California harmonies (was Soul)

1999-02-02 Thread Budrocket
Speaking of which, has P2 ever talked about the whole California country rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no tension, no dissonance, no variation? Er, ah, that's your basic bluegrass harmony. Not Stanley mountain music,bluegrass. Via Chris Hillman,

RE: California harmonies (was: Soul)

1999-01-31 Thread Barry Mazor
the whole California country rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no tension, no dissonance, no variation...cloying whether it's the Byrds, the Eagles, Desert Rose...whoever. Er, ah, that's your basic bluegrass harmony. Via Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen,

Re: California harmonies (was: Soul)

1999-01-31 Thread stuart
Barry Mazor wrote: Post-Byrds California style--and I can only say that LOTS of ol' rockers were fairly turned off by the "new"Crosby-dominated sound notions of CSN at the time, for the "blanding down" reasons raised . If you were a hardcore fan of the Band and Dylan and the Burrito