Quote: DaButt @ 15th May 2015, 9:47 AM BSTMy friend plays in the band...
Who's that then?
Quote: George Kaplan @ 14th May 2015, 11:41 PM BSTI keep meaning to check out some of Uncle Tupelo's stuff, but never get around to it.
I own and love 'No Depression'. Great stuff!
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 15th May 2015, 10:44 AM BST
His initials are NC. 
So, DaButt, if I ever manage to go on holidays in the US I'm going to visit you and expect you to organise (or: organize) a private Wilco concert, just for me.
I could get you backstage to meet the band after the show, but that's probably the best I could do. 
Quote: DaButt @ 15th May 2015, 11:37 AM BSTI could get you backstage to meet the band after the show, but that's probably the best I could do.
And that'd be far more I can normally expect. I only had a backstage pass once (for a Pet Shop Boys gig), a friend won two meet and greet tickets in a radio competition.
So, drinking a beer with the guys from Wilco would be rock n roll heaven.
You should check out the festival that they curate every other year in Massachusetts. They play 2 shows as a band, as well as all the guys performing in their various side projects. It's a fairly small affair and it all takes place in a picturesque town on the grounds of a very cool modern art museum. It's a unique vibe and the band members are usually strolling around when they aren't playing.
The next one is in June.
Been doing a bit of a blitz on my recently bought CDs.
Now I've got the first CD of Yessongs on - "Heart of the Sunrise" to be specific at the moment.
Well, with BB dying we've all heard 'The thrill is gone' and 'Rock me' over and over on every single channel.
But for those who want to hear a selection of other stuff by the master,
here goes:
BB Boogie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVX5tIYYhkM
Save a seat for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL2zlqlfA9w
She's dynamite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enW0H0vJAU0
Don't get around much anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UHLm7IZrrY
How blue can you get https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l45f28PzfCI
Let the good times roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKylShHU1jQ
Hummingbird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLs_YaCWYU
You've become a habit to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOAbrVYY3Zo
There is always one more time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2YPv_6XY48
And what is he playing up there with all the greats right now?
I'm going to roll, roll, roll forever, of course.
Roll, roll, roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdafLmIse0A
First there was Bach, then Beethoven and finally, BB. 
Hope those links work.
Still Labi Siffre
No one else a fan?
Chas n Dave played on one of his albums for heaven sakes people
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ 17th May 2015, 1:29 AM BSTI quite liked that bloke who sang with a brass band around the same time and
Peter Skellern. He has also done stuff with Richard Stilgoe who keeps looking down his nose at my father whenever he tries to tell jokes to him in local shops. We reckon he's very pompous. Anyhow, Pete was/is alright. The track you are referring to is the big hit "You're a Lady" from 1973 but he did quite a lot with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band who were in "Brassed Off"and other brass bands. That includes a good album called "Skellern" which has a rose and mining infrastructure on the front of it.
Anyhow, here's Labi Siffre with a classic middle of the road tune. I won't have anything said against it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NV5StCLu4
And the Nutty Boys version which is without a shadow of a doubt its equal although not its superior:
Quote: DaButt @ 15th May 2015, 9:47 AM BSTMy friend plays in the band, so I'm a bit biased. I try to catch a show whenever they're nearby and I've done a few European runs where it gave me a chance/excuse to visit cities and countries for the first time.
Cool. That sounds like a lot of fun.
Quote: Tursiops @ 15th May 2015, 10:38 AM BSTI read that as Welwyn Garden City, which frankly is no-one's idea of a good night out.
I know zooo is a big fan of Milton Keynes. Not sure how she feels about WGC.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 17th May 2015, 1:07 AM BSTStill Labi Siffre
No one else a fan?
Sometimes it's hard to tell when Steve's being serious.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 17th May 2015, 1:07 AM BSTChas n Dave played on one of his albums for heaven sakes people
Nope. That's the clincher. He isn't.
Black Honey - Madonna
https://soundcloud.com/blackhoneyuk/madonna
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 15th May 2015, 10:44 AM BSTI own and love 'No Depression'. Great stuff!
Thanks for the rec.
Quote: A Horseradish @ 15th May 2015, 12:28 AM BSTI like Whiskeytown which I discovered after Ryan Adams went solo. Those first two albums were strong rather than brilliant but there was so much promise in him we thought he would be a new Dylan or something. It really didn't happen. I still feel there is a work of brilliance in him in older age. He's just been on one of the last Lettermans:
Thanks for that. Love Ryan Adams, and "Demolition" is one of my favourite albums.
Quote: George Kaplan @ 17th May 2015, 12:56 PM BSTI know zooo is a big fan of Milton Keynes. Not sure how she feels about WGC.
Ooh.
*looks up Welwyn Garden City on Wiki*
Quote: zooo @ 17th May 2015, 2:30 PM BSTOoh.
*looks up Welwyn Garden City on Wiki*
I thought I was safe, talking behind your back on this thread.
I love this............
The Dickies - Magoomba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-QQnpmw_W4
and this............
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - Bloodsport For All (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5pgljsjghY
(My hair's in that film somewhere, not that it's the reason I like it)
Something In 4/4 Time - Daryl Hall
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6waFLfDD5do
A typical Hall composition, but produced by none other than Robert Fripp...and it works. Listen to the "guitar solo" in the middle. Marvellous track!!!