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| Need some recommendations - hard driving big band Some great suggestions here. I can second a recommendation for Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band and Marty has some interesting ideas.One group that you might enjoy is Roomful of Blues. While not a traditional big band, their horn section drives grea... | |
| JVC XRCD 24 from Hong Kong A few years ago I bought the Beatles Box set off of EBAY for $80 when the list price was $250. It turned out to be a Chinese copy. The sound is o.k., but as I was reading the liner notes, of the "Revolver" album, George Harrison was spelled "Harri... | |
| Internet site w/interesting music recommendations Thanks for the post. I don't really listen to the radio anymore and am always looking for new interesting music. | |
| Rock Guitarist Dick Wagner Dies Thanks for the post. The duel guitar interplay on "Intro to Sweet Jane" on Rock and Roll Animal is one of my favorite electric songs and the album is consistently ranked as a top live recording on this blog. After reading your post I checked out W... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days In addition to the great ones already mentioned:1) Uriah Heep live2)David Bowie Live at the Tower Philadelphia3) Rare Earth live (impossible to find, but really fantastic)4)Joe Walsh live5) Dixie Dregs- Night of the Living Dregs | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. I would swap the Stones for Metallica unless you are 13 years old. | |
| Artists One Should Know Callahan is excellent. One artist who I think has been consistently producing great work for many years is Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Earl is a Boston based blues guitar slinger who can play many diverse styles. His latest cd "True Stories"... | |
| In Awe of "Yessongs" Forty Years Later I think that Yessongs is one of the best live albums of all time. Like you, my first version was an 8 track and I was grateful to move on to the LP so that there was no "click click" in the middle of the long songs. The musicianship, and particula... | |
| CSNY Live 1974 We all want to remember iconic artists at their peak performing ability. The important point to me is that they created the body of original work in the first place. I am a huge Bryan Ferry fan and he turns 70 next year. He can't sing as well as h... | |
| Special artists never mentioned before on Agon My favorite Sanborn performance is on David Bowie's "David Live" from the 70's- not much jazz on that one.Alto sax player Doug James is a fairly obscure artist who has great bass recordings. James used to play for roomful of Blues and has done a l... | |
| It's official, there's nothing weirder than... Wow. The story gets even more bizarre. When I read your post, my first reaction was that it takes a big ego to attempt a Star Spangled Banner solo at the Hollywood Bowl. Then I remembered that Schon had been dating the woman from the "Real Housewi... | |
| Hot Tuna I think that "First Pull up, Then Down" is my favorite electric Hot Tuna album. Papa John's fiddle on "John's Other" and Jorma's guitar licks on "Been So Long" are classic. On the acoustic side, I enjoy "Live at Sweetwaters." Pete Sears (from Jeff... | |
| Hot Tuna Jorma is the man. | |
| Apple to Acquire Beats Audio I agree that the long term hidden asset is the content to populate Apple's platform of devices. My nephews all got Beat earbuds for Christmas last year. I found that they were WAY too loud and bass heavy. They really couldn't compete with my old S... | |
| Not asking the best.... Some classics mentioned. Here are a few memorable keyboard moments:Steve Winwood's solo on "Empty Pages" by TrafficChuck Leavells's solo on "Jessica" from the Allman Bros.Jojo Hermann's solo on "Disco" from Widespread Panic's Light Fuse....T Lavit... |