Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs: Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma". I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
Tonight listening to The Best of INXS on CD. Man that band put out a bunch of hits and even though a couple of them are dated the rest have held up pretty well. This CD also sounds quite good.
A true shame about Michael Hutchence. So many of these bright creative folks just can't seem to stay on the planet. Makes me think about Cobain and Shannon Hoon too.
Sittin here this eve, enjoyin the difference between bein lonely and alone. I had nothing better to do than see who started this post. @nutty ...should you still be around, this is for you. I have a lot of Trower but I got to this first. Have to burn it to hear it these days...grrrrr
n80 - "The bottom line is that I have to preview a lot of music before I find something I want to buy and own."
FWIW, I'm in the same situation. The ratio of albums screened to "must-buy-keepers" is large and getting larger; 25:1? 50:1?? more than that??? A SWAG with emphasis on guess.
Some of it is a function of getting older and, with enough mileage on the odometer now, finding many "new" things sound derivative and better done way earlier by someone else.
The browse/discover function of Spotify and the Similar Albums listings on the All Music Guide do help make the prospecting more productive.
I peruse this thread and the ’what are you streaming’ thread a lot and I’ve been turned onto some good music. As someone mentioned in another thread, we are in a golden age of music diversity and availability.
The downside is that when I look up a lot of the recommendations mentioned here, most of the time I am underwhelmed. This is not a complaint or a criticism. We all have different tastes and that’s good. Plus, I’m not hearing much overtly bad music. Most of what people mention in these threads is well done.......just not my cup of tea. Just doesn’t hook me in.
Given the volume and variety out there this is no surprise of course but I’m just struck by how much good but not great (to me) music is out there. I’ve listened through quite a few whole albums by an artist and or multiple songs by an artist enjoyed them okay but have not been compelled to purchase them on CD....which is my measure of how good an album is to me.
The bottom line is that I have to preview a lot of music before I find something I want to buy and own. But there are a lot or worse ways to spend one’s time, right?
It also gives me some insight into other’s tastes in music.
ghost brought this girl up other night and the name stayed with me, went thru my archives and then I remembered had several of her older albums. This one of my wife’s favorite and since it’s Valentines I burnt it to CD. I’ll be glad when the Node 2 arrives so I get access to my library again. @ghosthouse ...seems you followed her longer than I, would appreciate any of her worthwhile recordings you throw my way. Was thinking we all should throw a lil list of must haves in our libraries, and share.
UFO’s "Strangers in the night" is a very special album for me stretching from my teens. It showed what talented group UFO was back then and they had Michael Schenker as the lead guitarist, his contribution was awesome and so individual in his style. Back in my teens my best friend who played guitar (like me, but alot better!) was a huge fan of Michael Schenker and he pointed out an interesting observation about MS style of playing. At the time we listened to all the usual lead guitar suspects (Hendrix, Clapton, Blackmore, Robin Trowers, Page etc......) and he observed that MS did not really use ’blues licks’ nor did he often repeat himself.
mental, That is the beauty of the music portion of this forum, you get reminded of great ones & introduced to new ones. I spend a lot more time here, than the other places on the gon.
Must be getting close to Valentines Day, this poor bastid was so in love with Harrison’s wife he lost his mind. Put out some decent tunes, tho. He always has.
@mental , someone here on Audigon turned me on to the Teskey Brothers. I knew I liked them from the first 30 seconds of the first song. The singer sounds like Otis Redding and they are very soulful.
In that genre also look into Vintage Trouble, especially 1 Hope St and Leon Bridges Coming Home.
Gary Clark Jr also dabbles in R&B but he is all over the place on his albums from raw acoustic blues to blistering Hendrix-like guitar work to R&B and even a little hip-hop vibe here and there.
@mental , I can hardly stay in the room or car if modern country music is playing. But, I recently bought Chris Stapleton's Traveller CD. There are a few songs on there that smack of mod-country-pop that I don't like but there are also a few excellent songs on there. Tennessee Whiskey is the best of the bunch and is heavily blues infused.....which is why I like it.
Tonight, I'm listening to The Teskey Brothers Half Mile Harvest. Again. The more I listen the better it gets. Looking forward to their US tour this summer.
My money says not many country folks in here, it’s all good, I’m not a big country fan either. I do like quite a few ’for real’ country artists though. Not into new country, seems to have a disco twist to it...*laffs. Chris Stapleton next.
Trying to find 80's and 90's and later Prog. Streaming on spotify. Listening to Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson. Any suggestions for some new artist to listen to? Thanks
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