Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
slipknot1
bdp24 - 
Of all your many music experiences, that one has to be top of the heap.  No rehearsal?  Don & Dewey probably share telepathy and the bass player had been working with them for a while.  Which leaves you!  Talk about a high wire act.  I know you don't much care for FZ (an understatement, I expect) but he did display a softer side towards Don.  Bailed him out and or got his fiddle out of hock on more than one occasion, as I recall.  Mighta been self-serving if he just needed him for a show or a session, I guess.  

I suspect you're already familiar with it, but just in case not, check out Don's soaring solo on, "Little House I Used to Live In" on Burnt Weeny Sandwich.  It starts at 5:13 on the track at the link here if you don't have patience for the lead in (and again at 10:35). Interesting set of musicians too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SN&hl=fr&v=1AhmgaF46F8
bdp24
Say it isn't so... I knew you didn't like the Dead, but know Frank too?

Aw boxer12, I was just kiddin'. I actually DO like The Dead, at least when they do what they're good at, which isn't singing. It just so happens I love, love, love harmony singing, and superior chord progressions, melodies, arrangements, etc. In other words, songs. That's not their forte'.

It was also not Zappa's, imo. I know he was a pretty smart and talented guy, but his talent was not at what I value in music. Plus, I found him to be a little too pleased with himself, and more than a little smug. Just my take on him, and I don't expect everyone to see it as do I.