thompson:

http://www.richardthompson-music.com/album.asp?id=74

I'm afraid he is singing so maybe it won't make Frances list but I was reminded of this by a podcast about Covers!
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« Reply #25 on: June 20, 2008, 02:55:43 PM »
QUOTE(gunug @ Jun 20 2008, 03:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A now deceased friend of mine who was an anatomy professor used to have a blues/Southern Jazz show that I model what I like after for my fish fry.  He actually used to have these parties that were like that although they didn't have that much live music!  There is also a guy named Chuck Haddock (Haddix) who has friday and saturday night fish fry shows on KCUR at the University of Missouri KC!  This is the link to the KCUR show which I think is streamable from 8pm to Midnight on Friday and Saturday nights Central Standard Time:http://www.kcur.org/fishfry.htmlI collect music and string it together and listen and see if I can duplicate the elusive qualities my friends stuff or even Chuck's stuff!
Well apart from Bo Diddly and the "usual suspects" there's a lot of names ther I don't recognize. Some Googling and listening to do over here. Thanks for the list And the explanation. To you and Chris Ksandy
QUOTE(Highmac @ Jun 20 2008, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The very restful, tuneful wonderfully talented JJ Cale Live - even the upbeat numbers are laid back. If that's possible  Thinking.gif And not a duff track on it!  thumbup.gif
Now how did I forget him on my list of suggestions?Must have been a "Senior Moment" wink.gif

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« Reply #27 on: July 02, 2008, 03:17:03 PM »
Three chord Gord!
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« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2008, 12:05:01 AM »
Isn't that the backbeat that's supposed to cause your heart rhythm to go screwy? Anyway I couldn't stand much of that right now; I just wanted to tell the silly idiot to go on back to bed!  I'm listening to Van Morrison singing Almost Independence Day (from St. Dominic's Preview Album) and even though I know it's probably not about the 4th of July I still like to hear it!
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« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2008, 01:59:22 PM »
Nothing at the present time but I plan on turning the radio on a 3pm local. The Capitol Steps will be on the local NPR station! clap.gif Very funny, usually very sharp, always up-to-date about the happenings in DC! smile.gif Sometimes it's so sad to see what happens there, it's good to get a different 'perspective!'

Ooops! Not airing until 7 PM. But I did listen/watch several songs w/video from <Animusic album 1>. Have seen this for many years but it is still fascinating. Especially since it was done on a Windows PC! WOW.gif
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