Bob-Dubery
A whole bunch of Loudon Wainwright, courtesy of my in car system.
Recovery takes a whole bunch of previously released Wainwright songs and presents them newly recorded, produced and arranged and, in some cases, with a more knowing vocal from the mature Wainwright. What happens, courtesy of Joe Henry's production, is that the spotlight gets thrown on Wainwright the vocalist - his timing, his control and his gift of conveying the emotion in the song. But it all runs out of steam on the last track, "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" which is set up to be the big closer but flops because Wainwright runs out of vocal ideas and just seems to try singing every line differently, and because the guitars are too sweet for the song.
Here Come The Choppers does not fall into that trap. The big track here is the title track. It's darkly satirical, and this time the guitarists, Bill Frissell and Greg Leitz, are fully up to the job. The arrangements are sparser (I doubt you get a big budget for making a Wainwright CD) and the songs are good but Wainwright doesn't have the bonus of being able to rummage through his own back catalog (the opening "My Biggest Fan" is hilarious, with Wainwright being the butt of some of his own jokes, and the band, including the always excellent Jim Keltner, serve up a great performance)
Career Moves is a live album from the 80s. Mostly solo (long time side kicks David Mansfield and Chaim Tannembaum appear for less than a handful of tunes) and it shows that the real magic is Wainwright the songwriter, the singer and the performer (confirming my impression of a live performance I saw a few years ago). If you want to understand the potency and sustained entertainment that one person and a guitar can serve up then head for this album.
Squonk
Ditto here Bob ?
Loudon Wainwright - The Last Man on Earth was in my car last week.
This week I have a couple of new ones that are good stuff
Career Moves
History
Little Ship
One of the greatest songwriters in my opinion
Bob-Dubery
Squonk wrote
Career Moves
History
Little Ship
I've got two of those. I don't have
Little Ship. He has a big catalog by now, so you need to go at it with a will to get a good overview, but one of the best I've heard is
Last Man On Earth.
One of the greatest songwriters in my opinion
Yes. He's very good.
Psean
Five Horse Johnson
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Squonk
Badfinger - Ass
One of my favourite 70's pop songs
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Psean
Guy Buttery
He just posted this video the other day
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but I've been listening to pretty much all his stuff today (well except the first one 'cause I don't have it)
Psean
Bit o' this on the Youtoobs too:
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6x9base13
Psean wrote
IceCreamMan wrote
Broadsword - Jethro Tull
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Good one ? Think I'll do the same...
Another +1. Going to break out some Jethro Tull !!
I've listened Volbeat's Guitar gangsters and Cadillac blues to death for a week now.
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Malkav
Been going nuts on the Tigran Hamasyan stuff...
I mean honestly this has to be some of the best music I've ever heard in my life...
It's so rich, harmonically, rhythmically, compositionally...Very fast becoming one of my favourite artists...
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Bob-Dubery
Majestic Silver Strings
This is a project kicked into motion by the intriguing Buddy Miller. There's four guitarists here, and they are all vaguely in the country/Americana ballpark but still very different - Marc Ribot, Miller himself, Bill Frissell and Greg Leisz. All of them are vastly experienced and not in the first flush of youth. Which may be a good thing. In one interview Leisz observed that this record works because they're all too old to feel they have to prove anything.
Most tracks seem to have all four players on them. It could be a mess, but it isn't. They all have fun, play very well but nobody's indulging in one-upmanship.
It's on the twangy side of things, but Ribot gets in some out of left field parts, and there's a brilliant rendition of a Roger Miller song, "Dang Me!" with hip-hop artist Marc Anthony Thompson (AKA "Chocolate Genius") delivering a great guest vocal. I presume Miller (who produces) invited the guest vocalists - and they're very good, well chosen for each song. Miller and Ribot both get in some vocals.
So, an all star record that doesn't sound like an all star record. It just has lots of really good, very well-judged playing.
PS: Miller is a guy to watch right now. Quite literally on the live Band of Joy DVD where Miller and some other allegedly country folks provide fabulous backing for Robert Plant.
Squonk
Chad Adam Browne wrote
Been going nuts on the Tigran Hamasyan stuff...
I mean honestly this has to be some of the best music I've ever heard in my life...
It's so rich, harmonically, rhythmically, compositionally...Very fast becoming one of my favourite artists...
This is hectically good stuff. Next on my list but today it's
Martin Simpson - Vagrant Stanzas
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Squonk
Talking Heads
In a huge Suit
Squonk
Talking Heads Day
Brilliant "Acoustic" version of Psycho Killer. Byrne is brilliant here
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Jonathan Richman Afternoon
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chris77
Smells like Teen Spirit.... On the radio! ?
Quite a pleasant suprise actually. One of my stock clerks listens to an ethnic station (Xhosa, I think) and I can hear his radio from my office. Most of the stuff is really laid back and mellow and makes for fair enough background music. And then suddenly inbetween all the R&B and ballads BAM!!! From nowhere some good ole Nirvana. Totally made my day 8)
Hammeron
Chris Chameleon - Herleef
ftcl
6x9base13 wrote
Psean wrote
IceCreamMan wrote
Broadsword - Jethro Tull
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Good one ? Think I'll do the same...
Another +1. Going to break out some Jethro Tull !!
I've listened Volbeat's Guitar gangsters and Cadillac blues to death for a week now.
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Nice! I picked up Aqualung on vinyl this weekend. Just epic!
Squonk
Orphaned Land
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Malkav
Thank You Scientist
A prog band with sax, violin and fretless guitar ?
The guitarist, Tom Monda, was actually a student of Bumblefoot's ?
