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Are you an Allison Krause and Union Station fan
IMHO, Alison & Jerry Douglas are a superhuman 1-2 punch 
Lobos/Clapton Show - mini-review
John,This stuff is always (in part, anyway) venue specific, so the Lobos sound at your show may well have been abysmal (whoever's fault that was), while the Lobos' LA sound was merely decent.FWIW, I've generally found Los Lobos painfully loud in c... 
Lobos/Clapton Show - mini-review
John,The Lobos definitely got the short end of the sonic stick at this show, too. Personally, I wouldn't go to "abysmal", but it was "thick", and definitely paled in comparison to the sparkling sound EC's band produced. 
Decware - any substance here?
Gasm,Thanks for the feedback.Marty 
The Feelies are back
Kclone,IMHO, the Feelies are a little different animal from Husker Du and The Replacements (although, obviously, those bands differ from each other, too). I like both of the above (Paul Westerberg, in particular), but none were barking up quite th... 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
Lately, I've been revisiting the stuff from Pentangle and John Renbourne and Bert Jansch (particularly Jansch) put on quite a display of fancy pickin'. The recent Ron Wood release also serves to remind just how good he can be. I'll stick with my e... 
Jennifer Warnes fans?
More enthusiastic than Onemalt, but I know EXACTLY where he's coming from. 
The Feelies are back
To my knowledge, the Willies never recorded anything - so maybe it's semantics in the end. 
The Feelies are back
Onhwy61,Trivia to your trivia: That band in Something Wild looks a lot like The Feelies, but (as a technical matter) it's not. It's actually The Willies. Same band membership, but Dave Weckerman (percussionist foor The Feelies) is the songwriter a... 
The Feelies are back
Jebe,Thanks for the link. I loved the track and I'd bet it will be a monster live. Check out that little solo by (I believe) Million at the 1:40ish mark. You know that will stretch to about 4 minutes in concert. I do hope they get out to LA so I d... 
The Feelies are back
Onhwy,Can't really argue, but....In the studio vs live, it's almost like they were almost 2 different bands. The CDs sound like quirky, minimalist alt. rock. A clever, interesting variation of rock music that was almost abstracted from the origina... 
NAD T747 OR Marantz SR7005
You might want to look at the Anthem AVRs, as well. They seem to represent great value (features/$) relative to the Anthem Pre-Pros, although they still might be a bit pricey relative to NAD/Integra/Marantz.Good LuckMarty 
any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there?
No love for The Bongos here?Great mix of songcraft and rock energy. Their first single, "The Bullrushes", is IMHO a stone classic from the era and the band was off-the-charts tremendous live. When ????? (Yikes, I can't remember the guy's name, but... 
Favorite Bert Jansch solo CD
Thanks all for your time and advice.I have most (all?) of the Pentangle stuff and "Bert and John" (their pre-Pentangle collaboration). I'm more focused om the side project and post Pentangle material fom Jansch.There are some good pointers hereMarty 
High-end amplifier clarification?
Oops, upon closer inspection the Pivetta is 20K watts TOTAL, to be divided among 1 or more channels via some user setting.(Bait and switch tactics, if you ask me). On the other hand, HigherFi does offer a nice discount on the unit (asking only $49...