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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | How's this for a topic? We're all over the world, literally and figuratively here. We're exposed to many different kinds of music that may be familiar to us but foreign to others on the board.
Here's my first recomendation:
Luther Wright and the Wrongs - Rebuild The Wall
This album was out of print for a while, but I just noticed it's available again.
This is a re-imagining of Pink Floyds "The Wall" as a country/bluegrass album. It's funny, serious, and a fine work of art all at the same time.
The piece is done seriously, all humour comes only from the smack-in-the-side-of-the-head of hearing something done completely different. (Like Dwight Yoakum covering The Clashes 'Train In Vain.') Some songs, noticeably Mother, actually work better as country songs.
It doesn't have toooo much banjo, IMO. Just enough to please Tim without making everyone else barf.
John Petersen - Rest is also something that gets regular/occasional plays around our house when we want calm while reading... |
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| Been to the Future by Joey Eppard. Ever since I first heard of him and his band 3, I can't stop listening. So much talent in that band, and you can really hear his crazy guitar skills on his solo album. You can probably only buy it online, since it was published on a minor little new york label.
You can check out some samples one www.purevolume.com/joeyeppard or www.myspace.com/joeyeppard.
Note that the songs "I can't", "Shadowplay", and "Word to the Wise" are not on this CD but one of three other albums he has recorded and not yet released, and "Bramfatura" is a souped up version of a song from Been to the Future called "Vinegar Hill." Check out the crazy speed in Word to the Wise. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Great minds..., Al. |
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Location: closely held secret | Gosh, Phil... thanks. Seriously.
I seem to keep drifting back to Bruce Cockburn's "Speechless". Great acoustic inspiration. |
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Location: PDX | I've really been listening to Wes Montgomery's "Smoking at the Half Note" lately. The guy could lay down some beautiful lines and with such a groove. As a guitar player, it's one of those inspirational/deep depression paradoxes.
Oh; and Phil lent me a copy of that Luther W and the Wrongs; yep pretty good. I burned a copy and it actually finds a spin in the rotation every now and then. Which is actually saying a lot because jazz (and whatever in the heck my wife plays) and an occasional classical disc is about all the CD player gets fed in my house.
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Location: GA USA | For years and years I've been a fan of Kevn Kinney's music (frontman for Drivin' n Cryin', and with his own band The Suntangled Angel Revival). You can listen to a good bit of his music at kevnkinney.com
or 44 full live concerts at archive.org |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by gh1:
Oh; and Phil lent me a copy of that Luther W and the Wrongs; yep pretty good. I burned a copy and it actually finds a spin in the rotation every now and then. Bold move, Greg. Not everyone admits to breaking federal laws :eek: in public... |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | John are you going to bring copies of your CD to the tour? |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I'm not sure which direction my tastes are heading these days.
One CD that I stumbled upon by sheer luck - The Long Black Veil, by the Chieftains. I was working out of our Ottawa office about 6 years ago sitting at this guys desk - John F. Kennedy (I'm not kidding) - and he had this CD sitting there. I ripped it onto my laptop (don't wanna let Greg go down alone!) and it is still one of my favorites. It actually developed into a longing to visit Ireland, which we did. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
John are you going to bring copies of your CD to the tour? If anyone's interested, sure! |
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Location: ranson,wva | john, if you id be interested in 2 copys...jason |
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Location: closely held secret | Great, thanks!
You can also get them online at CDBaby .
You can preview the tracks there, too. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
The Long Black Veil, by the Chieftains. terrific album...
Sine-Aid O'Conner's 'Foggy Dew' is killer as is 'Long Black Veil' with help from the Stones. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Good to see everybody picking up a copy!
Now, if anyone wants to burn me one.... :eek:
(Just razzin' ya, JP - I'll be in line as well ;) ) |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I took my wife to see the Chieftains at Carnegie Hall last year on St. Patricks day. She asked my what I was going to do to top it this year. I silently sidled away.... |
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Location: NJ | Wow! this is spooky . . . .
Last Friday I was walking past the ToolRoom in our shop and the guy at the desk was listening to the LongBlackVeil . . . hadn't heard it in YEARS!!! (the "ex" got the brunt of the CD collection - go figure). He dubbed me a copy, and I've had in my car changer all weekend . . . GoodStuff!
Have y'ever heard the Chieftains' "Reel Music"??
It's all stuff that they did for movie & TV soundtracks . . .
Also Good. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Take her to a Richard Thompson show... Trust Me. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Cliff - that's one that I don't have yet. It's on the list. I also like the country/bluegrass stuff - Down The Old Plank Road and Further Down... |
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Location: Burbank | Johnny Winter Captured Live! Great live album with some great kick-ass rock/blues and some awesome slide (Sweat Papa John). |
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Location: GA USA | Probably my two favorite albums are 1) Workbook by Bob Mould and 2) Where You Been? by Dinosaur Jr. |
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Location: NJ | "Johnny Winter Captured Live!"
whooo! - sophmore year of HighSchool!!!
"Good Mornin' Lil' Schoolgirl" & "Too Much Seconal" . . .
GoodSh!t!! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | There are rumours of a Payola$ reunion, apparently Bob Rock and Paul Hyde were working in the studio as of 2003. But if the free release of their first effort Bomb is any indication you aren't any more likely to hear them then you were when they were "the next big thing" in the 80's.
Songs like
Eyes of a Stranger
China Boys
I Will
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Recent faves:
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[*] Lara & Reyes - acoustic guitar duo
[*] T Bone Burnett, The True False Identity - can't describe this one. try the samples.
[*] Otis Taylor, Definition of a Circle - "trance blues"
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I've also heard the Luther Wright CD and really enjoyed it. And I've cut those tags off of my mattresses! |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I'm in a bit of a blues run here too, Cliff. Indigenous, Jonny Lang (who does a pretty mean version of Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl too) and Kenny Wayne Shepard are in my current rotation. A little Ray Charles breaks up the mix (and his stuff STILL rocks). |
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Location: Vermont USA | Posted by Cliff "Too Much Seconal" I remember that I think I am therefore I must be. :confused: :cool: :(
Pauly
Laying on the ground watching a swing I must of fallen off. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Something I like but most of the people here have never heard...hrmmm...
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness (excellent duo!)
Viva Death - One Percent Panic
The Resistors - (Debut album not out yet) |
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Location: big island | Jenny |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Lanaki, how about a regional act that we can't already get in the cut-out bin a Wal Mart?
Surely there's something that the locals guard jealously from the haolie tourists?
Speaking of The Haolies , their first album was way cool...especially their version of Sleepwalk, with their own lyrics! But I think they're originally from NY/Brooklynn. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Katja Maria Werker - LEAVE THAT THING BEHIND
A german singer/songwriter, who produces and plays everything by herself. Great Stuff!
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Location: Munich, Germany | Originally posted by Koenig Kurt:
Katja Maria Werker - LEAVE THAT THING BEHIND (in itunes music store maybe only Katja Werker)
A german singer/songwriter, who produces and plays everything by herself. Great Stuff!
Kurt |
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Location: big island | i know fillhixx, or is it felix?. i just have jenny on my mind lately, actually her guitar, so i couldn't resist. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Surely there's something that the locals guard jealously from the haolie tourists?
yes. their homegrown pakalolo :cool: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Toy Matinee and The Ditty Bops still get a lot of play at my house and in my car! |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | A year after I bought it I'm still quite enamoured with "An Evening with Jordan Rudess and John Petrucci". Just piano and guitar and not at all what you'd expect if you know their bands music. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Goldrush -- Live at Last. Goldrush was a short lived Australian band that featured Tommy Emmanuel and his brother Phil. They used to do some amazing things on stage together. Unfortunately I only have an old audio cassette version which is well past its use by date and I doubt the album is available anywhere today. |
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Location: SoCal | Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, When Guitar Pickers Took Over The World..... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, When Guitar Pickers Took Over The World..... That's definitely a good one! |
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Location: ms | Mac Mcanally-Cuttin Corners
Patty Griffin-Flaming Red
Whitesnake Live
Robert Earl Keen Live |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | The Captain and Tennille "A Bluegrass Tribute To The Banjo" ....can it get any better? |
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Location: NJ | "....can it get any better? . ."
a .50caliber comes to mind . . . . |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | oh, come on now Cliff! Since 2MG won't play Xanadu, won't you at least play a cover of Muscrat Love for the next OFC CD? I'd be willing to add some banjo tracks on it for you..... whatchathink? |
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Location: NJ | It's MusKrat, and the Captain & Tennille version STINKS, the original America version STINKS, and muskrats themSELVES STINK! (hence, the name).
I can't even BEGIN to imagine what it must smell like when two of 'em are "gettin' it on" . . . |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...I got wind of it.... |
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Location: NJ | Speaking of albums and stinking, I heard on the radio yesterday that the new Eagles album will be coming out soon.
They also said that for the first YEAR of it's release, it will ONLY be available at WalMarts.
Judging by WalMart's past business practices, I'm sure it was stipulated that they would only sell it if they had "exclusivity".
If this is true, I think it's really sad how a once-great rock&roll band has TOTALLY "SoldOut" . . .
Way t'GO, Henley!!!
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Exclusive at walmart?!? How sad. |
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Location: GA USA | CRUSTER! Thanks for recommending The Black Keys. I checked them out and I'll definitely be buying some of that. |
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Location: NJ | Willy Porter "Available Light" |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
CRUSTER! Thanks for recommending The Black Keys. I checked them out and I'll definitely be buying some of that. Glad you enjoyed them. I can't remember how I first heard of them, but I wound up with two of their albums. Shortly after that a friend and I made the trek to Clebeland (yeah, I know, it's a 'v' not a 'b') to see them at the Agora. The show was very good and now I have everything they've put out. IIRC, one of the living blues legends made the comment that TBK were playing the 'real blues.' Something along those lines, anyway. It's not everyone's cup of tea, and it can get repetitive (four albums later), but I like it.
Something else to check out is:
Patrick Sweany Band
They were one of the openers at the Agora and absolutely rocked the blues. Very hard driving music played exceptionally well. I picked up (all) three of their CDs there, and listened to them on the way back...mostly acoustic folk and blues music, which was nothing like their live show. But, it is still good; IIRC, Patrick Sweany won some folk music award a while back. Their album "Henry Ford Bedroom" was more electric, maybe, now that I'm thinking about it. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | How's this for a topic? We're all over the world, literally and figuratively here. We're exposed to many different kinds of music that may be familiar to us but foreign to others on the board.
How bout if you just suck. |
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Location: south east Michigan | This thread only goes to remind me just how little I just listen to music. I stay mostly in my Classic Rock Rut. Once in a great while I'll find a "modern" tune that catches my attention but that is mostly by luck rather than on purpose.
If I take time for just music, I'd rather play than listen.
But in the spirit of the thread I'll put in my 2 cents.
The Presidents of the United States album. It is much deeper than just the hit, "Peaches". |
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Location: GA USA | Brad, you might like The Black Keys as well, then. They have a bluesy sound, and some of it is kind of roots music. Some of their stuff also sounds like Bad Company or Cream. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I always liked the Full Moon albums. Buzzy Fieten and Neil Larsen and a bunch of others. |
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| Arcoluz - The Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio.
A percussionist, a flamenco guitar player and the world's most fantastic double-bassist. Music so heavy it would sink a battleship, so beautiful you'd swear you could fly. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Slipkid:
But in the spirit of the thread I'll put in my 2 cents. The Presidents of the United States album. It is much deeper than just the hit, "Peaches". Their versions of 'Cleveland Rocks!' and 'Video Killed The Radio Star' just.....rock. The album: Pure Frosting.
My new favourite foriegn band is Mana .... then I goto wikipedia and find they've won Grammys that I've never heard of. (must have been at the pre-show dinner where they give out the obscure ones...) Bought the album 'Sueños Líquidos' (1997) for the cover and found the music moved me too. |
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