So, what have you been listening to lately?

uwe · October 17, 2023, 09:38:05 AM

Mighty Quo at their peak!

Pilgrim · October 17, 2023, 11:09:51 AM

Quote from: uwe on October 17, 2023, 07:27:06 AM

I miss ol' Speedy Gonzales. And the Tijuana Toads.

But they're terribly, terribly, stereotypical, don'cha know?

There are also a few old westerns around with happy Mexican bandidos; the ones who laugh and make jokes before they shoot you. Which also brings to mind the classic line, "I don't no steenkin' badges!"

Which for some reason brings to mind this album by the Baja Marimba band....on the back side of the album, the guy taking a leak is missing and the band is looking into the water trying to find him.

Dave W · October 17, 2023, 01:39:03 PM

uwe · October 17, 2023, 01:46:56 PM

His wife Cindy is one hell of a drummer.

Pilgrim · October 18, 2023, 09:54:35 AM

Thank you Dave, that Santana number is fantastic!!

That's one of the most compelling tunes I've heard in a long time - you just start moving with it. Great, classic tune.

Basvarken · October 18, 2023, 11:12:32 AM

Quote from: uwe on October 17, 2023, 01:46:56 PM
His wife Cindy is one hell of a drummer.

Saw her with Lenny Kravitz.
30 years ago... can't believe it's really that long ago

uwe · October 18, 2023, 12:43:16 PM

Oh, that was her? I remember the female drummer, but I never made the connection.

Dave W · October 18, 2023, 06:11:23 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on October 18, 2023, 09:54:35 AM
Thank you Dave, that Santana number is fantastic!!

That's one of the most compelling tunes I've heard in a long time - you just start moving with it. Great, classic tune.

Yep.

Check out the Songs Around The World playlist on that YT channel. Some great stuff there. For example:

Dave W · October 18, 2023, 06:15:12 PM

Earlier today I watched a nice interview with Gene Chandler from last year so naturally this has been my earworm today.

Ken · October 18, 2023, 07:22:23 PM

Quote from: Dave W on October 18, 2023, 06:11:23 PM
Yep.

Check out the Songs Around The World playlist on that YT channel. Some great stuff there. For example:

Very nice. And even Stephen Perkins on drums.

uwe · October 19, 2023, 12:44:22 AM

Gasp. A Led Zep Song. Here.

Basvarken · October 19, 2023, 01:44:58 AM

Yeah ain't it great!

Nice to see Susan Tedeschi and Derk Trucks contributing too.

4stringer77 · October 19, 2023, 10:54:15 AM

Quote from: uwe on October 19, 2023, 12:44:22 AM
Gasp. A Led Zep Song. Here.

Yngwie would agree. He says in this interview he didn't come across Zep much in his formative years but everybody had made in Japan.

Basvarken · October 19, 2023, 11:02:10 AM

I tried listening to that interview. Got to 3 minutes in, but then gave up. Couldn't stand to hear him talk and widdleydiddle any longer

uwe · October 19, 2023, 04:46:32 PM

There is a geographical divide in Zep appreciation. Zep - on the behest of Peter Grant - focused early on crisscrossing the US, they did comparatively little in Mainland Europe. That showed, Zep were of course also big in Europe, but they were never HUGE like in the US. In places like Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia, Zep in 1972 probably had a status like, say, Black Sabbath, but they were not in the peak echelons of popularity and sales like DP or even Uriah Heep. You just didn't see or hear (radio) them often enough in Continental Europe.

It's often forgotten, but in 1973 DP outsold all other rock bands in the US too - including Zep, Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad and the Stones.