Music Recommendations

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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.

[Grainger49]

Sounds nice!  I have quite a few Mcs in my CD collection but no MacLeods.  Thanks for the recommendation.

[Tom B.]

"......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.

[Grainger49]

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.

[RPMac]

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

[Grainger49]

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.

[dmannnnn]

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

[kgoss]

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 

[Doc B.]

Man, what a cool website for an event. Kudos to whoever put that together.

[Jim R.]

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

[dmannnnn]

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.

[Jim R.]

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

[Skip Pack]

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

[Grainger49]

That ranks as sheer luck and determination.  He is often featured on my local station:

WDVX

The broadcast is streamed.

[RPMac]

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.