So, what have you been listening to lately?

[ajkula66]

https://youtu.be/mj2T7O2pw1c

[uwe]

Blue Öyster Beatles ...

https://youtu.be/EMqqKtnXguk

That song was always corny, even the dark BÖC can't save it.  But it's still kinda cute.

[Ken]

Just got tickets to see Mdou Moctar here in Brooklyn next month.  Should be great.

https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-for-justice

[Dave W]

I think the clip at the end is hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feycz-QTITU

[ajkula66]

Blue Öyster Beatles ...

https://youtu.be/EMqqKtnXguk

That song was always corny, even the dark BÖC can't save it.  But it's still kinda cute.

And now for something completely different, I guess...

[uwe]

The magnificent 'Unter returneth! Great lyrics as always.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXi8M0psk0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LHbuz-QKcI&list=OLAK5uy_lrlrtYXlXi7MayHIQ6Cvf6T7mlx2AbMUQ

[Dave W]

Always up for some sax music.

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

[uwe]

This here is one of the most beautiful and evocative sax lines for me (and, no, not because of the Purple connection, it's just a very beautiful song, Tommy was good at writing and singing those, I always say that without his drug habit and in the hands of a right management, he could have become another Peter Frampton) at 02:24:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUKi6sKLE0

Courtesy of Norma Jean Bell who came from Frank Zappa I believe to Tommy's band, becoming very much a focal point.



It's not technically awesome sax playing or anything, it's just a very pretty, even pastoral, doubletracked/harmonized melody, but (wo)man does it stick! If she came up with the melody, then she should have received a writer's co-credit for it.

That's Reggie McBride (ex-Rare Earth) on bass, the man oozed groove, he played on all songs of Private Eyes, Bolin's final (and best) solo album.

[wellREDman]

Slash's new blues standards album, Orgy of the Damned, is fantastic.

no disrespect to Miles Kennedy but having guest vocalists really seems to bring out the best in Mr Hudson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k3JooiXm5Y

[Basvarken]

Last wednesday I met Jimi Crutchley and Ash Sheehan.
Jimi is Glenn Hughes' manager and Ash is Glenn's drummer.

It turns out they have an amazing band called Dead Sea Skulls.
The guitar player is Jimi's brother by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdstsNC29o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2XDgHcOlY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJn8clVcS0c

[uwe]

Sebastian Bach is a hard act to follow, but Fräulein Hale doesn't do a half-bad job here ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgomKGUKhHg&t=64s

[uwe]

Last wednesday I met Jimi Crutchley and Ash Sheehan.
Jimi is Glenn Hughes' manager and Ash is Glenn's drummer.

It turns out they have an amazing band called Dead Sea Skulls.
The guitar player is Jimi's brother by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdstsNC29o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2XDgHcOlY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJn8clVcS0c

Now if that isn't music predictably right up Herr van den Broek's alley! 

Ash is a real find as a drummer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4ri2CGqWI

[doombass]

Sebastian Bach is a hard act to follow, but Fräulein Hale doesn't do a half-bad job here ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgomKGUKhHg&t=64s

I also think my fellow countraman Eric Grönwall did a great job. The clip is from one of the first series of shows he did in Skid Row. He came in as recovering cancer patient and unfortunately his body could'nt cope with any lengthy touring in the long run so he had to jump ship recently after 2 years in the band. A pretty relaxed newcomer considering he is a big Sebastian Bach fan and knew what shoes he had to fill (hang on for that high pitch scream at 5:19):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpn5xORVfO4

[uwe]

I thought he did fine on their recent album.

But touring life is hard work and nothing for a recovering cancer patient.

[uwe]

Rob, do you understand now what I mean with Judas Priest having elegance and charm? This lot here doesn't:

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