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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 24, 2024, 03:02:41 PM »
It's pleasantly upbeat and tuneful.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 24, 2024, 01:22:04 PM »3
The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 24, 2024, 01:15:42 PM »New from the Jack Bruce channel, from the ArtWorks Scotland documentary.
Nice too. Though I hate to say or write it, he really did play best on that Warwick Thumb in his later days, he was at his most expressive then. No wonder it was his go-to-instrument.
It still is one butt-ugly abomination of a bass.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 24, 2024, 01:08:36 PM »You need to be in the right mood, but this is nice.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 24, 2024, 08:11:49 AM »
I you're a Beatles fan and not moved by this ...
The intro track on her new album is cinemascopic (and even has rock harmonies) ...
It's not all county-tinged either and she obviously likes bass guitar ...
The intro track on her new album is cinemascopic (and even has rock harmonies) ...
It's not all county-tinged either and she obviously likes bass guitar ...
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 23, 2024, 12:08:34 PM »
That was lively.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: April 22, 2024, 04:26:25 PM »
I must be getting young, I like this.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Bands Whose Early Albums Stand Out
« on: April 21, 2024, 01:35:23 PM »Deep Purple obviously. It was all downhill after Rod Evans and Nicky Simper left.
I will not be provoked!
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Bands Whose Early Albums Stand Out
« on: April 20, 2024, 09:02:38 AM »
Appetite for Destruction sounds sonically like an old demo enhanced by some fresh home recording overdubs. The way the acoustic guitar sticks out like a sore thumb in the mix is hilariously badly executed production. When I first heard it I couldn‘t believe this was a finished product agreed for official release.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Bands Whose Early Albums Stand Out
« on: April 20, 2024, 07:20:54 AM »
I decidedly prefer mid-period albums. I think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is a a better album than the first two Sabbath albums, Purple’s Machine Head and Burn are better than In Rock, Physical Graffiti tops all Zep albums before it with maybe the exception of IV, Wishbone Ash’s Argus is better than the debut and the sophomore efforts. Be Bop Deluxe’s Sunburst Finish and Modern Music beat Axe Victim and Futurama. Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here tops anything they did before or after. Queen peaked with Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera. Sticky Fingers is the Stones’ best record by a stretch. The Who peaked with Next. Alice Cooper’s Killer, School’s Out and Billion Dollar Babies are a holy triumvirate + Welcome To My Nightmare is mid-period too. Bowie‘s two best albums are Diamond Dogs and Station To Station. Status Quo‘s 74-76 trilogy of Quo-On The Level-Blue For You are all mid-period works, cocaine must have had the best quality then. Kiss‘ Destroyer is the closest this band ever got to recording a remarkable album.
There are a few debuts that really stand out (eg by The Police, Boston and The Ramones), but most bands get better with more professional touring and recording experience - until the rot sets in. If you like your music well-recorded like I do, a bigger studio budget can’t be faulted either. That debut album cult is mostly a myth. Imagine if Sgt. Pepper had been The Beatles‘ debut … (Of course it couldn‘t have been, they and George Martin needed that arc of development from album to album.)
Thinking about it, I like albums that have a touch of decadence to them - when bands feel they can branch out a little.
There are a few debuts that really stand out (eg by The Police, Boston and The Ramones), but most bands get better with more professional touring and recording experience - until the rot sets in. If you like your music well-recorded like I do, a bigger studio budget can’t be faulted either. That debut album cult is mostly a myth. Imagine if Sgt. Pepper had been The Beatles‘ debut … (Of course it couldn‘t have been, they and George Martin needed that arc of development from album to album.)
Thinking about it, I like albums that have a touch of decadence to them - when bands feel they can branch out a little.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Dickey Betts, RIP
« on: April 20, 2024, 07:02:01 AM »
I got to know the Dickey Betts sans Duane-version of the Allmans with Jessica and Ramblin’ Man long before I heard the Fillmore recordings. Based on that listening experience, they were to me first and foremost a country rock band writing jaunty songs in major keys, I heard that improvisational stuff only much, much later. So I always thought that Dickey Betts was the de facto leader and musical director. While Gregg Allman was out of it most of the time.
And I don’t think that album with Cher was awful (just unremarkable), I even own some obscure CD version of it from South America, I don’t think it was ever officially released digitally. With the number of mostly younger men she’s had, Cher must have undeniable qualities. You can’t beat experience.
And I don’t think that album with Cher was awful (just unremarkable), I even own some obscure CD version of it from South America, I don’t think it was ever officially released digitally. With the number of mostly younger men she’s had, Cher must have undeniable qualities. You can’t beat experience.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Dickey Betts, RIP
« on: April 19, 2024, 10:17:57 AM »
I think that arranging that dual stuff was mainly Dickey’s do. Don’t believe that Duane bothered much with the circle of fifths. 
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Dickey Betts, RIP
« on: April 18, 2024, 07:04:06 PM »
This will get me killed, but technically Dickey, a taught banjo player, was likely superior to Duane. All that Bluegrass influence and even Jazz.
Duane had feel and style in loads + that slide thing, but he was also a bit of a one trick pony.
And when you hear the Allmans on Classic Rock radio it's almost inevitably either Jessica or Ramblin' Man, both Betts compositions after Duane's passing. Or Midnight Rider, a Gregg Allman song.
Now lynch me!
Fame attaches itself for the weirdest reasons, but Joe Perry isn't the best guitarist in Aerosmith either, that laurel belongs to Brad Whitford. Or to put it with Duane about Dickey: “I'm the famous one, but he's the real guitar player!”
Duane had feel and style in loads + that slide thing, but he was also a bit of a one trick pony.
And when you hear the Allmans on Classic Rock radio it's almost inevitably either Jessica or Ramblin' Man, both Betts compositions after Duane's passing. Or Midnight Rider, a Gregg Allman song.
Now lynch me!
Fame attaches itself for the weirdest reasons, but Joe Perry isn't the best guitarist in Aerosmith either, that laurel belongs to Brad Whitford. Or to put it with Duane about Dickey: “I'm the famous one, but he's the real guitar player!”
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: The devil made him do it!
« on: April 18, 2024, 06:56:37 PM »
My nightmares are always about things I've broken and they can't be repaired!
