The thread about music not guitars!

[Gerry C]

I first heard of Weaver via Steve Phillips, who used to do a fab version of Guitar Rag lap-style. Like others, the first Weaver recordings I obtained were on the great Bottles, Knives and Steel CD (which I originally had as a cassette many years ago). Tough stuff! I picked up enough nerve to record Guitar Rag on my CD My Train Is Waiting (recently reviewed at www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviewsc.html#gerrycooper), combining it with a version of Vestapol arranged, partly at least, for slide. I'll probably put it on my MySpace page in the next few days.

Currently listening a lot to Charlie Patton and Paul Geremia - any other PG fans around?

Cheerily,

Gerry C
www.myspace.com/gerrycooper

[Michael Messer]

Hi Gerry,

Paul Jeremia is a great artist. I have been an admirer of his work for many years. I first met him in Dublin about ten years ago and spent a week in his company at Blues Week a few years ago. He is a great musician, a talented songwriter and rebel!


Paul Jeremia >Blues Week 2004

Sylvester Weaver has got everyone talking about him and where we first heard his music. I heard his playing on a compilation vinyl record a long time ago. I'll have a search and find what record it is.

Shine On,
Michael.

[Gerry C]

Someone over at the IGS forum has posted a link to some Paul Geremia clips on YouTube: watch and enjoy!



Cheerily,

Gerry C

[Michael Messer]

Last night I went to Lock 17 (used to be Dingwalls) to see Joe Ely. I hadn't seen him play for ten years. Joe is still one of America's major talents and it was a pleasure to see him play again. He wasn't with the full band, just Joel Guzman on accordion and Glen Fukunaga on bass. They were excellent. It was an emotional show with talk of Jesse 'Guitar' Taylor, and many old friends.

Anyone who doesn't know about Joe Ely, go to www.ely.com/index.htm and scroll through the photographs pages.

Shine On,
Michael.

[fitchmeister]

This week i been mostly listening to an album by a duo called Bingham & Thorne - top fingerpicking

And tha car stereo has got Rainer Ptacek 'worried spirits' to ease my troubled mind on the way to work

Roj

[Deleted]

I’m a big fan of Paul Geremia. I was very lucky to discover him soon after I began getting into acoustic blues a couple of years ago and he’s remained one of my favourites. He’s got a great voice and of course great guitar. He’s also one best contemporary acoustic blues songwriters that I’ve discovered so far. I wish he’d release a concert DVD; I’ve got most of his CDs now but would love to see him play.

I've got one Joe Ely CD, Live at Liberty Lunch (I think that's what it's called). It's a fantastic album, I haven't heard it for a while, I'll have to dig it out later.

[Michael Messer]

Live at Liberty Lunch is a great record. I am a big admirer of the Austin / Lubbock TX crowd, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ponty Bone, Joe Ely, Jesse Taylor, and one or two more. Over the years I have been lucky enough to record or sit in with most of the people I have mentioned.

I met Bob Bingham once....and heard him play....somewhere...

Shine On,
Michael.

[faceless]

I had not been made aware of any of the artists in you last message Michael but I check them out. (isn't the internet great for this sort of thing only took me 10 minutes to discover lots of new music). I loved what I heard from Ponty Bone. Most accordion players I had heard of before Ponty strung note together like they were sausages, in other word they butchered the entire experience for me. This list of music I want to buy keeps getting bigger and bigger and your not helping.

[Michael Messer]

Hi Faceless,

There is too much music to take it all in, but I try! I started geeting into Texas music after seeing Joe Ely in London in the seventies.

Ponty Bone is playing tomorrow night (Friday 27th) at the Luminaire in London. The support band are Slim's Cyder Co, and are also well worth catching. It will be a great night, sadly I won't be able to make it.

www.theluminaire.co.uk/cnt/index.php

Shine On,
Michael.

[stefanwirz]

Sylvester Weaver discography at www.wirz.de/music/weaversy.htm

[Michael Messer]

Hi Stefan,

Welcome to our forum.

For those of you who don't know Stefan's fantastic website, I recommend you check it out.

Shine On,
Michael

[Gerry C]

Thought everyone might like to know that Document Records are having a sale and a Sylvester Weaver CD (Vol 1?) is amongst the goodies on offer. Hope I didn't collar the last one... ;D

Cheerily,

Gerry C

[Bill Stig]

Thanks Gerry,
I've just ordered it - what a great web site

[Alan]

At the moment I've started using Youtube more and more as background music, plus its nice to find things that you've forgotten about. Few bits recently by Roy Bookbinder, very mellow and this by Rory Mcleod , he has a really nice way with his harmonica playing. Lots of Robert Wyatt stuff too, not really bluesy though.

[Michael Messer]

Hi Alan,

Rory McLeod is a very talented artist and fun to be around. That song, Love Like a Rock, was a 'roots' hit when it was first released in the late 1980s. The first time I saw him play was in 1988 I think, he is excellent. Have you heard his song about Beethoven when he was a child being called in for dinner by his mum?

Roy Bookbinder is also a great talent and a good friend. He is planning a small UK tour in the Autumn, so you should get to see him. Roy is not only a talented musician, but like Rory McLeod, he is also very entertaining and can be very funny. His routine about the Reverend Gary Davis at four years old is pretty good! Roy & Rory would make an interesting evening's entertainment.

Robert Wyatt is also a great musician. Most people would know his music through Elvis Costello's song, 'Shipbuilding' that was written for Wyatt during the Falklands war. I also remember (I may have it somewhere) a wonderful cover of 'I'm a Believer' in the early 70s. Soft Machine was a great band and were very big in the late 60s early 70s.

Shine On,
Michael.