The Benson is, indeed, nice - but that's a 1st-gen ES-150, not an L-5.

Peter

Hiya, Cozmik cowboy,

Thanks for the clarification!  You got me, I can't easily distinguish many big body Gibson jazz boxes from each other by sight because I'm pretty ignorant there, and from being sucked into just seeing their great aesthetics, because they all look pretty great to me!

Although, the Switchmaster and Tal Farlow models are mostly pretty easy to spot, even for me.  Mostly. 

But I am glad you echoed the applause for The George Benson.

Cheers,
-Zut

A favorite group out of Chicago.

Sadly I am away from my music collection and YouTube doesn't offer many studio recordings of theirs.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-KpgxGAmDQ

Another one from that 5/22/77 show, "Samson & Delilah"...



The grate thing about these I'm discovering, (as I'm sure most of you are aware) is they go on for quite some time, which gives me the chance to try certain passages over and over.

The intro to "Help On the Way" here is giving me fits too. (in a very good way)

David Lindley doing an 8.5 minute version of Minglewood Blues on an Oud.  I am not worthy!



Bill, tgo

In the spirit of the Dead, the crystal clear and all transistor/op-amp amplified show on Halloween at Radio City Music Hall.  Not the biggest fan of the very clean Dead years, but there a certain magic to this show that I have never put my finger on.  Also it was ridiculously cool that PBS used to broadcast is a long time ago.
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:

Franklin's Tower burns from two day's earlier and Tiger were in good form on live TV:


And then two years later, Bob was in good form on live TV, despite his apparent maxillofacial and ophthalmological concerns.  I think his personal ENT/ophthalmologist might have used an excess of a Peruvian ocular anesthetic for an eye exam, or something.  Or maybe some old rye at Katz's before the show or something; it's still a great pair of songs on Letterman:

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on March 23, 2018, 12:50:42 PMIf you're listening Forest, apparently Cletus Lives!   

...and thriving !

Quote from: elwoodblue on March 23, 2018, 02:03:39 PM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on March 23, 2018, 12:50:42 PMIf you're listening Forest, apparently Cletus Lives!   

...and thriving !

That's Awesome... that ought to flush our old compadre out for sure. 

The David Lindley piece was delightful; thanks, Bill!

Phil's line at the beginning of the studio version of Help On The Way is wonderful; but then, the whole song, including Slipknot, is wonderful.

Miles Davis - in a Silent Way/ It's About Time. 

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=ipad_bm&source=hp&ei=4bm1WqPlDsHatQXX85W4CA&q=miles+davis+in+a+silent+way&oq=miles+davis+in+a+silent+way&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3..0l5.9224.20883..21266...0....125.2248.25j2..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....1..5j19j41j0i131j0i131i155.Z3OjM1mJEUs%3D#mie=e,,miles%20davis%20in%20a%20silent%20way%20/%20it's%20about%20that%20time,H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLSz9U3MMwyTbcwVOIEsXMNLdKNtESzk630c0uLM5P1E3OSSnOtivPz0osBd9xoXjAAAAA

This is very cool.

Quote from: David Houck on March 24, 2018, 08:21:23 AM

Hands down, Dave... that's the wildest thing I've seen in a while.   

I've had to make myself lay aside Dick's Picks, Hot Tuna, Fleetwood Mac, and well... everything bass in an effort to focus on guitar. I have a gig next weekend playing guitar but I've been so consumed with learning new things on bass over the past few months that I have almost forgotten how to 'speak' in guitar. Really feel like I've turned a corner too...

Regardless, I'm cramming for a test, so it's a steady diet of flat-picking guitar this week. Hopefully, I'll get some osmosis action going. As always, Norman Blake is my primary source of inspiration.



I'll tell you guys more about the gig later. Think of the "Hot Rize" alter-ego, "Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers"... it's a lot like that.   

Thanks for the Norman Blake!

Digging the Kerouak hard, Daddyo!


And of course one can never go wrong with Norman.


Peter