what song are you listening to?
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BOP
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Cruising around the interwebz (youtube, mainly), reminiscing, came across Johnny Almond. He did work with early Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, and paired up with Jon Mark (Mark-Almond Band). Come to think of it, who didn't play with John Mayall at one time or another? Almost nobody among the who's who of rock, especially the Brits.
I liked Mark-Almond back in the day, mainly because I liked Traffic, and a lot of Mark-Almond's sound was very Traffic-like.
This is "The City" from ''Other People's Rooms,'' circa 1978. I was well into my outlaw country and cajun/zydeco phase by then, but like I said, nostalgia.
I liked Mark-Almond back in the day, mainly because I liked Traffic, and a lot of Mark-Almond's sound was very Traffic-like.
This is "The City" from ''Other People's Rooms,'' circa 1978. I was well into my outlaw country and cajun/zydeco phase by then, but like I said, nostalgia.
BOP
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Speaking of Traffic....this album is called John Barleycorn Must Die, and the song(s) are "Glad," and "Freedom Rider." Or "Glad/Freedom Rider." It was like, their 4th album, I think. Or 5th. I forget, and I'm too lazy to look it up. Definitely their best. I know you can't buy the album with the original tracks; not on CD, anyway. The albums you can buy have "bonus" tracks, which is okay, I guess, but the purist in me rebels. Traffic broke up in 1968, but this album was released in 1970; about a year and a half after Traffic first formed. It was a reunion of sorts for Winwood and the rest of Traffic. Various iterations of the band continued touring and studio work off and on through about the mid-90s, I think.
BOP
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Spirit doesn't really fit neatly into any single category, although most commentators classify them as "psychedelic rock." This is Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, which is, if I'm not mistaken, their only gold album. Spirit is one of those groups that kind of grows on you. Or not. Of course a little homegrown to enhance one's listening experience might not hurt. Not that I'm endorsing any such behavior.
mamatutu
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It is always hard when someone from our music generation dies. Music is a wonderful thing and triggers the memories. I think that is how people identify. I haven't picked my fave song yet, but my parent's fave was Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade from their time. I will have to think about it.
BOP
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This is Julie Driscoll, whom I discovered while looking for someone else on youtube. "Who is Julie Driscoll?" you ask. Good question; which I asked myself, so I googled her. I'm afraid I'm no smarter about her than I was. I started to put her in Blue-eyed Blues, but she seems to have been a genre-bending type who kind of defied strict categorization.
It comes down to this: I dig her voice.
This is Driscoll with a band called The Trinity and the title track from This Wheel's on Fire. It sounds kind of Jefferson Airplane, Great Society-esqe.
Long John Baldry is who I was looking for when I stumbled across Julie Driscoll. The sound on this is crap on account of they couldn't filter out or turn down the volume on the screaming chicks in the audience.
It comes down to this: I dig her voice.
This is Driscoll with a band called The Trinity and the title track from This Wheel's on Fire. It sounds kind of Jefferson Airplane, Great Society-esqe.
Long John Baldry is who I was looking for when I stumbled across Julie Driscoll. The sound on this is crap on account of they couldn't filter out or turn down the volume on the screaming chicks in the audience.
BOP
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Awesome concert! My interest in Joni Mitchell has waxed and waned over the years, though I've always been a fan of Pat Metheny. Oh to have been there!
FireBrand
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Great post B_K!
Alexis Korner w/ Robert Plant
[video=youtube;zkEVKzqtU3s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkEVKzqtU3s[/video]
BOP
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Okay, since we're singing the blues, the one and only Muddy Waters.
"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had."
Oh, and if you're thinking that that train station looks familiar, it ought to if you've seen any of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's videos. Somebody purports that it's the same concert. I don't know about that, but it's the same venue.
"Didn't it Rain!?"
"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had."
Oh, and if you're thinking that that train station looks familiar, it ought to if you've seen any of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's videos. Somebody purports that it's the same concert. I don't know about that, but it's the same venue.
"Didn't it Rain!?"