1/31/2021
Monday, January 24, 2022
Captain Easychord at The Cantab
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"Saturday 22 jan 22, cantab downstairs.
Frank Rowe,solo, opened, really enjoy his finger-picking
acoustic. here's a new reference: "Punky's Dilema" off
Gizmo and Garfunkel's Bookends and if I REALLY trace
it back, paul simon learnt finger-picking from davy Graham. hey!
Let's do guitar geek! acousticguitar.com "The Story Behind
Davey Graham's 1960s-era fingerstyle classic "Anji:; which
I used my paper route money in 1969 to buy Sounds of Silence from
Columbia Record club. next up was Larry Newman,
doin' some country/blues/rock with drummer Tom Symancyk
whom had played with him in L.J. Delta and the Lonesome
Wolves. i thought Tom kept tyme like levon helm meets Charlie
Watts and Larry did a lot of drop D tuning; kinda country/Stones.
Exiled on Mass. Ave.? Next up was Captain easychord
with an Elton John 11/17/70 lineup with a KILLER rhythm section
of larry and Tom (I been reading the facebook;
25 years together! Hello World!). After one Bowie-esque number
(Hunky Dory/Ziggy piano ballad era) Alex Gitlin of Mad
painter DID say "Ziggy played guitar". lastly,
Mad Painter as a trio (Blowfish was right! Emerson
lake and Gitlin!) Alex hittin' these jazzy Jimmy Smith/Brian Auger/graham
"winnin' side" Auger Hammond B-3 sounds and Al
hedry doin' his jazz licks on drums; I was the WORST
musician in the band trying to do jay gruberger listening to Ron
Carter as we recording O. rex or some such BUT Micky Bliss
RAVING about it saying some quote about Milestones; I can barely
play Spencer Davis, forget Miles Davis! Again mad Painter headline
tangle festival (like
on facebook) Friday 4 feb 22 sounding like "Mott the
Hoople/faces/Uriah heep' which means "all the way to Kingston"/
ian maclaghlan (I try channeling "Plonk" lane doing
Motown) and KEN H(ensley, Uriah heap (of shit): Solomon Gruberger,
O. rextasy '73). back from the club JUST in tyme for Coast to
Coast AM! (hmm....'such a perfect day'....)"...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
"Monntag 24 Jan 22. Another cut from Asa brebner volume
two and that is; "Break my own heart' by The
Darlings. I've been a fan since the 1990s when they had
Rik Rolski of Figures on a beach doing Keith-country Let it Bleed
Stones era licks; now Billy Loosigian, whom channeled
jeff Beck on the two Willie Loco MCA albums does some Don Rich/Buck
Owens and Bucakroos/Bakersfield licks. Simon Ritt sings the funny
"I'm gonna break my own heart' lyrics in a wry/Doug Sardonic/Doug
Saldana way reminiscent of Buck Owens (Darlings once did a Ringo
tribute set with Robert E. bear (RIP) drumming and "Act naturally"
was the chickens coming home to roost after back to the egg got
scrambled' (sic). Kelly knapp sings high Dolly
Parton-esque harmonies; my 1969 flashback (AND roots of Highland/Moore)
is Johnny Cash show/hee-haw and Porter Wagonner and Dolly for the
male/female duet thing both Ritt/Knapp and Highland/ Moore (or less)
do so well. Every verse has a modulation so Ken Kaiser is happy
(that means they stole from "Gotta Be Pretty" off the
Korps hello World!) And that Floyd Kramer honky-tonk piano? Phil
Aiken! Hearing this I miss seeing the darlngs in my zip code"....
Thursday, January 27, 2022
"Til Dienstag 25 Jan 22. gee Julie and I Punjabi
Dhaba then Lilypad Inman. Opening: Emily
Mitchell, I was impressed by "bridge over trouble
water", "take me to the river", that Nora Jones hit
AND "I don't know where I stand" off Joni Mitchell's 1969
CLOUDS album. Music student, jazz chords, Mitchell voice; stellar
performance and RARE Mitchell toon (and hey! Mitchell, man....if
she like Joni's granddaughter,man…..)...Pritesh Walia
told me to come see his trio PSA (it's all their
names): Notes: opening with some 1969 santana tone with Ginger baker
on drums (drummer was very good and these kids YOUNG!). Into some
John Mclaughlin/Billy Cobham guitar/drums with keyboards sounding
like santana's greg Rolie before he made Journey records. Also some
Monk piano on acoustic piano and Jimmy Smith on organ (keyboardist
also stellar). gee Julie and I enjoyed the original "Journey
to Nowhere" (Return to Forever, never?) and I even DID write
"sounds like return to Forever" with traces of Mike Stern
on guitar (my distant cuzzin actually but guitar was THAT jazz-rock
distortion good!) and some Joe Zawinul keys. Ten dollar cover? A
true bargain, having the Willow jazz Club in Inman Square!".....
Friday, January 28, 2022
"day of Thor 27 jan 22. Sadly ending the column with an RIP.
Facebook from Johnny Angel that Randall Lee Gibson IV
had passed away to be on that Vietnam Wall called In
memorium-BGN (meaning, like my father who died in 'nam, we can
be "Heroes/ just for one day"). The Alpha: Randall and
I on Nobody Gets on the Guest List, Throbbing Lobster,
and before he passed, I DID check him out on discogs. Quality bands,
quality records. The Omega; He drummed in the Stigmatics
for Frank Rowe's 65th birthday at Midway and turnt me onto
a damn fine band and folks. He told them "Kenne Highland knows
a lot about music" records yes, music...hey I like the Shaggs
and O. Rex! 'whyn't you have him produce Stigs cd'; now a dedication
ala Drano on first real Kids album truly in order (Eddie Flowers
in town, Gizmos World Tour, real kids at Midway and I sez: "Randall's
a damn fine drummer")...lastly, he and I on facebook have talked
about being to Al green's church in Memphis. reverend Al grits said
"God Bless Randall Gibson'; he is, AT THIS
MODDAFOCKIN MOMENT doing same; as for me: "God don't want me
in heabbin (an' the debbil don' want me in hell)"...….
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