So, what have you been listening to lately?

[westen44]

But this is Mick Hup's music. 

To be honest, I only listened to a few seconds of that.  I was just trying to make a point (not very well) that I like Jeff Lynne's ELO music, but not so much his non-ELO music.  The greatest example of that would be what he did with George Harrison.  I'm a George Harrison fan, yet really don't like the music he did with Jeff Lynne--the "Cloud Nine" album probably being the greatest example.  It was a commercial success, that is true.  But compared to, for example, Harrison's early albums it sounded pretty lousy to me.  But to counterbalance this, I can sit through ELO concerts and really like them. 

[uwe]

I prefer when he still played bass 

I had no idea he was a colleague! Lovely.

And of course you're right, the song I posted was pretty much your typical 80ies saccharine ballad, no comparison to this classic or other stuff he has done.

Kenny Rogers a bassist, who knew! The Last Bass Outpost continues to promote knowledge.

[gearHed289]

And then I go from easy listening to everybody's favorite shoegazer prog ...

I've been listening to Mr. Wilson's solo stuff this past week.

[Basvarken]

I had no idea he was a colleague! Lovely.

This is actually even cooler:

[uwe]

That is the first song on that double CD compilation I bought and it floored when I heard it - not C&W or easy listening by a stretch, more something you might expect from Bob Seger or Edgar Winter. I had to look at the CD and check whether AMAZON had sent me something wrong! 

[westen44]

Many people were first introduced to Kenny Rogers when he appeared on the Smothers Brothers show in the 1960s.  "just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In" was a good example of what was going on with psychedelic stuff at that time.  Something which was very brief but also very real. 

[Dave W]

In today's (fake) news: Jeff Lynne’s Estranged Dog Arrested For Identity Theft 

[westen44]

In today's (fake) news: Jeff Lynne’s Estranged Dog Arrested For Identity Theft 

LMAO!!!!

[uwe]

I don't get it, I see no picture of a dog, just one of an obviously younger Jeff Lynne in a jeans jacket.

[Dave W]

Now, Kenny Rogers is a real bassist, but all the First Edition bass parts were done by Joe Osborn.

Back when I was in high school in Houston, Kenneth (as he was known then) was playing upright and electric bass and singing harmony with the Bobby Doyle Three, a jazz/pop combo. They had a regular gig at a club near the Shamrock Hilton. They also did some touring and put out an album and at least one single that got local airplay. Bobby was a blind pianist who later settled in Austin.

Before that, he had a local hit with this, written by local country singer Ray Doggett.



The First Edition was never as good after Thelma Camacho left. I had a crush on her 50 years ago. I read an article about her a few years back, she was a craft jeweler in san Diego.

[westen44]

Having a crush on Thelma Camacho wouldn't have been a very difficult thing to do.

Overall, I've got to say I really don't know much about Kenny Rogers other than the obvious things.  I've heard my uncle tell a story, though, of once being at a Kenny Rogers concert somewhere.  Somehow he had a backstage pass.  I never caught the details, but at some point (during the show itself) he ended getting bored, decided to go backstage and evidently found himself in Kenny Rogers' dressing room.  Evidently, he didn't like Kenny Rogers' music as much as he was expecting.  I felt the same way when some friends once convinced me to see the Marshall Tucker Band. 

[westen44]

Studio outtake

[uwe]

Why is everything so sad in my life ...    I'm feeling all mellotronic.

[westen44]

Depressing or not, British alternative rock is a welcome relief to the cookie-cutter music so common in America.   

[doombass]

Yup, Suede is one of few mellodramatic bands I like listen to. Somehow I never could stand the likes of for example The Smiths which I find being essentially the same genre.