Yes, Dave !  There's not a musician alive who as a youngster didn't have that 'better than sex' rush the first time you ever came face to face with master musicians playing live that were just ON IT and being where you wanted to grow to.  One more thing Hanks got very right.

Coz, if ONLY he'd had him playing that SilverTone thru the case amp!  The only glitch (but it may have been intentional) was when the guy quits in the studio and carries the Ric out holding the case under his arm:  I've only ever seen real players carry by the handle, but under the idea that nothing in a movie is accidental, maybe it was an inference of some kinds, or maybe an adlib action they just left in.  But I'm dumbstruck at how right they got it, and it's just fun, often hard to find in music.

Maybe indicating that Jimmy was not, in fact, a real player?  And you're right about the Silvertone; yes, they sold models without the case amp, but that would have been a little touch of perfection.  My youngest's then-GF gave him one for his 21st b-day; I could not for the life of me convince him it wasn't the greatest thing ever. He sold it to our local shop when she broke his heart - but not to worry; he already had a Strat & a Blues Jr before the Silvertone rig-of-his-dreams (what can I say?  The youngster's favorite clothing store is Salvation Army, and he's really proud of the '80s K-car he bought for his wife to learn to drive......).

Peter (Whose own current guitar amp is a Silvetone Twin Twelve 1484 - but only because it was free.  If anyone wants to jump on the current Silvertone bandwagon & trade for a Super Reverb, you know where to find me........)

Grandkids are visiting from Texas.  Our 4-year granddaughter has found that when her 1-year brother gets cranky she can calm (and often put him to sleep) by singing to him. But only two songs work and since he's like most 1-year old's who gets cranky a lot when he's tied I've hear these two songs over and over during the course of the past week to the extent that I'm listening to them in my head ALL OF THE TIME.  The two songs...Baby Beluga (by Rafi) and It's A Wonderful World (Louie Armstrong).

Ray Charles.


They used this one in one of my all-time favorite movies... "Grumpier Old Men" in the scenes right after Sophia Loren dumps a whole pot of spaghetti sauce over Jack Lemmon's and Walter Matthau's heads. Classic funny. 


Had to go get my upright to play it.

Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken

Awaken - Jon Anderson with Todmobile live in Iceland

This is very good.  If you like this song, I think you'll like this rendition.  If you're not familiar with the song, it builds, so stay with it.

I don't think I had ever heard of Todmobile before; there's a lot of people on stage.  The orchestration works very well with Awaken.  And Anderson appears to love it.

After Awaken, they start in on Roundabout; but the video ends in the middle of that song.  So if you don't want to be disappointed, stop after Awaken.

- on 9 saxes.

Peter

Quote from: David Houck on July 22, 2018, 08:00:55 PM
Awaken - Jon Anderson with Todmobile live in Iceland

This is very good.  If you like this song, I think you'll like this rendition.  If you're not familiar with the song, it builds, so stay with it.

I don't think I had ever heard of Todmobile before; there's a lot of people on stage.  The orchestration works very well with Awaken.  And Anderson appears to love it.

After Awaken, they start in on Roundabout; but the video ends in the middle of that song.  So if you don't want to be disappointed, stop after Awaken.

BRILLIANT!

Going For the One was an album that was held close to me during a rather difficult chapter.  As I listened to this and the song began to grow I kept turning up the volume till it wouldn't go anymore...

So many feelings came out as I heard this powerful rendition. 

I'm bookmarking it - it's thereputic.






This thread works so well in so many different ways - I really appreciate it.

Quote from: pauldo on July 23, 2018, 06:12:45 AM... As I listened to this and the song began to grow I kept turning up the volume till it wouldn't go anymore ... So many feelings came out as I heard this powerful rendition.

I watched it again last night before heading to bed, and turned it up loud.  And yes, powerful and moving.

The Vivaldi was nice.  Could have done without the camera cuts to whoever those other people were. 

Surf Sabbath.  It's got some pretty authentic-sounding surf touches in the covers; it seems to be a really nice arrangement:

The Warning - "XXI Century Blood"  Really cool up and coming rock group comprised of three sisters (ages 13, 16 and 18) from Monterrey Mexico. They blew up the Internet several years ago with their cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZzULKE9COM&list=PLm-SRxGCgtWFECPtMyv39HzQGyyEli1sP

Vivaldi again. Four Seasons. Used it to chase raccoons off my rooftop deck. Note baleful stares.

Well... it does get a bit morose in places. 

This is nice; Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy) - Everybody Wants to Rule the World