WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?

[sonicus]

That was great Mica! , I will look for more of these folks !  Nicky Bluhm has a refreshing approach .

[edwardofhuncote]

What sonicus said... great band, and looks like it would be a fun gig for a bass player. They remind me of something else, just can't put a finger on it. Anyway, they surely compliment each other well as a band. Easy to see they've been together a while.
 
As an aside, I've been trying since yesterday evening to figure out if that Martin guitar is a D-18 Golden Era, or Authentic Series. I'm guessing it's a GE. Definitely looks like an Adirondack top, and the long bridge saddle suggests it must be one or the other... the pickguard is throwing me off though. Maybe it was changed?

[hankster]

Great band!  The sound reminds me of a band we have up here called Blue Rodeo, although they don't have a female singer. The mix though, and the sound generally.

[lbpesq]

I just received the Anthology of American Folk Music, a six CD version of the original collection of recordings  put together by Harry Smith and released in 1952.  Among others, Dylan, Garcia,and Hunter have acknowledged the Anthology as seminal in their development.  I'm currently listening the CD's 1&2, Ballads.  3&4 are Social Music and 5&6 are Songs.  Altogether a total of eighty-four recordings from the 1920's and early 1930's.  
 
Oh yea, and Nicki Bluhm is excellent!
 
Bill, tgo

[David Houck]

Here's Nicki Bluhm with Phil Lesh, Scott Law, Jackie Greene and more doing Free Man In Paris.
 
Nicki's band is the one that made those really cool videos of them riding down the highway singing covers, like this one: I Can't Go For That.

[sonicus]

Dave , I saw that one too . l listened and enjoyed it as well . It was also good to see Phil with his new Series II .He has a Birthday coming up on March 15th along with the famous trumpet player Harry James ! My Birthday will be the day before on March 14th along with Mr. Albert Einstein .  
 
 Wolf   LLAP

[David Houck]

Wolf; one of the things that impresses me most about Phil is that it seems to me that he is always trying to get better, in both his playing and his singing.  And in this video, it looks to me like he's once again pushing his own boundaries, playing what I think of as a difficult piece, for what looks to quite possibly be the first time, in a live situation.  And having loads of fun all at the same time.
 
And another thing, while I'm thinking out loud; he is introducing us to a lot of really cool younger musicians, giving them well deserved opportunities, and probably teaching them a thing or two along the way.
 
Dave LLAP

[sonicus]

Dave , Quite certainly ,Phil and that collection of players with Nicki Bluhm did a great job of Free Man in Paris and Nicki sang it wonderfully and they made it their own with Jam Band Grateful Dead style from my perspective. I really liked what they did with it .  
 
 As far as Phil introducing young players to us I think is an awesome tradition among great artists such as Mr. Charlie Parker introducing  and inviting a young Miles Davis to play with him. Later Mr. Miles Davis introduced us to John McLaughlin  and Darryl Jones and several other players .  It is such a nice thing for a seasoned accomplished musician to do.  
 
Wolf   LLAP

[sonicus]

Joni Mitchell - Shadows And Light  Concert  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKb9Ms68ME

[JuancarlinBass]

Shadows and Light is an old time favourite of mine  I specially enjoy the joke they do on In France they kiss at main street, where, after Pat?s solo, they play an insinuation of Metheny?s Phase Dance... delightful! And an awesome performance, all of it!

[peoplechipper]

Good stuff...a LOT of ACOUSTIC amps up there in that gig...I love my 370; seriously, I've played a number of gigs using more modern solid state amps (Gallien Krueger, etc.) and they don't have the balls of my 370; I'd like some amp geek to explain why to me...
 
What I am listening to now is rehearsal recordings; some amazingly angry versions of songs; clearly the tensions of each member needed a release...someone recently described our sound as Killdozer mixed with Goddo; a mind-bending mix but perhaps the closest peg yet...Tony

[David Houck]

Edgar Meyer and Bela Fleck
 
This should brighten your day!

[terryc]

Bloody amazing!..thanks Dave

[David Houck]

[pauldo]

Got beck yesterday from MOSES in La Crosse;
This song seems appropriate and ties into Dave's recent contribution:
 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DKMvgtat4Eg