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championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - ZeusMoose - 23-05-2014
jazzboCR Wrote:An updating to the Bill Nelson canon, though even this only takes you up to 10 years ago. One is a compilation album, the other a 2-CD grouping of 2 separate though intertwined discs:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/chameleon-mw0000020921 and http://www.allmusic.com/album/whimsy-mw0000693777 Both are AMG 4-out-of-5 star albums--none of his are rated less than 3 stars and the majority are 4 stars or greater from respected critics--he will be studied/copied for decades to come.
That's funny , because neither Whimsy nor Chameleon are among my favorites , but I'm a picky SOB !
He's got some digital download cd's up on Bandcamp too . CDs of his I do like a lot a are too numerous to mention.
The thing I learned about his music is that there is always a surprise waiting , and never what you expect (the nature of a surprise) .
Best to just start collecting and don't stop. Back around 1995 I stumbled upon his Practically Wired cd , and I also picked up guitar again myself , after 20 years off. Between working on my own stuff and gathering Bill's cds , my big obsession with finding other music I loved came mostly to a standstill for a number of years . To me , it's almost to the point where I look at my music list and there's 'Bill Nelson' , and there's 'Everybody Else' . Kind of pathetic (LOL) but his music really is almost that important to me .
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 23-05-2014
Badfinger The original hard-luck band, with some good early stuff from Paul McCartney. Getting ripped off by their manager, getting caught up in the Apple Records debacle, 2 suicides--couldn't catch a break.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E << the one that's remembered...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fod9A7__3MA << ...the other one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwc0klMRSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIkycKXy_s << talk about a bitterly ironic song title...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huA5Fl20f4E << post-Ham band
Todd Rundgren Another Mr. Music--multi-instrumentalist, song-writer, band leader, producer and strong inspiration (would the power pop genre exist as strongly without him? Doubtful). Been digging him for 40+ years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_rundgren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iN5dAA4GXA << power pop and variants pretty much start here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_oBXzLNmw << love it when a homely man makes it big
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N48-K9z-HA4 << 2 Philly guys in a classic back-porch perf--so sweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfFILdvp3k << you can take the boy outa Philly, but you can't take Philly outa the boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGzlxARNt4 << all about giving back... Live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtV_VP-gvjA
BONUS: Concert or disc? Why choose? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9DVcBZto4E << AWATS complete and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5RfCpALE24 << best one I could find and jeez! what a night!
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 28-05-2014
Al Kooper aka Roosevelt Gook (when overdubbing himself) Organ/piano/guitar, sort-of singer, songwriter, producer, has been on hundreds of albums by artists as varied as Bob Dylan, the Tubes and a children's TV series, group organizer/founding member of the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears, was a longtime lecturer at the premier music college (Berklee), memoirist of the '60's and with a successful solo career (at least in musical terms). {{ This somehow got cut off at the knees--here's the rest, added after MH's comment }}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IE0vVN08c << talking about the Blonde on Blonde sessions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kooper << his wiki and now some tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9FibOWT3j8 << from a '94 reunion concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXdEDcY79vE << recorded in '68, issued in '03...Can you think of another song covered by the likes of Vanilla Fudge AND Donovan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdMf-86Evro << with that self-same beastly good guitarist, Mike Bloomfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSqlUYkx8d0 << and again. RIP Mr. Bloomfield (1943-1981)
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championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - Music Head - 28-05-2014
^^
and 2 awesome albums with Mike Bloomfield
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 01-06-2014
Junior Brown For starters he invented a double-neck guitar with a difference--he calls it the "guit-steel". Country player by nature, he's listened to and filtered through his consciousness just about everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonJu6-XpWU << the history of modern rock guitar in one medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkl4_tGZSM << the same excellent medley treatment of surf guitar (some surprising entries)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AygmkvRjqos << w/ Bill Kirchen q.v.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbDy1IhZXJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M << attn: LeadFoots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy3dNitLGbw <<...OTOH...
He's only 62 and plays out regularly. For details, here's his agency: http://www.paradigmagency.com/divisions/music/clientroster/?office=ALL << some of the names they represent will astound you...
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 01-06-2014
Mamie Smith Nearly forgotten today, she recorded the first known vocal recording of the Blues by a Black woman. Aimed at an African-American audience, it sold in big numbers and opened this genre to all that followed. She's not just important, she's seminal. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Smith and here's some tunes including that first one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJrBgbwsJw << cleaned up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOX6T2_Jc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgS8zP3I1TA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtGGF6kWm8 << unremastered and rough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-7TFdHRkA
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 01-06-2014
Long John Baldry Working colleague/bandleader to the Stones, the Beatles, Elton John, Rod Stewart...the list goes on and on. Among the first openly gay British Bluesman and a great help to Reg Dwight in this regard. Actor/voice-over/writer/bandleader--moved to Canada in the '70's. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Baldry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFsCbTZ7eLc << the vid's just a natural hoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj4d9QakTs8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_zz18hx4IU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7h8861rhVE << kinda slipped this one in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTmlBiIRk_I << I guess we were that young once, eh, MH?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wQxs0M_1Q << unk. duet partner
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - SteveO - 01-06-2014
I saw him here in the 80s at a local bar!!!!! Everything Stops For Tea album has always been a favorite of mine! Thanks for the rekindling of Long John, Jazz!
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 02-06-2014
Danny Gatton The real "Unknown Greatest Guitar Player" 3 terrific albums fusing the best of the roots/American styles. Another one who died too early. Here's the wiki: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton
[/URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2Q2D3G6Rs << he intros and then cuts back in at 1:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNKMlrkHMc << Damn shame the bipolar demons consumed him so soon after...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmuTcr7pUKM << Danny with an Afro just blows me away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpP7CnW4yA << love this rendition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJbC0VvJG-A << told you he could bring his special magic to anything
BONUS #1: for you Bonamassa fans... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLB900atJFs
BONUS #2: with B-3 master Joey D--don't know who's idea this date was but I'll at least buy'm dinner to hear the tale.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAaptTqkx3Y << this was a Danny date that Joey D was brought in on
The discs you want: 88 Elmira Street, Cruisin' Deuces and Relentless (noted above)
championing the unheralded--an ongoing thread - jazzboCR - 03-06-2014
Radney Foster Name's unknown to you prolly but not to all the C&W stars that have sung his songs. He's got 10 albums on his own + 5 more with Bill LLoyd, and with another coming out soon (his first in 5 years). A Nashville stalwart who chucked all the trappings to come home (his first solo disc has his birthdate and place as a title). A different, sometimes hard-nosed take on love, living and such. Also hosts a cross-genre show on CMT: http://www.cmt.com/show/cmt_crossroads/series.jhtml#moreinfo Here's Mr. Foster's wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radney_Foster Here's some tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfa4vxpdH3Q << what brought me to him--immediate affinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oziiSIHOAs0 << despite his appearance, he grew up a working cowboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6qGFm_0q84 << this'n just destroys me. Has insets of some folks who have sung his songs...and done well with them
2 with his long-time partner, Bill Lloyd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KaCLbKhhXg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG6w72Q-dUE << how can you not like these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFOKRPv2sSo << from his new disc--it's almost worth the wait with an artist this good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNliBPJJMY4 << some sage advice here, my brothers
BONUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO3rrPHQwbs << nobody hates war more than the warriors. I reached for the corncob and the glass a little earlier today because of this.