Revisiting on old favorite band from the '70s, Oregon.  Good quality video and audio of a short live set that really shows off how special this band was at that time.

Ralph Towner - 12-string & classical guitar, piano
Paul McCandless - reeds
Glen Moore - bass
Collin Walcott - tabla, percussion, sitar

Oregon was great, thanks for posting!

Towner was amazing with that group. Saw them in concert once at American International College (AIC) in Springfield Massachusetts as the opening act for Chick Corea and RTF.

I really love this thread... so many exciting discoveries.   Oregon is new to me, and I feel a need to dive deeper into their catalog.

My son just turned me on to Casiopea the bass players energy is fabulous.

Dan Tyminski had his bunch out again last week and pulled a couple gems from an old AK-US setlist...





I enjoyed how he poked a little bit of fun with both Gaven, and the 'video everything at a concert' culture here, then killed the tune. That's the Danny I remember.

*sometimes he pokes a little fun at himself too.

Casiopea is cool, reminds me of the Dregs in a way. 

Love the bluegrass,,,Charles Sawtelle and Hot Rize used to do a nice version of Man of Constant Sorrow...reminds me of my Boulder days...

Here's some Ray Brown for the mix

Birtha,  just found out about them... wow!

When I saw the name "Birtha", my first thought was that it was a great name for an all-female Grateful Dead band!

Bill, tgo

I follow Eden and Lukas' Ozark Banjo Co. pretty close. I love how they post audio/videos of all their banjos before shipping out. Lukas does a nice job with the Stephen Foster classic here.





Little while back, they posted six nearly identical banjos recently completed, and described the details that differentiated each one, then played a sample. Amazing how you can hear the differences.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on August 28, 2022, 05:28:48 AM

Little while back, they posted six nearly identical banjos recently completed, and described the details that differentiated each one, then played a sample. Amazing how you can hear the differences.

That was really cool.   Walnut and calfskin!

I have been aware of the existence of Jason Isbel for a while - but I have only just become aware of his excellence (and he plays resonators with whammy bars!): 





Peter (who cosiders Jason & Amanda's harmonizing to be in the realm of Marty & Grace, Porter & Dolly, and Gram & Emmylou)

Boderation - by Bunny Wailer

Playing For Change - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, and more - Playing For Change

James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma - Sweet Baby James