I had the Steve Gadd Band playing on the tube in the Control Room today, while entering seemingly endless pages of data to spreadsheets... somewhere in the midst of this mind-numbing exercise, I suddenly realized the auto-play had gone to something else.

I then realized yet another reason why Jimmy J. is one of my bass heroes. Behold, "Keeping Up with the Gaddashians".



Can't wait for episode 2. 

Great find! Missed that back in the day.

Awesome!   

This is cool too...

Here is another from 1982 ,

Sniff'n'The Tears "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is". 

Bassist using Series 1!!

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on September 28, 2017, 01:31:58 PM
I had the Steve Gadd Band playing on the tube in the Control Room today, while entering seemingly endless pages of data to spreadsheets... somewhere in the midst of this mind-numbing exercise, I suddenly realized the auto-play had gone to something else.

I then realized yet another reason why Jimmy J. is one of my bass heroes. Behold, "Keeping Up with the Gaddashians".



Can't wait for episode 2. 

^^^ that was GREAT!  Why hasn't a cable network pick that up? It is by far the best ____ashian show EVER! Real substance there (more bass solos) and the educational aspect...         

I thought it was HILARIOUS! I think it's great anytime a bunch of guys can have that much fun playing (read- performing) music together anyway, but to pull off the faux-reality-show-character vibe too. I laughed so hard one of the other Operators came in the office and asked, "Dude, are you alright in here?!"

Fantastic. Well done, Gaddashians.

Bluegrass pioneer Jesse McReynolds (of Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys) suffered a ruptured aneurysm early last week... fortunately, doctors were able to quickly repair it and save him.

Here's Jesse's take on "Franklin's Tower"... Grateful Dead, done Virginia style. 

That Franklin's Tower was nice.  Did some searchin' and found that he did a whole album of Garcia/Hunter tunes; and that the album features David Nelson and Stu Allen on guitars and vocals, and Sandy Rothman on banjo.  I also listened to his cover of The Wheel.  Here's the tunes and credits from the album:

Tracklist

1     Black Muddy River    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
2     Ripple    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
3     The Wheel    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
4     Bird Song    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
5     Franklin's Tower    Written-By – Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
6     Standing On The Moon    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
7     Loser    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
8     Fire On The Mountain    Written-By – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
9     Stella Blue    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
10     Deep Elem Blues    Written-By – Traditional
11     Deal    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
12     Alabama Getaway    Written-By – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
13     Day By Day    Written-By – Jesse McReynolds, Robert Hunter

Credits

    Acoustic Guitar – Tony Wray (tracks: 13)
    Banjo – Sandy Rothman (tracks: 10)
    Bass – David Ferguson (tracks: 13), Randy Brown
    Drums – Pat McErney (tracks: 13), Shawn Apple (tracks: 1 to 12)
    Electric Guitar – David Nelson
    Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Stu Allen
    Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards – Steve Thomas
    Harmony Vocals – Amanda McReynolds (tracks: 13), Garrett McReynolds (tracks: 3 to 5, 7, 8, 12, 13)
    Lead Vocals – David Nelson (tracks: 2, 3)
    Mandolin, Other [Mandolobro], Vocals – Jesse McReynolds
    Piano – Buck White (tracks: 10)
    Steel Guitar – Tommy White (tracks: 6, 9)
    Vocals – Stu Allen (tracks: 11)

Nice stuff, Greg!

Thanks for the song list, David, I picked up the album from iTunes...Roll Away...

     

"Mandolobro"?  Resonator mandola?

Peter

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on September 29, 2017, 08:18:50 PM
"Mandolobro"?  Resonator mandola?

I've yet to find a picture of it; but I found a description:

"... he played a new instrument, a mandolobro, which was tuned like a mandola (C, G, D, A from bass to treble strings) with a resonator guitar body." source

When I ran an image search for mandolobro, it returned a lot of his album covers, which suggest it's in the credits and he's played it on a lot of tunes.

Just got back home from Raleigh, North Carolina, where IBMA  (International Bluegrass Music Association) wrapped up their week long World of Bluegrass fanfest. Had a blast wandering all afternoon through the street festival, with stages at every other block or so, featuring music from every branch of the bluegrass tree.

Kenny and Amanda Smith are old friends of mine... I caught their show last night at one of these stages. This cut of Gordon Lightfoot's "Wherefore & Why" from their most recent album was a standout.



But I love hearing Kenny burn down "John Henry's Blues" too.

"Learning To Fly - Live"