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Fractals posted this on August 22nd, 2010
‘Great’ footage from Swedish TV – featuring Jim and the boys over 40 years ago. Have to say that the camera man must have practiced really hard to NOT capture the detail.
Round about 1’26″ – as ‘the man’ starts the lead – camera dutifully focussed on Jimi’s face for 2 to 3 seconds before jumping across to see EXACTLY how that bass line was being played.
PRICELESS !
Passed on – with thanks to : Gogo Surfer
Fractals posted this on July 18th, 2010
Most readers have likely never heard of C.V. Jørgensen, Bifrost, Gasolin and Kim Larsen – but they and many others from the Danish music scene all contributed to my life of music in the early 70s. This one in particular – I have just played it at least 10 times as I have explored YouTube trying to find the right version to share … music has so many memories ….. the original just seems to me to have the edge over the later version …. enjoy.
This Is My Life
Fractals posted this on May 16th, 2010
Just listening to the very first ever album by Renaissance – by the band that never quite managed to do the second album – despite number one being awesome – and the band had prodigious talent. Still – there you go.
I looked them up on Wikipedia – and found
1) quite an interesting way of presenting the personnel changes
2) that Annie Haslam – pretty much the driver of version 2 of the band still keeps them together
and then buried away – this little fact that i never EVER knew ….
3) Gavin Harrison played drums for Renaissance in 1983 !!!
Gavin Harrison
He won the Modern Drummer magazine readers’ poll for “best progressive drummer of the year” consecutively in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Fractals posted this on May 1st, 2010
Good piece from Sean O’Hagan in The Observer …
Photo above depicts ‘The Rolling Stones’, Gram Parsons and Anita Pallenberg at Villa Nellcote, France, 1971. One of a series of evocative shots taken by photographer Dominique Tarle. Photograph: Dominique Tarle Exile on Main Street is being reissued, in deluxe packaging – with 10 new bonus tracks.
The Stones and the true story of Exile on Main St
“Mick needs to know what he’s going to do tomorrow,” says Richards, his voice slurring into a laugh. “Me, I’m just happy to wake up and see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock, I’m roll.”
Another wonderful quote :
Without a trace of irony, Watts adds, “Keith’s a very bohemian and eccentric person, he really is.”
…. no shit dick tracy ! … and talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous ”
Others experienced more mundane but no less pressing problems. Both Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman missed home and some of their own creature comforts. “I hated leaving England,” Wyman reminisces. “You had to import Bird’s custard, Branston pickle and piccalilli… you had to buy PG Tips and then deal with the French milk.”
Original piece found here :
The Stones and the true story of Exile on Main St | Music | The Observer
Fractals posted this on April 23rd, 2010
To quote Peter Lindblad from Goldmine Magazine : “Not surprisingly, Ian Anderson, the charismatic leader of British progressive-rock folkies Jethro Tull, has eclectic tastes in music.”The 10 albums that changed his life bear that out.
Have to say – eclectic is the word – and kind of explains why I like him such a lot !
Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
Don Van Vliet and his Magic Band were our support act in 1972. We were fans of the man and the Trout Mask Replica album already and the songs from Trout Mask and the then-current The Spotlight Kid album were the basis of their show with Tull. Don’s pseudo poetry and näive musical inventiveness are sorely missed.
The Graham Bond Organization: The Sound of ’65
This was the seminal album for anyone in the U.K. nurturing early jazz-rock pretensions. Two pre-Cream members (Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) plus the renegade jazzman Bond give sturdy renditions of classic jazz, blues and home-grown compositions which fired a generation of Brit bands of the late ’60s/early ’70s.
Blind Faith: Blind Faith
I was living in Kentish Town, London when I heard this, just at the the time when Tull was getting started. They gave me the courage to develop improvisation and extended song development.
Roy Harper: Come Out Fighting Genghis Khan
Roy was an ex-Blackpool contemporary folk musician, having escaped earlier than I did. He showed me the way to acoustic guitar and songwriting in a more poetic and enigmatic way.
J.B. Lenoir: Alabama Blues
Re-released these days as Passionate Blues. Taught me the difference between white man’s blues and black man’s blues. Lenoir sang about race riots, lynchings, beatings and the plight of black Americans in the early ’60s.
Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony
I first really took notice of [this] in the 1971 [Stanley] Kubrick classic, “A Clockwork Orange.” The scherzo was played on early synthesisers by the then Walter (later Wendy) Carlos. I wasn’t too keen on the synths but got hold of the Berlin Philharmonic’s version conducted by Von Karajan on the Deutsche Grammophon label. At the time, I was buying a Spanish motocross racer bike, the Ossa Phantom, and so that machine and Beethoven were forever oddly linked in my memory.
Mose Allison: Swingin’ Machine
Mose was a favorite of early R&B and jazz/blues pioneers in the U.K. But this album, much more sophisticated and featuring a small brass contingent, lit up my life as a teenager with laconic vocals and post-be-bop jazz credentials.
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
This album showed us that you could be a huge success in the U.S.A. without singles, hype and showbiz clout. The music stood and still stands up for itself.
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
A lesson in sadness and madness! Jimi was the wild Eric of his day, and we played alongside him on a few occasions until his tragic death following the Isle Of Wight Fest in 1970.
John Mayall: Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
This was the record which persuaded me to give up notions of guitar-playing excellence and toot the flute instead.
Passed on – with thanks to : The 10 albums that changed Ian Anderson’s life | Goldmine Magazine
Fractals posted this on April 23rd, 2010
The boys are performing the music of ELP, King Crimson and The Nice – April 26th – The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco. Greg looks a little the worse for wear – but they say he still has the voice.
[Remember the Moogs ?]
Fractals posted this on December 30th, 2009
A long time – LONG time – since I heard anything about him – but was a big fan = back in the day 
Steeleye Span’s Tim Hart dies at age 61
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Fractals posted this on September 6th, 2009
Fractals posted this on July 31st, 2009
Comment thread earlier around Kula Shaker reminded me of two long gone bands that you might care to check out ….. bpoth from the UK – but ‘very Maui’ ;0
First up – a band in the late 70s called Mandalaband. Check them out here – and from what it says – seems there might be something new brewing (note the BJH pedigree Bob) – I will need to go and re-listen to it see if it stands up to modern scrutiny 
Second up : Quintessence – my god – FLASH BACKS !!!
musicman posted this on April 25th, 2009
… just one of the BEST bands (ok – Mike Scott IS the Waterboys) … but just spotted this in Wikipedia ….
The Waterboys
“The Waterboys have also influenced musicians such as Colin Meloy of The Decemberists[5] Grant Nicholas of Feeder[6] and Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff;[7] both Bono[8] and The Edge[9] from U2 are fans of the band.”
… add them to the list on the previous post
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