Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on February 23, 2019, 08:12:12 PM
Earl & the Agitators:


The "Earl" of the name is Foghat drummer Roger Earl; guitar & vocals by Scott Holt, who spent about 20 years with Buddy Guy.

Peter

And former member of Savoy Brown. So many people passed through that band. Most of Foghat did, I think?

Mean Mary:


Peter

Xander's current obsession. A remake of a classic and one of those cases where I like the remake better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNGVi0gTxk&start_radio=1&list=RDIRNGVi0gTxk

thanks, edwin. i enjoyed that.

I didn't like disco when it came out and I still don't, but I like that version...

After spending the last two weekends visiting friends and family back in North Carolina, I kept thinking about this Travis tune I sometimes play with my Cousin Graham out in Boone... it's true,
I got a lotta'  "Kinfolks in Carolina".

Every now and then, I just get this perverse need to dip into the dark, seamy underbelly of '60s music.......


Peter (who has no good excuse for this, and begs your forgiveness)

Peter - admittedly that truly was dark and seamy and strangely smelled of an underbelly.  Stranger still I couldn't turn away.


Myself I stumbled upon a short Instagram post about Mark Hollis, with an abbreviated musical bit from his solo album... it was haunting.   I Googled him, apparently he was in Talk Talk, a band from the 80's.  I didn't listen to radio in the 80's. Knew the name and my wife sang a couple of their tunes for me.  But this snippet from his solo album has depth that exceeds anything possible from an 80's radio band.  I needed to know more.

Apparently Mark recently passed so off to YouTube I go seeking his 1998 self-titled solo release.  Found a playlist of all 8 tracks, thought I would listen a bit to each.  Ended up listening all the way through. 

From Wikipedia:
Hollis has been credited with saying: "Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note. And don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it."
He also commented: "The silence is above everything, and I would rather hear one note than I would two, and I would rather hear silence than I would one note."

The opening track starts with a profound 0:18 of silence.  The whole album carries a delectable melancholy as well as an array of woodwinds that are used in a sparse yet appropriate manner.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crkXA_aZvdk&list=PLCB1940DBB59F0812

Dark Star 6/10/73



Happy 50th 

Ron Carter...Shadow of Your Smile 

Ron Carter's tone IS upright.

I've been on Dick's Picks 29 this weekend up in the shop, and found this one irresistible... had to go pick up a bass and play! Hard to get any work done like that... 


...then:



...and now:

Jimmy Johnson (not our Jimmy Johnson; one of those other Jimmy Johnsons):


Peter

Admittedly I haven't been listening to much Dead & Co., but I very much enjoyed that Brown Eyed.  Thanks!  Nice addition to my day.

Not listening but reading a short Relix piece on Mayer with Dead & Co.  I loved this quote:

"I'm only there so that on my best of nights, you might get to him."