Pick one band you think everyone should hear [Archive] - Wildcat Nation Forums

ukgrad

02-13-2006, 12:27 PM

I'm a big music freak and thought i'd throw this question out there... but if you could pick one band/group that you feel everyone needs to hear b/c they're good, who would it be?

For me, it's My Morning Jacket... everyone here needs to hear this... especially since they are from Kentucky (Louisville to be exact).... I hung out a little bit w/ the lead singer Jim back in the High school days and a couple of times during college (which he attended UK by the way, before pursuing his musical dreams) and he always had that aura about him... definitely worth the effort to listen... I know there is a lot of you who already know about MMJ, but just had to throw it out there and try to get a music conversation going...

justacatsfan

02-13-2006, 03:35 PM

robert randolph and the family band

bela fleck & the flecktones

2 that pops to mind. I have many many more. I collect live shows and havearound 600 now. 400-450 are DMB but the rest are little now bands

ukgrad

02-13-2006, 03:54 PM

I've seen Bela Fleck in concert... I love Victor Wooten... so much fun watching him rip that bass up... i've heard of Robert Randolph... you're not the first to tell me to check them out... i'll do that...

justacatsfan wrote:
robert randolph and the family band

bela fleck & the flecktones

2 that pops to mind. I have many many more. I collect live shows and havearound 600 now. 400-450 are DMB but the rest are little now bands

Littlemeyer

02-13-2006, 03:57 PM

I think everybody needs to see Nickel Creek live. Their studio albums are one thing; good songs, good singing, obvious that are talented musicians. But the live show: WOW. They are every bit as much a jam band as, say, Phish or Moe., and they are true virtuosos on their instruments. Especially Chris Thile on the mandolin. I've been to many, many, rock shows, but nothing rocked harder than the night I saw the Creek in Birmingham, AL, playing a version of "Taxman" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Also, in the middle of "The Lighthouse's Tale", they segued into some Coldplay and some Radiohead. Pretty amazing stuff...

Upon edit: Great topic!

justacatsfan

02-13-2006, 04:00 PM

Bela and the guys rip it up. Love Wooten and futureman. They play with DMB all the time. In one show I have Bela comes out to play and Dave says " On the dayGod rested he was making Bela Fleck a banjo"

You can get Robert Randolph off of btree.org or archieve.org. archieve.org also has a bunch of bandsand you can dload the shows and some have streaming option so you can just listen. I get all of my stuff from trading sites that use torrents.

By the way Bela and the guys are in Lex the first week of March.

KY Blue in Carolina

02-13-2006, 05:53 PM

Cory Morrow
Randy Rogers Band

JDHoss

02-13-2006, 06:12 PM

Absolutely agree on Robert Randolph. Here are some other bands/artistsyou won't be sorry you checked out, especially if you are a rock or blues fan. I just can't limit it to one.:cool:

Ben Harper

Jimmy Thackery

Hadden Sayers Band

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Walter Trout

Kelly Richey Band

Tommy Castro

Too Slim & The Taildraggers

Delta Moon

Jackie Green

Chris Duarte

Michael Burks

Chris Cain

Tab Benoit

Tom Principato

Tinsley Ellis

Albert Cummings

Joe Richardson Express

justacatsfan

02-13-2006, 06:23 PM

JD, how in the world did you of all people leave out Derek Trucks??

I know that is just an error on your part.:D

By the way I got a copy of the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. WOW. I'm there next Dec.

JDHoss

02-13-2006, 06:59 PM

justacatsfan wrote: JD, how in the world did you of all people leave out Derek Trucks??

I know that is just an error on your part.:D

By the way I got a copy of the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. WOW. I'm there next Dec.

Absolutely have to include Trucks...and while we're at it:

Gov't Mule

North Mississippi All Stars

Webb Wilder

Scott Miller & The Commonwealth

Wes Jeans

Doyle Bramhall

Ronnie Earl

Indigenous

Bernard Allison

Joe Bonamassa

There's probably 100 or so more I could include too. There's a ton of great music out there. You just won't hear it on the radio.....

MSU Cat

02-13-2006, 09:13 PM

I'm going to say everybody (whether you're a progressive rock fan or a metal head or neither) should listen to Dream Theater. Those guys can flat play.

Ralph Cramden

02-13-2006, 09:35 PM

U2 Most likely everyone has already heard them but they are one of my favorites and I will be seeing them live and in person in April.

Terry L. Wildcat

02-13-2006, 09:40 PM

:cool:JDHoss, I saw The Mule in Denver with Phil and Friends a while back and it was a great night of music...Warren played with both.

Will Lavender

02-13-2006, 09:41 PM

My Morning Jacket.

Best rock band in America.

pharmcat

02-13-2006, 10:02 PM

what a difficult question!

the band that comes to my mind is the subdudes. great musicians with excellent harmonies. they may not be anyone's favorite band, but i think that anyone would enjoy listening to them, and i'm not sure that many people have heard of them. they are from new orleans, and have recently regrouped after separating for some time.

i still have to say that my favorite band is the dave matthews band, but i think everyone has heard them by now, or at least heard of them.

i would also agree that bela fleck and the flecktones, and robert randolph and the family band would be great bands to check out if you have never heard them. if you haven't heard them, you've probably never heard anything like them.

one last band. i'm not sure if it will suit everyone's tastes, but my favorite new find of 2005 was the john butler trio. awesome band from austrailia.

JDHoss

02-13-2006, 10:03 PM

Terry L. Wildcat wrote: :cool:JDHoss, I saw The Mule in Denver with Phil and Friends a while back and it was a great night of music...Warren played with both.

Haynes is the hardest workin' man in the business. I saw him with his band (then known simply as the Warren Haynes Band) when they opened for Blues Traveler. He went on to play with Traveler, then onto the main event with the Allman Bros. About 5 hours worth of guitar work by him that evening...:shock:

Dwight Schrute

02-13-2006, 10:09 PM

The Shins

Rogue Wave

justacatsfan

02-13-2006, 10:11 PM

I've been trading all the live Mule and basically anything with Warren that I can get my hands on lately. Guy can flat out play.

Got @ 5 acoustic Warren shows also.

JD I got both Mule shows from Dec30 and 31 at the Beacon in NYC. On the 31st they played @ 32 songs. Have it on 3 discs so they played for almost 4 hours. They played some covers including Folsom Prison Blues, Pappas got a brand new bag, and some 60's soul stuff.

Bluesong

02-13-2006, 11:23 PM

The Lexington Fayette Urban County Supergroup

freethrow

02-14-2006, 12:10 AM

You have to get a bit of a buzz on in whatever way you prefer. Then slip on some high quality head phones and pop in a disk of the best of Pink Floyd and drift away with it for an hour or so.

A mind needs to experience a few of the boundries that group touched. It may be uncomfortable for some at first, but you will know you have been to new places and then came back safely having enjoyed the ride in some strange way. :D

ukgrad

02-14-2006, 08:06 AM

Will Lavender wrote:

My Morning Jacket.

Best rock band in America.
I knew I liked this guy for a reason... .did you get a chance to see them on TV this weekend... they played the Austin City Limits... pretty sweet!!!

If you're a big fan and like to hear their live shows... go to www.archive.org (http://www.archive.org) and do a search on them... make sure you listen to the 11/23/05 show at the Palace... truly awesome!!!

Will Lavender

02-14-2006, 08:27 AM

ukgrad wrote: Will Lavender wrote:

My Morning Jacket.

Best rock band in America.
I knew I liked this guy for a reason... .did you get a chance to see them on TV this weekend... they played the Austin City Limits... pretty sweet!!!

If you're a big fan and like to hear their live shows... go to http://www.archive.org and do a search on them... make sure you listen to the 11/23/05 show at the Palace... truly awesome!!!
I actually did get to see that. By accident. Just flipping the channels and caught almost their whole set.

Just an unbelievable band in every conceivable way. I've never heard anything like it. Z has to be the best album of 2005. (And many critics agreed.) I think what makes them great is that they can play a raucous Southern jam well, and they can play an atmospheric psych-ballad just as well.

Did you know that they used to record inside a grain silo so they could get that voice effect he uses?

Buddah

02-14-2006, 08:42 AM

cannibal corpse. :cool:just kidding, that was a jr high thing.. in all seriousness, i think everyone should hear spoken groove.. great great stuff...

http://www.spokengroove.com

go to accouastic spoken groove

ukgrad

02-14-2006, 09:02 AM

Will Lavender wrote:
I actually did get to see that. By accident. Just flipping the channels and caught almost their whole set.

Just an unbelievable band in every conceivable way. I've never heard anything like it. Z has to be the best album of 2005. (And many critics agreed.) I think what makes them great is that they can play a raucous Southern jam well, and they can play an atmospheric psych-ballad just as well.

Did you know that they used to record inside a grain silo so they could get that voice effect he uses?

Yeah, the silo is in Shelbyville... was owned by the family of the ex-member Danny Cash... I'm pretty sure (I think i read this somewhere) the video for One Big Holiday was filmed there... Z is incredible and really is whatprompted me to start this thread... Everyone in Kentucky should be proud of how they represent....

I'm assuming that you've seen them live... just unbelievable... you may want to know that they do have a live DVD coming out... supposed to be this year from the Z tour... I love this quote by the way after he killeda bug or spider on stage... "It was the first time I ever killed a living thing on stage - Other than slaying the audience with my tasty guitar riffs" - Jim James

I did run into Jim not to long ago on Frankfort avenue... really hasn't changed a bit... I didn't know him all that well, but we had a lot of mutual friends and hung out a few times back in high school... incredible memory... he knew who I was eventhough i haven't seen him in 10 years... he's a really interesting person to talk to... always has been...

VIIBanners

02-14-2006, 09:34 AM

The Reverend Horton Heat.....

THE STATE LINE BOYS.......

King Crimson.....................

Anything in which a Chapman Stick or Double Bassis being played.

MSU Cat

02-14-2006, 09:41 AM

VIIBanners wrote: The Reverend Horton Heat.....

THE STATE LINE BOYS.......

King Crimson.....................

Anything in which a Chapman Stick or Double Bassis being played.
King Crimson is great. I also like pre-1976 Genesis with Peter Gabriel as the front man.

VIIBanners

02-14-2006, 09:57 AM

MSU Cat wrote: VIIBanners wrote: The Reverend Horton Heat.....

THE STATE LINE BOYS.......

King Crimson.....................

Anything in which a Chapman Stick or Double Bassis being played.
King Crimson is great. I also like pre-1976 Genesis with Peter Gabriel as the front man.for sure.

BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN

02-14-2006, 10:48 AM

The David Crowder Band

March 2nd, Louisville Palace

My favorite concert that I've ever seen was the U2, Joshua Tree tour, Oct 87' Rupp Arena concert.

UKHAS7NCAA

02-14-2006, 05:18 PM

www.perfectalibi.us (http://www.perfectalibi.us)

I'm in the band. We are pretty AWESOME!:lol::thumbup

Calsegs

02-14-2006, 05:59 PM

U2

Van Morrison --on a good night

Peter Case

Chris Isaak

I mega- like MMJ .

Taj Mahal

Greg Brown

Richard Buckner --on a good night

Stars

DIVISION DAY :D

VIIBanners

02-15-2006, 10:03 AM

UKHAS7NCAA wrote: http://www.perfectalibi.us

I'm in the band. We are pretty AWESOME!:lol::thumbup
Hey man, what kind of music do you guys play? Do you ever play in Lexington?

Calsegs

02-15-2006, 10:27 AM

Hey UKHAS7NCAA--your playlist looks like double triple party town!:cool:

VIIBanners

02-15-2006, 11:05 AM

VIIBanners wrote: UKHAS7NCAA wrote: http://www.perfectalibi.us

I'm in the band. We are pretty AWESOME!:lol::thumbup
Hey man, what kind of music do you guys play? Do you ever play in Lexington?Just saw your play list.... We are getting ready to learn a Tommy James and the Shondells tune... "Draggin' the Line". Also, what about some Kenny Rogers... J"ust Dropped In". We are getting ready to do that one, it would be nice to have keyboard, but that is why have the most talented guitar players in Lex. They did the keyboard parts in "Pressure" (Billy Joel) as a dueling-lead- harmony.:lol:

trublu

02-15-2006, 01:31 PM

A band that I've been fond of for a long time is the Pousette-Dart Band.I think that you can only get them on vinyl though.

Speaking of vinyl, I have been thinking about getting a turntable. I haven't had one for a while. I thought about one of those retro stereos. Does anyone have one that could tell me what the sound is like? I saw an Emerson on sale for around $130.00. Italso has a DVD player and a cassette player.

UKHAS7NCAA

02-16-2006, 10:45 AM

VIIBanners wrote: UKHAS7NCAA wrote: http://www.perfectalibi.us

I'm in the band. We are pretty AWESOME!:lol::thumbup
Hey man, what kind of music do you guys play? Do you ever play in Lexington?
That list on the web site is old and needs to be updated. I play congas and tamboreen. Here is whatwe currently play:

Set #1 [/b]

1 Secret Agent Man[/b][/b]

2 Blue Suede Shoes[/b] [/b]

3 Runaway[/b][/b] [/b]

4 Melissa[/b] [/b]

5 Tore Down[/b][/b]

6 I Saw Her Standing There[/b] [/b]

7 Knockin On Heavens Door
8 Proud Mary[/b] [/b]

9 Keep Your Hands to Yourself[/b][/b]

10 Pretty Woman[/b][/b]

11 Brown-Eyed Girl[/b] [/b]

12 Devil with the Blue Dress[/b] [/b]

[/b]
Set #2 [/b]
[/b]

1 Pride and Joy[/b][/b]

2 Jailhouse Rock[/b][/b]

3 Wonderful Tonight[/b][/b]

4 Mustang Sally[/b][/b]

5 Green River[/b][/b]

6 Sweet Home Chicago[/b][/b]

7 A Pirate Looks At Forty[/b] [/b]

8 Gloria[/b][/b]

9 Hang on Sloopy[/b]

10 To Love Somebody[/b] [/b]

11 Rock and Roll Medley[/b][/b]

[/b]

[/b]

[/b]

Set #3
1 Sweet Home Alabama[/b][/b]

2 Cocaine[/b][/b]

3 Sunspot Baby[/b][/b]

4 Feels So Right [/b]
5Mony Mony
6[/b]All These Things[/b][/b]

7 You Really Got Me[/b][/b]

8 Tush[/b]

9 Call Me The Breeze[/b]

10[/b]Taking Care Of Business [/b]

[/b]

Set #4
[/b]

1Born To Boogie[/b][/b]

2 Hanky Panky[/b]

3 One[/b] [/b]

4 Midnight Hour[/b][/b]

5 Simple Man[/b][/b]

6 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye [/b]

[/b][/b]

7 Honky Tonk Woman[/b][/b]

8 Can’t Get Enough of Your Lovin[/b]

[/b]

9 Knockin On Heavens Door

10 Down and Dirty (band original)[/b][/b]

[/b]11 Get Over It [/b]

VIIBanners

02-16-2006, 02:33 PM

Cool man!

Here is the last set we played at Lynaghs....

SET 1

O Death (Camper Van Beethoven version of the traditional)

Just Got Paid

Detroit Rock City

Long Cool Woman

Commotion

This Will be our year (Zombies)

Suffragette City (Bowie)

Godzilla

Pressure (Billy Joel)

Flirtin' with Disaster

I Wanna Rock

G.I. Joe cartoontheme song

After Midnight

Mr. Brownstone

$10Man

Knight Rider t.v. theme song

Uncontrollable Urge (Devo)

SET2

Boris the Spider

Been Caught Stealin' (Janes Addiction)

Piss up a Rope (Ween)

HandsTo Yourself (GA Satellites)

Cult of Personality

Immigrant Song

Magnum P.I. t.v. theme song

Free ForAll

Big Balls (AC/ DC)

Toys In The Attic

Ace of Spades (Motorhead)

Explosivo (Tenacious D)

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers

Fight ForYour Right (Beastie Boys)

Welcome to the Jungle

Width of a Circle (Ziggy Stardust live style , not the acoustic album version)

PhatNastyCat

02-16-2006, 04:36 PM

Littlemeyer wrote: I think everybody needs to see Nickel Creek live. Their studio albums are one thing; good songs, good singing, obvious that are talented musicians. But the live show: WOW. They are every bit as much a jam band as, say, Phish or Moe., and they are true virtuosos on their instruments. Especially Chris Thile on the mandolin. I've been to many, many, rock shows, but nothing rocked harder than the night I saw the Creek in Birmingham, AL, playing a version of "Taxman" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Also, in the middle of "The Lighthouse's Tale", they segued into some Coldplay and some Radiohead. Pretty amazing stuff...

Upon edit: Great topic!

Fiona Apple's last album is sold in a version witha DVD side where Nickle Creek joins her for a few songs. Really great stuff.

-PNC

PhatNastyCat

02-16-2006, 04:45 PM

There is a band called "Spartan Fidelity" formed by two brothers that were in a band called Remy Zero. Their music has hints of Radiohead, Travis, and even a Beatles feel on a track or two. You've probably heard some Remy Zero along the way and didn't know it. They've been on some soundtracks and one of the songs "Save Me" is the theme song for "Smallville". Lead singer was at one time married to Alyssa Milano for a while. :shock::thumbup

Band is originally from Birmingham, but is now based outside Nashville. I met the guys in college when I was a DJ and have been a fan ever since.

You can give their debut CD a listen here:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/spartanfidelity

Here is a link to a few MP3's:

http://www.excavationrecords.com/mp3.htm

-PNC

ukwebfan

02-18-2006, 09:45 AM

Sigur Ros live.
60's psychedelia-style all-over again with New Millennia twists and turns.
Icelandic version.

Calsegs

02-18-2006, 10:26 AM

Sigur Ros played here(Bay area) last year. They were awesome by all accounts.

BrassowFan

02-18-2006, 10:32 AM

I'm going with a small Louisville group here, Kimmet & Doug.

You can catch them at bars all around the city, it's a 2-person group where he plays guitar and she sings. Her voice is a cross between Jewel and Janis Joplin (and will sing either on request) and they have a few CD's of original songs as well.

Here are a couple of websites

http://www.geocities.com/bdmars/

http://www.kimmetanddoug.com/

trublu

02-18-2006, 10:47 AM

Does anybody remember a club band from the late 80's to early 90's called Tara Thunder? They were mostly a cover band, but they rocked. They were good musicians and they played stuff from Zeppelin, Queen, and the Beatles. I saw them at Breedings in Lexington. They used to play at the Toy Tiger in Louisville too.

Blue Heaven

02-18-2006, 02:59 PM

My Morning Jacket

Ryan Adams

Ned Van Gough(sp?)- saw these guys at Uncle Pleasant's in Louisville a while back and they rocked!

Black Eyed Peas-I know most know who they are but every song released is better than the last and that is rare in music today.

justacatsfan

02-18-2006, 03:21 PM

Black Eyed peas are the definition of sellout.

They were a very respected, somewhat underground hip hop group in the late 90's and their first indie album was very well received. Then they added the girl and totally sold out to the MTV genre, their music now is beyong horrible. "My humps", are your serious.

VIIBanners

02-18-2006, 03:41 PM

justacatsfan wrote: Black Eyed peas are the definition of sellout.

They were a very respected, somewhat underground hip hop group in the late 90's and their first indie album was very well received. Then they added the girl and totally sold out to the MTV genre, their music now is beyong horrible. "My humps", are your serious.

Insert Dave Matthews ...lol... talk about "sellout"... and your description is right on when you insert DM. Used to be underground and somewhat decent... now the music is horrible. At least he still has Buford playing for him, the only redeeming factor. I hate the BEPs also.

justacatsfan

02-18-2006, 04:04 PM

Not even going to get drawn into that debate. Out of @ 200 songs they have @ 8 music videos. But their studio stuff doesn't concern me, dont own a single one of their studio albums.

Sell outs don't let their fans tape their shows and trade them just like they did 14 yrs ago either. And not worry about the $$ they are missing out on.

JDHoss

02-18-2006, 04:48 PM

We saw Chris Duarte last night at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte. Often accused of being an SRV clone, and at times a little over the top, put he put on a whale of a show before about 200 people who were shoe horned in there. Played for 3 1/2 hours, and was brilliant.

Buddah

02-18-2006, 06:06 PM

I can see both sides of the black eyed peas, Dm debate... Though DMB, fell into commerical sucess, but have maintained their roots, which i respect.. Black Eyed Peas did do the commerical stuff and it is hard to seperate. I like both fairly well

Whoever was talking about dream theatre, come on man.. It is like Steve Vai on crack... They can play, but it is so processed and produced. Though some prog is good, i pefer stripped down sounds, of just a guitar etc... If you took Dream Theatre out of the studio, it is hard to reproduce those sounds.

Levi

02-19-2006, 02:49 PM

Metropolitan Blues All-Stars

Jeff Craddock

02-19-2006, 04:45 PM

Levi, are they still playing? Rodney Hatfield--the harp player--was a friend when I lived in Lexington, way back in the day. I haven't been in Lexington since 1997, so I haven't had a chance to keep up with them. They were/are very good.

Levi wrote: Metropolitan Blues All-Stars

bigsky

02-19-2006, 05:17 PM

Okay, I dunno if it's for everyone, but I like this jazz and standards singer from Bozeman Montana, not the least reason is because she likes my kid.

I dunno, I never liked anyone who "everyone should listen to", in fact I always liked odd bands.

http://www.jenifleming.com/music.html#

Another Montana musician would be Phillip AAberg, and I like his "Blue West".

http://www.philipaaberg.com/philipaaberg.htm

If you get a chance to see "11th and Grant" on YOUR PBS channel, then you'd be seeing my friends producing, hosting, and (occasionally) playing.

Of course, it's small stuff compared to the big city, and we think we are "so special", so maybe it doesn't measure up, but if I get a chance, I promote my town.

JDHoss

02-19-2006, 09:46 PM

bigsky wrote: Okay, I dunno if it's for everyone, but I like this jazz and standards singer from Bozeman Montana, not the least reason is because she likes my kid.

I dunno, I never liked anyone who "everyone should listen to", in fact I always liked odd bands.

http://www.jenifleming.com/music.html#

Another Montana musician would be Phillip AAberg, and I like his "Blue West".

http://www.philipaaberg.com/philipaaberg.htm

If you get a chance to see "11th and Grant" on YOUR PBS channel, then you'd be seeing my friends producing, hosting, and (occasionally) playing.

Of course, it's small stuff compared to the big city, and we think we are "so special", so maybe it doesn't measure up, but if I get a chance, I promote my town.

Did you ever get around to seeing Too Slim & The Taildraggers? Thackery is back here on March 23rd. Can't wait to see him again.

bigsky

02-20-2006, 08:36 AM

We've got a weird situation here now where the local promoters have sort of given up and the new ones got into trouble. The venues are limited and we are having trouble getting people.

I still think Thackery will visit. Didn't get to too slim.

catlovercardhater

02-20-2006, 09:48 AM

Sigur Ros from Iceland is very nice.

www.sigur-ros.co.uk (http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk)

ukgrad

02-20-2006, 09:49 AM

They just played a show here in Louisville at the Palace... Got awesome reviews... i'll be checking them out

catlovercardhater wrote:
Sigur Ros from Iceland is very nice.

http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk

Caveman Catfan

02-20-2006, 06:05 PM

ukgrad wrote: For me, it's My Morning Jacket... everyone here needs to hear this... especially since they are from Kentucky (Louisville to be exact)....

Saw them on Austin City Lights the other night. Enjoyed it.

Caveman Catfan

02-20-2006, 06:09 PM

PhatNastyCat wrote: Fiona Apple's last album is sold in a version witha DVD side where Nickle Creek joins her for a few songs. Really great stuff.

I have never listened to an Apple CD, but the song she played on late night the other night was redundant as hell. I hope the rest of that is better.

Caveman Catfan

02-20-2006, 06:10 PM

Blue Heaven wrote: Black Eyed Peas-I know most know who they are but every song released is better than the last and that is rare in music today.

Here is a band that can write a good tune and then link it with the most idiotic words, IMO.

Caveman Catfan

02-20-2006, 06:15 PM

I think Paul Weller is still worth checking out. The Finn Brothers put on a musical show that is fun and intimate. In Louisville, I think Peter Searcy is a good guy worht checking out. Thought he was better with Big Wheel, than solo, however.

Sir Richard F. Burton

02-20-2006, 06:36 PM

Danny Gatton and Eva Cassidy were friends who played a lot in DC metro (sad to say I never saw either) but both were transcendant and both died way too young. Gatton was a guitar vituoso and Eva was a great torch singer.

Jeff Craddock

02-20-2006, 07:09 PM

Eva Cassidy was an amazing talent, having one of the purest voices ever. But she also had something else, a spiritual quality that's hard to define. Although I've heard it a thousand times, her version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow still gives me goosebumbs....and a tear or two. Eva took guitar lessons from Danny Gatton for several years. Her voice is such that many don't notice how good her guitar work was.

I saw the Eva Cassidy band once, at Border's Books and Music at White Flint Mall in Rockville. I had no idea who they were or how good they really were. It was after work and I was browsing--when I heard the band, I drifted over and listened to a couple songs. That was the extent of it. Years later, a couple years after Eva died, someone sat me down and played her version of Autumn Leaves. That was one of those musical epiphanies that happen once in a blue moon--there was something in that voice that melted away all my resistance and went straight to the heart.

Sir Richard F. Burton wrote: Danny Gatton and Eva Cassidy were friends who played a lot in DC metro (sad to say I never saw either) but both were transcendant and both died way too young. Gatton was a guitar vituoso and Eva was a great torch singer.

bigsky

02-20-2006, 10:56 PM

Wonderin,the near to Cincinnati people, why aren't the Greenhornes on this list? I'm juststreaming their Sewed Soles after listening to Holly Golightly sing with them on that weird Broken Flowers movie. Just sixties garage rock but kinda interesting.

They surely must play around Northern Kentucky, eh?

catlovercardhater

02-20-2006, 11:28 PM

catlovercardhater

02-20-2006, 11:30 PM

ukgrad wrote: They just played a show here in Louisville at the Palace... Got awesome reviews... i'll be checking them out

catlovercardhater wrote:
Sigur Ros from Iceland is very nice.

http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk
Yea, I went to it... it was the best concert i have ever been to. Blended there mellow style with some new faster jams.

ukwebfan

02-25-2006, 12:24 PM

Look below:

Greenhornes (http://www.greenhornes.com/gh.html)

I had them confused with The Bears or one of their members other bands but I was mistaken.

bigsky wrote: Wonderin,the near to Cincinnati people, why aren't the Greenhornes on this list? I'm juststreaming their Sewed Soles after listening to Holly Golightly sing with them on that weird Broken Flowers movie. Just sixties garage rock but kinda interesting.

They surely must play around Northern Kentucky, eh?

IlikeUK

02-25-2006, 02:07 PM

VIIBanners, I saw your set that night at Lynaugh's. You guys rocked! Which instrument do you play?

VIIBanners wrote: Cool man!

Here is the last set we played at Lynaghs....

SET 1

O Death (Camper Van Beethoven version of the traditional)

Just Got Paid

Detroit Rock City

Long Cool Woman

Commotion

This Will be our year (Zombies)

Suffragette City (Bowie)

Godzilla

Pressure (Billy Joel)

Flirtin' with Disaster

I Wanna Rock

G.I. Joe cartoontheme song

After Midnight

Mr. Brownstone

$10Man

Knight Rider t.v. theme song

Uncontrollable Urge (Devo)

SET2

Boris the Spider

Been Caught Stealin' (Janes Addiction)

Piss up a Rope (Ween)

HandsTo Yourself (GA Satellites)

Cult of Personality

Immigrant Song

Magnum P.I. t.v. theme song

Free ForAll

Big Balls (AC/ DC)

Toys In The Attic

Ace of Spades (Motorhead)

Explosivo (Tenacious D)

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers

Fight ForYour Right (Beastie Boys)

Welcome to the Jungle

Width of a Circle (Ziggy Stardust live style , not the acoustic album version)

VIIBanners

02-25-2006, 05:50 PM

I play the bass... glad you liked it man... come again.:)

CatFanInTheBathtub

02-27-2006, 06:35 PM

as Bill Graham would say "The Great Great Grateful Dead"

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Grateful%20Dead

Mackcat

02-27-2006, 11:34 PM

A 3 way tie= Jawbreaker, the Replacements, Social distortion.

bigsky

03-01-2006, 10:51 PM

CatFanInTheBathtub wrote: as Bill Graham would say "The Great Great Grateful Dead"

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Grateful%20Dead

Hmm, they sound familiar...

PhatNastyCat

03-02-2006, 01:00 PM

I've recently caught onto a new band called "People in Planes":

http://www.peopleinplanes.com

The songs I have heard so far remind me a bit of early Radiohead if anything I could compare them to immediately. But they are an outstanding band that I expect will be heard from on radio in the near future.

I've already heard them a couple times on XM (the only place you can actually hear new music)

-PNC

Levi

03-02-2006, 04:13 PM

Jeff Craddock wrote: Levi, are they still playing? Rodney Hatfield--the harp player--was a friend when I lived in Lexington, way back in the day. I haven't been in Lexington since 1997, so I haven't had a chance to keep up with them. They were/are very good.

Levi wrote: Metropolitan Blues All-Stars
Sorry for the delay Jeff. I thought you might find this interesting:

Frank Schaap
Born: May 5th 1952 in New York City, raised from an early age in the great state of Kentucky.
Favorite food: Fried flounder, Cocoa Krispies, and Vin Rouge (though not at the same time)

Toured the US of A for 15 years as a founding member of the Metropolitan Blues All-Stars. Went broke and moved to New Orleans and worked with the Royal Street Rounders for 4 years as buskers. Met Danny and his cast of characters and misfits sometime around then. Wrote the Grammy nominated song "Deep Mine Blues" for Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time in 2000. Went broke again. Moved permanently to France in 2002 where he performs solo and as a charter member of the Lost and Wandering Blues and Jazz Band. He remains broke.

http://www.lostwandering.com/Bandmembers1.htm (http://www.lostwandering.com/Bandmembers1.htm)

Jeff Craddock

03-02-2006, 04:40 PM

^

Thanks for the link, Levi. :thumbup Frank was always unique--he used to do solo gigs at Alfalfa, including some of his own stuff and some more folkie things. But my all-time favorite Schapp memory is his incomparable version of Tom Waits' "Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night", his only Metro Blues solo.

I know Rodney is doing mostly art--"Artsnake"--but I've wondered what Nick Stump is up to. He published a book of poetry a few years ago, revealing a side that he rarely showed. He played one of the best--and most subtle--blues guitars I've ever heard.

Edit: I decided to answer my own question, so I googled Nick's name and came up with the link below.

http://www.louisvillemusic.com/lmn/lmhdr.php?thisid=6&thisissue=194&thisstory=3063

Scroll down to "Stumpin' the Blues" and read catch up with the doings of all the All-Stars.

Levi

03-02-2006, 07:44 PM

Jeff Craddock wrote: ^

Thanks for the link, Levi. :thumbup Frank was always unique--he used to do solo gigs at Alfalfa, including some of his own stuff and some more folkie things. But my all-time favorite Schapp memory is his incomparable version of Tom Waits' "Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night", his only Metro Blues solo.

I know Rodney is doing mostly art--"Artsnake"--but I've wondered what Nick Stump is up to. He published a book of poetry a few years ago, revealing a side that he rarely showed. He played one of the best--and most subtle--blues guitars I've ever heard.

Edit: I decided to answer my own question, so I googled Nick's name and came up with the link below.

http://www.louisvillemusic.com/lmn/lmhdr.php?thisid=6&thisissue=194&thisstory=3063

Scroll down to "Stumpin' the Blues" and read catch up with the doings of all the All-Stars.Jeff I just got off the phone with Nick Stump, are you interested in trading e-mails with him? He said he knew you and would be willing to exchange e-mail if you are interested. If you would like PM me and I will give you the info.