WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?

[cozmik_cowboy]

Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis.

Peter

[Zut8083]

Went looking for good quality versions of the obscure B-sides from the Blizzard of Ozz/Diary of a Madman recording sessions and their live versions.  Had only some success.

You Said It All (Live)-

You Looking at Me (Expanded Album)-

[Zut8083]

And then the Cosmic Beams appeared in the sidebar on Youtube.  Very cool.  An invigorated Tom Snyder was cool to see, too.

[StefanieJones]

Dooley

It's been one of those days.

[David Houck]

Stefanie, if you haven't see much of Hiromi before, I think she's wonderful and amazing.  I especially like her solo pieces.

[StefanieJones]

David, I've been checking out a bunch of her stuff on YT and all I can do is agree. She's wonderful to listen to.

Alembic guitar player? Not sure 

[lbpesq]

Definitely not an Alembic - the truss rod adjusts at the headstock.  Looks like an Ibanez Musician to me.

Bill, tgo

[StefanieJones]

Thanks for clarifying that. I'm on the small screen laptop and wasn't sure. It sounds great though.

[David Houck]

Nice bass solo on that Billy Cobham video.

[cozmik_cowboy]

The headstock doesn't look Ibanez to me, Bill (pause it at about 0:31 for the shape) - but I am not prepared to venture a guess as to what it might be instead; don't think I've seen that one before.

Peter

[StefanieJones]

Nice bass solo on that Billy Cobham video.

Yes, loved it. I liked the look on Billy Cobham's face when the bass player started that riff, lol.

[Zut8083]

George Duke, "Don't Be Shy"-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLyI0a4L8Y
R.I.P. George Duke.

[cozmik_cowboy]

Oh, and BTW, Stefanie, thanks; that was quite tasty.
Late '83-early '84, when I was working at GC, I had the chance to do sound for Mr. Cobham for a Tama clinic he was doing.  He was playing his then-signature 3,496,972 piece ArtStar kit, and a NYC guy named Dom Famularo was playing a 5-piece ArtStar kit.  Cobham did his thing on all those drums, and it was a joy and an honor to witness.  Then Famularo, on his 5-piece, proceeded to blow Billy directly off the riser.  This is no way a slam on Cobham; he's Billy Freakin' Clubhand, after all.  Famularo was just that amazing.

Peter (Who must add that Billy was more courteous to the soundman; a real gentleman)

[StefanieJones]

Wow Peter, that must have been something to witness!  I've seen some videos of BC where he isn't playing the signature set. But those sets from the early days were huge, lol. I wouldn't know what to do with that many drums, haha.  I'll have to look up Famularo and see wht I can find on him.

[David Houck]

I loved this:  Gov't Mule with John Scofield - Dreams


Dreams is a favorite, and it's been running through my mind a lot recently.  So up pops this version from three years ago.


It seems to me that Scofield challenges himself with these classic tunes to take the audience a lot further afield than they might expect while still staying true to the soul of the tune, and challenges the audience to go on that journey with him.


While Warren here is just pure Warren; he's played this tune hundreds of times with the Allman Brothers.  His tone is pure; and rather than going far afield, he dives into the essence.