Re: Note-for-note
Jon Weisberger quoted Eddie Adcock: "...there is a neat thing that takes place in the mind - just like some of the finer art in the world - when you hit upon that note exactly the way the guy intended to hit it the first time. Then you can get the idea and the feeling and the emotion that caused him to do it. They're not your emotions; you're working out of his brain even though he may be dead and gone. It does something for you that nothing can doAnd if you hang in there and try to duplicate it in every way, then you can experience what he experienced when he did even though it may have been fifty years ago. You can feel him go through that." This isn't unlike something I've heard classical musicians express--and it makes sense, too. Although we don't think of classical musicians, or groups of them, "covering" Schubert, say, one would think the experience of playing Schubert might not be all that dissimilar from what Adcock is expressing here (just substitute "150" or "250" years for his "50"). The only quote on this I can think of at the moment is a phony, since it comes not from a real musician but a fictional one...but in Robert Stone's HALL OF MIRRORS the clarinetist hero thinks very similar thoughts about Mozart's clarinet concerto... And speaking of covers, one that isn't note-for-note but is closer than I would expect and is, it seems to me, mighty true to the spirit of the original while being totally unique as well, is Cake's "Sad Songs and Waltzes". This has been out for a long time, but I've only just discovered it, and I dig it. Dallas http://home.pacbell.net/dallasc/
Re: Jesse Stone dead
There's a decent Bear Family single CD collection of Stone's own recordings, called JESSE STONE alias CHARLES 'CHUCK' CALHOUN (BCD 15695 AH). And although this tome is not without controversy around here, I'll remind folks that the first chapter of Nick Tosches' UNSUNG HEROES OF ROCK 'N ROLL is on Stone. Dallas -- http://home.pacbell.net/dallasc/
Re: Gaffney to record shows at Swallows Inn this weekend
Thanks for the tip! Some of us actually, believe it or not, LIVE behind the Orange Curtain. (I can hardly believe it myself.) But the Swallows is every bit as great as Jeanne suggests, and anyone who can should try to make this show. --- Jeanne Berrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, In light of recent Dave Alvin posts with Chris Gaffney mentions, I thought some of you might be interested in the following information: If any of you SoCal types are brave enough to venture behind the Orange Curtain, try to make it out to The Swallows Inn in San Juan Capistrano this weekend, March 26 - 28, to catch Chris Gaffney and his backing band, The Cold Hard Facts. The Swallows Inn is one of the last great little honky tonks in Southern California and a regular stomping grounds for Chris and the band. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: New Lou Ann Barton (sorta)
Lowell Kaufman wrote: What label is this on? It sounds like a bootleg to me. I understand that Lou Ann has a new record coming out on Antone's later this year. I don't think this is it. And YES! the woman can SING! Jim, smilin' It's a boot. Somebody has done it and my Stevie/Lou Ann sessions too. Bastards. It very well may be a boot - the label is called MIG or something like that. BUT it says on the cd "woth permission from Home Cookin records" (I think it's home cookin -I don't have the cd handy today). Also, it seems to be getting decent distrbution - not like something you find in the "import" section of some stpres. Amazon or cdnow has it for sale too. So while it may be a boot, it has a little bit of legitimacy to it (so acts like it does). But it's cheaply packaged like a boot and the sesions are often bootlegged (having explored a Stevie Ray Vaughn site about it). lookin forward to a new cd from hers on Antones in any case. keep dancing, -ldk Yeah, I have the CD in front of me and it says "Licensed from Home Cookin Records" and it is on the M.I L. Multimedia label from Englewood, NJ. None of which proves it aint a boot, I realize, but at any rate that's what the bastards printed on the product. And I found this, featured quite prominently, at Border's. Dallas np Billy Jack Wills His Western Swing Band (and looking mighty damn forward to that new release--whoo hoo!)
Jann Browne
Some time back there was a question here about Jann Browne...for those of you in the SoCal area, she will be playing tomorrow (Friday) night at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano with Chris Gaffney and Patty Booker. (There's a short piece in today's LA Times about Browne and Gaffney, if you want to check out the web site or perhaps, ahem, someone could clip it) and will also be in San Juan Capistrano next weekend, appearing (for free) at the Swallow's Inn on March 12 and 13. Dallas btw, anyone going to be at the Haggard show at the Coach House next Thursday?
Re: New Lou Ann Barton (sorta)
Lowell Kaufman wrote: But the last 30-40 minutes of this record are top notch and killer. Reminds me of the days I snuck into some dives in Miami to hear some great bar bands when miami had an interesting music scene in the early 80s (not blues like this, but the raw spirit is the same). And you get Lou Ann singinging Teena Ne Na Nu not once, but twice! Anyone else know about this record? Yeah, and I second all of your comments. The quality is super poor--in fact, it took me awhile to even get to those last 30 minutes, but my reaction was like yours: if I'm in the mood for greasy, unkempt bar blues, this is the bomb. I remember buying "Old Enough" when it came out on vinyl in 1982 on the basis of a Rolling Stone review (I remember buying Lou Reed's "The Blue Mask" at the same time) and just being absolutely, totally knocked out by that voice. And I still am. Dallas
Re: Steve Earle and Britney Spears
T Pappadopoulos wrote: That's odd, why did this list suddenly pop on. is it [EMAIL PROTECTED] , that still administers it? Even though I enjoy reading what Greil Marcus has to say, Joe G's "motherfucker" post had my vote for post of the year, too. Until this one. Dallas np: Cesar Rosas SOUL DISGUISE (ok, but I pine for the days when I got stuff like this for free.)
Re: Andy Griffith (was: Re: Question about TV bands)
I wrote: Darlin's shmarlin's. That's the easy one. How's about Buddy Fleet and His Band With The Beat? Featuring James Best--later of Dukes of Hazzrd fame--on lead guitar. But I do believe it was Bobby, not Buddy. Heavens, what's happened to me?
Re: CD reviewing ethics
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, Buddy Siegal did cease writing for the Times and is now the music editor of the OC Weekly, which obviously doesn't have such an ethical problem, or doesn't have ethics... one or the other. Now, now. Don't go running down the OC Weekly. This is Orange County California, fer Chrissakes. I can't tell you how thrilled I was to find ANY sort of alternative paper...not to mention one that, thanks to Buddy, pays particular attention to alt country and other good stuff. Interesting story, though. I had no idea who Buddy was. Dallas
Re: Hank Williams
Well hell , it could have been Jason The Scorchers for that matter. But Amy's original interpretation seems to make the most sense. Trying to lure Dave P back into the fold... "Guitar Town" has a verse about Hank, though it would be a stretch to say that the song is about him. In truth, it's only part of a verse: But I heard someone calling my name one day And I followed that voice down the lost highway Are you sure that's not a Leon Payne part of a verse? g Well, Steve doesn't mention any names, it's true...And all these years I thought he was referring to Hank! --Amy "If I said I don't want what I don't have/And all the answers are in love/If I said I believed in myself and that's enough/I'd be lying"--Sam Philips
Re: Kevin Gordon - _Carnival Time_
The CD was indeed available here in the States, but I'm sure not very widely. At the time of its release, Kevin was operating out of Iowa City--he had been a student in the wrtier's workshop there--hence the Bo Ramsey connection. Kevin played lots and lots of gigs with Bo and still, I believe, makes it up to Iowa City for a show or two each year, for those of you in the Midwest. At any rate, Iowa City record shops used to have lots of copies of CARNIVAL TIME in stock. I haven't lived there for over a year and so I can't say if any are still around. However, if you want to do some detective work you could look up phone numbers for either Real Records, BJ's Compact Discs, and/or Apollo CDs, and give 'em a call to find out. The folks at Real are likely to be the most knowledgable, although BJ's once had an outstanding alt-country selection and Apollo was owned and operated by the drummer for IC's great bar band, High and Lonesome. So you would have a chance of tracking down a copy by calling any of those guys. I don't have the numbers but the area code is 319. Dallas James Matthews wrote: In 1993 Kevin Gordon Bo Ramsey made a brief tour of New Zealand. While here Gordon struck a deal with local label Real Groovy Records and a 14 track album _Carnival Time_ licensed from Shed Records was subsequently released. I don't know if this ever saw the light of day in the States but if so those looking for more Kevin Gordon output might want to track it down. It's every bit as strong as his current _Cadillac Jack's #1 Son_ if a little rougher around the edges. It also features the excellent slide guitar playing of Bo Ramsey on several tracks. Track listing: lucy andy drive to arkansas/hillbilly queen/scared of love/wild one/ thing about you/king of kings/carnival time/black dress/hellcat/quiet child/ heart of mine/get across/six feet under/lonesome track (All songs written by Kevin Gordon) Drop me a line for further details. np: _Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John_ cheers, - james matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] "name me a song that everybody knows, i'll bet you it belongs to acuff/rose"
