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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grainger49 on February 22, 2010, 03:55:19 AM
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Since there is no music or musicians forum/folder...
I have been listening to Jerry Douglas' newest release, Glide (2008), for the past four days. It is almost as good as Skip Hop & Wobble! For some reason it is higher priced than any other of his releases on that auction site.
There is a song sung by Travis Tritt, that I have heard on the radio several times. I listen to a Bluegrass station.
The recording/mastering isn't as good as previous JD releases but I'm really enjoying this CD.
These are among the "Thanks to"
AK & US, of course
John Fogerty
Paul Simon (what?)
Tony Rice and Shelby/Cobra engines (don't quite grasp this one)
Edgar Meyer (local boy), Sam Bush, Be'la Fleck (of course, all from Strength In Numbers)
Matt Lesco at Upscale Audio/Sonic Lens (?)
Russ Barenberg (no surprise here)
Drew's Market
Jim 'n Nick's BBQ
Where is Mark O'Connor?
Dan Fogelberg is listed in "those who have gone clear" (those who have passed on) I didn't know! JD was on Fogelberg's "Bluegrass album" High Country Snows.
I just found that as an interesting collection.
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So far 6 views, no replies. I know that there are other Bluegrass fans out there!
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Very few on your level.
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Very few that far off plumb? John EH from the old site was a Tony Rice fan, probably JD as well.
Where is he?
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I'm a bluegrass rookie. Alison Krauss and some Nickel Creek for me.
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Well, that's the last time I try to build up your legend!
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I'm a bluegrass rookie. Alison Krauss and some Nickel Creek for me.
Jerry Douglas has been Alison Krauss' Dobro and lap steel player for about 10 years now. You hear a lot of JD on her albums. I have even more AK than JD. And Nickel Creek is great too!
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I've been enjoying "Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen".
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I'm into vinyl again today. I'm listening to The Tony Rice Unit's Manzanita. It was recommended to me by John EH on the old forum. (Last I heard he was in Japan.) I would swear that the title song was also on The David Grisman Quintet album (the first). But it isn't.
The group is pretty impressive:
Tony Rice
Jerry Douglas
David Grisman
Darol Anger
Todd Phillips
Sam Bush
Guest vocals Randy Skaggs
A second thanks to John EH. This one is a real treasure.
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I've been enjoying "Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen".
I looked him up. My local station probably has him in rotation. I have a Bluegrass/Americana/Folk station here in Knoxville.
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The last two vinyl selections have been MOFI's remasters of Santana (the first) and Abraxas. The first LP sounded muddy and vague but Abraxas is amazing. It reminds me of listening to it when I had tonsillitis at age 21. That isn't recommended. Sounds like it would be a bad memory but I loved this album, still do.
MOFI did a bang up job at keeping this remaster crisp and exact. The images are awesome! I just wish my ears' high frequency response was up to the percussion. I miss the shine and tingle of the chimes. Several instruments throughout are placed outside the speakers' positions.
I will have to get my Sansui QS-1 fixed to see if it spins around me when I play it. Quad was fun if nothing else. I'll bet PJ remembers Quad with a smile.
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On Manzanita, Home from the Forest is just about my favorite bluegrass
tune of all time. Haven't heard it in a while as my Vinyl department is
defunct just now. Hopefully by the end of the year. JD's work on Dolly
Parton's The Grass is Blue is fabulous as well. He and Bela Fleck were
members of The Dreadful Snakes whose Snakes Alive! is a lot of fun.
Skip
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Oh, Yeah! "Home From The Forest" is an old Gordon Lightfoot song. That was a real treat there at the end. John EH had recommended it. After buying the CD I found an LP and it is pristine. I should buy more LPs from the local guy. He has great vinyl. The only problem is that he his stock split between 3 different locations.
You might also like Strength In Numbers. That is Be'la Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer and Sam Bush.
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I've been enjoying "Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen".
I looked him up. My local station probably has him in rotation. I have a Bluegrass/Americana/Folk station here in Knoxville.
Robert Earl lived with Lyle Lovett while they were at Texas A&M(probably about the same time you and I were in college). I listen mainly to Americana, but like a lot of the Bluegrass mention. You familiar with Cherryholms(outstanding)...saw them in concert at our local opera house.http://www.msurileycenter.com/ (http://www.msurileycenter.com/)
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I will need to look into Robert Earl Keen and I didn't know Lovett was an Aggie. But did Keen and Lovett graduate in 1971?
I haven't heard of, but may have heard, Cherryholms. But my search yielded a few samples that says I would like to hear more. I particularly liked "Black And White" and "I Can Only Love You (So Much)."
Today I am spinning David Grisman's Dawg Grass/Dawg Jazz LP right now. I've had it for a while but just got to putting it on. If you know Grisman this album is listed as a solo album but the whole of the Quintet and more (Rice, Wasserman, Anger, Marshall & Douglas) is there for most of the songs. Not to mention the guests.
If you like the original David Grisman Quintet album this will appeal to you. It sure does to me! I just wish I had gotten to it earlier so I could have been enjoying it more. This is a nice thick LP, maybe 150g (?), that I bought from my favorite local dealer. And dealer seems appropriate, this is habit forming.
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Hey Grainger you might like Doug Macleod (Come to find) its a pretty nice recording.Nice bass work and you can't go wrong with Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica.
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Sounds nice! I have quite a few Mcs in my CD collection but no MacLeods. Thanks for the recommendation.
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"......And dealer seems appropriate, this is habit forming...." LOL, vinyl is habit forming???? Maybe that's why I have $3.18 in my checking account (I checked). Mark Knofler is sorta blue grass sometimes, although most of it is on those shiny discs. I prefer vinyl, so I've been spinning Brothers in Arms, Love Over Gold, and[ their 1st release......never tire of "Sultans". I do have his vinyl double album with Emmy Lou !!!
Tom B.
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I believe that the entire Dire Straits catalog has been released on heavy vinyl. I have Brothers... and the self titled first album on vinyl. I think Shangri la has been released on vinyl too.
I'm a fan of Knofler too.
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Knofler fan too...actually I'm a sucker for guitar players.
Here are a couple more Americana folks to check out, Grainger
Chris Knight
Band of Heathens
Hayes Carll
Kevin Welch and Dead Reckoners
Assuming you are already familiar with
Lyle Lovett
Townes Van Zandt
Steve Earl
Delbert McClinton
Lucinda Williams
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I am unfamiliar with the first four, and yes, familiar with the last 5. They, last 5, are all played often on my favorite Station here in Knoxville.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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I'm into vinyl again today. I'm listening to The Tony Rice Unit's Manzanita. It was recommended to me by John EH on the old forum. (Last I heard he was in Japan.) I would swear that the title song was also on The David Grisman Quintet album (the first). But it isn't.
The group is pretty impressive:
Tony Rice
Jerry Douglas
David Grisman
Darol Anger
Todd Phillips
Sam Bush
Guest vocals Randy Skaggs
A second thanks to John EH. This one is a real treasure.
Not a big Bluegrass fan. Yet, at least. One summer maybe 10 years ago I was working at Woodsong's Lutherie in Boulder CO. My bosses brother was the founder of Planet Bluegrass and puts on The Telluride Bluegrass festival and Rockygrass in Lyons. I worked graveyard security on the stage for Rockygrass that year. Awesome little compound they had there next to the St.Vrain river. I ran into many Bluegrass legends but didn't even know who they were at the time. The only performance I saw was the Thunder Jam with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Tim O
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I am a bluegrass fan, along with several other styles of music. One of my favorite bluegrass albums is "The Three Pickers" with Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs. Alison Krauss sits in on a couple of the songs too. Its a really well recorded album and showcases each of these outstanding musicians.
Doc lives about 20 miles away from me and I take every opportunity to hear him and his grandson play. For anyone who enjoys bluegrass and is around north western North Carolina at the end of April you might want to check out MerleFest. It is a weekend of music on the campus of Wilkes Community College dedicated to the memory of Doc's son Merle. Here is a link for anyone interested.
http://www.merlefest.org/MerleFestCMS/default.aspx (http://www.merlefest.org/MerleFestCMS/default.aspx)
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Man, what a cool website for an event. Kudos to whoever put that together.
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Hey Dmannnnn,
Big Jon is a friend and the only guy I ever let work on my Martin and Reuter guitars (of course he sold me the Reuter). Great guy and luthier par excellence.
Guess we may have bumped into each other at one point back then -- if I remember right, the Luthiery was still in the basement of the old Woodsongs store on Pearl, and not yet in the new space above the new Woodsongs further east on Pearl.
Planning on taking my Uke into Jon soon for a tune-up and adjustment.
Small world,
Jim
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Actually, I do remember you coming into the shop. I was there with Jon, Micheal, and Geno. It was around the time Jon got bit by that rattlesnake, and I was mistaken, Craig is Jon's cousin not his brother in law. If your Uke is not a super high-end piece, I probably was the one that worked on it. Low man on the totem pole gets all the Ukes, banjos, mandolins, and banjolins.
Funny you should mention Reuter, I was just at his website looking around yesterday. I was also a student at Roberto-Venn in Phoenix and learned alot from him. Someday I will have the time and space for a good woodshop. Working on instruments isn't something you can easily start up again. It takes some time to get your chops up to speed.
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Ah, sorry the Uke is new -- only a little over a year old. My wife got it for me when I had to give up the guitar. When I had to sell everything Jon found a buyer for the Reuter, and Jon himself bought my Martin, Alvarez Yairi classical, and the custom Daedalus cabinet with amp and Lexicon effects box. That was the only cabinet Lou H. built in New England Ash.
Hey, if you went to R-V, then you must have some good skills. Always wanted to go there myself, but just couldn't take the time away from home and grad school.
-- Jim
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Grainger,
Drove up to Reno last weekend with another couple, and my friend was
interested in going to a generic show at one of the Casinos. I'm
somewhat allergic to generic casino entertainment, so I grabbed the
'What's happening in Reno' tourist papers and started looking. Found
the Del McCoury band appearing for just one night. Bulldozed the others
into attending and went. It was truly fabulous. In a small showroom,
the sound and setup were great. 90 minutes of perfection. Much
more traditional than the folks we've discussed in this thread, but
it couldn't have been fresher or more vivid.
Skip
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That ranks as sheer luck and determination. He is often featured on my local station:
WDVX (http://www.wdvx.com/)
The broadcast is streamed.
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Got WDVZ through my squeezebox...I'll give it a listen...but no program info.
Hayes Carll has a song for Doc and Queen...Drunken Poet's Dream...you'll recognize the line when it comes by. The song was co-written with Ray Wylie Hubbard...I like to think of Ray Wylie as the Tom Waits of Americana.
Let me know how you like my recommendation...I got more of the obscure.
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Robert,
As I'm not yet in that age (digital streaming) the best I can do is streaming to the computer. Although they often say they are on the WWW, I can't find the link to stream the station any more. I usually listen on my tuner, boom box or my car's radio. It is a 200W non-commercial station.
I'll do some searching and listen to the suggestions.