Old School Musicianship… Rock and Roll.. Jazz… Blues… Big Band even…

[hotoldrguy]

She Talks To Angels The Black Crowes​

 

[UnquietDreams]

I just posted this in another thread. It is from a Dave Brubeck Quartet album entirely made of songs with strange time signatures called "Time Out." This one is named "Take Five" as it is written in 5/4 (or 2/4+3/4) time, and it is as hard as hell to play.

"Take Five," Dave Brubeck Quartet (live, 1963).

 

[Bambear99]

That beeping sound you hear is the sound of my U-Haul truck as I move into this awesome thread.

This is one of my favorite clips I’ve ever found on YouTube. I’m so glad this performance was captured and saved. I never get tired of watching and listening to it.

 

[Bambear99]

I just posted this in another thread. It is from a Dave Brubeck Quartet album entirely made of songs with strange time signatures called "Time Out." This one is named "Take Five" as it is written in 5/4 (or 2/4+3/4) time, and it is as hard as hell to play.

"Take Five," Dave Brubeck Quartet (live, 1963).

That’s an amazing clip. It’s one of those where I look at my drumsticks thinking “maybe”, but they just look back at me and say “nope”.

 

[BrendaBear]

I just posted this in another thread. It is from a Dave Brubeck Quartet album entirely made of songs with strange time signatures called "Time Out." This one is named "Take Five" as it is written in 5/4 (or 2/4+3/4) time, and it is as hard as hell to play.

"Take Five," Dave Brubeck Quartet (live, 1963).

Excellent choice! I don’t track it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that isn’t the most posted song - definitely the most posted Jazz tune. So cool!!!

 

[Bambear99]

As a Chicagoan, I’d be remiss if I didn’t represent. Ramsey Lewis was about as Chicago as it gets. This trio performance of “The In Crowd” is probably my favorite Ramsey clip, because they’re just letting it fly here. Cleveland Eaton was one of the best stand up bass players to walk the earth, in my opinion.

Ramsey used to host a regular jazz program on the radio in Chicago. Through that program, he really opened my ears and my mind up to a whole different world of music. His was one of the few celebrity deaths that actually hit me hard.

 

[Bambear99]

I think Stevie Wonder’s “Talking Book” is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. It’s as close to perfection as humanly possible. There are some classics on that record, but the song that left me breathless the first time I heard it was this one.

 

[Bambear99]

(One more and then I’ll lay off for awhile. Otherwise, I could easily end up hijacking your thread here.)

I buy quite a few records as purely blind dice rolls, because I’m always hoping to find that lost hidden gem. I’ve discovered several of my now favorite records by doing this. About 10 years ago, I grabbed this record from 1978 by a band called The Boyzz expecting it to be a typical rock record of the era, and for the most part it is. Side 1 was a fun listen but nothing spectacular or special. Then I flip to side 2, which starts with “Destined to Die”. The song starts as a standard rock tune like the first side, but then something wonderful happens. At around the 2:20 mark, they take a hard left turn into a rabbit hole of varying riffs and guitar harmonies. It’s like they squeezed everything they had into the middle of this one song. I love finding completely unexpected things like this when I buy a record.

 

[BrendaBear]

…. Otherwise, I could easily end up hijacking your thread here.)

Don’t worry, you’re good. Go ahead and post what moves you.

 

[Bambear99]

I’ll just use this quote from David Bowie to explain:
“One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: They wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody’s ever mentioned them. They’re as important as anybody else who’s ever been, ever; it just wasn’t their time. Revivify Fanny. And I will feel that my work is done.”

 

[UnquietDreams]

I’ll just use this quote from David Bowie to explain:
“One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: They wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody’s ever mentioned them. They’re as important as anybody else who’s ever been, ever; it just wasn’t their time. Revivify Fanny. And I will feel that my work is done.”

How the hell have I never heard of this band?

 

[Bambear99]

How the hell have I never heard of this band?

Because, as David Bowie said, they were just buried for some inexplicable reason. They’re the first all-female rock band to release a full studio album on a major label. They had two Top 40 hits. They were featured on the Sonny & Cher Show and played the Tonight Show among other national TV appearances. They were Barbara Streisand’s studio band on her “Stoney End” album. They actually inspired Kim Fowley to go out and back an all-girl band, which became The Runaways. I stumbled onto their records about 15 years ago and had the same reaction you just had.

 

[Bambear99]

Birtha was another great all-female rock band from the early 70’s. Their debut album came out a couple years after Fanny, but they also predate The Runaways. Birtha had two studio albums, and their stuff isn’t even on Spotify. If you want to find them, you’ll have to track down their records in the wild.

Rosemary Butler (the bass player) went on to have a decades long career singing backup and touring with dozens of artists. Another fun fact: Olivia Favela (the drummer and singer on this track) was from Philadelphia and was a regular dancer on American Bandstand in the late 60’s.

 

[Bambear99]

Sadistic Mika Band
I wish I knew more about this group. I stumbled across this clip on YouTube a few years ago, and other than finding out they’re from Japan from the host in the clip, there’s not a great deal out there. I’d love to track down some of their vinyl. They’re basically a jazz-rock fusion outfit that plays some insanely intricate stuff here, especially in the first song.

 

[Pad_Foot]

I just started trying to play along
No clue why I never tried
These guys made me want to play trumpet

 

[UnquietDreams]

Leroy Vinnegar was the originator of the "walking bass" in jazz. He was a mainstay in the Portland jazz scene from 1986 until we lost him in 1999. Here is one of my favorite of his songs, "Funny Time."

 

[Bambear99]

Leroy Vinnegar was the originator of the "walking bass" in jazz. He was a mainstay in the Portland jazz scene from 1986 until we lost him in 1999. Here is one of my favorite of his songs, "Funny Time."

I was not familiar with Mr. Vinnegar, but he’s on my radar now. That track is excellent!

 

[hotoldrguy]

Roadhouse Blues The Doors​

 

[BrendaBear]

Roadhouse Blues The Doors​

I love this song! I loved performing this song too.

 

[UnquietDreams]

 

[CarlyAnn]

Roadhouse Blues The Doors​

One of my Dart songs….most of them were by The Doors. Riders on the Storm was the biggest.

 

[BrendaBear]

Okay - I just needed to hear this again... thought y'all might dig it too...

The Outlaws - Green Grass And High Tides

 

[UnquietDreams]

I do not like Journey. Never have. Nice guys- I worked their concert back in high school and met them all, except for Steve Perry, who stayed in his hotel room alone until it was time to go on. Anyway, I was never a fan.

But Neal Schon's solo albums have all been exceptional. (Well, except when he tried singing lead. Not his forte.) This is the title track from his first.

 

[BrendaBear]

I do not like Journey. Never have. Nice guys- I worked their concert back in high school and met them all, except for Steve Perry, who stayed in his hotel room alone until it was time to go on. Anyway, I was never a fan.

That is funny to me, because I met Steve Perry briefly back around ‘80 or ‘81, working their concert when I was in high school and thought Steve was super nice.

And I was never a big Journey fan either.

 

[Elmo_Lincoln]

I do not like Journey. Never have.

And I was never a big Journey fan either.

Okay, I'll be the contrarian as I do like Journey, particularly the first six albums, and especially Infinity, Evolution and Departure. I really like the songs where Steve Perry and Gregg Rolie trade off on vocals. Not everyone agrees with me on that and it's okay. But I do find I listen to these albums more than the post-Rolie albums, even though there are great songs to be found in them. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) is an awesome song. Then again, it wouldn't break my heart if I never heard Don't Stop Believin' ever again

Here are two Journey songs that flow one into the other from the Infinity album. I remember when you'd hear both played back to back on FM radio; that never happens anymore

Feeling That Way / Anytime - Journey

And the live version from Captured, because it's really, really good!

Done annoying everyone