WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?

[David Houck]

Iron Horse; Enter Sandman.  We've had some of their covers here before, and this one's just as good.

     

[David Houck]

An old favorite I haven't listened to in quite a while came to mind.

Ship of Fools.  From 1989, Grateful Dead.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Great stuff, Dave!  Loves me some harp guitar.

Peter

[David Houck]

Not listening, but reading.  A short series of comments from Derek Trucks on playing music.

[edwardofhuncote]

In keeping with the Gordon Lightfoot trend last week, here's my friends, Kenny and Amanda Smith with their take on "Wherefore & Why".

I was actually looking for the title cut of their last album, "Unbound" but couldn't find it. I would just about as soon listen to 'Manda sing as I would to draw breath.

[cozmik_cowboy]

A classic - The Country Gentlemen.

And bonus points to anyone (except Gregory) who can tell me why this vid is funny......

Peter

[David Houck]

Well, I didn't see anything funny about the video, though the picture didn't match the audio; but maybe you're referring to the unexpected nature of this historical antecedent.

The Country Gentlemen recording is a nice performance of the tune; an old favorite that I hadn't heard in quite a while.

[edwardofhuncote]

 

 

[cozmik_cowboy]

And Dave hits it in one! 
There were actually 100 (on the nose) Country Gentlemen over the decades (take that, Mayall & Zappa!).  None of them, however, were Bill Monroe or Doc Watson (a picture of whom is the "video").  Can't help but wonder what the poster was thinking.


Peter

[edwardofhuncote]

Largely because of that recording of "Fox on the Run", the tune became so solidified into the bluegrass lexicon, that even these days it's like yelling "Freebird" out to a bar band. You have to do it... and you better not hose it up. 

[David Houck]

If someone starts yelling "Freebird", I thought you were supposed to ask the bouncer to remove the offending overly-inebriated patron; hadn't occurred to me that you would actually play the song.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Last band I did sound for would start every night with "OK, you don't need to yell "Freebird" - we're gonna play it; just later in the night".  And did.

Peter (who has heard many a version of "FOTR" and still thinks the Gents did it best - and Manfred did it worst)

[rv_bass]

Beastie Boys...”Groove Holmes”...from a cool album of instrumentals called, “The In Sound From Way Out”

[liam wald]

Today I've been trippin' on some Steely Dan. Dr. Woo, Bad Sneakers, Don't take me Alive.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Last band I did sound for would start every night with "OK, you don't need to yell "Freebird" - we're gonna play it; just later in the night".  And did.

Peter (who has heard many a version of "FOTR" and still thinks the Gents did it best - and Manfred did it worst)

I should have mentioned - I would never yell for "Freebird"!


BTW, have I mentioned lately that the intro to this is hands-down the most perfect guitar solo ever recorded?






Peter (who's old enough that he yells for "Whipping Post" instead......)