So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

uwe, i saw rory gallagher open for your beloved quo somewhere back in the mid seventies. your team should have stayed in the locker room. have not been around here in awhile but i want to thank you again for being such a kind host to my stepsons when they were in germany a few years back.

Pleasure! Gallagher on a good night was near impossible to beat. His unpretentious working man image, the raw singing and the equally raw, but very gifted guitar playing were a great package. I miss him.

[uwe]

Always lovely and immaculate in its glorious boneheadedness, as if The Cult attempted Nutbush City Limits:

[slinkp]

I'm usually not much for fusion, if that's what this is, but somebody played this for me today ... if you can make it till about 5 or 6 minutes in when the keyboard solo and the drums really start to cook... this thing gets INSANE.  Watch the joy on their faces... the keyboardist who isn't solo is just in disbelief of the soloist... it's really fun to watch.

[gearHed289]

Snarky Puppy are pretty "big" in the prog scene. Not entirely my thing, but they are REALLY good.

[uwe]

I have zillions of CDs, but never had one of Tony Joe White until very recently. Embarrassing,  I know. 

[Pilgrim]

Daltry's voice is remarkable!  Still on top of it.

And they're getting prophetic, as usual - everything fades.

[uwe]

I'm usually not much for fusion, if that's what this is, but somebody played this for me today ... if you can make it till about 5 or 6 minutes in when the keyboard solo and the drums really start to cook... this thing gets INSANE.  Watch the joy on their faces... the keyboardist who isn't solo is just in disbelief of the soloist... it's really fun to watch.

I really like it! Not too demanding a listen for my ears. It has structure.

[westen44]

I talked to Snarky Puppy's bassist years ago.  He was as friendly as he is talented.  Since that time they've won several Grammys.  However, I've got to say that that kind of music is not really something I listen to very much. 

[gearHed289]

I talked to Snarky Puppy's bassist years ago.  He was as friendly as he is talented.  Since that time they've won several Grammys.

Really! I had no idea, good for them.

[slinkp]

Daltry's voice is remarkable!  Still on top of it.

And they're getting prophetic, as usual - everything fades.

Yeah I'm digging the new singles. I gotta get the album!

[Pilgrim]

I'll see them in March when they play Denver.  Looking forward to it!!

[westen44]

Really! I had no idea, good for them.

Three Grammys I think. 

[uwe]

Remember our talented Italian Signorinas from Black Mamba?



Someone took their copy of Machine Head away and replaced it with a Red Hot Chilli Peppers album, maledetto! 



No, no, it's ok, youth has to progress.

[westen44]

Italy may not be perfect.  But no one is.  It's just my opinion, but I think Italians can rock harder than a number of other nationalities I could name.  Rock on, Italy.   

[uwe]

But I never said a bad word about our Axis Allies! There's a saying in Germany according to which "Germans love Italians, but they don't respect them. With the Italians it's the other way around." 

But all my favorite Italian songs are somehow non-rock:





Most people here will know this from Laura Branigan, but he wrote it:



Now where's my assless chaps? Eric Adams ain't Luciano Pavarotti, but he does more than alright here:



All of Middle of the Road's early 70ies bubble gum hits (I have a soft spot for) were penned by an Italian songwriter team who had discovered the Scottish outfit on an Italian cruise liner as a Top 40 ballroom covers band (and obviously heard something):