The thing I really appreciate about the O'Jays at Daryl's:  These guys have been at it a LONG time, and like some of their contemporaries, they could have just done it on autopilot, took the check, and went home.  But they STILL jump on and go for it, and that really moves me.

Today, I'm listening to the Winter Storm Warnings . . . . .

Quote from: bigredbass on January 23, 2026, 03:06:54 PM
The thing I really appreciate about the O'Jays at Daryl's:  These guys have been at it a LONG time, and like some of their contemporaries, they could have just done it on autopilot, took the check, and went home.  But they STILL jump on and go for it, and that really moves me.

Today, I'm listening to the Winter Storm Warnings . . . . .

Agreed, great performance, and Daryl seems to have a knack for making performers blossom.

Be safe with the weather.  It has been very different.  Here in Wisconsin we are coming out of a sub-zero stretch, last week it was 50F...... 50F in January, in Wisconsin.     Pretty sure Ma Nature is done with Homo sapiens.

On a bright note, very grateful for this Alembic community, appreciate many in my local community* and looking forward to spending time with a Distillate this afternoon.

* truly elated at how 'strangers' are going out of their way to connect with others, show compassion and extend themselves to help others.   Shared trauma will do that.

I don't often post here but this Vince Gill clip is astounding!  AND the guy is a great guitar picker.  Wow.


Jimmy J

I don't think I ever saw that one of Vinnie before... that's been a minute. Yessir, guitar-playin' fool rite there.

I'll listen to that later, when I'm upstairs where the speakers & cans are.  Always up to listen to him, even when he isn't picking!
Stop me if I've told this one before, but in '79 John Call (pedal steel for Pure Prairie League) offered me FOH for their next tour; I passed because, first, I wanted to get back to Chicago & find a studio gig (never did - but that's OK, I loved doing live), and second because Craig Lee Fuller had left and they had a new guy - and what good would do my career to work for some kid nobody'd heard of?
Yeah, that would be Vince.......
Oops.

Peter

Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers: 

Peter

Quote from: JimmyJ on January 24, 2026, 11:49:22 AM
I don't often post here but this Vince Gill clip is astounding!  AND the guy is a great guitar picker.  Wow.

Jimmy J

Wow.

Peter

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on January 24, 2026, 09:23:22 PM

Quote from: JimmyJ on January 24, 2026, 11:49:22 AM
I don't often post here but this Vince Gill clip is astounding!  AND the guy is a great guitar picker.  Wow.

Jimmy J

Wow.

Peter

Yeah, brought it home didn't he? The other song he sang that night was with David Crosby, it was "Surf's Up".


Here he is (more recently) being interviewed about that show-


I follow Vince pretty close. He just released a 50-year anthology... well, it's a series of EP's, each covering a segment of a career. 50 Years From Home.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on January 25, 2026, 05:38:11 AM

Yeah, brought it home didn't he? The other song he sang that night was with David Crosby, it was "Surf's Up".

Here he is (more recently) being interviewed about that show-

I follow Vince pretty close. He just released a 50-year anthology... well, it's a series of EP's, each covering a segment of a career. 50 Years From Home.

Great googly moogly.
"Surf's Up" is my all-time favorite Beach Boys song, and the original, never-released-but-often-bootlegged version is one of the most amazing recordings ever.  Better, in both composition and production, than anything on Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, I'd say.
In '04 Brian released Brian Wilson Presents Smile, a rerecording of the album which (to my ear) pales next to the original - but it's still Brian Wilson & Van Dykes Parks, ya know?

That video just strongly displaced the '04 version as my 2nd-favorite "Surf's Up".  That was spectacular!
And how can one human throat produce that range???  Tain't natural!
I stand with Cros's rehearsal assessment......
Thanks, Greg!


Peter (whose best friend in HS had a uncle who was an LA studio drummer, and got him a reel-to-reel of the bootleg; "Rewind that song while I twist another one!")

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on January 25, 2026, 10:05:29 AM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on January 25, 2026, 05:38:11 AM

Yeah, brought it home didn't he? The other song he sang that night was with David Crosby, it was "Surf's Up".

Here he is (more recently) being interviewed about that show-

I follow Vince pretty close. He just released a 50-year anthology... well, it's a series of EP's, each covering a segment of a career. 50 Years From Home.

Great googly moogly.
"Surf's Up" is my all-time favorite Beach Boys song, and the original, never-released-but-often-bootlegged version is one of the most amazing recordings ever.  Better, in both composition and production, than anything on Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, I'd say.
In '04 Brian released Brian Wilson Presents Smile, a rerecording of the album which (to my ear) pales next to the original - but it's still Brian Wilson & Van Dykes Parks, ya know?

That video just strongly displaced the '04 version as my 2nd-favorite "Surf's Up".  That was spectacular!
And how can one human throat produce that range???  Tain't natural!
I stand with Cros's rehearsal assessment......
Thanks, Greg!


Peter (whose best friend in HS had a uncle who was an LA studio drummer, and got him a reel-to-reel of the bootleg; "Rewind that song while I twist another one!")

Jimmy J sent us us down this particular rabbit-hole... 😄 I just couldn't remember Vince covering Beach Boys, but wasn't totally surprised either. He's a gifted cat. In many ways.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on January 25, 2026, 01:25:01 PM
Jimmy J sent us us down this particular rabbit-hole... 😄

And I thank him for that.  But you posted "Surf's Up".  I had never heard of anyone covering that one - and those guys killed it!  (Gee, Vince, David, and Jimmy killed it; who'da thunk, eh?)

Peter

Sam Grisman Project: 

Peter

Enjoyed both of the Brian Wilson covers, and yes, he can sing those parts.  Thanks for posting!

Thanks for the Sam Bush with the Grisman Project; loved it!  And I want a t-shirt like that one.

The Dobrolic Plectrol Society: 

Peter