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Post by keith on Jun 12, 2011 22:21:30 GMT -5
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Post by Dave on Jun 13, 2011 6:32:42 GMT -5
I somehow missed your Je 7 post on Gil Scot Heron. Wow! Quite powerful stuff. I hadn't heard of him either. Nice article by Pitts. And yes, I like Allison Krauss' version of Simple Gifts with Yo Yo Ma. I used on Monk In the Cellar on Christmas Eve, along with There Is A Reason. monkinthecellar.blogspot.com/2010/12/lxxvii-merry-christmas.html |
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Post by keith on Jun 13, 2011 9:55:35 GMT -5
Last night I was playing with the contrast between the "simple" version & the full orchestral version. The simple version is the one that always sticks in my head.
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 7:01:28 GMT -5
Here's Yo Yo and James Taylor ... they're boyhood friends ... with Hard Times Come Again No More.
And ... hey .... I hadn't come across this one before, but here they are on the steps of the Red Lion in Stockbridge singing James' signature song. Mrs. Dave and I often go there for lunch. It's twenty minutes from Tanglewood and about an hour from here.
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Post by keith on Jun 14, 2011 7:27:36 GMT -5
Beautiful. The cello can be such an expressive instrument. I miss the days of hearing it regularly in my house.
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 15:50:31 GMT -5
Take up the study of it! You're never too old. I just started back on the piano after many years of walking by the piano and saying, Maybe someday. (What spurred me on was my purchase of a digital keyboard. I am loving it and I can't get away from it. I sit down and play something I'm learning almost every time I pass it. They are so much FUN to play and I love the fingerboard's sensitivity. In fact, I've already sold my baby grand (actually a petite) in advance of our move South.
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2011 19:36:22 GMT -5
Here are two songs by James Taylor I've been listening to lately.
Tom Waits' Shiver Me Timbers. I just love the line, "The clouds are like headlines on a new front page sky."
Our Town. Every time I hear it I think of the small valley town to the east of Utica.
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Post by keith on Jun 17, 2011 20:56:32 GMT -5
While surfing through "On Demand" on the cable, I found that Memphis Beat has returned. I caught a few episodes of it last summer and found it worth a return viewing.
In many ways it's a standard series, a cop show with a flawed protagonist. It did have a thematic element which brought me back. At the end of the episode, the main character would sing in a bar. The reasoning was the release of music helped him deal with the stress of homicides.
Whatever the reason I enjoyed the bluesy treatments.
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Post by Dave on Jun 17, 2011 22:53:35 GMT -5
Those are great!
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Post by keith on Jun 21, 2011 8:10:30 GMT -5
In case there was any question: yes, I'm in a silly mood this morning.
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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2011 8:45:19 GMT -5
It would have been fun to have been there when they thought this up! The trombone may have been the most dangerous instrument. I notice the soprano sax was played out the window while the trombone stayed inside!  |
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Post by keith on Jun 21, 2011 15:35:40 GMT -5
Happy [youtube]Summer!
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Post by keith on Jun 21, 2011 15:47:34 GMT -5
And Dave wouldn't want me to leave this one out.
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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2011 16:58:53 GMT -5
Yeaaaaaaaaaa Summertime! I got a kick out of the The Who's Summertime Blues at Woodstock '69. I don't think I'd seen that before. Talk about overdone! I wonder how many mics whats-his-name went through in an evening. And I wish I'd had a shirt/vest like that with the yard long fringe!  Thanks for my favorite Heatwave, Joan Osborne and the Funk Brothers! |
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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2011 17:12:41 GMT -5
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