the known greats

[JF]

Stevie and Rory are all time best white bluesmen IMHO

[JF]

man that legendary show, still got the review of it somewhere.
boys, take a listen to this. effing Neil....
i mean, effing goose bumps!
do not forget to turn your volume to 11!!

and if someone has this as a bootleg rarities kind of thing, pls lemme know (this awesome version was never released)

wow ! never heard this version before !
I have the dead man soundtrack, but it doesn't feature this wonderful version with both acoustic and electric guitars ! and in 3/4 !
I will listen to it differently now !

[vgonis]

Somewhere in this vast universe that's called internet, there is an enormous file (nearly 16Gb) named Neil Young Smothered. It has Young's albums up to 2006. But the really interesting thing in the file is that in each file/album you can also find as many cover versions of songs the compiler has managed to find. Studio and live! It focuses on Young's albums, but no soundtracks. It also has two files with songs from his bands CSNY and Buffalo Springfield. Some of these covers are really sexceptional, almost better than the original-if that's possible!  

[twm]

My wife and I saw Taste live once - in Edinburgh, in the Calley Cinema on Lothian Road around the time of the festival, as I recall.  I'll have a note of it somewhere but I guess it was the early 1970s. If I don't have a note of it, I'm pretty sure we'll have a concert programme, though I think that was for all the artists playing the venue around that time. I'll have to dig it out some time.

[dmg]

My wife and I saw Taste live once - in Edinburgh, in the Calley Cinema on Lothian Road around the time of the festival, as I recall.  I'll have a note of it somewhere but I guess it was the early 1970s. If I don't have a note of it, I'm pretty sure we'll have a concert programme, though I think that was for all the artists playing the venue around that time. I'll have to dig it out some time.

The Caley closed down years ago and a nightclub called Subway occupies some part of it now.  I used to go there quite often!

Best cinemas now are The Filmhouse and The Cameo.

Edit:  found a picture if it's of interest:  http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/edinburgh/caley/index.html

[Pottel]

not dug into taste too much yet, but with rory at the helm it CANNOT be bad...

[vgonis]

There is a fine record of Lonnie Donegan, called Puttin' on the style, issued in 1978 by Chrysalis, and Rory plays guitar on 3 tracks. The record is full of surprise-paying dues musicians such as Ringo Starr, Leo Sayer, Zoot Money, Albert Lee, Ray Cooper, Brian May, Elton John, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voorman, Ronnie Wood, Nicky Hopkins, Mick Ralphs, Michele Phillips and many others that I am not that familiar to mention. Too bad MK wasn't that famous to be included in the  sesions. The same year another Donegan record was issued, called Sundown with a remarkable band, but not as impressive as the previous record, and a Richard Bennett is contributing Steel guitar!!!

[twm]

Though I probably didn't know it at the time, Lonnie Donegan was the guy who introduced me to Woody Guthrie's music. I have a couple of Donegan CDs - just for old times' sake really.

And the mention of Albert Lee links this togther for me, in a strange way. I saw Albert lee live on 3 October 1987 (the 20th anniversary of Guthrie's death) when he was in the group of British musicians who formed the Everly Brothers band during a British tour. The support act was Ralph McTell, who I had known a little way back when, mainly through his brother. Anyway, there were two concerts that day. We went to the early one because we took along one of our young kids to the show. Beforehand, I dropped a note for Ralph McTell in to the stage door, mentioning our previous vague connection and suggesting that, on this date, he might care to play a Guthrie song. Anyway, the concert took place and no Guthrie song. The following day, my wife was out and about and noticed the tour bus at a local hotel. Coming home, we went along to the hotel for a coffee. It was late morning and the musicians were just beginning to gather. Most of them, including the Everlies, sign our programme and Ralph Mctell thanked me for my note but he'd got it too late for the early show but had inserted a Guthrie song into his second set - 1913 Massacre or something similar. I also took along a copy of Pete Wingfield's single "Eighteen With A Bullet" and asked him if he'd kindly sign it for me. As he did so, one of the band (and I think it was Albert Lee) said, with a touch of sarcasm and with heavy emphasis, "Is that your ONE AND ONLY hit single, Pete?"

And here is the releavnt part:

[Jules]

Nice story... I

[vgonis]

Nice story twm! Have you seen any Jim Jarmusch films ever? It feels like he took your story a bit further with his (then ) short film (was screened before the film "Two in the soup" with a young Buscemi at his very best) with Tom Waits and Iggy Pop, which later pasted and created Coffee and cigarettes. Iggy gets in the bar and looks at the juke box. Then during their talk he says sarcastically that he didn't see any of Waits singles in the jukebox. And after leaving Waits goes to the juke box and looks. Then he turns and says that Pop hasn't got any of his own either. Fantastic!

[Pottel]

back to the known greats...
totally not your cup of tea (most of you on here) but i really like their (electronic) work:
Orbital:
 

[vgonis]

Even though Orbital are not my cup of tea I have to give them a kind nod. I think they have remixed/reformed some PF recordings.
 

[Pottel]

Even though Orbital are not my cup of tea I have to give them a kind nod. I think they have remixed/reformed some PF recordings.
 

i simply got loads of cups. Check out there "dr. Who"theme

[vgonis]

I should say I have a lot of cups as well, but I don't like tea!  Yes I think I have  heard their version of Dr.Who theme, but since you've brought it up, hats off to Delia Derbyshire for the original theme and the unique personal album she had issued somewhere in the 60ies-70ies. It has a feel of early Portishead. You know about her? I found a reissue of her LP (vinyl) 5 years ago from a former iron curtain country!

[Pottel]

no, but you just got me started on Portishead.
man, have you heard any recording of their actual tour?? brilllllllllliant stuff!!
before i forget...Orbital "the Box"