So, what have you been listening to lately?

Pilgrim · November 24, 2020, 03:09:31 PM

The last two posts take me back to one of the first 45s I ever bought at a second hand store:

Dave W · November 25, 2020, 12:25:35 AM

Quote from: Pilgrim on November 24, 2020, 03:09:31 PM
The last two posts take me back to one of the first 45s I ever bought at a second hand store:

I always thought Johnny Otis was a black man. He was always associated with black musicians. It wasn't until I saw his obit a few years back that I learned he was the son of Greek immigrants.

Dave W · November 25, 2020, 11:29:02 PM

Every so often I have to listen to the Gits even though it makes me sad. What a tragic end.

westen44 · December 01, 2020, 10:37:44 AM

Live version of the Kinks "I'm Not Like Everybody Else."

Dave W · December 01, 2020, 09:13:34 PM

uwe · December 05, 2020, 04:38:54 PM

Majestic.

slinkp · December 08, 2020, 01:39:01 PM

Wait... what... Fishbone reunited with the original lineup?? Just this week??? (Plus an extra guitarist)

Kendall "Special K" Jones has not appeared with them on guitar for decades ... Chris Dowd (keyboards, trombones, and on this track lead vocals) was gone for a long time though I know he has reunited with them before.
and... covering Alice in Chains? Who apparently they were friends with back in the day, I did not know that.
Anyway.... this rocks!!
Drummer "Fish" and his bassist brother Norwood Fisher are both still amazing...

uwe · December 08, 2020, 02:02:40 PM

Très cool. I lik'em both.

gearHed289 · December 09, 2020, 08:20:41 AM

I loved those guys in the 90s. Saw them live a few times, and they were the hardest working band I'd ever seen. Did you ever see them doing that routine where they toss their horns WAY across the stage to a roadie on the sidelines?

I thought they suffered when Chris left. He was kind of the soul of the band I think. They seemed to get progressively heavier and angrier after that.

And watching some of that AIC special over the weekend reminded me of how much I loved them as well. Layne Staley was a force of nature. I only saw them once (Lolla '93). Layne was not in the best condition, and it was stupidly loud, but still a great memory.

I also discovered Tool on the side stage of that tour. Dinosaur Jr. were playing the main stage and I thought they kinda sucked, so I went to grab a beer. On my way back, I see a guy playing a Ric Chris Squire. Ltd. Ed. which stopped me in my tracks.

slinkp · December 09, 2020, 09:20:38 AM

I did see Fishbone once around 1989. Chris Dowd was wild, spinning the keyboard around and throwing the trombone over drummer Fish's head to a roadie. He would catch it mid-song too, and I swear sometimes he didn't even look, just plucked it out of the air and started blowing. Angelo Moore was a madman. Walter Kibby spent the whole show dancing on top of some very high speakers. I was sure somebody in the band was going to get hurt. I didn't know any of the songs at the time except Freddie's Dead and I think I had heard UGLY at some point, so it was all pretty new to me. Funny story - I went with my college roommate and his friend, and after the show I was thinking "that was the most energetic band I have ever seen", and the friend said "Man I don't know what was wrong, they were so low energy tonight, maybe it was the audience" and I said "... what are they USUALLY like??

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I never did see AIC and think I didn't appreciate them adequately at the time. Some great riffs and the songs hold up.