Rob ,  Yes the 1971 Phil was indeed magic . I think he may be playing that Alembic modified Gibson EBO with the Guild/Hagstrom Bi-Sonic pickups with the Darlington Pair mods as well . Raw high gain on fire !  so to speak .  
 
   Wolf

Been jamming to this all morning Wolf - That's a great cut on that one. I would very much like to hear an Easy Wind take on it.  
 
Funny (related) story... one of the bands I often get called to sub with are huge Dead fans, albeit 3rd generation ones. (20-somethings) So we're playing a brewery gig the other night, and one of them finally notices my bass is an Alembic. Dude - that's what Phil plays...!!! Well no, not *exactly* I say, his has Series II electronics... I should have just enjoyed the instant cred, however undeserved. =)
 
I'm in the midst of two weeks of Christmas concerts, and thirsty for anything that isn't holiday related when off-duty, so here's my listening thread entry for today:
 

 
It's amazing how Alison can break your heart with two verses and a chorus. You hardly even feel the knife with all the passing chords.

Gregory I love the Evermore - Alison Krauss ! Nice !

2nd set, Paris, 5-4-72.
EVen with a gawd-awful dirge version of Merle's Sing Me Back Home, it just applies boot to buttocks in a major fashion; Good Lovin' & Dark Star for the ages!
 
Peter

Just saw Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, and Matthew Garrison...great stuff!

AMY LEE - Going To California
   

 
 I am so impressed with this Lady !  
 
  Wolf

Amy Lee - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry -
 

 
Like WOW man , I am in love !  
 
 Wolf

Evanescence Acoustic Sessions
 

Awesome !  AMY ! AMY AMY !  
 
 Wolf

Alan Kuperschmidt (a.k.a Al Kooper): Child is Father to the Man
 
The Frames: Fitzcarraldo & For the Birds
 
John Hiatt: Stolen Moments (a very under appreciated genius)

John Hiatt: Stolen Moments (a very under appreciated genius)
 
One of my kids gave me a coffee table book called Nashville Portraits, a collection of pictures by Jim McGuire.  The caption for a shot of the following-named gentlemen was captioned with a quote by someone whose name escapes me right now:
 
If there was a just God overseeing the world of country music, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt and Guy Clark would be selling out concert halls and arenas, and Toby Keith would be selling used stereos out of the back of his pickup truck.
 
Ain't it the truth?
 
Peter (who currently has the cans on with Hot Summer Night by my old friend Jim Post; if the voice sounds familiar, he was half of Friend & Lover, of Reach Out Of The Darkness fame)

So true!

Rush...Lakeside Park
 https://youtu.be/HxUAzTvcoTQ?t=8m11s

This lady turned me onto John Hiatt back in my young, impressionable Nashville days. She said roughly the same thing about his genius being underappreciated. And something tells me she lived in a house he'd once lived in... I may be confusing that story with someone else she mentioned. Anyway, Kathy Chiavola:  
 

 
She was (still is I guess) a session singer, voice coach, and an absolute class act. I had the privilege of playing bass with her for a couple weeks one Summer.

Wolf, you hit the jackpot on Amy Lee... Goodness, what a voice she has! I always thought I'm so Lonesome... was a Hank Williams Sr. tune.

And you were correct, Gregory.  Johnny's is just of the 25,798,290.07 covers of it - most of which are good (hey, it's a classic for a reason), but none of which can touch Hank's.  Not even Amy's.
 
Peter