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Post by zontar on Jan 6, 2021 8:02:37 GMT
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 6, 2021 10:38:06 GMT
I have a couple of CDs of Les Paul and his wife. He was a great guitarist, well ahead of his time.
Les Paul was way ahead of his time--he did a couple of albums with Chet Atkins--and lots of solo stuff, and with various other musicians. Ahead of his time is an understatement. When he was still alive if I had ever been in New York on a Monday night I would have checked ahead of time, and gone to see him at the Iridium. I would have liked to seen him. Did go to NYC in 1995, but didn't know about the Iridium
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 6, 2021 13:25:50 GMT
Les Paul was way ahead of his time--he did a couple of albums with Chet Atkins--and lots of solo stuff, and with various other musicians. Ahead of his time is an understatement. When he was still alive if I had ever been in New York on a Monday night I would have checked ahead of time, and gone to see him at the Iridium. I would have liked to seen him. Did go to NYC in 1995, but didn't know about the Iridium I would have loved to have seen him too...
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Post by zontar on Jan 7, 2021 6:39:38 GMT
Just for somethingg a bit different than other songs listed here.
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Post by zontar on Jan 8, 2021 5:49:55 GMT
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Post by zontar on Jan 9, 2021 23:34:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 6:44:15 GMT
One of my secret musical vices is David Bowie. Always loved "Puttin' Out The Fire" from the Cat People soundtrack. When I first heard his updated version with Stevie Ray Vaughn on lead guitar, it took a while to grow on me, but, I gotta say, I think it's some of SRV's tastiest guitar work.
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Post by zontar on Jan 10, 2021 22:35:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 17:13:06 GMT
One of the bands I grew to like over the years was Chicago. The horns, which I normally didn't see as a good fit for rock music, were just so right for their songs. My appreciation for Terry Kath has increased over the years too, and I often wonder, if he hadn't died so tragically in a completely unnecessary gun accident, what he would have produced in the decades since. An incredible guitar player, and man, what a voice.....
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Post by infant on Jan 12, 2021 19:07:10 GMT
One of the bands I grew to like over the years was Chicago. The horns, which I normally didn't see as a good fit for rock music, were just so right for their songs. My appreciation for Terry Kath has increased over the years too, and I often wonder, if he hadn't died so tragically in a completely unnecessary gun accident, what he would have produced in the decades since. An incredible guitar player, and man, what a voice..... I fully agree with you about Terry Kath. Jimi Hendrix even stated that Kath was a much better guitar player than him. And that voice...what a voice! My band, with 2 horns, does a few Chicago tunes. Along with Make Me Smile, we also do 25 or 6 to4, Beginnings, Does Anybody Know What Time it Is? and Colour My World. Some of us in the band have been doing these tunes since high school...almost 50 years! My sister saw them opening up for The Turtles back around 1970. I remember her saying the opening band was “strange, with trumpets”! Shortly thereafter, we started hearing Question 67 & 68 on the radio. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to see them in their heyday but a few years ago, my kids gave me floor seats for a Chicago/Earth, Wind and Fire for my 60th birthday. Awesome concert with two incredible horn bands.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 12, 2021 19:54:38 GMT
One of the bands I grew to like over the years was Chicago. The horns, which I normally didn't see as a good fit for rock music, were just so right for their songs. My appreciation for Terry Kath has increased over the years too, and I often wonder, if he hadn't died so tragically in a completely unnecessary gun accident, what he would have produced in the decades since. An incredible guitar player, and man, what a voice..... I fully agree with you about Terry Kath. Jimi Hendrix even stated that Kath was a much better guitar player than him. And that voice...what a voice! My band, with 2 horns, does a few Chicago tunes. Along with Make Me Smile, we also do 25 or 6 to4, Beginnings, Does Anybody Know What Time it Is? and Colour My World. Some of us in the band have been doing these tunes since high school...almost 50 years! My sister saw them opening up for The Turtles back around 1970. I remember her saying the opening band was “strange, with trumpets”! Shortly thereafter, we started hearing Question 67 & 68 on the radio. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to see them in their heyday but a few years ago, my kids gave me floor seats for a Chicago/Earth, Wind and Fire for my 60th birthday. Awesome concert with two incredible horn bands. I'm a big Chicago fan myself, especially the older stuff...
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Post by infant on Jan 12, 2021 21:27:46 GMT
Up to about Chicago 5, they were great. After that, they started going downhill and when David Foster started producing their albums, they became a pop group
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 12, 2021 21:37:27 GMT
I always like blood sweat and tears too
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 4:17:55 GMT
I think with Chicago, you could pretty much draw a line between the early band, where Terry Kath dominated as the lead guitarist and main singer, to the post- mid 70's band where Peter Cetera was the main vocalist and primary influence. Peter got a lot of criticism because of the way he influenced the later band, but he was a pretty good musician and singer, and let's face it, Terry Kath was a tough act to follow.
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Post by infant on Jan 13, 2021 4:57:47 GMT
I think with Chicago, you could pretty much draw a line between the early band, where Terry Kath dominated as the lead guitarist and main singer, to the post- mid 70's band where Peter Cetera was the main vocalist and primary influence. Peter got a lot of criticism because of the way he influenced the later band, but he was a pretty good musician and singer, and let's face it, Terry Kath was a tough act to follow. When David Foster came in, he started promoting Cetera. He was the one who convinced Cetera to leave the group and go solo under his wing. There was a great documentary on CNN about a year ago on Chicago. If you can find it on Netflix or one of those streaming services, you have to watch it. Still today, Lee Loughnee tears up when talking about Terry Kath.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 6:50:26 GMT
Thanks for posting that, Rob. I'd never heard of that movie, but I just searched it and bookmarked to watch later. Fantastic band. I wasn't aware that Cetera had left the band....Sounds like it was the kiss of death for him though. I've never heard anything about him since.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 14, 2021 15:40:51 GMT
Snake Eyes- Alan Parsons
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2021 21:47:08 GMT
I got turned onto Los Lobos from the movie LaBamba but they're a credible band in their own right.
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Post by infant on Jan 15, 2021 23:52:29 GMT
I love this album. I’ve got a couple of Alan Parsons albums but this is my favourite.
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Post by infant on Jan 16, 2021 0:00:39 GMT
I got turned onto Los Lobos from the movie LaBamba but they're a credible band in their own right. The same happened to me. After La Bamba, I started noticing more articles on them in guitar magazines and I was intrigued. I saw them a few years ago at the Burlington Performing Arts Center, great band. Ended the night with an awesome version of Cinnamon Girl as a tribute to Canadian Neil Young.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Jan 16, 2021 0:08:45 GMT
time to wake this place up. crank up the volume, y'all !
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 16, 2021 0:27:53 GMT
I love this album. I’ve got a couple of Alan Parsons albums but this is my favourite. It is definitely during the peak years. My son is an enormous APP fan. I really like them too
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 2:26:44 GMT
Who says old guys don't know how to rock and roll? This band from San Antonio made it big with Hot Smoke and Sassafras in 1969 and they've still got their chops....
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Post by Sgt Rock on Jan 17, 2021 3:51:49 GMT
Who says old guys don't know how to rock and roll? This band from San Antonio made it big with Hot Smoke and Sassafras in 1969 and they've still got their chops.... yeah, I remember those guys. I was a Senior in high school. I graduated in 1969. my buddy in Austin, Texas knows some of the band.
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Post by zontar on Jan 17, 2021 8:18:53 GMT
I've always loved this song.
Apparently Ritchie Blackmore didn't like it and so Deep Purple rarely, if ever, played it live while he wa sin the band. But they have done it since he left--as the others enjoy the song. This is an acoustic version not by Deep Purple, but with Ian Gillan on vocals:
And the original studio recording:
There are videos on line of various live versions as well--some before the late Jon Lord retired. And there are versions of Jon Lord performing it with other musicians, etc, etc, etc...
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Post by zontar on Jan 17, 2021 22:27:11 GMT
Something a little high energy for today:
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Post by Sgt Rock on Jan 18, 2021 6:37:33 GMT
just because :
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Post by zontar on Jan 18, 2021 7:03:52 GMT
Thankfully that's not the video with Rod Eavns hopping around in s a speedo type thing. Although some of the other video is amusing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2021 16:20:41 GMT
One of those videos I've always appreciated it this high-energy version of Randy California and Spirit's version of "I Got A Line On You". What a tight bunch of players. Just watch Jeff "Skunk" Baxter...who seems to have been smoking something good.....
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Post by zontar on Jan 19, 2021 7:39:57 GMT
The Rutles are also a treat.
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