So, what have you been listening to lately?

[morrow]

Well , that link doesn't seem to work. Here's a YouTube clip Garrett did a while back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDtoZ3sOos

[uwe]

https://www.facebook.com/bluesfolk.roots/videos/626082176243480

https://www.facebook.com/bluesfolk.roots/videos/626082176243480

Link to a Facebook video of a friend , I think this was shot in Ottawa last weekend. Garrett usually plays guitar , but does play a few songs on bass. He's using a capo , and doesn't use common technique , he's a unique thing. Garrett is off on a two month tour right now and we miss having him around the favourite dive downtown. Just a low budget tour of him solo , he's driving right across the country. Couple amps and guitar, couple changes of clothes. Driving by himself.
He's the son of Dutch Mason , who was somewhat of a Canadian legend.

He's obviously a Colin Hodgkinson fan!

https://youtu.be/xvcaQfQ8h7M

[morrow]

I'd bet that Garrett has never heard of Hodgkinson , but there's certainly stylistic similarities. Garrett usually plays every Tuesday night in my favourite dive downtown. I do the Sunday blues jam there. And have for over twenty five years.

[Dave W]

https://youtu.be/EWKi1BPyZPo

[morrow]

They played a lot of things just a bit too fast , but I loved Rockpile. For many years was in a nice little rock&roll band that covered a lot of their book.
The dance floor would be filled from the first song.

[Ken]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDlpETyqweE

[uwe]

I'd bet that Garrett has never heard of Hodgkinson , but there's certainly stylistic similarities. Garrett usually plays every Tuesday night in my favourite dive downtown. I do the Sunday blues jam there. And have for over twenty five years.

I thought about that too, Hodgkinson is very much a European phenomenon and his only US exposure was via the Neil Schon/Jan Hammer project which I do not believe made too many Journey fans thoroughly happy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpEUR6QeFtI

Personally, I think Hodgkinson's novelty bass strumming/baritone-guitar-tuned-even-lower style is very much an acquired taste*** (and of limited usage unless you're playing without guitar; it's something he does in his solo spots with whoever he's playing), I like what Garrett does a lot better.


***I kinda think, what's the point, if you played the same stuff on a real guitar it would sound better/more natural.

[morrow]

He'll just do a couple of bass songs in a set , so it's a nice change. He usually tunes things down to D so he often keeps a capo on the second fret.(He does play bass like he plays guitar) The thumb pick is a fairly new thing , he normally is just a finger player on guitar.
Lovely guy , he's missed in the old dive we call The Land of Dreams. (Or LoD)
We live in a pretty remote area so few touring acts bother to come up this way. 

[Basvarken]

Here's 30 minutes of a concert that I saw last friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BohbrSz3_v8

[uwe]

Paul Weller is great. Wonderful, understated, Brit music. He's obviously limited as a singer, but his voice engulfs you in intimacy.

[uwe]

A classic. To hell with it, I liked (and like) Phillysound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDA-CBxiKI

[uwe]

Great number, 80ies sound and all ...

https://youtu.be/7a6hu6Z7Pkg

[Dave W]

https://youtu.be/GzF0AETdRF8

[Pilgrim]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZIzs9pE5o

The bass and sax players are fantastic!

[Basvarken]

My mother-in-law attended that show. She's a fan and exactly the same age as Tina (then 69). And needless to say she was impressed by the high energy of Tina.