List or discuss your favorite music

DG: Is this the same Steve Smith that was Journey's drummer? Do you know him? AG: Forgive my stupidity, but what does "IMHO" mean?

Carl,yes that is the same dude who played with Journey, I do think he got some of his start from Jean Luc Ponty a few years back. I don`t know him personaly, but the guy who ran the sound crew at gig a few years ago said he was a pain in the ass to work with, Murry did sound for the Eagles, and Jean Luc Ponty ,he off the road doing a gig in Charlston at a big jazz club , he sure did a great job on my Pearl MASTERS KIT, the drums sounded great, the bass drums would ripe your head off. IMHO, means in my humble opinion. do have any Steve Smith cds? if you want a list , let me know. Greg

I just have Journey. What are the best 2 or 3 CD's from SS? Drummers are cool, but don't you have some hearing loss? Drums are extremely loud.

Check out the Cowboy Junkies 'Trinity Session'. They were a bunch of no-name family musicians who managed to aquire the Toronto Church of the Holy Trinity as a recording studio. It's country blues, but it's just beautifully done. A reviewer on cdnow put it right when he said it has the shimmering of emeralds rather than Rhinestones. The recording is quite interesting in that it was made with a single EAR ambiosonic (sp?) microphone and an RDAT recorder. Unbelievable performance, excellent sound. Another recent great is the Diana Krall 'All For You' Album. Excellent performance, and also one of the best recordings I have ever heard. Her piano seems to span the room, and you can point to the 'giant keys in space' as she's playing. Very elegant piece. Great old album: Bruce Springsteens Nebraska. Great artists favorite album : Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's "Ain't necessarily so'. Check out the last track 'Vocalise'. It's Beautiful. Happy listening.

To Carl, yes I do have some hearing loss, back in the days we didn`t think much about that sort thing, you just got out there and played your soul out for the sake of music. Now to give you some of Stive Smith`s stuff,Vital Information "RAY OF HOPE" here`s one I like from him "THE STRANGER HAND" a new one with some great players on it, he has a few from Steps Ahead, the one they did "live in Tokyo 1986" is great, he`s done a few with Kit Walker. I wear ear protection now on my gigs to keep it to a level I will live with. Greg