RE: All Music Guide
At 09:40 PM 1/31/99 -0500, you wrote: Can anyone recommend or not the All Music Guide to Country Music? I haven't seen this volume, but I'd be cautious; the AMG website, while useful, isn't always reliable. They seem to have a hard time properly tracking more than one person with the same name; the most egregious mistake that I've seen in this regard, which I hope has been corrected by now, was their consolidated discography for Earl Taylor the bluegrass musican and Earl Taylor the jazz musician... I was checking on the Gin Blossoms and was looking at the credits for Robert Becker. Was I surprised when I *learned* Becker had played a variety of string instruments in the mid seventies for various jazz fusion artists. jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Re: All Music Guide
Jon Weisberger wrote: Can anyone recommend or not the All Music Guide to Country Music? I haven't seen this volume, but I'd be cautious; the AMG website, while useful, isn't always reliable. They seem to have a hard time properly tracking more than one person with the same name; the most egregious mistake that I've seen in this regard, which I hope has been corrected by now, was their consolidated discography for Earl Taylor the bluegrass musican and Earl Taylor the jazz musician... My favorite being Vincent Bell (guitar player, real name Gambelli) and Vince Bell. But then again, the BMI website has them confused too. Sarah W. http://www.mindspring.com/~vincebell/
Re: All Music Guide
As far as the All Music Guide goes, I've found it helpful sometimes for getting a little background on this or that name that comes up. Not the kind of reliable info you can get from someone like Dr. Malone, but then this is a little more current. What's annoying about it is that in an apparent effort not to offend anyone, just about any record gets four stars. Three if they're really opposed to something. So it's near useless for getting a sense of which record you might choose if you're trying out someone new. And of course, the further we get from 1997, the more useless it will be. Still, for all that, I do peruse it from time to time. I'm glad I own it. Will Miner Denver, CO
RE: All Music Guide
Can anyone recommend or not the All Music Guide to Country Music? I haven't seen this volume, but I'd be cautious; the AMG website, while useful, isn't always reliable. They seem to have a hard time properly tracking more than one person with the same name; the most egregious mistake that I've seen in this regard, which I hope has been corrected by now, was their consolidated discography for Earl Taylor the bluegrass musican and Earl Taylor the jazz musician... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
