So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

I'm glad they are not

I geddit - I prefer bands that can't go beyond midsize halls either. With more than a couple of thousands in the audience, rock gigs quickly become an anonymous spectacle.

[Basvarken]

Exactly!

[morrow]

Our little Mexican project is adding a new vocalist , getting ready to rehearse new material. Two trumpets in the band , should have this one ripping.

[uwe]

[Rob]

Great stuff Morrow!

[Ken]

Our little Mexican project is adding a new vocalist , getting ready to rehearse new material. Two trumpets in the band , should have this one ripping.

Impressive!

[Basvarken]

Dave Archibald is an amazing musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the lead singer with the great band The Rising Souls. But unfortunately that band does not seem to have survived the Covid crisis.
His voice reminds me strongly of that of Jay Buchanan (Rival Sons). His day job is a plumber. Dreams of a full-time music career. In these recordings of an American show, he plays on his own on a (great-sounding) acoustic guitar.

[exiledarchangel]

[Dave W]

Wonder how this would be received today. 

[gearHed289]

Wonder how this would be received today. 

Well *I* loved it.    And that Tele, wow! Check out the binding.

[uwe]

Demis Roussos and Vangelis are just around the corner, right? 

[Dave W]

Well *I* loved it.    And that Tele, wow! Check out the binding.

Fender makes a limited run Buck Owens sparkle Tele (only 2K!) but only a run of three Don Rich Teles.

Buck was never the same after Don died.

[Dave W]

[exiledarchangel]

Demis Roussos and Vangelis are just around the corner, right? 

Can't stand Demis Roussos hippie stuff, and even if Vangelis is something special, I can only enjoy his music sometimes, when I need my dose of a good soundtrack. Those guys on the other hand are much more easy listening, without being too easy/boring.

[uwe]

You're aware it's a cover of a sentimental (but not totally without musical merit, unorthodox or - if you're Greek - orthodox 😄 time signatures, some lyrical message) German-Austrian Schlager by Udo Jürgens about Greek migrant workers/Gastarbeiter from the mid 70s? It was #1 in Deutsch- and Switzerland plus #2 in Austria:

Cheesy or not, it was at its time perceived as one of the earliest German mainstream songs addressing the feelings of first generation migrant workers torn between Heimweh and finding a living in Deutschland. Udo and the lyricist Michael Kunze didn't do a bad job. While Greek origin Germans smile about the stereotyping it necessarily did, it is generally appreciated in their community.

And it became one of Udo's signature tunes until the very end of his career. He died in 2014 - two weeks after his last (sold out) concert in Zürich, a heart attack during a leisurely Sunday walk pre-Christmas, not a bad way to go.