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Post by Mike on Jul 15, 2005 22:24:18 GMT -5
ARS = Champaign Jam
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Post by Scott Hays on Jul 16, 2005 10:25:34 GMT -5
Atlanta Rhythm Section ... at one time, one of my "currently favorite bands"! Got the complete collection on vinyl, but not a thing on cd. Hmmm ...
What am I listening to? Funny you should ask ... right now I'm listening to KPIG via RealPlayer up here in Portland, Oregon. Can't lose the Pig, no matter where I live.
It was thanks to the Pig that I came across Madeleine Peyroux, a jazzy vocalist who has a truly wonderful voice. How I came across the cd is a story worth telling. On June 28th, I was listening to Dallas Dobros morning show (if you check out the set-list from the Strawberry Music Festival that Shred posted to hoyhoy, you'll see that Dallas introduced the band). At 9:05 (after Travus T Hipp's last news spot) he does a feature called "Make the Connection" where he plays three songs that are connected by some thread. Listeners guess the thread and call the station; if they are caller number five, they win "a free cd from the sty and a pound of coffee from the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company". There are now two winners each day (since the station connected to a station in nearby San Luis Obispo), one from the Monterey area, and one from the SLO area. So, anyway, here was the sequence of songs played (no comment or introduction provided):
Willin' (Steve Earle ... "Sidetracks") 20 Million Things (Lowell George ... "Thanks I'll Eat it Here") Rocket in My Pocket (Little Feat ... "Barnstormin' Live")
It was the anniversary of Lowell's death connection! I was caller number five from outside the Monterey area (and boy, was Dallas surprised to have a winner from OREGON!), and won. But I have to tell you this, too ... when the songs were over and he announced the connection and who the winners were, he then went on -- at some length -- about how great Lowell was, how great the Feat were, AND how great the Feat still are. "When will someone wake up and put this band in the Rocknroll Hall of Fame?" was the question with which he went to the next song.
This is why I nominate KPIG for the Little Feat radio hall of fame.
Oh, yeah ... When the free cd arrived, it was the Madeleine Peyroux.
Other things in my changer right now:
Cracker (Cracker) Little Head (Hiatt) Singles (Squeeze ... another underrated band) Govt Mule (Subdudes)
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Post by Mike on Jul 16, 2005 11:00:41 GMT -5
Scott, You might like Randy Crawford and/or Anita Baker.
I have "Randy Crawfords Greatest Hits" where she does a killer cover of George Benson's "Give me the Night".
I agree with Squeeze being under rated. That's why have it, plus got "Paul Carrack's Greatest Hits". Superb listening!
;D i guess i'm pretty big on the "Greatest Hit's" deals.
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Post by DPK on Sept 20, 2005 22:06:21 GMT -5
MOFRO, 7-24-05, 10K Lakes Festival Charlie Hunter Trio, 9-02-05, Minneapolis Victor Wooten's Soul Circus, 9-08-05, Minneapolis ZZ Top, 9-13-05, Mankato, MN North Miss'ippi Allstars, 9-15-05, Minneapolis
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Post by Mike on Oct 5, 2005 18:55:39 GMT -5
Delbert McClinton Live
It's a fairly new 2 cd with prime Delbert and lots of good horns and things.
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Post by chadgumbo on Oct 7, 2005 20:35:52 GMT -5
From Mike on October 5th:
I have Delbert's "Live from Austin" CD and like it quite well. I hope on this new double CD there's a track of "Squeeze Me In". Great song. Delbert has done some work with Tommy Castro... "Don't Turn Your Heater Down" comes to mind. Delbert's a great song writer and performer. Wish he would venture north sometime so I could see him for myself.
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Post by Mike on Oct 8, 2005 14:54:47 GMT -5
I hope on this new double CD there's a track of "Squeeze Me In". Great song. Last cut on the 1st disk. Delbert is our Fort Worth homeboy...that's hardly ever home.
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Post by farmboy on Oct 10, 2005 12:48:07 GMT -5
;)Yes indeed, Delbert McClinton is definitely one of my favorites....as I attested to over a year ago on page 1 of this thread!! He is truely a pioneer of contemporary blues. Chad, keeping in mind your thoughts from a different thread where you point out that many stars of yesteryear are clinging to their past hits, let me mention that Delbert just released all new material on a studio CD [glow=red,2,300]Cost of Living[/glow], with most of it written by him....and this is only 3 years after winning a Grammy for Best Contempory Blues Album - [glow=red,2,300]Nothing Personal[/glow]....and that great CD was followed by another new material CD [glow=red,2,300]Room to Breathe[/glow] which was also nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album!! (but didn't win on that one even though I thought it was even better than the winner. As far as live performance is concerned, I've seen Delbert as many times as I've seen DaFeat because, likewise, each performance is unique. Delbert has a great band behind him featuring a terrific keyboardist, Kevin McKendree, great lead guitarist, Rob McNelley and saxophone player, Don Wise. These guys tour as much as Little Feat does, so that's why they're never home in Fort Worth, Mike. Chad, take a look at Delbert's website, www.Delbert.com for his tour dates. In November he'll be in Iowa and if that's close enough then you definitely don't want to miss him!!
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Post by Mike on Oct 10, 2005 17:02:41 GMT -5
Chad, keeping in mind your thoughts from a different thread where you point out that many stars of yesteryear are clinging to their past hits, let me mention that Delbert just released all new material on a studio CD [glow=red,2,300]Cost of Living[/glow], These guys tour as much as Little Feat does, so that's why they're never home in Fort Worth, Mike. Aside from Feat and Delbert of course, most of my favorites are from the old daze with many of em pushing 70 and still releasing fresh exquisite stuff fairly frequently. John Mayall, JJ Cale, Ry Cooder, Bonnie,...ect. The Eagles tend to recycle but Henley is still getting better with each record. John Lee Hooker was working up until he died on new stuff. Farmboy, we get Delbert "home" about 3 or 4 times a year and usually at the Mother of all Honky Tonks and Road Houses, and one he helped establish..."Billy Bob's".
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Post by bassman2046 on Oct 21, 2005 8:42:38 GMT -5
I am listening to Tilorson Creeks Shades of Gray. Tillorson Creek is a band that opened up for Little Feat in Binghamton, NY in the spring. Check it out www.tillorsoncreek.comPretty awsome band (Jam style)
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Post by chadgumbo on Oct 21, 2005 10:36:59 GMT -5
;)Yes indeed, Delbert McClinton is definitely one of my favorites....as I attested to over a year ago on page 1 of this thread!! He is truely a pioneer of contemporary blues. Chad, keeping in mind your thoughts from a different thread where you point out that many stars of yesteryear are clinging to their past hits, let me mention that Delbert just released all new material on a studio CD [glow=red,2,300]Cost of Living[glow] Chad, take a look at Delbert's website, www.Delbert.com for his tour dates. In November he'll be in Iowa and if that's close enough then you definitely don't want to miss him!! I might have messed up that quote a little bit, but thank you Farmboy for the Delbert tour info. Unfortunately, I was in enough hot water with the wife when I made the 200 - 250 mile journey to Davenport to see the Feat in August. To try that again so soon... well, that might not be a good idea But I do intend to pick up that new double live CD as well as the new studio release. I've always liked Delbert's music a great deal. Mike, with regard to my comments about some of the '70's bands becoming their own tribute bands, I guess here is what I'd like to see when I go to a concert where a band hasn't put out a new album in at least 20 years or so. Of course, people are there because they want to hear the old "hits", and that's fine. I want to hear some of them too. But, let's say for example that I'm at a Doobie Bros. show, and instead of it just being a review of everything they had in the charts (hell, I can put on Doobies greatest hits CD if that's all it's going to be) I wish they wouldn't be afraid to play something that wasn't on the charts too. Takin' It to the Streets was a great album, and how surprising would it have been if they had suddenly played something from that album that wasn't generally heard on the radio? The concert would have been so much less predictable. Same with Grand Funk. What if, during their set-list, if somewhere they launched into Creepin, instead of just one hit after another? The predictability of the whole thing is what troubles me the most. It's so formulaic. Now, a couple of weeks ago, when I saw REO, they did do an old concert staple 157 Riverside Avenue, and that was great... even if it was a bit shorter than the way they performed it a couple of decades ago. FWIW Farmboy - Thanks again for the info.
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Post by leoyzr on Oct 21, 2005 11:28:28 GMT -5
Jethro Tull...Robin and I celebrated our 18th anniversary with a weekend in NYC, where we were able to catch an art show of John Lennon's drawings on his 65th b-day and capped off with Jethro Tull at Carnegie Hall, where Ian and the boys were accompanied by a phenomenal violinist Lucia Macarelli www.luciamicarelli.comand as we left the concert hall we were all given a live 2004 recording of the Aqualung album...and that is what we're currently listening to.... Mark&Robin
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Post by Mike on Oct 21, 2005 13:02:41 GMT -5
I had to "go off" (if you can imagine that ;D) on a band around here last night. I don't even know what they call themselves, but they are friends of a friend of mine, and do many Feat covers. The founder is an original member of "Black Oak Arkansas", and they are pretty good as far as I can tell over a cell phone. My buddy calls me on my cell every time they do "Willin". Last nite he called as I was driving back from West Texas and I listened to..."Willin". I told him to tell them to be sure and be at The Granada Theater Nov. 18th to see the greatest Band to ever grace a stage. He said he already had, but since Lowell's demise they weren't much fans anymore.... So...I said "then tell them they're all dumb ass's, and give them this hint also...don't show up at a NASCAR race looking for Dale Earnhardt either! He's dead!" I know how "foggy" the world can be now daze, but for a group of "musicians" to dis this Band.... I'm about as much of a Lowell George fan as you can get. The man was a genius but...get over it and enjoy the greatest Band to ever grace a stage!!! Particularly if they play "Marginal Creatures". As always...just my humble opinion.
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Post by featphoto on Oct 21, 2005 14:05:51 GMT -5
What if, during their set-list, if somewhere they launched into Creepin, instead of just one hit after another? The predictability of the whole thing is what troubles me the most. It's so formulaic. I remember wandering by the James Taylor website a couple of years ago (they had used some of my photographs) and looked in on the discussion board ... someone had just happily posted that the JT people had just announced the set list for the entire tour. jeez, talk about formulaic ...
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Post by Tipi on Oct 21, 2005 18:30:38 GMT -5
[quote The predictability of the whole thing is what troubles me the most. It's so formulaic.[/quote] I remember wandering by the James Taylor website a couple of years ago (they had used some of my photographs) and looked in on the discussion board ... someone had just happily posted that the JT people had just announced the set list for the entire tour. jeez, talk about formulaic ...[/quote] Just means you don't need gas money I'd still go see JT live ... once. I missed Mia Sharp (I think) last night, opening for bonnie ... but I'm SURE it was the same as the night before. Still good, and bonnie loves her enough to put 2 of her songs on the new album. Nice songs, if a lil' slow for me. You don't keep me movin' I nod off ... it's embarrassing. Peace, T Still waiting to hear Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie into Gin & Juice
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