So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Basvarken]

You should check out Birtha too. Criminally overlooked, bonafide rock-band

[Pilgrim]

Wow, those ladies can ROCK!  Great stuff.  The lead singer is verging on Joplin territory with that voice.

[uwe]

You should check out Birtha too. Criminally overlooked, bonafide rock-band

Sure I know Birtha, they were ven earlier than Fanny. Fine band too. Have a compilation CD, their stuff is hard to get (on CD).

[Basvarken]

their stuff is hard to get (on CD).

You can say that again. I tried to find a CD about ten years ago. But couldn't find it.
Where did you score yours?

[uwe]

Amazon. 40 EUR a couple of years ago, used. Meanwhile prices are even more crazy:

https://www.amazon.de/Birtha-CanT-Stop-Madness/dp/B0000011BY/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=33FK5OGDHHD6A&keywords=birtha+cd&qid=1659555077&sprefix=birtha+cd%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-3

[Basvarken]

 

I don't need it that badly!

[uwe]

Some stuff just doesn't get rereleased on CD. It's available on CD only for a short time due to a limited license, doesn't sell enough during that time frame and is then relegated to the vaults ...

[gearHed289]

Wow, digging Birtha! Fun stuff. And check out the J pup added to a P Bass in 1972.

[Denis]

Blackmore's Night for me lately.

[uwe]

Ouch, now what did I do to deserve such scathing ridicule and mockery, Denis? 



Sigh.

[Denis]

You pulled those links so quickly, Uwe. It's almost like you were just watching and enjoying them.

Ouch, now what did I do to deserve such scathing ridicule and mockery, Denis? 



Sigh.

[uwe]

I trudge to a gig of every friggin' Blackmore's Night tour in Deutshland. I've probably seen them 20 times over the decades. Yet it is painful/embarrassing every time for me, some of the music is beyond banal (and minutes later there is a short flash of brilliance from Blackmore in another song) and the medieval fair visuals of the band and their diehard fans grate on me. If I have to hear the sway-happy Renaissance Faire (always a crowd favorite)



one more time (and I no doubt will), I'll have to shoot myself.

Candice's voice has gained strength and authority over the years and she hits notes acurately, but her delivery is one-dimensional and the lyrics ... spare me! And as his years with BN strumming acousitc instruments add up, Ritchie's capabilities on a Strat diminish via sheer non-use/non-practice: The man who once commanded the instrument with elegance, energy, skill and mischievous finesse, by now sounds awkward with it (as anyone would who spends so little time playing electric guitar and so much with various acoustic instruments).

File me under "glutton for punishment/repeat offender".

[uwe]

Well, he didn't get the job with the Eagles for nothing ...

[gearHed289]

Wow, that's some great singing.

[uwe]

Yup, he sure can do it. Yes, it owes a lot to Crosby, Stills & Nash, but there are worse role models to have.