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Post by garrett on Oct 1, 2011 1:50:12 GMT -5
i'm diggin it ya'lls. marty robbins rocks.
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Post by bammer on Oct 1, 2011 14:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by camochef on Oct 3, 2011 9:40:11 GMT -5
I just found this so here goes, I grew up listening to my daddy playing the fiddle. Mostly early western, not really what you call country. Train songs, Hank Williams, he loved Bob Will and the Texas Playboys, Faded Love his favorite. He taught all of us kids how to keep up with him on the old guitar, always wished I'd learned to play better but still pick it up from time to time. Then in gradeschool was introduced to classical and fell in love with it. One of the highlights of my young life was getting to go to the Westward Ho Hotel (featured briefly in Psycho) and hearing the Phoenix Symphony playing an hour and a half of the most beautiful music I'd ever heard. I have an album of classical pieces by a guy named Waldo de los Rios, wouldn't trade it for anything. Like 70's rock, Pink Floyd and Moody Blues, ELO and ElP, second some others already mentioned early stuff Peter Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan and the Cluster Pluckers. Also like Mark Knopfler's Screenplaying, soundtracks he's done. Like celtic music, Sinead Oconnor's On Raglan Road is awesome. Can't listen to today's country but still enjoy old Johnny Cash (Look at them Beans!) and Marty Robbins gunfighter ballods. Variety, it's a good thing! Desertrat, I grew up as a youngster listening to my dad's favorites. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins gunfighter albums (3-4 different ones), and Johnny Cash. Today, I still play many of those, but find groups like the Cluster Pluckers so enjoyable. I also love things like Jay Ungers "Ashoken Farewell" and probably my favorite of all time is: Phil Oches "Highwayman", but if limited to one artist, it would probably be Tom Rush. At least at this point in my life. From his early blues works to his later story telling tales and ever present cowboy themes. The best part is being able to go to my shelving units and pull out whatever strikes my fancy at the time. The worst part is getting side-tracked by other selections I come across while searching for what I wanted in the first place. Enjoy! Camo PS: Your the first person I've ever encountered that was familiar with the Cluster Pluckers before I played a lot of their material for them. Usually, I'll play something by them and just wait for the question..."Who is this?" Followed by, "Their really good!" Used to get the same reaction from Bo Hanson's, "Music inspired by Lord Of The Rings" or Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer's, "Blues and Boogie-Woogie Piano Duets and Solos" Same reaction from Jean-Pierre Rampal and Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano. I could go on for days, but I'll spare you.
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Post by w8n4dave on Oct 3, 2011 9:47:28 GMT -5
i do like classic rock also, sometimes i use that as a break from country, but i can only take so much of it
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Post by desertrat on Oct 4, 2011 17:31:32 GMT -5
Camo, I had to look up your favorites and thank you for posting them. I really enjoyed hearing what I was able to find, had forgotten about the Lord of the Rings stuff. My favorite from Neck and Neck is Next time I'm in town, I really enjoyed the music in Ken Burns' civil war just didn't know who had done it.
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Post by ratdog on Oct 4, 2011 17:41:17 GMT -5
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Post by camochef on Oct 5, 2011 8:38:33 GMT -5
Camo, I had to look up your favorites and thank you for posting them. I really enjoyed hearing what I was able to find, had forgotten about the Lord of the Rings stuff. My favorite from Neck and Neck is Next time I'm in town, I really enjoyed the music in Ken Burns' civil war just didn't know who had done it. Desertrat, Check out this site: www.clusterpluckers.com/indexx.htmlI really became enthralled with the Cluster Pluckers after their appearance on Austin City Limits with Chet Atkins. Searched for years for their stuff but nowhere to be found then one day just googled the name and Viola! The Bo Hanson "Lord of the Rings" is a superb album, the other inspired by albums by him...not so much. "Next time I'm in town" is also my favorite from Neck and Neck, but the entire album really grows on ya. The Cluster Pluckers also do that cut, with really tight harmonies. I don't recall if its on the Rebel CD, or from the PBS special, but it's certainly worth having. The entire Ken Burns Civil War CD is enjoyable, but "Ashoken Farewell" is over the top...Fantastic. I have it on different Jay Unger CD's also where it tops each one. Some of what was mentioned by others here also fall among my favorites, such as "Old and in the Way" but I've always been a Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia fan and when you add Peter Rowan to the mix it could only get better. Janis has always been a favorite, especially her earlier works. Have to mention "The Seldom Scene" as another favorite. They've had some changes over the years but still sound great. Like a lot of their solo efforts and splinter groups also. I hope you were able to find a source for Phil Ochs, "The Highwayman" Taken from Alfred Noyes poetry, its captivating, a romantic narrative that was made to be set to music. It was the centerpiece from his "I ain't marching anymore" album from back in the sixties. You can also add groups like the Eagles, NGDB's circle albums, Flying Burrito Brothers, and others that utilized tight harmonies. Like I said earlier, I could go on and on. I liked the "It's a Beautiful Day" albums as much as those like Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Mama's and Papa's and so many more. While I have over 5,000 record albums in my collection, many of which I transfered to MP3's CD or DVD discs so I can just pop them into my computer and enjoy as I work on answering different threads. I get anywhere from 32 hours to 82 hours worth of music on one DVD depending on recording quality. Sorry for rambling...Enjoy! Camo
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Post by desertrat on Oct 5, 2011 10:20:52 GMT -5
Camo, my first exposure to Cluster Pluckers was with Chet on Austin City Limits, it's great to be able to just look em up too. I should look for them on Rhapsody, or dh rather as I don't use that yet. We don't have as many albums as you and haven't gotten around to transferring them but the old turntable and Marantz still work for us. Thanks for all the suggestions and Please, Ramble On!
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Post by camochef on Oct 6, 2011 9:53:04 GMT -5
Desertrat, That PBS broadcast of Austin City Limits was where I first became exposed to them also. I was impressed with them immediately. Fortunately I had captured the performance on VCR. Unfortunately, the tape has since deteriorated to unplayable status. This was from days before DVD's were available. Every once in awhile I go to PBS looking for DVD of that show, but so far...No Luck! Not familiar with Rhapsody. I do try to transfer things to disc when I have the time, but between gardening, baking and cooking as well as projects around the house and mowing, I just don't get that much time. Not that getting older has slowed me down. Should have mentioned that all the Jean Pierre and Clude Bolling works are well worth picking up. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano is my favorite, but don't overlook Picnic Suite with Rampal on flute, Bolling on piano, and LaGoya on Guitar. In the same vein...Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano by Pinchas Zukerman and Claude Bolling and Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano by Bolling and Lagoya. Or Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano with Claude Bolling and Angel Romero, George Shearing, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. If you prefer even more unusual flute performances, check out some of Paul Horn, especially his inside albums. Isdide is recorded within the Taj Mahal. Paul Horn inside the Great Pyramid is actually recorded with the mysterious Cheop's Tomb and is capable of producing goosebumps with it's reverberations through time. I recall a time in my younger days when I climbed to the farthest recesses of an old revolutionary war iron mine and listened to the taped Paul Horn recording on my trusty panasonic stereo tape player followed by Rampal's suite for flute and jazz piano and Bo Hanson's music inspired by The Lord of the Rings. It reverberated throughout the mine, which went from the small shelf where we were sitting back in the upper reaches to a large chamber at the entrance. When the tape clicked off, there arose a roaring amount of applause from the people that had gathered at the entrance and just outside. We were stunned, as we had no idea there were so many people present. As we climbed back downward, we were beseiged with questions about the music. Neither myself nor my companion were in any shape to answer any of them. Those were the days! Camo
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Post by desertrat on Oct 7, 2011 17:14:11 GMT -5
Camo, what days those must have been indeed! Would have loved to hear that mine music, it must have been amazing. You've given me ample music fodder to chew on, I love being on the hunt for off the beaten track music. There used to be many used record stores in the area, some still remain but others gone, there's always e-bay and amazon though. Thank you!
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Post by garrett on Oct 13, 2011 10:25:18 GMT -5
get yer music on.smiles
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Post by garrett on Oct 22, 2011 12:57:23 GMT -5
new nostalgia?
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Post by garrett on Oct 28, 2011 8:59:44 GMT -5
tex ritter.
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Post by desertrat on Oct 28, 2011 16:47:35 GMT -5
Love Tex Ritter, theme to High noon, hillbilly heaven just two of my favorites. That was a long time ago,
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Post by spaceage on Oct 30, 2011 2:12:30 GMT -5
Blues ... I play Guitar ... tonight I put on BB KIng and Eric Clapton "Riding With The King" CD ... I jammed with BB and EC ... ;D Grew up with hard rock , Deep Purple , Hendrix , Cream , Black Sabbath , Pink Floyd, , but I am the biggest Monkees Fan ever ... Classical , Classic Rock , a small amount of Hillbilly ...or that new hybrid Pop/ Bluegrass/ hillbilly = ( Nickle Creek first CD was stuck in my cd player for like 13 or 14 weeks straight ! ) No Rap , Gangsta Crap , Death Metal ( Cookie Monster Screamo ) , I can tollerate some country / Pop , but not Divas' , or Disco , ... Trying to learn some old style Country Licks ... Chet Atkins , Roy Clark , Glen Campbell stuff ... If I took more lessons it would be to grock the Gary Moore sound ... I pretty much play like a Carlos Santana / Eric Clapton kinda' vibe now ... but when I grow up I wanna' pull off a Gary Moore thang ... ! Dan
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Post by garrett on Oct 30, 2011 9:05:27 GMT -5
good to sees ya space.smiles
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Post by garrett on Dec 22, 2011 10:13:14 GMT -5
the new cher/agulara burlesque cd is good.
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Post by herbalbetty on Dec 23, 2011 13:41:40 GMT -5
Mostly rock. Classic rock, progressive rock, alternative. Also Celtic, blues, some classical.
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Post by garrett on Dec 24, 2011 1:45:11 GMT -5
sa'll good if it makes the body happy.smiles
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Post by indiancreek on Dec 27, 2011 18:15:31 GMT -5
I love music. I am all over the place. Classical and heavy metal are my favorite, but love Johnny Cash, Neil young, CCR, Heart, ELO, BOC, Talking Heads, Roy Orbison, 80s pop, U2, Queen, 50s, really most anything. Heck I even enjoy a high school marching band at a parade. Love the bag pipers too! Whatever, but I can say I dont really like rap.
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Post by garrett on Dec 27, 2011 19:10:32 GMT -5
with ya in choices creek.smiles
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Post by bella18 on Jan 12, 2012 23:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by mocrawler on Jan 16, 2012 15:46:05 GMT -5
I love the 80's music and pretty much everything else. Over the last few yea rs I've really started to like bluegrassmusic. My favorite right now is a group called "That Dalton Gang" they are great.
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Post by garrett on Jan 17, 2012 1:54:46 GMT -5
i'm diggin it.smiles
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Post by rosadawn on Jan 30, 2012 21:49:51 GMT -5
I like mainly Celtic and folk..
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Post by garrett on Jan 30, 2012 22:33:06 GMT -5
celtic is awesome.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 15, 2012 17:40:56 GMT -5
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Post by LinFL on May 24, 2012 11:28:54 GMT -5
Gotta love the 80s rock - glad to see so many of you here like it, too. I like most types of music, and I mix it up a lot. Sometimes I am in the mood for something beautiful and ethereal. So Celtic, some folk music, and classical are what I go to most often when I am not rocking out. I don't want to say that I "don't like" these genres, but I've been overexposed to 60s and 70s music and country. I can only take them in small doses. Yes, that includes the Beatles - I just don't share the widespread obsession with them. The only music I really can't stand is gangsta/ghetto rap. Ugh. (Actually, I could listen to rap music - if they'd just delete all the vocal tracks. )
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Post by garrett on May 26, 2012 8:57:22 GMT -5
can ya dig it? smiles
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Post by bammer on Mar 6, 2013 20:46:54 GMT -5
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