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mcnally
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response 94 of 369:
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Nov 15 01:28 UTC 2001 |
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Emmylou Harris, particularly
several more recent albums ("Wrecking Ball", "Spyboy", and "Red Dirt Girl",
all courtesy of the King County Library..) Although it's probably the
weakest of those three albums, I've been listening to two tracks from
"Spyboy" over and over: "Tulsa Queen" and "My Songbird"..
I was interested enough in "My Songbird" to use the All Music Guide
(always deserving of a plug: http://www.allmusic.com ) to track down
its origins. It's apparently the work of a guy named Jesse Winchester,
who was apparently an up-and-coming folkie in the 60s until he fled to
Canada to avoid being sent to Vietnam. For several reasons this seems
to have dealt a death-blow to his career -- at any rate he was forgotten
enough that I'd never heard of him. Does anyone more familiar with the
music of that era remember anything about him or have any opinions about
his music? "My Songbird" is a heartbreaking song, at least as Emmylou
performs it..
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happyboy
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response 95 of 369:
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Nov 15 14:46 UTC 2001 |
new orleans klezmer all stars.
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krj
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response 96 of 369:
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Nov 15 18:40 UTC 2001 |
Mike in resp:94 :: unfortunately it's questionable whether I can find my
copy of SPYBOY in finite time. I have a vague memory of having
seen Jesse Winchester live at MSU around the early 1980s --
maybe he was opening for the Roches -- but I really don't
have much to offer about him.
Glad you're enjoying the three most recent Emmylou albums, though.
WRECKING BALL was on my favorites-of-the-last-decade list.
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tpryan
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response 97 of 369:
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Nov 15 20:04 UTC 2001 |
2RC3
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mcnally
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response 98 of 369:
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Nov 16 00:09 UTC 2001 |
"Wrecking Ball" is a wonderful album. I'd say it's the best album
discovery I've made in the last year.
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krj
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response 99 of 369:
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Nov 16 19:10 UTC 2001 |
a mess of 45 second MP3 song samples downloaded from
http://www.cdroots.com, a CD shop designed to vacuum out my wallet with
maximum efficiency. Sigh. The samples from the new Gabriel Yacoub album
(ex-Malicorne) are uniformly excellent, and the samples from the new Tellu
Virkkala album (ex-Hedningarna) are almost as good, and then there is Oskorri
and Na Lua, and mumble whine whimper budget *sniff*.
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anderyn
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response 100 of 369:
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Nov 16 21:52 UTC 2001 |
New Yacoub? New Tellu? Agggghk! Tell me more. (Twila thinks that maybe she
should put those on her Xmas list!)
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scott
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response 101 of 369:
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Nov 17 15:16 UTC 2001 |
Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". I'd recently
started wondering if "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" would work as a
Western tune, and realized I hadn't listened to it in quite some time.
It's actually not that far-fetched an idea, being a song about a prison riot.
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tpryan
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response 102 of 369:
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Nov 17 23:38 UTC 2001 |
Da Yoopers - Smelting USA!
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tfbjr
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response 103 of 369:
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Nov 19 22:39 UTC 2001 |
Lucky & the Zionites - Living (check mp3.com)
Kind of a mix between Steely Dan and Bob Marley.
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krj
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response 104 of 369:
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Nov 23 03:22 UTC 2001 |
Steeleye Span, TIME. The 1990s album with both Maddy Prior and Gay Woods
singing, which I was playing in the preview setup at Barnes & Noble
not too long ago. This was a fun sound, but in personal terms in
was unstable, and Maddy quit the band a few weeks after this lineup
performed in Ann Arbor.
One of my pending projects is to gather up a compilation of the best
tracks from Steeleye's reunion albums, and maybe some of Maddy's solo
work since 1988. "The Old Maid In The Garrett" is up with some of
the best work the band ever did.
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tpryan
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response 105 of 369:
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Nov 23 14:23 UTC 2001 |
"Gravity Exiles" from "Escape from Mundania" by
Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, a filk tape I transferred to CD.
Yesterday, I listened to a few Celtic Christmas CDs.
Joel Mabus Christmas CD is queed in the player.
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micklpkl
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response 106 of 369:
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Nov 23 23:19 UTC 2001 |
"Good Morning Miss Brown," Taj Mahal. From the newest KGSR Broadcasts CD.
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krj
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response 107 of 369:
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Nov 25 21:07 UTC 2001 |
Oyster Band, "Step Outside." Eeek, 15 years old. Where's my cane?
I've taken advantage of Leslie's afternoon rehearsal to shake the
house a little by playing it extra loud.
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mcnally
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response 108 of 369:
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Nov 25 21:59 UTC 2001 |
Listening to an old CD sampler from Charly Records, long ago acquired
at Schoolkids' (who had stacks and stacks of them for some reason and
sold them for five or six bucks for ages..) Now playing: the Yardbirds
with "Still I'm Sad".
The previous track, Townes van Zandt's "Kathleen" has reminded me that
I've been meaning to pick up a Townes van Zandt album. Anyone have any
recommendations where to start?
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bmoran
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response 109 of 369:
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Nov 29 16:22 UTC 2001 |
Cher Catin by Clifton Chenier etc. from "Music from the Zydeco Kingdom".
Another great Encore find. Great collection from ~1929 to the present.
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tfbjr
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response 110 of 369:
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Nov 29 21:37 UTC 2001 |
Tool - Undertow
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tpryan
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response 111 of 369:
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Nov 30 03:19 UTC 2001 |
Joe Picapo as Sinatra..his Rock & Roll medley.
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otaking
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response 112 of 369:
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Dec 4 04:11 UTC 2001 |
Genesis, "Cinema Show" from the live album Seconds Out. It's been a long time
since I've listened to my Genesis albums. I still enjoy them as much as I did
15-20 years ago.
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micklpkl
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response 113 of 369:
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Dec 4 15:35 UTC 2001 |
Rag Foundation, "Bonny Bunch of Roses"
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remmers
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response 114 of 369:
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Dec 4 16:39 UTC 2001 |
(Is that ragtime?)
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tpryan
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response 115 of 369:
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Dec 4 18:02 UTC 2001 |
George Harrison..best of with "Got my Mind Set on You" on now.
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micklpkl
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response 116 of 369:
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Dec 4 19:07 UTC 2001 |
re: #114 - No, Rag Foundation is a Welsh combo with roots in traditional Welsh
folk music. To quote from their website, "No rags, but many musical riches
and a very solid foundation of the centuries old, yet neglected, anglophone
traditions of the South Gower." http://www.ragfoundation.co.uk/
N.P: "Madeleine" GWAZIGAN (A very fun traditional Cajun song, arranged by this
group with members from Quebec, Ireland and Brittany.)
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krj
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response 117 of 369:
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Dec 4 22:24 UTC 2001 |
Dang, I passed their album up at the Tower in Chicago last week.
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ea
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response 118 of 369:
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Dec 4 23:32 UTC 2001 |
"Johnny Got Suspended (for wearing an Islanders suck t-shirt)" by a
group called The Zambonis.
I like this group. I am going to order their CD tomorrow. (download
one song on Morpheus then buy the CD ... not 100% legal, but at least
I'm trying)
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