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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2019 8:34:55 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 20, 2019 9:17:08 GMT
In the 70s I had a couple of Roy Buchanan's albums, the first one and the second. I really loved those albums, but lost interest in his work soon after. At that time I lost interest in most things that weren't slide guitar related, so it was probably my loss. Shine On Michael
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Post by twang1 on Jun 20, 2019 9:29:27 GMT
Thanks for the link... Buchanan was among the first I listened to who could cross from blues to country to rockabilly to jazz. And he showed to many what you could do with a tele and an amp. Later on I listened to a lot of Danny Gatton... Michael, those two records are the ones! Frank
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 20, 2019 9:52:21 GMT
Frank, I neglected everything for slide guitar, but later in the 70s I was turned on to Al Di Meola and loved listening to his first three albums, Land Of The Midnight Sun, Elegant Gypsy, and Casino. All three were amazing albums. In 1978 I spent an evening with Al in London. We had mutual friends and it was a pleasure to be in his company.
It was around that time that I went pretty crazy over all those guys....Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Paco De Lucia, Jaco Pastorius... etc....
Shine On Michael.
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Post by bonzo on Jun 20, 2019 10:19:56 GMT
I saw Stanley Clarke back in the day, does a great version of Louise Louise!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2019 11:33:49 GMT
So did I,playing with Chick Corea as it happens.Don't remember him playing that though.
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Post by twang1 on Jun 20, 2019 11:48:44 GMT
Ahah, the "fusion" side of Michael made me laugh! In the eighties I saw many concerts of so called "fusion" musicians (the Breckers, Pastorius, Di Meola, Paco, McLaughlin, Holdsworth, Stern, many EMC guys and many others) and I always wondered what they thought of early blues. Even though MY kind of jazz stops at the late 40s those fusion guys put out some interesting music, and with record companies backing them up! And I always wondered why slide guitar wasn't popular in that kind of music, seen that it is such a powerful "vocal" style... Buchanan or Gatton were more accessible and easier to get into, even soundwise. Frank
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 20, 2019 12:07:37 GMT
Frank, me too, saw most of those guys. I loved the Brecker Brothers and was aware of Randy from Blood, Sweat & Tears, saw them a few times.
I'm pleased it made you laugh! You know that on my way to where I am now, musically speaking, I have listened to and been around a lot of different music. I kind of left rock & pop behind when I was quite young. So since I was about 18 I have been on that journey.
Loved this album...Heavy Metal BeBop
Shine On Michael
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2019 12:15:53 GMT
Well-truth is stranger than fiction.I thought Bonzo was having a laugh with his post!
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Post by bonzo on Jun 20, 2019 12:30:17 GMT
Thanks Michael, can never have to much Louie Louie! Went to see him with a super jazzer mate, he nearly fell off his chair! I liked Stanley Clarke , it wasn't fusion IMO, he just liked to mix it up!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 20, 2019 12:53:32 GMT
I hate that "fusion" word....it's bollox! I met Stanley in the early 80s, 83 or 84, when I was involved with the running of a jazz festival. He is a very nice guy to be around and an amazing musician.
School Days was wonderful.... This is an Old Grey Whistle Test film from the Shepherds Bush Empire, which back then was the BBC Theatre.
Shine On Michael
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Post by dunvettin on Jun 20, 2019 14:02:32 GMT
I hate that "fusion" word....it's bollox! I met Stanley in the early 80s, 83 or 84, when I was involved with the running of a jazz festival. He is a very nice guy to be around and an amazing musician. School Days was wonderful.... This is an Old Grey Whistle Test film from the Shepherds Bush Empire, which back then was the BBC Theatre. Shine On Michael I have the School Days album in my collection - title track sounds better on the recording I think. Used to watch some jazz guitar played by Terry Smith in the band Zebra in Torrington nr. Finchley when I was at London Vet school in the 70s. We had Zebra play at the vet school in Camden Town too - happy days !.
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Post by Stevie on Jun 20, 2019 17:14:29 GMT
The album from which this track comes is one of five in my hifi cabinet tucked down next to the Rega. I still love this track.
I believe that you could hear this track blasting out from most exhibitors at a hifi show (Olympia was it?) that year (Prior to 1980? I forget now) but probably a bit before because the album states 1974.)
The other records are Barnstorm by Joe Walsh and three Takoma pressings of John Fahey albums. Sigh.
e&oe...
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Post by creolian on Jun 20, 2019 19:07:13 GMT
Hello Yall, Big fan of Roy B here... still mourn his tragic passing. I have an O.C. duff "Nancy" pickup in my Peavey omniac tele clone... it wails. Its been the one to hand the last few weeks. Stanley Clarke is one of my favorite muscians as well. I initially heard him playing upright with cats like Freddie Hubbard on sessions produced by Creed Taylor. Im not sure I like the electric playing as much as that tends to be sometimes be a bit overly cooked... If im going to listen to electric jazz, there is a high probability he or Jaco Pastorius is playing bass... Fusion was not as much a musical genre for me but a class of band that generally had monster players of infinite technical ability and required at least 40 thousand watts of amplification. Ive never liked the sound of the early synths, particularly the warbling bend of the pitch wheel... nuff said. I think that about covers it...lol. Hope all are well, Jeff
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