Hi Lloyd, if you haven’t discovered Billy Strings yet he is definitely one to keep an eye (ear) on. I used to say he like bluegrass meets the Grateful Dead and Phish but he’s heading so many wonderful directions is hard to keep up. Just listened to his Halloween concert (oh, Billy, where art thou?) on YouTube tonight, lots of good blues on there.
Great music there. A friend engineering a recording of an old ballad thought it didn't sound right, kept trying to figure out what it needed. Finally he pulled out his cigarettes, took the cellophane wrapper off, and crunched it in his hand. Made it.
Check out Trix Records if you can find them. Lowry (not Lomax though music similar) went around the south in the U.S. recording old Black musicians.
The Stax recording is incredible, and 'Green Onions' is other worldly, you can see people in the audience having life changing moments...great post as always Lloyd...
Hi Lloyd, if you haven’t discovered Billy Strings yet he is definitely one to keep an eye (ear) on. I used to say he like bluegrass meets the Grateful Dead and Phish but he’s heading so many wonderful directions is hard to keep up. Just listened to his Halloween concert (oh, Billy, where art thou?) on YouTube tonight, lots of good blues on there.
Thanks, he's,great, as is everyone in his band. Wish they'd be coming this way, but closest is LA.
I want to see more of those photos of Dylan and The Hawks in Providence RI. That one photo is amazing, collectible.
Ha! My dad always suggested The Uncalled Four as a band name.
Everybody tells me so!
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Thanks for all of this.
Thank you for posting awhile ago a video of the Comatose Brothers and the Oogum Boogum song. i also love their work with AJ Lee.
Music, sweet music.
Great music there. A friend engineering a recording of an old ballad thought it didn't sound right, kept trying to figure out what it needed. Finally he pulled out his cigarettes, took the cellophane wrapper off, and crunched it in his hand. Made it.
Check out Trix Records if you can find them. Lowry (not Lomax though music similar) went around the south in the U.S. recording old Black musicians.
The Stax recording is incredible, and 'Green Onions' is other worldly, you can see people in the audience having life changing moments...great post as always Lloyd...
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