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Again with the Bill Frisell, this time from 1993, deconstructing the hell out of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."  Good times.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ddAtKWXhaA



 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edmkr0lDft4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d8wctr7Uls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5d1nX3nOVQ
- I listen to this guy every day. Talk's cheap, practice isn't. As can be seen at 2:49 or so, in this system there's no real functional difference between vibrato of a few cent's worth and what we'd call a "trill" of a half or whole-step or more. So they practice through the variations without preconceptions of limits, and end up with a pretty fair bit of gravy on their biscuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DoKX-ObX5g
 
A little doodad from today's NPR Tiny Desk Concert series - Debashish Bhattacharya playing a guitar-like implement while his lovely daughter accompanies on vocals and his brother tabla-fies.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8WWNKhdy-w&feature=youtu.be


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Shoot, Stubby, I did not realize until after I posted mine that one of your links in the preceding post was to the same guy.  I'm not sure what to make of it when my listening habits begin to converge with yours, but I think it's probably a very good thing - for me, at least.

 
R. L. Burnside layin' it out for y'all:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M


That man knows his groove. 
 
A propos of Mr. Jack Bruce having left the building, listening to this show from 2012 with JB, John McLaughlin, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman and John Medeski, just tearin' sh!it up.


Highlight:  McLaughlin's solo on the Cream classic "Politician", but it's all pretty awesome in a "you haven't heard THIS stuff before" way.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHqVEG5jp9

 
I never, ever liked the slow version... frickin' smackheads. And so:
"FRIEND OF THE DEVIL",
WITH HAIR - TEETH - BALLS, John SCOFIELD & Warren HAYNES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimBFN0VBys

Boy Howdy, I just NEEDED that. Didn't know it til now! :toothy12:
 
StübHead said:
I never, ever liked the slow version... frickin' smackheads. And so:
"FRIEND OF THE DEVIL",
WITH HAIR - TEETH - BALLS, John SCOFIELD & Warren HAYNES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimBFN0VBys

Boy Howdy, I just NEEDED that. Didn't know it til now! :toothy12:
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Who knew that Phil has a better singing voice than Jerry or Bob (I mean, who doesn't, but that's not my point).  I would like a lot of Dead songs better if they were not delivered in The Jerry's scratchy wheeze, or Bob's indifferent delivery.
 
Gary Moore plays Clapton better than Clapton can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OcOTzVARDA

Though it would've been a great eternal kindness had somebody told Gary Moore to STOP MAKING THAT FACE. Jesus. Regarding all the old guys, there IS something to be said for at least a remnant of testosterone left. Jeff Beck and John McLaughlin's last great year was, coincidentally, 1999, IMO. Beck with the big-hair girl Jennifer B. playing keyboard on her guitar synth, and Mac with the quartet version of Remember Shakti with U. Srinivas. The Allman Brother's last years got awful ploddy with the exception of the guitarists, particularly Warren Haynes FORCING some interesting cover tunes on them. I mean it's nice they can make a living, but only composers seem to just get better and better. I loved Miles' 80's stuff, but not for his playing. More arranging and conducting and he scared some great stuff outta young John Scofield & Mike Stern, and here, baby Robben Ford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc_Gjndpk_0

Neither he nor that great sax player Bob Berg got recorded much, around that time Miles was feuding mightly with Columbia Records.
 
We hear a lot about commericialism and selling out with our favorite artists but has anyone else ever given thought:

Most of our most inspiring works and timeless classics come from these guys when they're starving and selling out to any commercial interests they can possibly indulge to make a living. Once they get big and famous and rich enough to do whatever the heck they want and people will buy their crap just because they're famous.... it all goes to crap and words like "lifeless, uninspiring, yet another ...." get tossed around.

I'm convinced 99.5% of selling out for money occurs when it means "enough money to chose whether we eat this week or pay the light bill this week", not when it means "Do I want the 80 ft yacht or the 10,000 square foot mountain villa?" And we often seem to do better work when working with someone else's interests in mind and not just our own fancy.
 
Although 2112, by Rush was an exception to selling out. Caress of Steel had not done as well as hoped and instead of trying to be commercial they just did a concept album. It'll either work or not.

Fortunately it did work, but some of the Rush of the last couple of albums possibly falls into the category of we buy it because it's Rush.
 
I'm old enough that in every Rush song, I feel like I can pick out the three things they stole the parts from then re-mashed them together. It's like they play every hit radio song all together, all the time, all at once. The fascination comes from watching that Geddy Lee guy sing those parts while he's playing them parts. I mean, I can thump quarter notes on a bass and sing "la-la-la" if it's all the same note, but that kind of talent is really quite mentally-schizo. But they never screw it up because they're Canadian so they won't take enough drugs. It's like watching Nascar - nobody ever dies anymore. :sad1: Now here's scary schizo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ758xfIK4I

Imagine that - It's a

:icon_thumright: "Sing-Along with K. Crimson!"  :icon_thumright:

Somethin' just ain't right.
 
Some funky late 90's shit. Love this guy. The record is really interesting, very musically diverse guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32bda3RLxY
 
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