Peter; thanks for the suggestion of Nights From The Alhambra.  I just finished listening; beautiful music.  The instrumentation and orchestration are wonderful.  Here are the instruments from the liner notes:

Cello – Caroline Lavelle
Drums, Percussion – Tal Bergman
Electric Bass, Double Bass [Acoustic Bass] – Tim Landers
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bouzouki [Celtic], Oud – Brian Hughes
Hurdy Gurdy – Nigel Eaton
Lyre [Lyra] – Sokratis Sinopoulos
Oud – Haig Yazdjian
Percussion – Rick Lazar
Percussion, Bodhrán, Bagpipes [Uilleann] – Steáfán Hannigan
Viola, Keyboards, Tabla – Donald Quan
Violin – Hugh Marsh
Vocals, Accordion, Harp, Piano – Loreena McKennitt
Zither [Kanoun] – Panos Dimitrakopoulos

That's quite an ensemble. Goodness. I'm guessing there aren't a dozen people in this town that even know what an oud is.

I'm on a LeeAnn Womack thing tonight... (will spare you guys the link) I gotta' cover "I Hope You Dance" for an upcoming gig. Most of it is simple, but there's a bass intro. 

Right now I'm listening to Tarkus...in honor of two of the greatest musicians of my time...one whom we just lost today.

Tarkus is just amazing.

Back around '70-'71, my friend Crazy Mike put a used 8-track in his '64 Mercury; it came with 3 tapes.  While I preferred both Fever Tree's eponymous debut & Sly & The Family Stone's Greatest Hits, we spent many a backroad mile digging Tarkus.  It's been a bad, bad year.

And thanks for the line - up, Dave.  I was close - probably distracted by Ms. Lavelle & the "Leda And The Swan" imagery she provoked......

Peter (who should probably revisit Tarkus & see what the decades have wrought on his ears)

Just listened to the 2012 remaster of Tarkus; not the whole album, just "Tarkus" - the first side.

Talking Heads...Life during war times...

For Deadheads, a nice sequence from the Capital Theater 11/24/78...

Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows - last band I worked for full time.

Peter

Peter that was fun, groovy, and tight!

I'm up against a re-assignment at work... probably means a shift change, definitely moving to a different facility which could mean a longer commute. Worst of it is, I have to train my own replacement here first. Oh well, it's been a good run here... alas, just being necessary doesn't necessarily make you important. Besides, I make a good cog in the machine. (for another 7-1/2 years anyway)

 

This is my get-happy sound, even has an appropriate title:

Love me some Fat Freddy's Drop

Thanks, Toby; that's a new one on me - gonna have to delve deeper.
Named in honor of Fat Freddy Freekowtski, perhaps?

Peter



<edit> I was close: the Wikipedia page says the name comes from recording their first song while dropping blotter with a pic of Fat Freddy's Cat on each piece.  Digging them more already.

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 13, 2016, 03:45:33 PM
Thanks, Toby; that's a new one on me - gonna have to delve deeper.
Named in honor of Fat Freddy Freekowtski, perhaps?

Peter



<edit> I was close: the Wikipedia page says the name comes from recording their first song while dropping blotter with a pic of Fat Freddy's Cat on each piece.  Digging them more already.

That blackbird album is the most 'bluesy' of their albums.  The others are much more reggae/ska/R&B inspired.  I went to a lot of their live shows while living in NZ. So good live.

Another one of my favorites from them: 

David Crosby played at the Jefferson Center for Performing Arts a couple weeks ago, and I got bootlegs!  Been listening to them this morning while catching up on housework.

Last couple nights have been in the teens, darn close to single digits here, so I thought about this Tony Rice take on a Gordon Lightfoot tune from my formative years...

Song for a Winter's Night-