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The Music Thread

I need to see more of her - or should I say hear more of her. ;)
Have you ever focused on Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads)?

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I don't want the good stuff thread to be all music, so I started this. Two simple rules:

1. Only music. The music can have political opinions, but you can't. Shut up.
2. One post per day. Don't post a playlist. Just post one song, and move on.

Here's how I'll start it:

I still like his guitar sound.

 
My favorite song by them is
While "teach" is a good song, esp with the Garcia cameo on pedal steel, there is so much music these 3 or 4 souls have been responsible for over the years that I'm not sure "TYC" makes my top 70, and Graham has probably written at least 20 better songs himself... Which brings me to my contribution for today, which some may enjoy and relate to while others probably not so much...

This Santa Claus looking man is Leland Sklar, and he is among a handful of people who could by themselves provide a pretty thorough history of the past 50 yrs musically. From early days with James Taylor and Jackson Browne and a plethora of artists since then he has played bass with a whos who of iconic musicians of the past half century names like CSNY, Phil Collins, Dolly, Carole King, Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and way too many more to name...

He's still touring and doing session work and remains in high demand some 50 yrs on. But he has a you tube channel where he provides a rare look into the world of music, and on an almost daily basis he'll go back and revisit songs he played on, the other musicians that were involved and some unbelievably awesome insight into the recording of that song. As well as his ongoing day to day life, his continual playing with people like Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkle and the other folks who started out originally with James Taylor.

Anyway, he chooses a different artist and revisits the circumstances surrounding specific songs on a near daily basis, when he isn't on the road. This first video is a song by Stills which I wasn't aware that Lee had played on, so I was pleasantly surprised to see him discuss it. It's one of my guilty pleasures off of one of Stills' solo album, and is likely not too well known...

He's a remarkably humble, down to earth guy, but the names he drops casually are mind blowing... And he's put together a picture book full of friends and famous people giving him the finger, which I think he references in one of these videos...



This is a bit longer, but a must watch for any Zevon fans. The songs referenced are from the Bad Luck in Dancing School album, and songs I haven't heard in probably 30 years... Amazingly, they came right back to me...

 
I never realized it before now, but Steve Earle was born basically 3 mos before I was. His birthday is Jan 17, 1955 and I was born on April 16...

Here is an excellent performance of The Promised Land from a December benefit with Bruce, Steve and the Dukes for Steve's autism charity. At the time Steve was 66 and Bruce was 72, and this plain rocks, although I do miss the sax solo...

 
If seen quite a few good ones. It seems to be the #1 go to song for hot chicks with guitars, too, so some of them are quite enjoyable to watch.
That always puzzles me--do beautiful, young women really relate to that song? I guess that shows how screwed up our culture really is.
 
I would say that the songs of the 2010s are crap or pointless. The feckin hysteria that BTS creates? What's up with that?
But I guess parents were saying the same thing -- when four mophead scousers came off that plane at Kennedy many many years ago.
 
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