The Band Guestbook, June 2017

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Jeff A.

Dance Me To The End Of Love - Yiddish

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Jeff A.

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JQ

Summer 1971 and on my way to Yosemite for some acid-fueled backpacking. In a crowded VW bug with 2 buddies. Driving through Bakersfield at 100+ degrees. The bowling alley sign said: "Refrigerated Air". So in we went to find that Merle Haggard was doing an afternoon deal for about 50 people. It was great and it was this performance that had me appreciate what a talented singer Merle was. We were deeply loaded and the crowd was deeply red and buzzed-cut. You can imagine the stew of fun, drug & Budweiser intoxication and tamped-down paranoia in that sort of mix! I don't think I'm embellishing as this story has been recounted by us 3 many times through the years - maybe even here??

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Mike Nomad

Jeff, for you on this day tomorrow, "Mir shteyen bay dayn zayt."

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John D

Peter I have scoured the internet and iTunes to find this CD you mention of the 40th anniversary tour. Everything that shows up is the 40th anniversary concert live at The Beacon Theatre on DVD onlt and none of the songs you mentioned are on the set list. Are you sure you meant 40th anniversary tour; because I can't find it anywhere on the net. Thanks.

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Dunc

Thanks Bill, Jeff and Jed. I'm watching 'After The Crash' just now. It must be 40 years since I heard 'Live at the Fillmore East'. But I do play the collection album every few months. But, sadly, I would say their impact in the UK is very little.

I recently watched 'Down In The Flood'. Finally got around to it. I enjoyed it and thought Barney Hoskyns, Sid Griffen, Garth and John Simon were good.

It took me back to a talk I posted about many years ago. At the Perth Festival many years ago, I was lucky to hear Sid Griffen speak on the Basement Tapes. He was excellent, played songs and was supported by Rod Clements. Then a meal in a great French restaurant and a concert in the evening dedicated to the songs of Hank Williams, with leading Scottish and American musicians. Brilliant day.

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Peter V

The other Allman Brothers band CD I have is "Live 40th Anniversary Tour" which I bought for Disc 2, with Ophelia, I Shall Be Released and The Weight with Levon Helm and Larry Cambell & Teresa Williams guesting. Taj Mahal does 44 Blues and Statesboro Blues and joins in on The Weight. I just picked it off the shelf and see the ABB do I Walk On Gilded Splinters, which I had forgotten.

As I might have mentioned no more than 5 or 6 times, the very best free bar gig I ever saw was Taj Mahal at the bar in EuroDisney hotel area … I just walked past and it said "Disney Jazz Festival - Taj Mahal 7.30." It was 6 pm. Abandoning Mrs V and The Kids to the hotel pizzeria, I went in. Too crowded to get to the bar. Free. Taj cracking jokes in French to massive applause. This was "soul band" Taj with horn section too.

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Subject: Sony Pressing Vinyl.

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Jed

Despite what I wrote and no matter the year, the best of the Allmans is live and therefore not limited to the Fillmore.In most of their different eras & lineups, there have been "epic" (a way overused word these days)shows as recognized by its most hard core fans & the band itself.The Fillmore shows are simply the most well known & most polished.So although the last lineup peaked in 2007,their 2009 anniversary show & 3/20/09 performance with EC were indeed, monumental. The Allmans & the Grateful Dead have very parallel histories and both are "grandparents" of todays mumbo jumbo so called jam scene.Anyone here see the new 4 hour Bar-Lev Dead doc? The Allmans could have a bookend story alongside that film.

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Jed

I take it I'm the lone Allmans hard core here.Got into them late in 1970 & have seen them close to 150 times.They went through numerous lineup changes through the years-the originals were the best & the Dickey/Chuck/Lamar lineup was stellar as well.The Toler years were not good ones, no fault of the Tolers but a rough bunch of shows.The Betts/Haynes/Woody years were powerful & the Seven Turns album from that group was excellent.The Betts/Pearson years were sublime until Betts overpowered the engines with noise & booze & Butch & Betts were literally about to kill one another.The Dickey/Derek era was all too brief till Betts got booted.Derek & Jimmy Herring was a brief albeit interesting period & The Haynes/Derek era was great until 2007 when illness & other issues took over.So sad to see it end the way it has & that Butch & Gregg passed-the last show,10/28/14 was pure joy and the many Gregg solo shows were pure joy.As were the Betts & Great Southern shows through the years.

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JQ

Bill M - I like those 2 sides too, although I prefer You Don't Love Me the most, particularly its more swinging parts. I think they were mostly a jam-band then. I recall that after seeing them I thought: a 2-hour show with only 5 or 6 songs! I sometimes use the 2-3 minute bit off mountain jam, near the end where they slow down into a lullaby sound, as an instrumental segue before a news break. Eat A Peach was the last one I bought. Didn't one of The Band guys take a hard swing at the ABB once?

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Bill M

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Jeff A.

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Dunc

Subject: Just too much music

Thanks, Haso. I play the Best of the Allman Brothers Band. I bought this because it was the only one on the local CD/record shop and because of people talking about them in the GB many years ago. Also I knew Live at Fillmore East, which was relatively well known back in the day. Peter had me googling, and the Allman Brothers achieved little in the UK. I thought they had done better.

But there is just too much music. I enjoy the Transatlantic Sessions, Maura O' Connell's 'Helpless Heart' and my first Jesse Winchester, 'Humour Me'. Great musicianship on these recordings, which took me into Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Russ Barenberg, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan et al. Didn't realise the same musicians were on these recordings. Very enjoyable, but I like the music best when they are supporting a singer and there is a bass and drums. However, the standard of musicianship is exceptional. Great stuff.

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Jeff A.

Subject: Spotify crushes 200 million dollar songwriter lawsuit

See the link. And there are some real interesting detailed articles regarding that lawsuit & the basis of it if you google.

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Subject: The First Ever Yiddish Vocal Performance of O' Canada

Linked.

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Peter V

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b.lee

Subject: Jim Lauderdale II

JQ, his website says:

Produced by Neil Brockbank (Nick Lowe) and Robert Trehern in two sessions at Gold Top Studios in London, London Southern is a genre skipping collection of brilliantly written songs with a variety of distinguished collaborators helping along the way, including: Odie Blackmon, Kendell Marvel, John Oates and Dan Penn.

I just finished my seconds spin, and it's a damn good record.

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JQ

BL - I'm a fan of Jim L too; he's done a lot of work organizing the whole Americana thing. Nick L's band took a real hit with the loss of Bobby Irwin/Robert Treherne and then very recently he lost his terrific producer Neil Brockbank too. He still uses Getaint Watkins I believe- do they list his band mates on that JL deal?

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b.lee

Subject: Jim Lauderdale's London Southern

NPR First Listen is offering up Jim Lauderdale's new "London Southern" disk for streaming for the next couple of days. Described as "tipping his hat to the British invasion", while it's a very good record and a departure from his normal country and bluegrass sound from a guy who who has about as many facets and is almost as prolific as Mr. Costello (with whom he as toured), I'm not sure I get the connection. Peter, maybe you could spot the influences but I can not. Echos of Van the Man, Nick Lowe (whose backup band is employed) and the aforementioned Declan MacManus. His Southern twang is not entirely gone but I don't think that's a bad thing. I had opportunity to meet Mr. Lauderdale and he is a humble and gracious gentleman. Check it out.

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Bill M

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JQ

Bill M - Conflating these into gross ussumptions might just be what humans do. They make for interesting conversation but could also be the basis of prejudice, racism, xenophobia, and gossip. Although, someone with genuine expertise and experience can glean a lot from scant info.

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Jeff A.

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Bill M

Peter V: Probably, but why would you do it. "Hold off Tony - I want to count that pile and then multiply in case the Times comes by like last year. Get me name in the paper, like." To bring in bus drivers again, the Toronto Star always used to find one willing to say, at the end of the first big snowstorm every year, "I've been driving for 35 years and I've never seen anything like this before."

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Peter V

Counting or not? I guess you pile up fifty or a hundred and just count how many piles the same size there are and give a rough figure.

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Peter V

If you’re with kids, cities and countries vary enormously. The UK’s in the middle. Italy, Greece and Spain are the extreme end of welcoming and helpful. I’ve found the USA better than the UK … not necessarily in NYC though. The worst city is Paris. I was taking two small kids off the Metro, and two railway guards in uniform literally pulled the kid off my hand and pushed through between us. I said “Be careful of the children!’ (in French) and got the finger and “Fuck off, English man.” This is from Metro officials. Then we were in the lift in the Louvre. A late middle aged couple pushed past the children and proceeded to say “Why do these idiots bring children here?” The other said, “Don’t worry. They’re English. They can’t speak French.” When the lift arrived, I said in French, “Do you speak English?” “Yes, of course …” and I managed not to swear, but simply point out in my most polite manner that their rudeness was extraordinary and that they were a disgrace to their country. But it was the same everywhere in Paris (except EuroDisney). BTW, my French relatives from the South agree entirely about Paris and added several more examples. I had an Irish colleague with two kids who worked there and changed jobs to get out because of the bad public attitude to children.

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Jeff A.

Decorum is gone, people just don't care. he things you witness are unreal..Also the drivers they gotta deal with... Just way too many cars, & they double & triple park, park in bus stops, stop in the middle of busy avenues, make u turns in the dumbest places, I swear some of these drivers are trying to get hit. Sometimes i hang out with the drivers & make em laugh...

trains- you'd be amazed how homeless people can sleep on the train all day long. When a train pulls up & i start to get on, if i catch that putrid smell I know some poor homeless person is on, or was on. I've seen as many as four sleeping in one car at the same time...

Hustlers, people hustling for change or bucks constantly. All kids of come ons, including just getting in a persons face & not leaving. Some filthy , really bad off guy sat next to a woman last week, hassled her to go through her pocketbook & look for a dollar. He was in bad shape, long term street person.... I told her to get up & walk away- he started to follow her & another guy & I yelled at him, then we landed at a stop & switched cars.

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Bill M

Re strollers on transit, I can't imagine any sane person expecting anyone with a stroller (with baby in it, presumably) to hump the thing out the back door of a bus. One, it's narrow. Two, some only open when you stand on the step, and if the stroller goes first there's not enough weight. Three, with other doors you have to push them open, but they're spring loaded and they push back - threatening to hit baby in the chops.

Peter V: If they went to the trouble of actually counting all the blessed leftovers, why didn't they provide the raw data rather than rounding to 9500, 6500, etc. Anyway, is all this counting a British trainspotting thing? Counting roll-mats, counting tents, counting who voted for Corbyn and who didn't ... - or did they do DNA swabs of the leftovers to get at that data?

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GregD

Jeff A.-I can understand your frustration with the strollers on the train. I have a good friend who is a city transit bus driver. Every time we get together the conversations are usually one-sided with him regaling me of his latest incidents with passengers. His main nemesis is...you guessed it...people (normally young ladies) with strollers! According to him, they have little regard for other passengers and act like they own the bus. They ignore the "on at the front door, off at the back" rule and proceed to block the front doorway and aisle. He has so many different incidents daily I've told him to write them down and publish them even if I buy the only copy.

Also agree on Haynes, although he is a good guitarist, and the darling of the jam band set through his association with the Allmans, Dead, Phil Lesh etc. he doesn't do much for me. He does seem to get involved with various tributes for the Band, Levon etc.

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Jeff A.

That last Allman's incarnation, i know I saw em once with Haynes, maybe twice, not sure if Trucks was in..... it was late 80s so i guess not...... I wasn't impressed, & never been on video or radio either...It's possible i didn't listen enough to Derek, but I must say, Haynes leaves me empty. I've seen him in larger shows ( including he & Little Milton & John Mayer in a Buddy Guy thing that was part of some other thing) , & guest with people quite a few times.People rave about his playing, & he's got a reputation for being a helluva nice guy. But his guitar work just don't hit home for me. Government Mule- geez, what's the big deal about?

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haso

Subject: Sea Level/ festivals

Peter, you've restored my faith. If you've got the 1st Allman Bros record and the original Fillmore East, you're in good hands. Wipe the windows seemed like kind of cheap money to me, too.

Yeah, Jeff, they are a bit of a deep cut but Sea Level's very interesting. I've had the "Cats on the Coast" lp for years. That group included Randall Bramblett who toured later w/ Gregg and his backup band, Cowboy. I always assumed that he might be Delaney & Bonnie's son, but don't know. What was your take on the last iteration of the Brothers w/ Otell on bass, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and the 3rd drummer Rey Quinones adding a Latino flair? I'm not sure but that one could make an argument for Derek picking up Duane's mantle as well as anyone ever has.

JQ, not enough folks around like you. I've always envied a local friend since she told us that her brother used to do security at Fillmore East and she got to see all kinds folks, Duane/Berry, our 5 boys, I think Janis and others. Oh well.

You folks are right on rudeness and a lack of valuing one's goods. That said, I recall an acquaintance north of here who related his time at Watkins Glen in '74. It rained there, too, as it had at Yasgur's farm. He said you could have filled 3 tractor trailers w/ just the sleeping bags that were left behind.

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

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Peter V

Tucked away in the Sunday Times. In 2015, the (this year) Corbynista crowd at Glastonbury Festival walked away leaving 6500 sleeping bags, 5,500 tents, 3,500 airbeds, 2200 chairs and 950 roll mats. While as many as possible were given to charity, most went to landfill. This is particularly difficult because you shouldn't put waterproof items into landfill. Pop up tents are really cheap nowadays. I guess £60 or £70 for three days? Throw it away.

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JQ

I was lucky enough to see the original lineup shortly before Duane died. It was at the Santa Monica Civic. I was a huge fan of the Fillmore LPs going into that. It seemed the group was set up to showcase Duane. And he was great. But I also recall being gobsmacked at Berry Oakley's playing that night; the most impressive overall bass thing I'd ever heard live up til then.

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JQ

Subject: Bob D - genius??

I found this interesting -

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JQ

Subject: Nick Lowe

PV posted this song during a brief run of rockabilly notes here - here's NL doing it again a couple weeks ago in NYC. It seemed all devotees in attendance for a 3-night run. And me!

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Jeff A.

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Peter V

I also found Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil recently, which was cheap in a charity shop and I picked it up for the sleeve design. I've only played it once and found it a tad generic. There must be a decent article on why "Southern Rock" failed to sell so well in Britain … though it could be as simple as wrong label or wrong pluggers.

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Pertinent to the Bass part of the conversation, since March, one of the true badasses is on tour with Bryan Ferry. I speak of Neil Jason. And Chris Spedding is on .Still left on the tour are shows in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Spain, CANADA, The U.S. , Russia & Estonia.

Neil is a Brooklyn boy, toured with Miles Davis, The Nevilles, Levon,Spyro Gyra , Brecker Brothers, ,worked with The Stones, it's a long list... He's on my project that i should finish this year. The Canadian shows are in Vancouver, Alberta, & Winnipeg

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haso

Subject: rhythym section and Peter V's listening room

If it's ok, I'd like to cycle back a couple of weeks ago. Last time I got Johnny Cash-ed, so hoping Jan let's this through.

Back a bit, Dunc and b.lee as well as others were talking bass/drums and parts of the rhythym section. Clearly b.lee knows seriously whereof he/she speaks. Unlike others here (Peter, Al Edge, Jeff A.; I'm just an everyday consumer of music, not a player, critic, producer etc.), so like you, Dunc, it's taken me some to really hear the bass and the intricacies of drumming as easily as guitar parts. Even though one of my earliest musician friends (soph year in h.s., just about when the Brown album came out) was a bass player. (For glenn t. that would be Mark Miller at the Upper School, he and the late, great Oliver Troster, 1st played me Allman Bros., Muddy, Sonny Boy and John Lee Hooker). Ok, so for the bass player discussion... I seem to recall someone, perhaps Carol Caffin, talking about how you could tell when Ricky was really into things because he'd start bouncing. I've noticed at times at TLW and even in the few clips from Wembley, he looks pretty bouncy.

Now, Peter, you were clearing up your listening room. This was not long after Gregg Allman passed. I know you've said they didn't penetrate all that much on your side of the "pond". My only suggestion, is, if your main piece of exposure is Brothers & Sisters, then, as w/ most aficianados, you'd want to listen to more of their live recordings. Especially anything from early on when Duane and Berry Oakley were still alive. There's a nice compendium that came out not long after Robbie and Sebastian got the LatAcademy recordings out. It's called The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings... w/ all the variety of guests, the jazz-like improvisational nature of the Allmans take on blues comes out. At least to the untrained ears of this scribe. For me, Brothers & Sisters is almost like judging Spielberg on just "the 3rd Kind"; ok, but ultimately too popular and incomplete.

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jh

GB filters softened. Plz report any problems. Thanks.

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John D

Bill you remember the Canadian Ian Anderson, not to be confused with the JT lead singer. He was the producer of the "In Session" program filmed at CHCH in Hamilton. It was a brilliant premise. He would bring two very big singer songwriters; from different backgrounds and pair them together. It was a great show.

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John D

Yes they were filmed at the Agincourt studios at was then called CFTO Channel 9. The station first signed on the air at 10:00 p.m. on December 31, 1960; its first official day of programming was on January 1, 1961. The inaugural programme broadcast on CFTO was a telethon hosted by Joel Aldred, complete with a fireworks ceremony. The telethon was for what was then known as the Ontario Association for Community Living (now Community Living Ontario). The station was founded by Baton-Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting, a joint venture between Telegram Corporation (owned by the Bassett and Eaton families), Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting (owned by Joel Aldred & E.S. Rogers) and Foster Hewitt Broadcasting (owners of radio station CKFH (1430 AM, now CJCL on 590 AM)). The Baton portion of the name was pronounced /ˌbætən/ (as in Baton Rouge, Louisiana), rather than the conducting tool's traditional pronunciatio.

My wife danced on The Uncle Bobby Show there as well; when she was a girl. First show I remember being filmed there was Professor Hideaway. Don't remember the actor who played the Professor.

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Landmark

Reading this thread over the past few days about Rolling On The River, In Session, and other shows produced by CTV. I remember that the In Session show did not have a set time. I do remember seeing an episode with Dave Mason and Spencer Davis. I believe that it was recorded at CHCH in Hamilton. As a side note, I knew a family that owned a rather well known "Big And Tall" clothing store across the street from the studio. After taping wrestling matches there, all the wrestlers would go across the street, get fitted for suits, and then have a lavish supper provided by the owner's wife, as the family lived upstairs from the shop.

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GregD

CBC in the mid-70's featured the short-lived 90 Minutes Live with the late Peter Gzowski featuring Flo and Eddie as musical cohosts who brought in various musical acts including Bowie. 1977 comes to mind as I remember them doing a show about the 10th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper.

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Bill M

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BONK

Where do you think it was taped? Parliament Street or Yonge and Marlborough Ave.

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Bill M

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Peter V

So many great TV shows were lost, due to re-using video tape. It sounds incredible now. The deserved reputation of I Love Lucy relies on the then weird decision to shoot it on film. So it survives. Apparently Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five) spent years buying up every surviving pop / rock show that he could, but like Dave Clark Five albums on CD, little has been released.There are odds and bits … two "lost" Dad's Army sitcoms were found. the originals were wiped, but copies had been sent to a Australian TV station which had kept them.

I am having a great trawl through our stock of old TVs and computers in the attic, and have set up a late tube TV with a VHS and Betamax in my record store room. I was looking for a new screen and the guy in the shop told me he'd done the same. Totally right … VHS looks horrible on a modern HD screen, but perfectly watchable on a TV. Some of my own stuff was never on DVD. Even transferred to DVD, it's still 4:3 and VHS quality.

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GregD

The other local production that provided some interesting entertainment was "In Session" out of CHCH-TV in Hamilton. One of the better ones I remember featured Emmy Lou and her Hot Band with Rodney Crowell, Roseanne Cash, the incomparable Albert Lee and others, complete with a small spousal dispute between Mr. Crowell and Ms.Cash.

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Bill M

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Jeff A.

Subject: The Slow Death Of The Electric Guitar

Linked

Long article, lots of interesting facts & informed perspectives.... Well worth reading.

Grab a six pack & a piss bucket if you don't have indoor plumbing yet.

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BONK

Rollin?

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GregD

Bill M- you're absolutely correct. I left the esteemed Mr. Zimmerman off of my list and it would no doubt have generated quite a buzz in the GB and elsewhere. While we're at, and speaking of variety shows (sort of) do you (or anyone else) remember the name of the show that used to be on CTV (at least in Southern Ontario) hosted by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition during his pre-country "Just Checkin' in to See What Condition My Condition is in" era in the late 60's-early 70's? I used to watch that show with some regularity but in a semi-senior moment I shamefully can't think of the name and don't have Youtube or Google at hand at the moment. They used to have some interesting acts on there.

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Peter V

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Bill M

Peter V: Over the years I've heard many, including myself, say things like "They'd have to pay me to see XXX". But you actually went through with it. Do others here have similar stories?

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GregD

I agree in general with the comments posted here about "Everybody's Rockin'". I liked the album but thought it was much too short as Peter V. noted. I prefer the Band's version of Mystery Train but thought he gave a good shot at "Bright Lights Big City" and some others which he did perform live. It was a project that he took seriously and was understandably greatly offended by the Geffen lawsuit.

Landing on Water was a record I never could take to. Someone taped it for me and it was one of the few Neil that I didn't purchase at the time. Trans was actually an amalgam of a couple of records including one which Geffen apparently rejected, hence the somewhat disjointed effect. His previous record Re.ac.tor, the last one for Reprise at the time, featured some good songs, but only Mr. Young, with the possible exception of late-60's John Lennon, could get away with releasing something like "T-Bone" featuring 9+ minutes of the mantra "Got Mashed Potatoes, Ain't Got No T-Bone" chanted over and over again to the same repetitive guitar riff.

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Peter V

Subject: Performers

"Down Where The Drunkards Roll" by Maura O'Connell sounds as if it had always been Irish!

Those 60s variety shows, were like rock shows. Your reputation as "a performer" outweighed chart success. So in the ballrooms, Long John Baldry & Steampacket, The Alan Bown Set, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band sold tickets faster than (say) The Kinks, The Who or The Searchers. Because they were known to give a great show.

Similarly, in spite of four UK number 1 hits, and only 3 or 4 years earlier, Frank Ifield did his summer season in the 1200 seat hall. But Frankie Vaughan, Tom Jones and Ken Dodd did their summer seasons in the 2000 seat hall. In Frankie Vaughan's case, he'd been established for ten years as a fantastic live act (which he was). Now I think back, it wasn't "free" - I was paid to watch Frank Ifield. It was because I was doing lights in the other hall, and they wanted an "understudy" to know enough about the equipment and show to be able to take over at the smaller hall. In fact, I never had to.

I'll link the "variety show" novel.

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Dunc

Yes, it would be my mum who liked Frank Ifield. Interestingly when I read about him yesterday, I thought of the first of your sixties novels - the variety years. I really enjoyed it because it took me back to going to see variety shows, which I was lucky enough to do. You had to be tough to play Glasgow. Peter's sixties trilogy is a great achievement guys, if you've not read them.

Good choice of music, Peter. It's seen as a great Irish album, Peter, even the Richard Thompson song seems an Irish version. Some great Irish musicians and Jerry Douglas. Lyrics by WB Yates and Seamus Heaney. A host of brilliant traditional songs and the terrific Andy Irvine song, West Coast of Clare and Gerry O'Beirne's, The Shades of Gloria. You'll probably have seen Gerry O'Beirne playing with the Waterboys. Now, if I was a musician, I would be able to describe how he plays the guitar. And the greatest Irish voice. Hope you enjoyed the play, Peter. I had once read everything Edna 0'Brien had written.

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Peter V

The Wayward Wind … Frank Ifield specialized in reviving country-tinged oldies and imposing his yodel on them. As a result, he was the first artist after Elvis to have three UK #1 hits in a row … I Remember You, Lovesick Blues and The Wayward Wind. Then Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine was a slight dip (UK #8) before getting his fourth UK #1 out of five with I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You). At the time, 1962 to 1963 Frank dominated the charts, and was everything we hated about our mum and dad’s music. For years I quoted his B-side She Taught Me To Yodel the worst record of all time. There are far worse though. I saw him on a summer show in 1967 (free, I was working the summer show in the other municipal venue in town). Nice open personality on stage.

I recall a folk club version of The Wayward Wind with rude lyrics, and wish I could remember the words.

Years ago on this site people were berating me for failing to "get" Hank Williams. In retrospect, the effect of Frank Ifield's Lovesick Blues was at fault. I have learned to appreciate Hank and expunge Frank's version from my memory.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Gogi Grant

I didn't realize. Gogi Grant died last Thursday! She was 91. I also didn't realize that, when she recorded "Wayward Wind", she knocked Elvis Presley off the top of the Bill Board Charts.

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jh

Any day now. Just need to find some time and inspiration to write Perl code again. Thanks for your patience.

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b.lee

Subject: Larry & Thresa

John D., one word...GO!

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Peter V

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Dunc

Subject: Wayward Wind

That's where i'll have heard it Peter...Frank Ifield. In our house there was 'I Remember You'. But it might have been in every house in the country. I never knew it was he, who had sung 'Wayward Wind'. I remember him yodeling.

I googled and he had huge record sales.

Thanks Rockin' Chair, I'll give them a look.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind - 1956

I can't put up a link, so google it yourself Peter. Gogi and Tex Ritter both recorded this in '56. Gogi's was biggest in the US, Ritter's was biggest in the UK. Gogi Grant died earlier this year I believe.

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Peter V

Subject: The Wayward Wind

Dunc, you have definitely heard The Wayward Wind long before Neil Young. It's a 50s song, but in Britain was #1 for Frank Ifield in 1963 (linked).

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John D

Larry Campbell, one time lead guitarist for Bob Dylan and Grammy Award Winning Producer for Levon Helm; along with his extremely talented vocalist partner, Teresa Williams will make their first Canadian appearance as a duo; at the Horseshoe Tavern, Tuesday July 18th.

They will be performing songs; from their yet to be released new album, Contraband Love; which will be released September 15th; on Redhouse Records; along with favourites they have performed in the past with The Ramble Band.

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Peter V

Subject: Old ways

Link to Neil Young on "Old ways".

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Jeff A.

Time for another soda argument started by innocent mention of brisket & hot dogs.

There's a lousy rag titled Brooklyn Magazine. It's produced magnificently, but is a waste of paper...Though it sucked prior to it's present condition, it's editorial & writing staff has been relegated to a bunch of insecure likely seriously neurotic young women, mostly non native New Yorkers, who think writing for a magazine means discussing their feelings. They also don't know how to construct a sentence or an article. During the winter one of theses women wrote about her trip to Montreal, & devoted a few pages to Montreal Bagels & the two majors... It was the best couple of pages in the edition.... Now the magazine dropped from monthly to quarterly publication....

Norm, There ain't no god, not even Neptune, that will accept you after dunking your bagels in BBQ sauce.

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Landmark

I too, have always loved Everbody's Rocking. I also liked the videos for Wondering and Cry, Cry, Cry. Simply put it's fun music.

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Dunc

Fred, I've never heard the album, but it's in my sights. I've been reading up about it, and it is not well liked by many. I'll listen to it on Prime and if I like it I'll buy it.

I'm complete with Neil upto about 1980.

I didn't like a lot of eighties music and was involved in other things, and what I listened to was probably British pub rock as Peter says. In local pubs, when I could get a night out, there was a good scene in this area with many local pub rock bands playing. Really good.

I bought Reactor (ok), Landing on Water(which I disliked) and Old Ways (which I think is really good). Many people seem not to like Old Ways, too. I love 'The Wayward Wind', which I think I had heard before.

Always had Freedom and Ragged Glory. Just now, I'm collecting the Performance series.

Will get back to you after I have played it. Thanks, Fred.

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Peter V

Subject: I Knew The Bride …

OK, it's a few years earlier than Everybody's Rockin', but for revived rock, here's Nick Lowe on "I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock & Roll."

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Peter V

There was that run of albums that annoyed the Geffen record label … Trans, Everybody's Rocking, Old Ways, Landing On Water. Trans is the only album I ever bought new on cassette. We were on holiday when it came out and I really wanted to hear it immediately and the car had a cassette player. I bought the middle two on LP, the fourth on CD. Trans is very odd, but I liked it at the time. I bought an LP copy eventually. Of he four, the one I've played most is Old Ways.

Everybody's Rocking' is the one that saw Young sued by David Geffen because it was "musically uncharacteristic of his work". It's also at 24 minutes 55 seconds just about the shortest 12" LP since Elvis's film era. Young claims that there were planned to be two more tracks, but that Geffen was so infuriated by what he heard that they cancelled the sessions and released it as it was. It came out just after the launch of CD, which highlighted how extremely short it was. I remember thinking at the time "What about the other side?" I was pissed off by the length, and because although it was unusual in America, British pub rock was at its height and people like Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe (and many others) did rockabilly pastiche better.

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Fred

It's nice to know that I'm not alone in my appreciation of Everybody's Rockin'.

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Jeff A.

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BONK

No worries Peter. I was just 'taking the piss' But I was serious about your musical archives. You're one of the few that I look forward to reading every time I come on here.

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Wallsend

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JQ

I like the track Wonderin' but after that I thought it was sub-par and generic at best. There's so many better rockabilly records available and groups that are still at it -

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Bill M

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John D

Fred. You can't go wrong with "Betty Lou Gotta New Pair of Shoes & Kinda Fonda Wanda."

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Fred

Dunc: what did you think of Neil Young's Everybody's Rocking? I think I may be the only person on this planet we all call home who likes it.

There's a good documentary about him entitled "Don't Be Denied",out there in the ether of the internet. I believe it was linked to, here, a few months ago. If you've never seen it, you should take a look.

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Fred

Newspapers rating politicians on their behaviour in the aftermath of a tragedy is stupid. There are more serious issues to discuss, in the media, in the aftermath of a tragedy. No?

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Fred

No. They're just crocodile tears (for the most part).

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Peter V

It comes up with the disastrous London fire, where for the last few days, newspapers have been rating our leaders on their reactions. This one was far too cold. That one hugged people. That one’s been there five times. The other only twice. That one brought forth hot tears of grief. Another didn’t.

I wonder if it’s appropriate. In Britain, we have the Royal family, who are brilliant at comforting the grieving by simply turning up at once and speaking to people. Should we be rating our leaders on this basis? Should it be obligatory for them to emote publicly? I don't know.

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Dunc

Subject: Thanks

Thanks, Jeff. The fact that every take by the guitarist is so good would make it harder for me to select what is the best.

I enjoyed the post, Bill. Always enjoy the Canadian music posts. I'll check it out on YouTube and Amazon.

I'm into Canadian music, just now, Bill. Neil Young to be exact. I have played from the album, Neil Young to Rust Never Sleeps over and over the last couple of weeks. What a great body of work.

I'm playing Landing On Water, just now. Mmmm. You know what? I would like Neil to rerecord this album and make it a Neil Young album. Get rid of the drum machines, choirs and synthesisers and make it a quieter album because I think there are some fine songs on it.

The GB is on its last legs. Sadly, I think because I have used it in many ways. I have learned such a lot over the years from it. Played my collection of Poco last month, Jeff!

I've read everything on Jan's website and I've enjoyed the posts. I use the GB for everything, but especially finding new (to me) music. Many fine contributors have died, over the years, and I think unluckily some were too soon gone. I learned about Canadian Content, many years ago, from Paul Godfrey, who was a Canadian dj I think.

The site has benefitted from having many good writers over the years.

And a special shout for Peter the V. From a British point of view, he is generous with his time and will use his extensive archive and knowledge to help anybody on this side of the pond with 'projects' we are involved in. At this late age, I have found Dion...more than just The Wanderer. Thanks, Peter.

And Bob F, we need you back. In the words of The Equals 'Come Back. Baby Come Back.' Just watched the Canadian series 'Cardinal'. Great acting, but very violent. And finished the current series of 'Hinterland'.

That's Landing On Water Finished. Thank God! I'll get my ears back.

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Peter V

Bonk … what's this about Facebook? First, I never use Messenger (if that's a route) but I get lots of Friend requests. I can't see how I'd fail to "friend" you.

I never friend stuff which comes in an alphabet I can't read … Arabic, Farsi, Cyrillics, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, on the grounds that I don't know what I'm linking to. I get a lot of these because of my ELT / ESL connections. I will friend people in languages I can guess my way through, like Western European languages. The other ones I don't friend (at least two a day) come from a girl's name, then when you check their page, you see a smiling girl in a bikini, and no posts at all.

So unless you have a bikini clad girl on your first page, or contact me in Cyrillic or Farsi, it should be OK. Try today … but not via Messenger, just click the button on the FB page.

Being a snooty bugger, I need all the friends I can get!

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jh

Peter et. al,

Now that we have (hopefully) gotten rid of the spammers and ad-posters by disabling posting of links and tightening the filters, I guess it is time for a more liberal policy again. Give us a day or three to edit down the banned-phrases list, ok? And sorry for that rude Johnny-boy with the finger, I'll have a serious talk with him about proper behaviour in the GB :-)

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Bill M

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Jeff A.

Though it ain't happening, you know i wish we could dial technology back to pre cell phones & internet.

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Jeff A.

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BONK

Subject: Jeff

Thanks Jeff. Knew you would respond. As for Peter. He can still be the same snooty bugger he's been for years. I've tried 14 times to make him a friend on facebook. No reply. I guess I'm boring. But I would kill to one day visit England and spend a week checking out his archives.

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Jeff A.

Go do your laundry if it stopped reigning.

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BONK

Subject: Jeff and Peter V

Two polar opposites talking about the end of the guestbook. Hilarious! And sad.

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Jeff A.

On FB I became friends with some of the musicians i grew up listening to, some of whom I've met, some not. Richie Furay is a real right wing nut, & I tried to tolerate it. I had the feeling he was decent underneath despite his evangelical smugness . Because his voice is one of the most beautiful & the music he made in The Buffalo Springfield & Poco so essential in the first thirty years of my life, I overlooked alot... I tried to respect his right to his opinion, so I never blocked him, but I did finally UNFOLLOW him.... Then one day on a political post of mind, he jumped in to the thread, wrote something like this is rubbish, & blocked me. His manager opposes Twitler, that relationship may be doomed...

On the other hand, there's some big names I grew up listening to who are politically astute, very vocal, & we are of the same mind. Then there's the hundreds of musicians I know who are also vehemently opposed to Twitler & are active...... Very few stay silent about politics now, but some do.

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Peter V

Quite often we kept the relationship going here by discussing current affairs. I've tried a couple of times, and I run into banned words, leading inevitably to that Johnny Cash finger … if you haven't seen it, try typing in a well know internet advertised pill. I guess names of politicians or parties trigger it. So if there's nothing musical, it's hard to continue to keep together as a group. I guess it's all on the way out. it's been a good 20 years. thanks for your company.

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Bill M

Dunc: This afternoon we had a great time catching local harmonica ace Jerome Godboo and his band (which includes Eric Schenkman, the Canadian co-founder of the otherwise American band the Spindoctors, whose first CD Levon Helm played on). Godboo's first-call drummer is BaRK's Gary Craig, but he must be off doing other things, maybe touring or recording with BaRK.

As you know, the BaRK guys, minus Fearing and Wilson, also gig as the Colin Linden Band, and have for years. In fact the first time I ever got to see Richard Bell play was with Linden at a free lunchtime concert down by the Henry Moore. Must've been a year or so on either side of 1990 when I worked there. At the memorial for Richard Bell just after he died, Colin talked about how he'd gone to Atlanta to recruit Richard back to Toronto to play with him in Bruce Cockburn's backing group. I don't know which of Cockburn's albums Richard's on, but Colin's on some, and Gary Craig's on more. Including the excellent on that I've been listening to for the last couple of days, "The Charity of Night". Gary Craig works so well with the stupendous bassist Rob Wasserman (RIP) in a small group setting that's mostly the two of them and Cockburn (who is a phenomenal guitarist - electric and acoustic). I suggest you check it out, hoping that it's not the one you already bought and didn't care for.

I've also been listening the second-last Ian and Sylvia LP, "Ian and Sylvia with David Wilcox", Wilcox being their lead guitarist right after Amos Garrett. Some fabulous stuff - a couple of stand-out Ian Tyson songs ("Summer Wages", "Some Kind of Fool", the minor hit "Creators Of Rain" and a brilliant cover of David Wiffen's brilliant "More Often Than Not". After two albums with the Tysons, Wilcox moved to Woodstock NY, where he joined Amos and other usual suspects in a group called Juke, played (with Amos) on a Maria Muldaur album, then returned to Toronto to become the local local guitar hero, making more money playing bars than any person before or since (or so I've heard). And his protégé, way back then in the mid '70s, was the 15-year-old Colin Linden.

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mike

Subject: great work indeed

i think this is the best we can say about any thing here!

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Subject: Broadway Boss.

See the link. Springsteen is doing a 8 week run on Broadway. 5 days a week. I may have to go.

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Dan

Subject: The Shape I'm In - Covers

Thrilled to see a Bo Diddley 1971 cover of The Shape I'm In on You Tube, especially because of the Hey Bo Diddley B side to Who Do You Love. The Nicholas Rateliff cover of the Shape I'm In is also awesome.

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Jeff A.

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Dunc

Agreed Lee, the bass and drummer add much to a performance. I always liked when my favourite Scottish performers were able to tour with a drummer and a bass, but the economics of touring sometimes meant that they had to tour on their own. I like concerts where there are only lead, rhythm, bass and drums. Concerts where there are good bass players. I liked the last time I saw Lou Reed and Lucinda Williams concerts, for example. I knew the bass playing was good, but as a non musician I don't know what is happening - such as when a bass player says he plays differently on a song every night or the bass player is good at leaving space.I don't understand what this means as a non musician. I just listen to the whole effect. I was lucky to hear ALL My Loving live on the last McCartney tour. Great. Thanks, Lee.

Thanks Jeff. my listening would tell me if a musician played badly, but if there were four good takes out of the sixteen, I couldn't listen well enough to tell what is the best take. Although, I do appreciate what producers are able to achieve. Thanks, Jeff.

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Kevin J

b.lee: Jasan Isbell's "Live from Alabama" was recommended by David P when released and it's certainly one of the top 10 most played by me since - 4 or 5 years already. It contains "Danko/Manuel" and all sorts of other great songs including "Outfit" , "Alabama Pines" and "TVA"........Highly recommended.

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Jeff A.

Live, what you're talking about a band situation, in a band guys make a lot of compromises.... But truthfully, as you indicate, pros play the song & the situation........... And then there's those who don't get callbacks.

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b.lee

Subject: Jason Isbell

Jon, thanks for closing that loop. I knew I had heard the name, but could not place it. The Truckers are a band that, on paper, I should like, but they have never grabbed me. Maybe a second chance is in order.

More on Bass and Drums. Jeff would certainly agree that when you sign on for a 'project', you might have to put aside your personal preferences, and even style to fit the overall goal. It's your job. Had you told me 20 years ago I would be playing Unchained Melody, Spooky, Never My Love, and even To Sir With Love (! part of what I call our cross-dressing segment, not that we do), I would have thought you bonkers. But here we are!

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Nux

Hi Nux. Same e mail. In Estevan Saskatchewan just now. Home in a few days.

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Jon Lyness

Subject: Jason Isbell

Thanks b. lee, much enjoying the Jason Isbell listen. Band connections: Jason and his group opened for Levon's band in Levon's final years... and was formerly part of the Drive-By Truckers, who wrote the song "Danko/Manuel".

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Jeff A.

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b.lee

Subject: Jason Isbell

Still flogging the NPR First Listen site. (No, they are not paying me.) This is a great site to hear new music, but only for a short time before its official release, when you then need to go to Spotify or some other pay site. I'm a cheap bastard so it works for me. Currently (for a limited time) is available Jason Isbell's latest, "The Nashville Sound". This guy has sh*t to say. Personal stuff. Moving stuff. While I have heard his name, not familiar with his work. But this is good. Get it while it lasts.

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Peter V

Maybe the drums were told, like the bass, to be very unobtrusive on the Chuck album, but "Jamaica Moon" cries out for Sly & Robbie. Or Bakitho Kumalo & Steve Gadd in an ideal world. My immediate impression on "Chuck" was weak rhythm section … something he was used to after all those tours with pick up bands.

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Nux

Subject: Rockin Chair

Rockin' Chair:I have a few things I want to send you,same E_Mail ok?

Hope everyone is ok here in Band world! Cheers.

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Jeff A.

I've had a vocalist who always comes ready, tip top.... show up after a emotional family trauma, with a rough voice from a gig two nights prior. One song to cut. We literally did 15 or 16 takes , not the whole song each time....The first 5 or 6 takes she was just working in...normally she's a one or two take vocalist... maybe a punch or two..... anyway this session, the engineer & i comped together what sounds like one brilliant take... One keeps comp graphs.....Still We probably spent two or more hours comping the vocal together- in protools. Tape woulda been much longer.

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Jeff A.

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b.lee

Subject: Bass and Drums

Two recent mentions of bass and drums. Hmm. Might I have opinions on that?

Dunc, the addition of bass and drums, and the care with which they are applied, IMHO, can make or break a song or performance, although they certainly raise the volume in a live performance. It's a complex issue. The B&D, let's refer to them as they often are as the "Rhythm Section" are often overlooked. They can play too much, or play too little, but when they hit the "just right" an average song can turn into a memorable one.

Sometimes less is more. Listen to Sly’s Everyday People. The entire bass part is one note. But it is HOW that one note is played that makes all the difference.

The “rhythm” factor is the crux of the biscuit (as the late great Frank Zappa would say). A good rhythm section can convert the palest and least funky white boys into a Disco Inferno. Most guitar players don’t dance. There must be a reason, but generally it’s true. A good bass player DOES.

One key is whether the rhythm section LISTENS to each other, and to the band in toto. I’ve played with drummers who “play the song”, listening to their own mental radio, and not picking up any cues from me or anyone else. In rare occasions, I have played with drummers who DO listen and interact, which makes all the difference and is a lot more fun.

The other point is that guitarist or keyboardists or whomever can be “simply” strumming chords or playing fills, while the bass (and drums) are pretty much constantly moving, guiding the flow of the song from one chord to another, or verse to bridge, verse to chorus, etc. Case in point: The Beatles “All My Lovin’”. Not only is McCartney in constant motion, he is playing the verse bassline upside down, top to bottom. (It took me a while to figure this out!). He briefly plays the root notes, then leads the transition to the solo, which is a half step higher than the rest of the song. If you can, watch the Ed Sullivan performance to witness the outright glee that Mr. Harrison and the rest of the boys have in pulling THAT off. At the end of the solo, they go back to the original key. It’s the Rhythm Section that puts the ROCK into Rock ‘n’ Roll!

Peter (et. al) you might want to check out Beth Ditto's album on NPR First Listen if you can.

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Peter V

Being critical … did anyone else get the “Chuck” album? Chuck is in VERY fine voice and form. Great material too. “Dutchman” seems to have a Robbie Robertson influence on it, down to “the wind must have blown him in …” (or for Robbie “blown me this way”)

It s a feast, far better than I would ever have expected … BUT shame about the rhythm section. The bass player has said in an interview that Chuck liked him because he stayed very simple and didn’t argue, but there’s a line between simple and turgid. John McVie does simple but with bounce and tone. This is just simple. It shows up most on ¾ Time (Enchiladas) and on Jamaica Moon where I longed for an inventive bassist and drummer who had the feel for these rhythms.

Definitely a great album, whatever.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Hair and There

Leaving Swift Current Saskatchewan,..,in the broad day light.😀😀😀

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Dunc

That's a succint way of putting it, Fred.

Ah the rock n' roll years. Away to the nursery now.

Although I have played Rust Never Sleeps twice in a row. And listened closely!

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Fred

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Dunc

Fred, I think that the critic has to find his copy of so many words, but this may lead him to writing something just to meeet the number of words the editor requires.

The other thing I used to think about critics was I wished they would be quicker at condemning filler tracks on albums. Some, back in the day, got too close to artists and weren't honest.

Peter, I know you analyse songs carefully in a way I don't. I think that over the years, at times, you play certain albums a few times, and if they are not up to scratch you'll never play them again. May be wrong about that.

I started listening in the wall of sound way, then I focused on the lead guitar, then got what the rhythm guitar was doing. I found it more difficult to understand how important the bass and drums were. Now, I've got the time, I'm a very good listener. I like sitting listening to my albums.

Jeff, interesting. I've never been in a studio, but I understand the effort that many people put into a track to get the correct sound. I've seen the documentaries. I don't think I would have the patience to record the same part six or seven times in a row.

Mixing - not a clue what is going on.

Thanks, everybody.

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jh

JRR venting about Muddy Waters in TLW

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Bill M

Fred: Heart's an interesting case. As I understand it, the Wilson sisters moved north with their partners (a guitarist and a roadie) when the guys felt the need to avoid the draft. So they were all legal residents and counted as Canadian under the CanCon rules - hence the saturation airplay of the first album. Who knows what the Wilsons would have done had Jimmy Carter not issued the amnesty, but he did and they and their band did the sensible business thing and moved to action central. Heart's Vancouver-based produce-guitarist Howard Leese was also from the US originally, and had moved north with his own group several years earlier, possibly for the same reasons. But a lot of border-hopping was happening anyway because of proximity and the cross-border nature of the typical tour routes.

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Jeff A.

But i can tell you, from the first time i ever took a band into a studio, i never listened the same way again.... And after my first mixing session, never listened to something for at least the first time the same way again. Then after the first mastering, the same- never listened the same way again.... I can & do listen casually, but the tendency to listen deep is there...

You'd be surprised how many great musicians, how many great working musicians, don't have great stereos or real stereos even....A lot only have boomboxes..

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Peter V

On singing, I did succumb and pick up Buckingham / McVie this morning. The first issue is that Lindsay sounds like Robbie. Now Robbie with his fascinating lyrics and narrative style, sounds great sounding like Robbie. However, Lindsay's forte is catchy hooks, and the 2017 singing sits somewhat uncomfortably with the "poppy" songs. It contrasts with his voice of a few decades ago.

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Peter V

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Fred

I'm convinced that most music critics hear music in a different way than most listeners do. And not necessarily in a better way, either. ; )

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Dunc

Subject: Most of the Time

Thanks, Bassmanlee. I think it is a great song, but owes a lot to Daniel Lanois's production. I don't really know how he achieves this, but googled to find out. I really like Lanois's bass playing on the song, among many other components of the song. I like the tone, if that is the correct word, of the bass. Also great ending. Definitely Canadian in part.

There was a time many years ago when I raised a kite about a musician hearing a song in a different way from a non musician. I think there is something in this. But got no response many years ago.

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Jeff A.

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Fred

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Jeff A.

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Kevin J

perfectly explained, John D............and JT..... you can retire from combing your hair or from e-mails or from religion but never from the GB........not allowed.

Thereas May: form what I have read, she refused to condemn or comment in any way on the Orange Clown's just sickenning comments relating to the Mayor of London - Good Riddance to her !

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Fred

That old adage has been proven true yet once again---you do learn something new everyday.

So a big thank you to John D & Bill M.

JT: don't worry about all those Blue Jays fans....once the Jays start not playing well again, people will be jumping off the bandwagon and normalcy will be restored. ; )

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JT

Subject: ~100 miles from Victoria

Great post, Bill M.

Watching Blue Jays/Seattle. 45,000 fans in the stadium; at least 35,000 are Blue Jay fans. We would have gone, but will wait for a sanity to return first.

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Bill M

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JT

Subject: Eh

Eh, Eh , Eh..

. I'm out of retirement for this post.

GARTH HUDSON - born Windsor, Ont (Detroit)

RICK DANKO - born Blayney (near Simcoe, Ont. (on way to Windsor) (Detroit)

RICHARD MANUEL - born Stratford, Ont. (on way to Windsor (Detroit)

ROBBIE ROBERTSON -born Toronto, Ont. (on way to Buffalo)

So yes, they are all 'American' (he said, tongue firmly in cheek).

I recall vividly the push to have Canadian content on radio (as described by my friend.) That was 'a big deal' here and I think it mattered ultimately to our homegrown talent

It was a tough go for most Canadian talent before that. There was real growth in Canada after those rules came in

More importantly, Levon and the Hawks cut their teeth in Toronto and environs and they will always be Canadian. But, without question, they created the foundation of a music form which defined Americana with 'Canadiana' overtones.

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Jeff A.

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Peter V

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Jeff A.

I was speaking with a engineer the other day, & asked him where he was originally from. He said Canada, just over the Canadian side near Niagara Falls. I responded: " Then you're a New Yorker." He said "Thank you. I've been here 20 years.... "

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Peter V

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Peter V

I started looking for Mo Pitney on amazon uk, and he still is "MP3 only" on releases. No CDs. But the good news is I found out he is touring the UK in late August / early September. The bad news is that the nearest to me is Brighton (105 miles) and looks like a standing only box over a pub.

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John D

Let me give you an answer from a radio perspective Jeff. Back in 1970 the CRTC (our version of the FCC) decreed that Canadian radio had to play 30% Canadian content. That is a story in its self. Now what constitutes The Band as Canadian content. The equation comes from the initials MAPL. Like maple leaf? Anyway M stands for music. A stands for artist. P stands for where it was produced and L stands for lyrics.

Therefore anything written by Robbie (that is music and lyrics) qualifies as Canadian Content. If The Band recorded an American song in Canada, that would be Canadian content. A for artist and P for produced in Canada.

Now it gets tricky. This Wheel's on Fire would not be Canadian content because only one of the writers was Canadian. Rick Danko.

Anyway an amusing way of looking at whether The Band was or is a Canadian commodity. In Radio it is. Canadians are fiercely proud of those born here even though they made their success in the USA. Some famous Canadians who live in the U.S. have dual citizenship. I don't blame any famous Canadian who has become an American citizen. After all it happened for them in the states. The Band is one of them. However I have interviewed them countless times and the four Canadians always remained proud of their Canadian identity and even Levon looked upon Canada as his adopted country.

An amusing way of looking at your question Jeff.

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Fred

I've never considered The Band as a band representing Canada. Lyrically and thematically I find them more American than Canadian (except for Acadian Driftwood naturally). But I don't think of them exclusively as an American band either, despite the previously mentioned fact nor due to Levon's presence and influence, and their time spent in the States.

There's a lot of going back and forth, I find, with labelling them a Canadian or an American band.

Perhaps that is a testament to their true strength....not belonging to either or, but to all. Borderlessness.

Conversely I think of Neil Young, despite his long tenure below the 49th parallel, to be a Canadian recording artist.

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Peter V

Subject: Mo Pitney

Mo Pitney "Country" link.

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Peter v

We saw Mo Pitney live at the Grand Old' Oprey in Nashville and I have been waiting for him to release an album ever since. Incredible writer and singer.

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Jeff A.

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Kevin J

but sometimes you can......and Mike Nomsd - I am so happy you are....and for those you don't know Grand Bend holds a very special place in The Hawks/The Band lore and if you visit even now you will at least be able to see a reference to Joni Mitchell''s brilliant lyric about paving paradise and putting up a parking lot........and I've parked there and thought about Mike and others having seen rock n roll beauty even if it came with the broken glass fist-a-cuffs mayhem of battle-royals amongst the ladies....

Thank you, Dunc........ Just back from an F1 party and too blasted to make a Canadian list but shall do so.....just walked by the apartment building where Jesse Winchester's band-mate and friend Jimmy Oliver lived and was thinking of him.... Hope he is ok..... - really gentle and beautiful guy Jimmy was/is ( hope ) .. and, Peter, Jesse didn't just record a few albums in Canada - he lived, bled and was reborn in Montreal. A beautiful man....... and a massive NOD to Robbie Robertson and Albert Grossman for promoting the talent that was........and, Bill M.....if you ever split, it really is Mongolia time..and If Peter ever leaves, it's a Facebook future where the best you could ever hope for is "Hey Robbie, love your guitar"

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Jeff A.

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joe j

Was going to link to one of my favourite country singers these days, Mo Pitney but I see clickable links have been disabled. Figures. Anyway Mo and his sister, Holly, are worth checking out on Youtube.

Rough spring on the coast. Pack ice tight to shore. No navigation. Frost last night.

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Mike Nomad

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Dunc

Subject: Thanks, guys.

I'll check out your nominations guys. Much of the music I don't know. Started with 'Fuck I Hate The Cold' today, Fred. Really enjoyed it.

K.D. Laing is really great music. I had a younger friend I used to travel to the football with on Saturdays all over Scotland and he played K.D. Laing all the time. Great music and happy times. Need to get some of her music. Thanks, Peter.

Jesse Winchester did become a Canadian citizen, but moved to America before his death. I didn't know of him until this GB, but bought one of his later albums recently and really enjoy it. It's a 'New Grass' album, which ties in with my Maura O'Connell albums. That sounds knowledgeable, but I don't know what the fuck I am talking about. Only found out about this through reading our old friend, Dlew's post on Toppermost. Just really like Maura working with Jerry Douglas and Bela Fleck.

I also liked the Ron Sexsmith documentary and concert we saw on BBC 4. Meant to follow this up, but did nothing about it.

Always enjoy your posts, Mike Nomad and glad you have found happiness.

Just too much music.

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Bill M

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Peter V

Subject: k.d. lang

How do you get on with the k.d. lang version of A Case of You? I prefer it to the original even. (LINK to k.d.)

Thanks for mention of the Buckingham / McVie - I would have just picked it up tomorrow, but now I'll check first.

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b.lee

Subject: Canadian songs and new stuff

Dunc, nice list. Hard to pick THE ONE song by such as the Band. Good choice, though, who else could have captured that nostalgia and regret so well? Joni, I would have picked Case of You or River. Leonard, I would pick Closing Time. Four Strong Winds, and Crazy River are winners for sure. Most of the Time is an unheralded gem by the Bard. There multiple versions of this, one appearing on Tell Tale Signs, much simpler with just guitar and harmonica, but loses the Daniel L connection. Both have their points. The rest I will have to look up, even with a good deal of BARK in the collection.

I’ve been hyping the NPR First Listen site (to the sound of crickets in the night), but the lineup at the moment is pretty strong, including Steve Earle, Fleet Foxes, and the last Chuck Berry. Maybe y’all in different zones can’t get to it?

Kind of disappointed in the Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie collaboration, most of which has all of the drawbacks (IMO) of later Fleetwood Mac…overproduction, sonic manipulation, artificial feel…and, in the process, often making Christine sound a bit like Stevie. A few, simpler and more compelling tunes turn up near the end. Game of Pretend and Carnival Begin, the last song on the disk. The latter finally brings back Ms. McVie as we remember her. Play it backwards?

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Peter V

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Jon Lyness

I've been listening a lot to Jesse Winchester's music lately... he is missed and fondly remembered. And an honorary Canadian!

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GregD

Bill M- no harm done! Although for a minute I had wondered if my evil twin had appeared on the scene again. Yes there is an aptly-named Finland in NW Ontario with a healthy population of people originally from that country although I don't know if Neil Young ever ventured there during his stay in the area.

I suppose one could add the Hip's Bobcaygeon or 50 Mission Cap or even Last American Exit for Canadian Content. Also Bruce Cockburn's Coldest Night of the Year for shout-outs to Yonge St., the Scarborough horizon, etc.

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Mike Nomad

Kevin, yes, in love again, to my first summer sweetheart back in . . . well, that's of no importance. But me turn my back on the GB and the Hawks? Pas jamais, mon ami. Some things are indeed sacred. But I was back to the Bend again last Sunday with my rediscovered love in tow, and I basked in those beachside memories of so many years ago . . . yes, of the Hawks, too. A nice feeling amid the creaking of my arthritic hips and knees. So keep on cranking out your thoughts in the GB, my friend, cuz I love read them. And all the others, too. It's a unique pleasure of mine even if I remain somewhat passive in my own thoughts about our guys. But I can still remember, thank goodness. Time hasn't robbed me of that.

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Peter V

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Fred

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Fred

Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot

(As a Great Lakes boy...you'd think I'd pick the song about the Edmund Fitzgerald, but no.)

Born In Ontario - Neil Young

Fuck, I Hate The Cold - Cowboy Junkies

The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - Captain Tractor

Metropolitan Life - BB Gabor

Runnin' Back to Saskatoon - The Guess Who

Shoe Box - Barenaked Ladies

Fireworks - The Tragically Hip

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Peter V

Dunc, a brilliant way to get back into the music, and don’t we all need it. I’ll take your eight Canadians … but I’ll do my own eight too …. and I’ve managed one in French to be PC. I’ve also given bonus points for Canadian references.

Helpless – Neil Young & The Band, TLW

Acadian Driftwood – The Band

Soap Box Preacher- Robbie Robertson (with Neil Young)

Dreamland – Joni Mitchell (It’s a long long way from Canada …)

A Case of You – k.d. lang (written by Joni … Oh, Canada!)

Alexandra Leaving – Leonard Cohen

Jolie Louise - Daniel Lanois

Powderfinger- The Cowboy Junkies (improved version)

Or an album? Obviously "49th Parallel" by k.d. lang does the whole job though she has no Robbie / Band songs on there.

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Bill M

That last one was me. Sorry Greg!

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GregD

GregD: Thanks for the suggestion. I had no idea.

That reminds me to say that I went to a closing-night celebration for the Hard Rock Cafe on Yonge Street (previously Friars Tavern, where Dylan first practiced with the Hawks) and got to talking to a young woman from Thunder Bay who is a big Neil Young fan and knew all about his days in TBay in the '60s. A few days later I was talking to a new young EA at work who is a big fan of the Band and TLW. So there's hope.

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Dunc

Subject: Canadian Desert Island Discs

Ok, Kevin a post. And for all of my fellow Canadians, here's my Canadian desert island discs. You know the format of this British institution - only allowed 8 discs. These songs are brilliant. Oh and eight different artists. But I could only get it down to nine.

The Band 'Rockin' Chair'. What great song do you pick? Love the Band.

Robbie Robertson 'Somewhere Down The Crazy River'. When I needed to watch a film, I would play this song and visualise the film it portrays. Great song. Perhaps more popular in Europe. Love this song.

Joni Mitchell 'Big Yellow Taxi'. Love this song, too. I bought this as a single, probably one of the last singles I bought. The next year I was into LPs. Great pop song, but a protest song too. What could say it more clearly than 'You don't know what you've got. Till it's gone.' Still play the album often.

Leonard Cohen 'Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye' - version from the Live in London album. One of the greatest shows I have ever seen when I saw it in Glasgow. Love this song and this version of the song. Goosepimples song. You hear every word and the musicianship is brilliant.

Ian and Sylvia 'Four Strong Winds'. Love this song. Heard it in the folk clubs round about 1970 for the first time, then Neil Young's great version. This GB took me into Ian and Sylvia.

Neil Young 'Powderfinger'. I'm playing all the classic Neil music just now. Absolutely outstanding music. Another retirement project. Love this song and many other Neil songs.

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings 'Down By The Henry Moore' The GB got me into this band. Thanks Bill M and the late Steve. Love this song and their entire work. Strangely it was written by a guy who was born up the road from where I live now.

Gordon Lightfoot 'Early Morning Rain'. Again had real difficulty choosing a song, but this song seems to have been with me all my life. Lucky to have seen Gordon last year. Another great show. Band grooved along brilliantly. Love this song.

Bob Dylan 'Most of the Time'. This brilliant song owes much to Daniel Lanois, and I needed something by this great Canadian musician on the desert island. Give this song a listen again, if you haven't done lately. Track was cut to a drum machine, but Lanois also had a drummer playing a hip hop beat. Lanois played bass and overdubbed four Les Paul parts to create the string quartet effect. (I read up about this song a couple of years ago). And of course words and tune by a Nobel prize winner. Love this song.

OK, my fellow Canadians and others, how did I do? Comments please.

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Kevin J

.....almost like the ashes of The Lost Generation....but nice to see new people discussing The Band....I believe "Testimony" to be the best biography ever written by a rock n roller. Just like TLW - nothing even comes close........Please stick around.....LINK''s are gone, BEG's gone, Todd's gone, Pat B is gone, Dunc is gone, JT is gone , Al Edge is gone, Bob F is gone ( hurry on back Bob - "Bukow and Konig" - a German detective show is brilliant ), and my all-time favourite Mike Nomad has fallen in love and forgotten all about The Hawks and The Band.....ahhhhhh......fuck it - I've still got Jim Comey and my pal Norm is in fine form and enjoying a fine retirement.....as good as this life can get which is good enough - Cheers......and thanks to Fred and Jeff - gallant knights both - Canadian Grand Prix weekend in Montreal - Happy Days !

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DorisMarie LaTour

Subject: Testimony

I loved the book Testimony and having grown up in the Beaches during the 60's, many places of interest were familiar.

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GregD

Bill M/Fred- while you're at it, once you hit Thunder Bay, you might as well keep going west until you actually hit Finland (the Ontario town that is). I can't remember if the restaurants are any good but at least you can say you're there.

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Peter V

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Fred

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Bill M

Fred: Better yet - you, me and NwC. How you say table for three?

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Fred

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Jeff A.

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Fred

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Bill M

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jh

This lovely photo popped up on FB a little while ago. Can't remember having seen it before (not that *that* means much -- our memory nowadays is no longer what it never used to be :-)

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Jeff A.

Another linked article about the Lion Of London Bridge

I made a post with two copy & paste links earlier, it hasn't shown up yet

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Jeff A.

A Footer & a Brooklynite stood up in the London terror attacks. I don't doubt others did as well.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-bridge-terror-attack-fk-fuck-you-im-millwall-hero-roy-larner-football-fan-lion-of-london-a7775246.html

http://abc7ny.com/2065610/

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Bill M

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Wewease Wodewick!!

Susan and I are leaving tomorrow to drive out to Estevan, Saskatchewan to visit Susan's son and his family. I want to leave you with this one little thought.

Just now as we had breakfast, Susan was telling me the difficult time the Whitehouse staff was having trying to keep up with "Tweets" and all the rest of the mayhem there.

I said, remember the scene in the Life of Brian when Ceaser was trying to talk to all those Jewish people. They were all yelling at him "Wewease Woderwick and rolling on the ground laughing. I said it's kind of like that. I thought she was going to pee herself.

I don't know if any of you have seen this. Our old friend Lars posted it on Face Book. A picture of the old politicians with long white wigs deliberating. One guy is saying, "Maybe we should put something in the constitution in case the people elect a fucking moron."

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Jeff A.

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joe j

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Wallsend

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jh

Levon, King Biscuit Blues Fest, Helena, AR, 1989

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Bill M

CELEBRATION OF LEVON HELM V - Hugh's Room Live Friday, June 9th 8:30pm

Levon Helm came to Toronto with Ronnie Hawkins and helped bring Rock n Roll and R&B to Southern ON. The Hawks were the best band and the biggest draw for years on the bar circuit.

Levon went on to play with the BAND and had a solo career after their break-up as both an actor, and bandleader with the RCO All Stars (his first studio album after The BAND.)

We have been honoured to dedicate a night at Hugh's Room live for the past five years to honour one of Toronto's favourite adopted sons.

We have Jerome Levon Avis (Levon's godson) on drums, Jesse O'Brien, (Colin James Band) Chuck Jackson (Downchild Blues band) and musical director Lance Anderson with a nine piece band and 4 horns.

Don't miss this wonderful night of remembrance as we play music from all eras of Levon's career. Jerome's Dad Bill knew Levon for 52 years, longer than most marriages, he says. He was a roadie for the Hawks and became Road manager for Bob Dylan and the BAND.

It will be a wonderful night. get your tickets today.

dinner reservations: 416 533-5483

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Half Cocked

I understand your thinking Peter, but that's not it at all. Remember the old phrase, "With hold evaluation until comprehension is complete". That is something Trump does not have the capacity to do. He picks out certain words. Then without understanding the meaning fully he starts squacking like a parrot, (they call it tweeting which is stupid). He read the words "don't be alarmed", without completing the sentence, which was, "don't be alarmed if you see much more of a police presence on your streets." That was meant to protect people more. That is beyond that fool's understanding.

Have you all been watching what he does whenever he screws up like that? He goes and plays golf. They are keeping a records of how many times he has played golf since he took office, (which he was criticizing Obama for). He will apparently spend more money on his recreation in his first year than Obama did in 8 years. Now he is supposed to have asked congress for one billion dollars for security for him and his family. 23 million for Trump Towers alone.

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Peter V

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Rod

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Twitler & his associates will be removed, either jailed or discredited. all of em.. Kushner,Flynn, Ivanka, Pence, Manafort, Stone, Sessions, Ryan, McConnell, hopefully Bannon & Priebus. It will be possible to trust intelligence with the next administration.

. So much was known prior to the election, & even then, when it would be mentioned, & then disappear, I suspected that 1)the political uproar would be deafening & too tumukltuous justtrying to quickly discredit Twitler prior ..2) the only way to root out everyone would be to l et it run it's course. The day of the election i had a bad feeling. I bet many in the know had it prior & worse....I suspect they knew thwe possibility of a Twitler win existed, & that if he lost or won, the investigations would continue, & the onlly way to gain the conclusive evidence to nailing everyone of em, would be exhausting, infuriating, obstructed, etc etc.

The fact that terrorists are radicalized by the internet today is maddening- Your neighbor is a potential terrorist. It's how it is where i live.... There's a huge Muslim community in NY, & in my neighborood, we've got thousands of Arabic muslims, the women were the fulll blck getups, you just see their eyes. Then there's thousands of other knds of Muslims in the neighborhood. I interact with em allday long. So many are just normal people. The women who wear regular clothes, speak English really e well, act ike any other person, & really enjoy being in the U.S. are great....

We're in an insane time. This is a seemingly impossible to cure problem... The good people have to be embraced, we need their support. And the job of exposing the threats is endless.

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Peter V

Subject: Caroline or Change

As it's a musical, I've linked my review of "Caroline or Change" - allegedly a soul / gospel / Tamla Motown musical too.

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Peter V

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jh

Subject: Look Ma...

...I am posting a link!

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Unwanted cyber pollution

A great improvement without having to sift thru the cyber pollution. I can't e mail from the above source, it tells me something about "server not properly installed".

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jh

Btw, if you *do* want to continue to contribute to the community by posting links to YouTube videos and articles and other goodies here in the GB, please drop us an e-mail and we'll lead you through the secret entrance.

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Peter V

What does annoy me is that the BBC are so mealy mouthed. The word is not "died" nor "killed". it is "murdered." The people are not "attackers" they're "terrorists" or "murderers." In an hour of BBC news the only person to mention the "M-word" or "I-word" was an eyewitness who also reported what they were shouting. So we're left to wonder whether these "attackers" might be Christians, Jews, disaffected Buddhists, Taoists, Druids, Sikhs or Hindus. Hmm. You know, I reckon they weren't from any of those groups.

It's why BREXIT is such a bad idea. Now is the time to stand shoulder to shoulder with France, Germany, Belgium, Spain … all the places that have suffered the same. We need to share intelligence, work together. Here ends the political message. No, it doesn't, sorry, I'm in the mood this morning … we have both major parties accepting Brexit. Even the loony Farage says that on a 1.5% margin, if it had been the other way, he would have asked for a second referendum. As the Times pointed out this week, with the over 60s returning a pro-Brexit majority, and the under-45s a strong "Remain" vote, then since the referendum, more of the older Brexit group will have either shuffled off this mortal coil or be too demented to vote, while many people will have gone from 17 to 18 and be able to vote.

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LHS

All-star "The Weight"

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Kevin J

With a nod to Expecting Rain, do take the time to visit YouTube and watch/listen to the great Ian Hunter from 1981 do Bob Dylan's "Is Your Love in Vain"

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jh

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Peter V

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Fred

Phew! For a while I thought something was wrong with my computer.

Can't fault you for that.

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jh

The "post a clickable link"-option in the GB has been removed to (hopefully) stop some of the idiots and the (meaningless) spammers that are pestering us with semi-automated posting of ads. If you still want to be able to post a clickable link here, send us an e-mail and we'll (maybe) tell you how.

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Fred

All well and nice (your link), but on the guestbook sign in page this is what I find:

Name

Subject

I'm from

No Link

However earlier today it was there.

I shall refresh my browser to see what happens.

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jh

Subject: Testing

1...2...3

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Fred

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Jeff A.

https://www.jbprince.com/garde-manger/japanese-fish-bone-plier.asp?gclid=CM3KnoC1odQCFYiLswodadwKUg

http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/ The Pliers & Nippers Co.

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Fred

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Fred

NPR's Fresh Air had a good interview with George Martin's son about the Sgt. Pepper's reissue. And today there were two interviews (from the show's archives) with Paul & Ringo.

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Fred

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Jeff A.

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Jeff A.

Yup, i saw McDonald before i shut it off at 1:51 in..... Man, you just ain't no fun Norm. Back when i was 16, we all used to take the same amount of windowpane or purple haze before we shared experiences.... That's it, i gotta go get a Canadian Club.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: With Vince Gill

Carl Perkins, Leon Russell, Lee Roy Parnell, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, Little Jimmy Dickens, drummer of Kentucky Head Hunters, Fred Young, Bruce Hornsby, Delbert McClinton, Michael McDonald, Leland Sklar, Kevin Welch, Kelly Willis, and Reba McIntire.

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Jeff A.

That Rodney Crowell show I posted about catching a while back.......some one i know caught it at City Winery in Nashville, they didn't get Roseanne Cash, Steuart Smith or John Wayne White as guests, but they did get Vince Gill, who was a former bandmate of Rodney's....

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b.lee

Subject: Mr. Grenadier

Copied right from the website, his name is Larry Grenadier. I've never heard of him, although he has played with Brad Mehldau, among others (see link).

Peter, to tie things together, check out "Cannonball Plays Zawinal" Have Mercy On Me, indeed.

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Bill M

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Talkin' About Vince Gill

Looking at this old Vince Gill video, take a look at how many people play with him on this song and see how many you can name.

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Peter V

Cannonball Adderley's Capitol 45s have "SOUL JAZZ" printed on them in the 1965 UK edition … so they creep towards the soul section.

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Peter V

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Peter V

I have an iPad Playlist which I very often listen to before going to sleep on headphones. This has five Weather Report tracks:

Adios (Sweetnighter)

A Remark You Made (Heavy Weather)

Badia (Tale Spinnin')

The Juggler (Heavy Weather)

Jungle Book (Mysterious Traveller)

The playlist also has

Blue Bolero - Abdullah Ibrahim

Bolivia - Gato Barber

El Segadors - Charlie Haden

It works for me. Because I have also had to move the hi-fi for 3 weeks, I was just checking it still worked with the track I have used for years … Birdland by Weather Report in the Gold remaster edition. Try it - the quality of the system shows on whether you can hear Jaco's left hand on the strings with no right hand.

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b.lee

Subject: Weather Report

Peter, I would put Weather Report there too.

I rarely make compilations, or what we used to call "car tapes" but did one of WR

Cucumber Slumber (Mysterious Traveller)
American Tango (Mysterious Traveller
Teen Town (Heavy Weather)
Barbary Coast (Black Market)
Boogie Woogie Waltz (Sweetnighter)
Herandnu (Black Market)
125th Street Congress (Sweetnighter)
Black Market (Black Market)
Nubian Sundance (Mysterious Traveller)
Non-Stop Home (Sweetnighter

Obviously favoring the earlier albums. By the time "9:30" came out, I had moved on, I guess.

Hope you have some Jazz Crusaders and Cannonball Adderly in that pile as well...

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Peter V

Jeff, at this point in time, I suspect most warring factions in bands have mellowed on the basis that (a) they’re all “partial to a payday” and (b) they can afford to travel without close proximity and have separate dressing rooms. As you say, they “understand the gig.”

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Peter V

Subject: Jazz covers that worked …

Not all of them do. Two that really did work were Miles Davis doing Time After Time (LINKED, Live) and Human Nature. I don't know if I have enough jazz to judge. In my sorting out of LPs today I decided to have a "premium section" in one room. I just moved Weather Report from the jazz section to "premium."

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Jeff A.

All that said, beyond specific songs, I'm not a fan.

Now if any combination of Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon, Rick Roberts, John Jorgenson, Herb Pedersen,Jaydee Maness, & a drummer got a version of the Flying Burritos, Desert Rose Band, or Flying Rose Band together, I'd be looking forward to it.

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b.lee

Subject: Hudson

Now here's one, as Rod Sterling used to say "for your consideration".

An upcoming release by jazz a 'super-group' (read, one-off collaboration) between guitarist John Scofield, drummer Jack DeJonnette, keyboardist John Martin and bassist Larry Grenadier under the moniker “Hudson”.

Selections include Bob's "Lay, Lady, Lay" and "Hard Rain", Joni's "Woodstock", Jimi's "Wait Until Tomorrow" and Our Boys' "Up on Cripple Creek", with an unrecognizable, somewhat Garth-esque intro amongst more jazz-oriented compositions, old and new. Not sure if this actually works, even though I am a fan of Scofield, not so much of Mr. DeJohnette. (The first Mrs. Lee once proposed developing a device that would send an electric current through Jack's drum stool after every 1000 cymbal hits. The "Jack DeJonette Excessive Cymbal Use Electrocution Device".)

This is pretty gnarly stuff, possibly indulgent improvisational excess, IMHO. Not sure why jazz guys in their later years seem to be recording 60s/70s pop songs. (See Herbie Hankock.) Maybe they are tired of playing the "classic standards" playbook, now co-opted by aging rockers. (See Rod Stewart.)

Listen. Discuss. Maybe we can get back to talking about music.

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Peter V

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Peter V

I'd go to see them … Don Henley was great last year. You've still got half the "original" vocal parts. Good luck to them.

I can't imagine Queen without Freddie Mercury, or The Who without Roger Daltrey, but when you have several lead singers it's fair … e.g. the 90s Band without Richard.

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Jeff A.

Subject: New Eagles Line Up

No joke. See the link. If the kid's good, i love it. Talk about a helluva way to break in. Vince is a good move. Dropping Steuart Smith, if they are, is not a good move, but.........

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Kevin J

"The old neighbourhood just ain't the same" without him.......isn't that right Ophelia...

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Rockin Chair

Subject: Remembering David Powell

Yes thank you Bob, well said. David Powell was one of the most important sources of the electricity that kept this place operating. He is missed every day.

How are you Bob? Haven't been around or on the "Book" much lately.

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Bill M

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bob w.

Today would have been our friend David's 67th birthday. He is missed. I plan to raise a glass in his honor this evening.

Too soon gone.

Best to everyone here.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: The summer of love!

I've just been having a bit of brunch, watching the CBC news. There was a good piece about the honouring of the anniversary of the making of "Seargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts club Band" at Abby Road. There was speculation as to who Seargent Pepper really was.

During this bit of news, a comment caught my attention. "1967 The Summer of Love." This brought back many memories. I remember it well. The American draft dodgers and hippies were pouring over our border. I became, and still am friends with many. Playing music brought many of us together. One particular fellow that came to mind is "Angel Warezz". I don't think I spelt his last name right. It's so long ago I forget.

This fellow is Carlos Santana's cousin. One of the damnest classical guitarists I've ever met. Now and then he would stop into one of our jam sessions and play just like Carlos. I always remember he called himself a consienceous objector. He always used to say, "Love your brother man!".

As I watched the rest of the news it is mind boggling how the great country of the United States can be brought down by the insanity of one man. The reports of what will happen if he pulls the USA out of the "Paris Accord" in which case they are saying China will become the lead country.

"Make America Great Again" is ironic when the exact opposite is happening. It is frustrating, and embarrassing to watch when there are so many great people there who don't seem to be able to do anything about it just now.

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b.lee

Subject: New tunes!

The UPS man was good to me yesterday, bringing the two latest David Bromberg Band CDs "Only Slightly Mad" from 2013 and "The Blues, The Blues and Nothing But the Blues" and Tim O'Brien's latest "Where the River Meets the Road". Lots of Band connections...both Bromberg CDs produced by Larry Campbell, the former recorded at Levon's barn. John Sebastian makes an appearance as does Amy Helm. Bill Payne appears on the latter on a few tracks. Haven't made it to the O'Brien yet.

Hoping to score tickets to David & co. appearing at the local Arden Gild Hall in September, capacity 200 (seated) or 300 (standing). Home in five minutes, how could we lose?

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Jeff A.

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Rockin Chair

Subject: The Band - On the road

That sure sounds good Bill. On the road next week. Driving out to Estavan Saskatchewan to see Susan's son Ken and his family. That's a little too far for me to come. I'd get lost in Ontario. :-)

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Bill M

The LAST WALTZ - a Musical Celebration of THE BAND - Live - will be bringing together 13 of Canada’s top Blues and Roots musicians to play the music of The BAND on the main stage of the Orangeville Blues Fest Sunday June 4th at 4:30PM. Featuring Jerome Levon Avis (Levon Helm’s godson) on drums and vocals, and special guests Chuck Jackson (Downchild Blues Band), Matt Weidinger, Johnny Max and Quisha Wint. This all-star group is led by Juno award winning producer/arranger Lance Anderson.

This critically acclaimed show has been touring across Ontario and Western Canada to sell out crowds and standing ovations. The music of The BAND is as vital today as it was some 40 years ago. this show has been included in many festival’s Canada 150 celebrations as all of The Band’s music was written by Canadians. As in the 1976 concert film directed by Martin Scorcese, we also play selections from their friends Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Dr. John, Mavis Staples, Ronnie Hawkins and more.

We all really believe in bringing this music to a live stage. It is part of our shared Canadian musical heritage. It was originally done as a one-off for the Kitchener Blues Festival, but the crowd loved it so much and all the musicians loved playing the music so much that we thought we should “do it again.” That was seven years ago.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtOkJziAkAY

Performances This Summer:

June 4th - Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival - 4:30PM - https://orangevillebluesandjazz.ca

July 9th - Mariposa Folk Festival - Main Stage - 9:00PM - http://www.mariposafolk.com

July 22nd - Beaches International Jazz Festival - Main Stage Woodbine Park - 9:00PM - http://beachesjazz.com

Aug 3rd - Fonthill Bandshell Concert Series - 7:00PM - http://www.fonthillbandshell.com

Aug 11th - Kitchener Blues Festival - 9:00PM - http://www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com

Aug 17th - Huntsville Algonquin Theatre - 7:00PM - http://www.algonquintheatre.ca

Oct 14th - Canal Bank Shuffle Thorold ON - afternoon - http://www.canalbankshuffle.com

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NorthWestCoaster

Subject: Jeffi A

Thanks for your Academic advice, sir. You've got the message, though :-) - A funny thing about this _i_ is that they actually spell Rosalind as "Rosalindi" in Swiss Confederation and the Danish supermarket Brugsen as "Brugseni" in Greenland. Marmotte is "murmel_i_" in Switzerland, right? A band in Finnish is "bänd_i_" - I wonder if a Jew can afford nationalist sexist jokes, Jeff_i_?

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Bill M

Fred: I take it as confirmation that the GB is a whipping post.

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Jeff A.

Now that i think about, the content does display academic failure as well.

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NorhWestCoaster

Subject: 1.) Thanks John D (Muddy Waters) 2.) Jeff A's sexist Rosalindisque so called "joke"

1.) Thanks John D for your information on Muddy Waters. This is _JUST_ what I meant about Academia. There are still a few persons who have the first hand information. C'MON AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MUSIC SCIENTIST AND DO YOUR JOB!!!!! (Thanks to Wallsend for asking your never-ending uncomfortable questions. That's how music science should work.) I had the chance to see Muddy Waters sitting on chair and singing the blues shortly before he passed away. Something I don't forget.

2.) Comment cancelled, Jeff A on First Lady: - Just finished Poisson Gratinee a la Bretagne (cooked by me "himself") and a glass or three of Australian white wine. I am in too good mood to comment your sexist Rosalindisque so called joke on First Lady.

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Wallsend

Music with a message.

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Fred

I notice Gregg Allman keeps posting. Good thing to know that there's internet service in the hereafter. ; )

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Jeff A.

As the barbers finished their shaves, the one who had Trump in his chair reached for the aftershave.

But Donald was quick to stop him, jokingly saying, "No thanks. My wife, Melania, will smell that and think I've been in a brothel."

The second barber turned to Barack and said, "How about you, Mr. Obama ?"

Barack replied, "Go right ahead, my wife Michelle, doesn't know what the inside of a brothel smells like."

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Ukehouse

Subject: When I Paint My Masterpiece

I played the tune with ukulele, have fun ;-)

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