This is for all the music lovers out there. I know that some of you have a super secret stash of the best jams, blues, or jazz out there. Well, it is time to share it with the rest of us....
As for me, I have been really getting into Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. These two played together in the late 1930's and 40's in Paris. Timeless music, you may have heard it in older cartoons or comercials. Maybe some of the best musicianship of the 20th century...
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"Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST..."
Frank Zappa
i prefer disc golf to music. so frank zappa can go f*#k himself
Quoteso frank zappa can go f*#k himself
If Francis Vincent Zappa were able to do that he would still be alive and still challenging everything with his music. I wish he could F@&k himself too. I miss him.
i dare anyone to listen to what he was putting out with the Mothers in the mid to late sixties and compare it to what was heard on the radio at the time. he was at the top of his class for sure. forty years later his music still is getting new fans and always pleasing the old ones. he never lost his integrity in the industry, and i can't name one band now-a-days that can say that.*
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* i love that best buy commercial that has a sales rep saying 'look, i can control the Balck Eyed Peas with a push of a button', and they start dancing like idiots. i can just imagine the record comapny executives thinking the same exact thing.
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Greg, you ever see 'The Triplets of Belleville'? (no, it's not about a party at SIU...) The music is a lot like Django and Grappelli stylistically.
Zappa was a truly great artist who not only had some terrific bands but wrote some very complex orchestral music. He was also very aware politically... a real renaissance kind of guy.
Somebody, I think it's Doug, keeps asking if I ever play at Pete Miller's. Well, this weekend, I am. (the one in Evanston, I guess there's one in Wheeling.) It's not my own group, but it's a very good band led by saxophonist Jeff Marx. John Esposito is in from NY on piano. We're there from 9-1 Fri and Sat.
Pete Miller's is at 1557 Sherman in downtown Evanston.
Ok,
What is in my ear piece - well it varies as the day goes on. Usually start out with some Progressive Rock (Rick Wakeman, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Yes, Styx, Etc) By Lunch I am listening to Dave Matthews, Rush, and a few others. When I get home I am listening to the iTunes on Shuffle so it all depends on how close I am to the PC in order to skip the Kenny G and Borage of Elmo/Disney songs (happens when you have a two year old) that are on there as well.
QuoteGreg, you ever see 'The Triplets of Belleville'? (no, it's not about a party at SIU...) The music is a lot like Django and Grappelli stylistically.
You know I have seen it given the bicycling theme. The music had a lot of Django and Stephan Grappelli feel to it. Well worth renting. Its a very adult cartoon that is "adult" in a mature sense rather than a prurient one. Yet, there is plenty of whimsy for the child in all of us.
Lately, I have been listening to a lot of so-called fusion from the late 60's and early 70's. This was before fm 95.5 created Fuzak. High energy, organized electronic stuff. Its analog but it aint acoustic. I just added Chameleon as a ringtone on my phone. B)
Keep playing the good stuff for the kid and he/she will grow up with a broader spectrum than the other kids.
reinhradt actually appears in the music hall scene in 'triplets'. when he was young a fire seriously burnt his hands, he then adapted to play with just his two functional fingers. if you look closley you'll see they drew him with just two fingers on his left hand. for anyone the movie hasnt seen it i would recommend it, like damonshort said, some good tunes in there.
chainmeister - any fusion recommondations?
Quoteany fusion recommondations?
off the top o'me head...
Headhunters- Herbie Hancock
Return to Forever, Light as a Feather, MusicMagic, Romantic Warrior- Return to Forever
My Spanish Heart- Chic Corea
Bitches Brew, -Miles Davis
Mysterious Traveler, Black Market, I sing the Body Electric- Weather REport
Blow by Blow-Jeff Beck
some by Heatwave- yeah they were considered a disco band. listen again.
Chicago VII
Traffic-- can't remember which one-- double album classified as Rock
early Genesis
Currently listening to
- "The Best of Ken Burns Jazz" soundtrack. Includes a less common version of Brubeck's "Take Five"
- Bob Dylan's early stuff
- Bonzo Dog Band (c'mon Bruce, you KNOW you love them)
- a newer band called Gorilla which has some pretty interesting ideas
- Aretha Franklin's "Young Gifted and Black"
jimklem
Wilco, Old 97's and Thelonius Monk.
QuoteWilco, Old 97's and Thelonius Monk.
TheloniOus .
Damon,
Do you ever play any out door events? Now that I've been listening to your cds for a while I'd really like to hear you play live but I just can't take the smoke in bars with my asthma.
Maybe once Chicago goes smoke free? Are they doing that in bars or just restaurants?
QuoteDamon,
Do you ever play any out door events? Now that I've been listening to your cds for a while I'd really like to hear you play live but I just can't take the smoke in bars with my asthma.
Maybe once Chicago goes smoke free? Are they doing that in bars or just restaurants?
sounds like they've really delayed the smoke-free thing in the city, at least as far as bars go.
When I do the Sunday afternoon series at the Green Mill it's a lot less smoky than it usually is, however. For one thing there's a lot less people there (smile), but the percentage of cigarette smokers is also a lot lower - and I don't even smoke my pipe in there. 8)
The monthly composers' series tends to be on the same Sunday as club meetings. :rolleyes:
Isn't the room at Pete Millers smoke free? The music is in the resturaunt. I thought Evanston was smoke free in Resturaunts. The bar area (where you can smoke) is apart from the resturaunt and music. Damon, you were there last night, is this the set up? We might make it there tonight. I am going out with my brother who is a militant non-smoker.
QuoteIsn't the room at Pete Millers smoke free? The music is in the resturaunt. I thought Evanston was smoke free in Resturaunts. The bar area (where you can smoke) is apart from the resturaunt and music. Damon, you were there last night, is this the set up? We might make it there tonight. I am going out with my brother who is a militant non-smoker.
well, not exactly, but maybe technically. ;)
The stage is by the windows in the front of the dining room. I don't recall anybody smoking there; there's a small bar area about 30 ft into the center of the room, and a few tables around that area, which is definitely *not* non-smoking. That's where all the cigars are. I'm not sure by what legal definition it could be considered 'separated' from the restaurant.
But it's pretty well ventilated in there and I barely noticed. (They sell really good cigars there anyhow, although I realize that could be considered an oxymoron.)
There's a completely separate room to the north with the pool table, ESPN and canned rock. Not non-smoking.
So it may be that the immediate area around the stage is classified as non-smoking, which is a bit ironic but not unwelcome. Problem is that if you get there before say 11 and you're not eating, you may be stuck at the bar.
QuoteQuoteany fusion recommondations?
off the top o'me head...
Headhunters- Herbie Hancock
Return to Forever, Light as a Feather, MusicMagic, Romantic Warrior- Return to Forever
My Spanish Heart- Chic Corea
Bitches Brew, -Miles Davis
Mysterious Traveler, Black Market, I sing the Body Electric- Weather REport
Blow by Blow-Jeff Beck
some by Heatwave- yeah they were considered a disco band. listen again.
Chicago VII
Traffic-- can't remember which one-- double album classified as Rock
early Genesis
The first Mahavishnu Orchestra from the very early 70s - John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, Rick Laird - showed how interesting fusion could be before it got all smoothed out.... <_<
Also Weather Report, as David mentioned.
And early Tony Williams Lifetime. (McLaughlin and Larry Young; Tony was one of the top 3 or 4 drummers *ever*.)
It all came out of Miles, as so much always has. Most of the people involved with all these groups played with Miles at one time or another.
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Zappa was a truly great artist who not only had some terrific bands but wrote some very complex orchestral music. He was also very aware politically... a real renaissance kind of guy.
I just found this (http://www.stevemoore.addr.com/zappa.html)on the Web. Some of the links don't work but otherwise it's a pretty good tribute.
The "Senate Testimony" link, incidentally, is pretty fascinating. It's from the Senate PMRC hearings in the mid-80s about censorship that was broadcast on C-Span (i've got the tape.) Really points out how much hot air circulates around Washington. I think Tipper & Al Gore eventually wised up, but they were as embarrassing as anyone during these hearings. <_<
Just got The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions courtesy of the interlibray loan system. That is some serious sh*t - everything that should and could be expected coming from the time that it did.
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Damonshort - do you have any pics from your shows to post? or any samples of stuff that you have done?
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Damonshort - do you have any pics from your shows to post? or any samples of stuff that you have done?
there are some mp3 excerpts on my website (address below)
Frisbee golf has kinda started taking over my time to write music like I used to.. Dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing..
Damon, do you like Jimmy Smith?
I was skeptical that a Hammond B3 could do more than a living room lullaby, but when I heard "Root Down and Get It", I was flabbergasted!
One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.
QuoteOne of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.
little side comment on the Al Green end of things. for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play. i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes. he certainly brings some soul to the table.
QuoteDamon, do you like Jimmy Smith?
I was skeptical that a Hammond B3 could do more than a living room lullaby, but when I heard "Root Down and Get It", I was flabbergasted!
One of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.
Jimmy Smith pretty much invented jazz organ, and if you asked him he'd tell you so. He died about a year ago.
obit on Jimmy Smith (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4492790)
QuoteQuoteOne of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.
little side comment on the Al Green end of things. for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play. i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes. he certainly brings some soul to the table.
Jimmy Smith-- the only word that seems to apply is "groovin"
A few years ago we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I bought two discs in the gift shop: Pretzel Logic by Steeley Dan and Al Green Explores Your Mind. The Rev (Al went from selling sexy sounds to preaching the gospel)is the coolest. Its like Jobim in one sense-- In one ear it sounds kind of schmaltzy. In the other ear it sounds sublime. I suspect that the Rev was spinning when a large number of people lost their virginity in the 70's.
QuoteQuoteQuoteOne of his live albums also has a version of "Lets Stay Together" which is pure genius.
little side comment on the Al Green end of things. for anyone that hasnt heard Al's stuff, it is well worth the 15 dollars that you may pay at a Best Buy or Media Play. i'd look and feel like the biggest dork if anybody had a vidoe tape of me jamming in my car to some of his tunes. he certainly brings some soul to the table.
Jimmy Smith-- the only word that seems to apply is "groovin"
A few years ago we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I bought two discs in the gift shop: Pretzel Logic by Steeley Dan and Al Green Explores Your Mind. The Rev (Al went from selling sexy sounds to preaching the gospel)is the coolest. Its like Jobim in one sense-- In one ear it sounds kind of schmaltzy. In the other ear it sounds sublime. I suspect that the Rev was spinning when a large number of people lost their virginity in the 70's.
actual quote (edited):
"....Al Green.... if he had one t-- I'd marry that M---" - Miles Davis
i was flipping through the jazz section at my local library and came across the album by Sun Ra. from the looks of the cover i thought i was in for something special but when i put it on track one it turned out to be something more like barber shop quartet music than jazz. a total let down from a cover that looked so good.
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this is a list of 2005's best and worst albums - Buddyhead.com hits nail on the head 90% of the time, especially in the 'worst' category. the weezer commentary is hysterical...
http://www.buddyhead.com/music/bestof2005/
some of this stuff is pretty lewd, if you get easily offended dont open the link
I appreciated Maddisen's music this past Saturday at her first contest. She played a solo on the flute, a duet on the flute and a duet on the viola and won a 1st for each.
so she plays both a string and a wind instrument - thats incredible! was it a school sponsored thing or private?
Quote from: whofarted on February 07, 2006, 10:07:18 AM
so she plays both a string and a wind instrument - thats incredible! was it a school sponsored thing or private?
It was a school district sponsored band and orchestra contest.
When Maddisen was in 3rd grade she said she wanted to play the flute but that band didn't start until 5th grade but orchestra started in 4th grade. So she went to the orchestra demo with the thoughts of playing in the orchestra for a year and switching to the band to play the flute in 5th grade. By the end of 4th grade she decided to try to play in the orchestra and the band and has been now for 2 years. She is first chair in both, although there are only two Violas in the 6th grade orchestra, and in the next orchestra concert she gets to play one piece in the chamber orchestra (generally the orchestra for 7th and 8th graders).
She has some actual musical gift in that she can look at the music for her flute and then play the music on the viola. And she's not tone deficient like me because she can write out the corresponding music by listening to it. Of course for these "tricks" she's using 6th grade level music.
a couple recomendations for your next throwdown - these two compilations come from the West African country of Ghana. they dont really have lasting power for person listening (it sounds like hyperactive videogame music to me after a while) but it is probably the funkiest background music available - really fun, good vibed, mass produced funk and soul...
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I was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday. Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist. My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago. I was blown away by this guy. The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.
http://www.mtvu.com/music/video_premiere/matisyahu/
Quote from: Chainmeister on February 16, 2006, 01:46:26 PM
I was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday. Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist. My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago. I was blown away by this guy. The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.
http://www.mtvu.com/music/video_premiere/matisyahu/
He's playing the Riviera in a couple weeks. I waited too long and it sold out, and now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars. Who knew this guy would get big so fast.
Quoteand now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars. Who knew this guy would get big so fast.
what is this guy all about? what makes it special?
Quote from: whofarted on February 17, 2006, 08:04:53 AM
Quoteand now tickets are going for like 125-150 dollars. Who knew this guy would get big so fast.
what is this guy all about? what makes it special?
probably just the novelty of his act. His appearance is hilarious, wether its supposed to be or not. But, he is a legitimately talented reggae artist. I really like his music, I heard his stuff way before I ever saw what he looked like.
This is what I like.
Rocking song
Kick ass video!
Don't listen or watch at work!!
You have to watch the commercial first.
http://video.craveonline.com/video/?showVideo=1820
QuoteRocking song
Kick ass video!
that certainly kept my attention! my buddy offered to drive to madison on tuesday to see those guys, now i kinda wish i would have giving it a bit more thought...
QuoteI was talking to Mirth about this guy on Sunday. Matisyahu is an hassidic reggae artist. My daughter, who is completely areligious, left this guy's CD in my car a few weeks ago. I was blown away by this guy. The MTV clip that is below doesn't even come close to some of the stuff I heard on the CD.
QuoteI really like his music, I heard his stuff way before I ever saw what he looked like.
i caught his video at 4am this morning - thought it was a new i pod commercial at first but it kept on going. cool beats, a great message, and the in the height of yiddish fashion? - that was something else - worth a trip to your local sam goody
Quote from: whofarted on January 24, 2006, 12:20:33 PM
i was flipping through the jazz section at my local library and came across the album by Sun Ra. from the looks of the cover i thought i was in for something special but when i put it on track one it turned out to be something more like barber shop quartet music than jazz. a total let down from a cover that looked so good.
I meant to comment on this earlier. I haven't heard this particular release, but I think it's some early stuff from the 50s. Sun Ra is hard to summarize or really even describe if you never saw him in person... his music has covered a lot of different areas, but I can't say I've heard it referred to as 'barbershop'. O0 (....what other icon could I use??)
He produced some pretty terrific music but it's definitely an acquired taste.
QuoteI haven't heard this particular release, but I think it's some early stuff from the 50s. Sun Ra is hard to summarize or really even describe if you never saw him in person... his music has covered a lot of different areas, but I can't say I've heard it referred to as 'barbershop'.
yea, it was from the 50's. i sware to you, there was no drum, bass, or guitar - just dudes singing, and it sounded like barbershop for the few minutes that i listened. i was reading some jazz reviews online a few weeks later, i think i googled something like '100 best jazz albums', and i saw sun ra listed a few times so i knew that someone was hearing something that i wasnt. i decided to give it a second chance and picked up 'atlantis', which was pretty high up on thier list, and i thought it was just as weird as that 'singles' one.
heres one that i have been giving alot of time to in the cd player - it is chuck hedges 'clarinet climax'. it reminds of something that my grandpa and grandma used to jitter-bug to or the tracks that they used to have on the real old disney cartoons. real lively and fun music, suitable for all ears.
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i read a blurb in rockford's daily newspaper today about a historic jazz club in chicago that is about to get the wrecking ball. anybody been to The Velvet Room or know any of its folklore?
Quote from: whofarted on March 06, 2006, 02:59:42 PM
i read a blurb in rockford's daily newspaper today about a historic jazz club in chicago that is about to get the wrecking ball. anybody been to The Velvet Room or know any of its folklore?
The Velvet Lounge. Yes.
hey, I'm going to the library to get some music on the way home from school today. any suggestions on good stuff to look for?
thanks,
Blaine
plenty - first off, what is in your cd player right now? what genre were you looking for?
one cd that i ahve been enjoying alot is the rolling stones - hot rocks. it is a best of and has all the songs that you know and love. for a long while i wrote these guys off as a glorified garage band, but the more i listen to them the more i like it. yes i do.
I wasn't really looking for anything specific, i was just looking for some good music. I listen to a lot of different stuff, but whenever i go to the library, there's a lot of stuff that i've never heard of, or wouldn't generally look at, so i'm just trying to find some good albums that i should check out. I'll see if they have that stones one, but i think i've taken every one that they have in the past.
django reinheardt - any and all
miles davis - anything from in between 1969 through 1972
phish - go for the live stuff from between 1995 and present
rza - 'liquid swords' - best rap album ever
les claypools fearless flying frog brigade - 'set one' is a real treat hard-core-fusion-rock
frank zappa - you cant do that on stage anymore volume one
here's the best bit of advice i can give you - ask the librarian for the stuff that hasnt been put back on the shelves yet. that is mixture of what others in your area are listening to, a sample of everyone's taste. you may find one guy has similar tastes to your sand he just returned ten items, pick those up and see what you find. and just like most things - read the label.
I'd have to argue that any Phish from the 1990 - 1998 era is good, possibly the best live performances they ever did. Chances are that a library won't have it though, so you'll have to seek out alternate methods of getting it.
If you like live concert recordings, www.archive.org/audio has all sorts of free legally downloaded stuff. Many have MP3 versions, but some you'll need software for your computer to be able to listen and/or burn to audio CD. Broadband is highly recommended for accessing whats on archive.org
ii think we would both be in agreeance in saying that some of those mid 90's shows were incredible.
one of my favorites - clifford ball 8-16-96 and 8-17-96
those guys were on the top of their game for those two.
unfortunately, i couldn't read this before i went. i just got home, and actually did get some miles davis. i would have grabbed more, but i have almost three dozen, i was running out of room in my bag, had to walk home. but i'll check out that other stuff mentioned next time.
miles davis is a good place to start. if you're into jazz/fusion then check out Medeski Martin & Wood
Quote from: mirth on March 24, 2006, 11:37:10 AM
miles davis is a good place to start. if you're into jazz/fusion then check out Medeski Martin & Wood
will do. i have a lot of buddy rich. that's good stuff too. anybody familiar with bela fleck and the flecktones? i'm going to see them next month
Quotemiles davis is a good place to start. if you're into jazz/fusion then check out Medeski Martin & Wood
some of my favorite davis - on the corner, bitches brew (good recommendation from the chainmeister), and a tribute to jack johnson (which probably gets more play in my cd player than anything out of my collection)
Quoteanybody familiar with bela fleck and the flecktones? i'm going to see them next month
my buddy showed me a dvd of the flecktones a few months back - some of it was a little too slow for my tastes, but most of it was topnotch - everyone soloing at once and making it sound great. where are they playing at?
a few other random choices -
les mccann and eddire harris - swiss movement
primus - sailing the seas of cheese/ tales from the punchbowl/ frizzle fry
frank zappa - apostrophe/ overnight sensation/ the grand wazoo/ hot rats (number two in amount of times played)
stephane grappelli - live in london
the frogs - my daughter the broad/ bananimals (this is not for everyone. if your easily offended then this will make your ears bleed)
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BFFT currently has 148 shows in the live music archive. Pick one & enjoy!
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Bela%20Fleck%20and%20the%20Flecktones
Quote from: whofarted on March 24, 2006, 01:07:55 PM
Quotewhere are they playing at?
Pabst theater in...Milwaukee? i got the tickets a while back so me and ninjaboy are in like 8th row.
i have sailing the seas of cheese, i got into primus because they do some music in the first tony hawk pro skater game, great soundtrack.
pabst theater is a cool hall - real old, lots of charecter - if you guys feel like going somewhere after the show i recommend going to a bar called 'thurmans 15'. they have the best juke box in town, the drinks are cheap, free shuffleboard, and the crowd is real friendly and wont tell on you for stinking up the place. its about 10 blocks from the theater, a block off of brady street. you'll be happy you went there.
man, sounds like a cool place. don't think it'll happen, maybe in a few years though. we're going up there with my friend and his dad, and i'm only fifteen :-\ still, i don't think this'll be the last show i go to there, hopefully it'll stay in business.
I will be interested to hear your report of Bela Fleck. Bela is a wonderful banjo player that comes from a bluegrass background but has a penchant for fusion. He did a beautiful acoustic version of Chic Corea's Spain on Daybreak. The Flecktones are an unusual but commercially successful fusion band. He ays with the Wooten brothers one of whom plays a crazy instument called the synth-axe drumitar. Howard Levy, a local boy and the worldls greatest harmonica player, used to be with the group. I don't know much about their current direction. To say the least they have unusual instrumentation. I love some of their stuff and find other stuff less interesting.
I just bought both Matisyahu's CD's today and all I can say is if you didnt see the picture of the guy nor were you able to pick up on the Powerful Jewish Religious theme - you would think this guy is a big Rasta Guy - with big long dreads and a Big Bob Marley "J" in his hand.
I thought it was good!
i picked up the live at stubbs cd and thought it was alright - the thing that gets me about reggae is that it sounds like old nintendo video game music after a while. when you got a guy like marley putting his heart and soul into everything it makes the music alot easier to listen to, but unless that is captured the same wa-wa riffs and four four beat tracks just cant keep my attention for too long.
Let me prefec this with I listen almost exclusivley to Live stuff so here goes
Bela Fleck is awesome groove music, I listen to this stuff when I don't want to be distracted by the music.
Phish 92-95 are in my opinion the best, small intimate shows until summer 94, but still able to see them in small venues.
Xiaver Rudd has been grooving in my CD player he is listed on the archive and has a Dave Mathews/Paul Simon in the austaralian outback thing going for hime.
Wilco, JEff Tweedy can never go wrong
Rhett Miller and the Old 97's are good for rocking
Death Cab for Cutie has also been spinning in the CD player for a while.
For some funk in your life
Will Bernard and Motherbug or any of his side project
Robert Walters and all of his project I personally like the old Twentith Congress stuff
Charlie Hunter is incredible
Rabert Randolph is great summer music
Oh there are so many options
Has anyone heard Rocco DeLuca & the Burden?
Quote from: amdiscgolfer on March 26, 2006, 05:50:09 PM
Has anyone heard Rocco DeLuca & the Burden?
No, but I have heard of Eric Burdon and War.
Quote from: Tom McManus on March 26, 2006, 06:38:53 PM
Quote from: amdiscgolfer on March 26, 2006, 05:50:09 PM
Has anyone heard Rocco DeLuca & the Burden?
No, but I have heard of Eric Burdon and War.
Keifer Sutherland has a record label and Rocco DeLuca is on it - they are pretty good!
what genre do they fall under? is keifer sutherladn the same guy that is on the Tv show '24?'
Yes the Same
According to iTunes they fall in the Rock Genre
i found this one at the library earlier this week. i wouldnt rush to the store to get it because some of it is really dark and depressing, but that is the mood they were trying to put out. if you want to get a taste of what parts of black america were feeling during the civil rights movement of the 60's this will certainly bring it.
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here's one that is a little more fun - buckethead from jazs fest 03' in new orleans. for those not familiar, buckethead is maybe the baddest metal guitarist out there. i'm offering up this show to the first three hits in my inbox. include a name and address and i'll have it to you with a week or two.
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i took a drive to macomb to check the WIU out for the weekend (and actually met, partied, and stayed with some discontinuum members which was a pretty cool connection seeing that we were all hundreds of miles away from home). the drive took about 4 hours each way which left me with alot of time to relax on the road - listen to music and take in middle america. i took state hwy 251 to hwy 34 to hwy 67 to get there - all two lane country road, plenty of small towns to stop in, and a extremely nice course in galesburg. anywho, i found that you can look for some of the most obscure music and a find a few gems, but most of the good rock'n'roll is staring you down every time you turn on the radio.
three bands that you should never leave your driveway without -
led zepplin - 1, 2, 4, bbc sessions
beatles - anything from 67' to 70'
zz top - greatest hits - i probably listened to this three times over the weekend - simple and effective
Hey in case anyone is interested me and blaine are involved in a indoor drumline group called L.e.a.P. (Learn everything about Percussion), and there is a open house at viking middle school in gurnee tomorrow at 4:00 incase anyone appreciates a good drumline thing. if you do and dont know who andy and blaine are i am the one with the big blond hair in the front and blaine is the ree-ree who tries to play good.
and yet, there are still a number of people in the organization that are worse than i am...
videogames,
Blaine
Quote from: whofarted on March 31, 2006, 06:57:56 AM
i found this one at the library earlier this week. i wouldnt rush to the store to get it because some of it is really dark and depressing, but that is the mood they were trying to put out. if you want to get a taste of what parts of black america were feeling during the civil rights movement of the 60's this will certainly bring it.
Max Roach is one of the most important drummers in jazz. He was also quite active politically even beyond the 60s.
QuoteMax Roach is one of the most important drummers in jazz. He was also quite active politically even beyond the 60s.
one thing that stinks about picking up music from the library is that once you rip it onto your hard drive and return it you miss the liner notes and with alot of those old jazz sides there are alot of great musicians filling in and who is playing what - its kinda cool to know who they are (especially with guys like zappa and davis who played with some well known and phenominal musicians). i wansnt sure what instrument he played, but looking back on it the drums did stand out a bit. i can only listen to that album every so often, but it is so intense that it is hard to pass by sometimes - that woman that belts out 'driver man' (track 1) really paints a picture.
Quote from: whofarted on April 17, 2006, 08:15:17 AM
QuoteMax Roach is one of the most important drummers in jazz. He was also quite active politically even beyond the 60s.
one thing that stinks about picking up music from the library is that once you rip it onto your hard drive and return it you miss the liner notes and with alot of those old jazz sides there are alot of great musicians filling in and who is playing what ...
well, yeah; one reason , among many, to actually go out and buy the music....
Quote- that woman that belts out 'driver man' (track 1) really paints a picture.
that's Abbey Lincoln, who was married to Max at the time. I believe she's still active. Max (unfortunately), quit playing a few years ago with arthritis in his hips and is now suffering from Alzheimer's.
Quotewell, yeah; one reason , among many, to actually go out and buy the music....
typically if i find an album that is good from front to back or has a really cool pacakging (like most pearl jam albums or some compilations) i will buy them to supprt the artist, or to waste more time in best buy. the flip side is that the indusrty has been pimping the consumer for years now so i dont feel horrible not buying it either. my buddy showed me his i tunes set up and when he purchases an album he gets the liner notes with it as well which is pretty nice.
i burned a data cd off him a few weeks ago and he just sent me this yesterday on how to convert the i tunes m4a format into the typical wav files that are good in all cd players.
Quotedownload this software and you should be able to convert m4a (itunes) file format to wav, flac or mp3....
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Lately the iPod has been pumping out a lot of Dresden Dolls, Black Eyed Peas, and some other random goodness.
I'm not always a rap fan, but I've been listening to a lot of Blackalicious...hilarious name, but great stuff, lacking the ypical ego and gangsta swagger of most rap.
Typically my player has a healthy dose of Yes, King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra, but I'm making a bunch of techno lately, so I'm lsitening to Astral Projection, Hallucinogen and Juno Reactor.
check out a tune online if you want...
www.myspace.com/moogleemusic
QuoteTypically my player has a healthy dose of Yes, King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra
was hanging with a few friends that attend ISU in Ames, IA..... 2pm Saturday - we were watching dirty movies on mute, drinking beer, and shuffling through the ipod - some 'yes' came on and that stuff, even though i had heard it on the radio a hundred times, had blew my mind - good rock n roll. the mahavishnu orchestra is good, but can be a little too ochestrated at sometimes for my taste. king crimson is one band that i have heard alot about but never really listened to.... next time i go to the library maybe.
for anyone who is a drummer out there i have a nice royce drumset with a nice sabian ride and a new zildjian hihat. I am thinking about selling it so if anyone would possibly be interested shoot me a pm or something. I am looking for at least $600 for it.
what, got kit envy from jon? gotta keep up?
'god ween satan' by ween
their first major release, although they had legitimately recorded over a 1000 songs before this was out for public consumption.
some notes from the album -
"Ween plays gospel music. Ween is here to spread the word of their lord, the demon-god BOOGNISH. BOOGNISH first appeared to Ween in 1984, then Dean and Gene were 14 years old. They (Dean and Gene) were not friends and they shared little in common. Upon the first sighting, BOOGNISH communicated to them what had to be done and later that day Ween recorded onto tape the holy picture that HE had painted for the two boys. He has since appeared twice, once to punish Gene for trying to leave the band. The other time Ween will not discuss.... ....You can play this CD on random play and the same tears of love and hate will fall into your eyes no matter what sequence the songs are in."
Basically, this whole album does rock, and like the liner notes say, you can play it in any order and it will still kick your tail. The music is hard to describe, but if you remember how things were when you were 15 or so and put those manias on record this is what it would sound like.
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i woke up this morning and started drinking coffee and then at 6:06am i look outside and nothing. disappointing. now rem is on the radio. satan thus far has thrown a pretty weak uprising. by nightfall i expect total chaos and dead prostitute zombies with bat faces everywhere.
here's some artists who are said to have donated their soul to satan...
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my car got broken into last night and not only did those punks get my cd player and my time and efforts to replace it and the window that they broke, but they took every single one of my django rienhardt, miles davis, and frank zappa cds as well (i was literally five cds away from having every officially released zappa album too). between the three i had nearly 150 discs of theirs, some of which i had to go to great lengths to get. what a kick in the teeth. beyond that, i called my insurance agent and what i am gathering is that they will only be covering what was attached to my car - the window and the cd player. so i am going to pay a 100 dollar deductable and have absolutely nothing to show for it that i didnt have yesterday. if i would have known that last night was going to be the night that vandals came to my neighborhood i would have stayed up with a flashlght, a bat, and some c clamps. uhhhh....
Quote from: whofarted on June 09, 2006, 06:53:31 AM
but they took every single one of my django rienhardt, miles davis, and frank zappa cds as well (i was literally five cds away from having every officially released zappa album too). between the three i had nearly 150 discs of theirs
Greg, that really really blows. You might want to talk to used CDs shops in the area; punks like these have no taste and they'll probably try to unload the CDs as quickly as they can.
they blanketed my whole neighborhood so they have got alot of goods to get rid of. i'm going to do the rounds of some of the local pawn shops, but i cant really afford to spend more than an afternoon doing so. i think the best course of action is just to keep less stuff in my car, if they wanted to and had the time they could have really taken me for ride - i had my golf discs, a 500 coat, italian boots, uncashed checks and old pay stubs, etc... all in there waiting to be looted. i cant stand to think that i have to rethink the way that i operate to compensate for the douche bags of society. but if i continue to leave stuff in there they will be tempted to take it - what a bummer...
the newest frank zappa fans of rockford illinois...
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Greg,
Sometimes a homeowners or renters policy will provide some limited coverage for this type of loss.
i talked to my insurance agent about a half hour ago and what he told me was that most general policies wont cover cd's and items like that, wether it is a car or a homeowner policy. so i would have been screwed regardless of my coverage unless i specifally included cd's, which i am assuming would cost me something more per month. i really dont think that there is any easy solution to prevent these types of things except for sweeping social change, and that could take a thousands of years. better off just leaving them all in the house or spending 450 and getting an ipod big enough to hold my collection and instead of toting around hundreds of cd's.
Posting here because this deals with music files:
I've just recently started to look for "live" versions of music (particularly concerts, no band/person in particular). I have a few sites that I visit but I'm wondering if people visit sites in particular. Also, what types of software (prefferably freeware) are people using to decompress the files (.flac, shn, etc)? I'm trying to learn the "lingo" but it's taking me a little bit.
Some sites I visit:
http://db.etree.org/index.php
http://digitalpanic.org/bittorrent/index.php
http://www.dmbexchange.com/
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
Any help is greatly appreciated.
the flac frontend is great for flac files, but if you're willing to spend $20 dbpoweramp is the swiss army knife of digital audio files.... you can transcode between formats, decode to wav for cd burning, and rip cds to your format of choice.
Frank Zappa on Steve Allen Show (old Tonight Show?) 1963:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIpPENCP4Ak&search=zappa
... this also points to an overwhelming stash of Zappa concert excerpts and other TV appearances, including one w/ Johnny Carson in 1985/6 which I'd never seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYLCOakqhkY
going off the youtube theme - here is a clip of a few good artists doing 'while my guitar gently weeps'. about halfway through prince gets on stage and completely desimates the place - its worth a watch
OK, so most of y'all weren't around then, but this was one of the first and still the best jazz-fusion bands...
Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1972:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=425099801869161388&q=john+mclaughlin
flaky b/w film but the music is still great. I saw this band at the Auditorium about a year after this and I thought the balcony was gonna collapse from the vibrations.
Quote from: damonshort on January 10, 2007, 08:21:43 PM
OK, so most of y'all weren't around then, but this was one of the first and still the best jazz-fusion bands...
Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1972:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=425099801869161388&q=john+mclaughlin
flaky b/w film but the music is still great. I saw this band at the Auditorium about a year after this and I thought the balcony was gonna collapse from the vibrations.
Downloaded that show and it sounds great The black and white makes it look older than it really is. Thanks. I have a weakness for 70's fusion music. If you like a more rock oriented fusion try the Dixie Dregs. I have a lot of their vinyl but nothing digital.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdbOjF9ZDX4&mode=related&search=
I know this thread is going way back, but here are my 10 favorite albums in chronological order. Yes I am old. I would like to see some other lists.
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones 1969
Led Zeppelin 2 Led Zeppelin 1969
Who's Next The Who 1971
Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1971
Something/Anything Todd Rundgren 1972
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 1973
My Aim is True Elvis Costello 1977
Parallel Lines Blondie 1978
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen 1978
10 Pearl Jam 1991
Also a casual observation, I think in general that music doesn't play as an important part in young people's lives as it did in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. There is too much other media out there vying for the limited amount of time that people have available. Games, texting, internet, etc,,,,, I could be wrong but it just an observation.
any classic rock works...
Zeppelin
Doors
Hendrix
The Who
Beatles
Sabbath
Ozzy
Pink Floyd
and I agree, the 60's, 70's, and 80's had some of the best music period. All these new Idol winners, and young rapper shit, well is just shit.
But being a high school graduate in 1990, my most favorite band of all time....
anything Metallica before the Black Album.
Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Kill em all, Garage Days, and And Justice all kicked ass. If you see me at a tourny with an ipod in, yep, its Metallica.
Tom,
At 31, I'm not sure if you include me in the younger people you mentioned, but if you give any of these a chance, try out My Morning Jacket. Great, newer rock n' roll band.
Some of my favorite albums, in no particular order....
Led Zeppelin--II, III or Houses of the Holy. I can not pick a favorite Zep album.
Phish--Rift
Pink Floyd--Wish You Were Here
Beatles--Abbey Road
Paul Simon--Graceland
Bob Dylan--Highway 61 Revisited
Benevento/Russo Duo--Best Reason To Buy The Sun
Xavier Rudd--To Let
String Cheese Incident--Outside Inside
My Morning Jacket--It Still Moves
Tom, I like your list. Its hard to pick only 10. Trying not to overlap previous posts and sticking only to Rock here is a list off of the top of my head-
The Rolling Stones The Chess Sessions
The Who Live at Leeds
Chicago Chicago VII
Yes Fragile
The Talking Heads Remain in Light
The Beatles Revolver
Kansas Masque
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
The Grateful Dead American Beauty
The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
I think the importance of music to youth corresponds with the near death of the album. There have been only a few music collections recently that can be considered "Albums". Green Day's American Idiot comes to mind. Most music today is sold and listened to as songs and I think most people listen while doing something else instead of sitting down and listening to an album the day it comes out.
I'm not old but I like old music. Here's my taste.
1.Grateful Dead
2.Rolling Stones
3.Allman Brothers
4.Led Zeppelin
5.Neil Young
6.Bob Dylan
7.Jefferson Airplane
8.CSN+Y
9.John Prine
10.Pink Floyd
Hendrix and Beatles are tied right along with the Dead. Talent talent talent.
These are the albums that I keep going back to. I never skip tracks when listening to these. (And can't stand that one of them is played out of order on my computer).
Larry Norman - Only Visiting this Planet (1972)
Les Miserable Broadway Cast (1987)
77's - Sticks and Stones (1990)
They Might Be Giants - Flood (1990)
Steve Taylor - Squint (1993)
Lost Dogs - Little Red Riding Hood (1993)
BoDeans - Joe Dirt Car (1995)
Five Iron Freny - Proof That The You are Revolting (1999)
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou Soundtrack (2000)
There's a lot of music from the 70s and 80s that I like, but mostly I like certain songs and not necessarily the whole album.