[buffoon]

Originally Posted by wacor

one of the best guitar solos was the live version of Sweet Jane by Lou Reed. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner played. Anybody that does not like this intro is not a modern music lover in my not humble opinion....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQPYANTNFk

YEAH !!!!!
Hear ye

Thank you.

[buffoon]

Originally Posted by buffoon

Saw 'em last year in Almeria, dunno why, something about the lady wanting a coupla days out.......
Bit like your experience cep't that all (crowd included) were 22 years older.

Yeah I wish
Shows that rock not only makes you deaf

[buffoon]

Originally Posted by valis

the beatles didn't do squat about the blues.

When the London Symphonics started playing their music (or was it the other way round?), it was time to walk away.


From both.

[SlackAli]

Originally Posted by buffoon

Saw 'em last year in Almeria, dunno why, something about the lady wanting a coupla days out.......

Is divorce not allowed in Spain?

Not without comical moments though when Jagger raved on about his lack of satisfaction once again and we all nodded knowingly and in sympathy. Many a disc must have been slipped that night as well.

I agree, sounds a pitiful experience. Still I suppose singing about colostomy bags and going to the bog five times a night doesnt have the same appeal

Me too but I got lots of theirs on the car's USB. Nothing after Exile though.

Always knew you were a man of sound taste Degsy (well it makes a change from variations on Buffoon )

still one of the worst best guitars

he could rise to chanllege once. Now it's "Aminor? Eminor? Who cares"

the former being ok with me in Cream. Saw Bruce and Ginger some years ago. Ah well

The dvd of the Cream reunion concerts at the Albert Hall from four or five years ago is worth investing a few euros in. Not much from Disraeli Gears though - more blues than psychedelics

I have the same problem with Floyd but I guess I'll listen to theirs (with or without Waters but definitely WITH Gilmour) til the day I croak.

I dreamt last night I was in a "guitar competition" in a school hall. I was on fifth out of six, just about to go on and play Peter Green's Oh Well, when I saw that number 6, after me, was David Gilmour Told a mate of mine today, who's also a guitarist, who said "you wouldn't have won". Really?

Queen and Paul Rogers is/are a torture LIVE. Rogers is probably all right on his own.....

Rodgers - note correct spelling - one of the great white blues voices. Wasted on Queen.

But jam sessions belong in Jazz. Which makes my favourite drummer Gene Krupa

Back in uni days, early '80s, I saw Buddy Rich. I know nothing about percussion but he was well impressive

[wacor]

Originally Posted by buffoon

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQPYANTNFk"]

YEAH !!!!!
Hear ye

Thank you.

Most of that album is really, really good

I can not imagine seeing that live.

Anybody ever hear of Tommy Bolin. Played with some obscure group and then took over for Joe Walsh with James gang and then played with Deep Purple. I really liked some of that stuff along with his solo stuff


Not much music has excited me since the mid 80's.

I disagree on the Stones though. Some of their stuff was really good.

As to a drummer check out John Dinsmore with The Doors. He makes stuff sound simple when it is not.

[valis]

in a tent with a one-eyed goat........gonna have to write that one down.....

Originally Posted by SlackAli

Does the fact you included that without quotes or comment mean you agree with it wholeheartedly? Beware a redneck backlash

Absolutely not. It means that my eyes are damn near as old as yours and I was doing about 8 things at the time. Just overlooked it.

Old country western (well, TRUE country western; the crap you hear nowadays is nothing but top forty with a twang and a fiddle) still gets me going. Don Williams' 'Amanda' is one of my very favorite songs; how a voice like that comes of of a dude that size I'll never understand. Must be related to Neil Young.

[valis]

Originally Posted by SlackAli

I'm honest enough to admit I'd never heard that before. Impressive.

That REALLY surprises me. I've been rockin' out to that song for 20 years now, and it's over 30 years old..........probably the best 5 minute 'intro' I've ever heard.

matter of fact, that is *the* song I turn to when I've got some drivel like 'Raindrops keep falling on my head' (easily my least favorite song of all time............long story, but it involves the first time I got electrocuted at age 3); just imagine that opening riff and I'm off.

And no, slack, I can't play it yet. Just about got Happy Birthday nailed, though.

[valis]

Originally Posted by wacor

Anybody ever hear of Tommy Bolin. Played with some obscure group and then took over for Joe Walsh with James gang and then played with Deep Purple. I really liked some of that stuff along with his solo stuff.

Played with Zephyr. Liked his work so much with the James Gang I went out and got the rest of it.

Still got the Zephyr vinyl. Chucked the Deep Purple. Too big a fan of Blackmore, I reckon. Got all his solo work, but most enjoy the 'Down To Earth' with ol' G. Bonnett wailing away. Matter of fact, listened to 'Since You've Been Gone' yesterday on one of my compilation disks on the way home.

As to a drummer check out John Dinsmore with The Doors. He makes stuff sound simple when it is not.

another drummer who is vastly, vastly underrated is Stewart Copeland from the Police.

[wacor]

Originally Posted by valis

Played with Zephyr. Liked his work so much with the James Gang I went out and got the rest of it.

Still got the Zephyr vinyl. Chucked the Deep Purple. Too big a fan of Blackmore, I reckon. Got all his solo work, but most enjoy the 'Down To Earth' with ol' G. Bonnett wailing away. Matter of fact, listened to 'Since You've Been Gone' yesterday on one of my compilation disks on the way home.



another drummer who is vastly, vastly underrated is Stewart Copeland from the Police.

My best bud and I bought tickets to James Gang back when Joe Walsh left. We were upset because Walsh had just left the band and we did not know it. So we go to this concert which is at a suburban ice rink. Sat in the bleachers on the side. There were 2 warm up acts. One of em might have been Norman Greenbaum doing Spirit from the Sky.. Not positive as it was years ago but it was a one his wonder. He played 3 songs which all were horrid. No idea who the other warm up was.

So out comes James Gang with Tommy Bolin. Holy cow. It may have been my fav concert. Certainly in the top 5 and I went to a lot of them. They had the most incredible light show. The lights above each player was in sync to the players instrument. But in addition the lights were in 4 sections so it would turn and pulsate. Utterly amazing and never seen before or since.

[Drabdr]

Originally Posted by valis

Old country western (well, TRUE country western; the crap you hear nowadays is nothing but top forty with a twang and a fiddle) still gets me going. Don Williams' 'Amanda' is one of my very favorite songs; how a voice like that comes of of a dude that size I'll never understand. Must be related to Neil Young.

Don Williams was great, Some Broken Hearts Never Mend is a really good song.

Jim Reeves is one of my favorites also.

[Drabdr]

Originally Posted by valis

another drummer who is vastly, vastly underrated is Stewart Copeland from the Police.

Yea Yea!! Didn't he do a nice drum number for 9 1/2 weeks soundtrack? It's upstairs, but I think it was Cannes, or something like that. If your sound system is not really good, it vibrated things too much. But if you had a good one, it was awesome....

Were The Police overrated??

Oh.... best frontman Axel Rose.

I'm not a big band/group kind of guy, so I leave the front man argument to you.

[wacor]

I was a huge David Bowie fan. I know sue me you music snobs

He played at the old Olympia Stadium back in the mid 70's. It was his first tour out of the glam. Think it was the Thin White Duke tour if I remember.

He was at his peak then fan wise then IMO. So tickets were mail order only and if you were a lucky one then you would get tickets. So I send a whiny note and ended up with about 20th row on the floor. Right in the middle

It was outstanding. We were about 5 rows behind where everybody stood up the entire time. Being short I gotta tell you these idiots that never sit down get on my flippin nerves.

Anyway this would rate in my top 5 concerts. It was like watching a Las Vegas show. If you were or are a Bowie fan it was the best.


Now you guys can snicker but among other groups I also go to see the Blues Brothers live at Pine Knob which is an outside theatre. There is a closed area with seats and then a hill behind it. That was an awesome show.

How about Jaco Pastorius for bass. Man that guy was smooth

Fender Rhodes piano how about some Jazz. Brian Auger- Closer to It

Brian Eno- anybody into Enosification??

One of the classic voices - Brian Ferry

Stage pressence - not sure anybody I saw did it better than Iggy Pop. I saw him several times but one time was at a little hole in the wall place down on 6 mile in Detroit. Only a stupid and buzzed up young person would have dared go to this place. It was basically a large bar. I will never forget him doing a Frank Sinatra song. He jumped up on a table and sung this crooners song "One for my baby, One for the Road"

It took me years to figure out what the heck song this was. I knew it was a Sinatra song but never could figure it out. Til I watched the Ray Liotta movie Rat Pack and it was the closing song with the credits.

This is a live version which does not do justice to being there. Probably blew me over because it was so unexpeced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abs_4mAcYjY

[valis]

Originally Posted by Drabdr

Yea Yea!! Didn't he do a nice drum number for 9 1/2 weeks soundtrack? It's upstairs, but I think it was Cannes, or something like that. If your sound system is not really good, it vibrated things too much. But if you had a good one, it was awesome....

Were The Police overrated??

Oh.... best frontman Axel Rose.

I'm not a big band/group kind of guy, so I leave the front man argument to you.

axl rose......what a waste of carbon.........

the police were most definitely underrated; they don't, however, have the tag of 'most underrated band in musical history'.

That belongs to Cheap Trick.



Remember, I'm a professional. Trust me.

[valis]

Originally Posted by wacor

I was a huge David Bowie fan. I know sue me you music snobs

He played at the old Olympia Stadium back in the mid 70's. It was his first tour out of the glam. Think it was the Thin White Duke tour if I remember.

He was at his peak then fan wise then IMO. So tickets were mail order only and if you were a lucky one then you would get tickets. So I send a whiny note and ended up with about 20th row on the floor. Right in the middle

It was outstanding. We were about 5 rows behind where everybody stood up the entire time. Being short I gotta tell you these idiots that never sit down get on my flippin nerves.

Anyway this would rate in my top 5 concerts. It was like watching a Las Vegas show. If you were or are a Bowie fan it was the best.


Now you guys can snicker but among other groups I also go to see the Blues Brothers live at Pine Knob which is an outside theatre. There is a closed area with seats and then a hill behind it. That was an awesome show.

How about Jaco Pastorius for bass. Man that guy was smooth

Fender Rhodes piano how about some Jazz. Brian Auger- Closer to It

Brian Eno- anybody into Enosification??

One of the classic voices - Brian Ferry

Stage pressence - not sure anybody I saw did it better than Iggy Pop. I saw him several times but one time was at a little hole in the wall place down on 6 mile in Detroit. Only a stupid and buzzed up young person would have dared go to this place. It was basically a large bar. I will never forget him doing a Frank Sinatra song. He jumped up on a table and sung this crooners song "One for my baby, One for the Road"

It took me years to figure out what the heck song this was. I knew it was a Sinatra song but never could figure it out. Til I watched the Ray Liotta movie Rat Pack and it was the closing song with the credits.

This is a live version which does not do justice to being there. Probably blew me over because it was so unexpeced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abs_4mAcYjY

jesus, bill, those are all shows I'd gladly kill for. Those are ALL killer shows.

Detroit rock city, I guess...............one of my biggest regrets is not hitting CBGB's before it closed; ditto for Hammersmith Palais on your side of the pond, Slack......

[valis]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

I have a punk, grunge, sreamo emo son who thinks music started with the Pistols, Misfits, and Clash. A good example of never let your kids grunge garage band get out of hand especially in the bay area.

well, he's batting .333, I reckon. The Clash were easily the most influential band from 75-00; about the only other band that could come close would be the Heads.....

Again, you recognize musical genius when you hear it. You may not like it (e.g., Hendrix with me, but possibly the best axeman in history), but you learn to recognize it. Joe Strummer had it. EOD, End Of Discussion.

There's a HUGE parallel between the duo of Macca and Lennon and the duo of Jones and Strummer.

I'll let you figure it out.

Hint: To quote the Blues Travelers, "The hook brings you back".

nighty nite.