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What are you listening to? ver. 15.0

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Cornershop - Brimful of Asha - Official Music Video (Original) (Tjinder Singh)
 
While in its later stages, the Jefferson Starship or Starship became a pop rock joke and a poor shell of its glory days, the original band in the mid 70s was a thing of beauty. While losing Jorma and Jack (who went on to form Hot Tuna) was a big loss, the addition of Greg, Pete and QMS stud David Frieburg created a tremendous collection of talent. With Marty Balin coming back to sing lead on this song from their first real album (the Blows against the Empire-though labeled Jefferson Starship was mainly an ad hoc creation of Paul, Grace, Jerry Garcia, David Crosby and Peter Kaukonen), this is what I believe is their best effort.


 
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Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes (Live)
 
Ring of Fire (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)

 
I'm just out of the hospital for a few days, a heart ablation that worked for me and I'm feeling much better than I did before the procedure. That said, I haven't had time yet to listen to what everyone posted over the past few days, but I will tomorrow. In the meantime I wanted to share these two new gems I heard while I was laying in bed for the first day after the procedure from this greatly underrated musician:



 
 
 
Written by American songwriter and recording artist Del Shannon. Del intended to record the song and two others in August of 1964 but ran out of studio time. During a subsequent tour of Australia, Shannon pitched the song to The Searchers in their dressing room but they said they weren't interested. In the dressing room next door, Peter and Gordon heard Shannon playing the song for The Searchers and asked Del for permission to record it which was granted. Recorded at Abby Road Studios in November of 1964, I Go To Pieces failed to crack the Top 50 in the UK but was a massive hit in the United States.

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Peter & Gordon - I Go to Pieces
 
JqYaqui said:
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - Shotgun
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Interesting about this is the saxophone as the lead instrument for the group. This was often the case until the electric guitar was well enough established to carry the lead, replacing both the sax, and the fiddle, with better and larger acoustic guitars which provided volume for what were called mountain music and western swing, predating country. For early jazz groups which didn't have access to a piano, it was the fiddle which was often the lead instrument, at times with a horn attached to provide greater volume. As the guitar gained prominence, and basically as a rhythm instrument, still before electrics, the resonator was added over the sounder hole to increase volume, leading to the dobro, which later became essential for blues musicians and the later Hawaiian steel for early country. Now we have musicians like Jerry Douglas creating a whole library for the dobro. What was once old is new again.

 
OldFatGuy said:
I'm just out of the hospital for a few days, a heart ablation that worked for me and I'm feeling much better than I did before the procedure. That said, I haven't had time yet to listen to what everyone posted over the past few days, but I will tomorrow. In the meantime I wanted to share these two new gems I heard while I was laying in bed for the first day after the procedure from this greatly underrated musician:



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It's hard to go wrong covering a Guy Clark song.

 
Manc Skipper said:
All created manually, no electronic trickery! Bliss!
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A small bit of electronic gimmickry from another era, Roy wired a Fender Twin Reverb through a big Marshall speaker to double the volume range while enjoying the reverb from the Fender. Very slick. Not like today's board gaming, but when he did it, unheard of and the effect was monumental. Plus he used an open tuning, I believe in A minor, to give him a different range, both with a ring bottle slide and picking. Confounded other guitarists trying to imitate him. Nothing wrong with having an edge. :)
 
ttwtt78640 said:
It's hard to go wrong covering a Guy Clark song.
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Ain't that the truth, but I've managed to do so. :) The grandkids just frown and put Guy on the home sound system to make sure I understand. :)
 
OldFatGuy said:
Ain't that the truth, but I've managed to do so. :) The grandkids just frown and put Guy on the home sound system to make sure I understand. :)
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Anyone (even I) can play pre-recorded music perfectly - it's much harder (yet likely more satisfying) to try to replicate it on your own.
 
Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight and the Pips


 
Went to the Flogging Molly concert last night in Rochester, NY. Amazing show. I would recommend that band to anyone.
 
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Cage The Elephant - Come A Little Closer (Live)
 
 
 
 
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