AllenLowe

there's guy out in California, I think, called Tweed Amps, but it's being sold by someone he sold it to -

just ordered a Brown Princeton replica -

"You call yourselves musicians?" what's a musician?

April 12: lecture by Martin Williams April 19: Tony Fruscella Quartet May 2: Lee Collins Quintet May 12: Chuck Norris Big Band May 22: Strom Thurmond Memorial Concert May 26: lecture by Bella Abzug June 1: lecture by George DeMohrenschildt Cowpie University Lecture Hall; all events are free to the public

"and the world's a safer place" just doing my bit for world harmony -

well as I said in a thread some years ago about Leslie Gourse (RIP), I'll always put the Kart Before the Gourse -

freddie's playing is a cold, cold thing and always has been - I never could listen to more than 30 seconds -

by the way, wanna mention - I have two more sets now, pristine, complete, 36 CDs in all for $125 plus shipping conus - email me: alowe5@maine.rr.com paypal is the same -

"track 17 of disc 2, volume 2 has a brief weird, loud burst of static in the 1st few seconds" I think that's Dan Gould -

one thing at a time - next will try to enlarge - stay tuned -

hey it works - I'm a genius -

l well I did what you guys said and I cannot get the photo to actually appear here - what am I doing wrong? it only allows me to post a link -

well I never go anywhere anyway - so leaving the house may be over rated -

I do like thrash, which to me at least tries to push the envelope - and does use the forbidden (pre-amp) distortion) - so I guess there are exceptions - though there's still nothing like the real thing, which would probably work great with thrashers of the world -

and just to add, Danimal, I agree, though when I say distortion I am referring, as well, to that produced by driving the amp's power tubes - though of course there is the kind produced by pedals through a bumping up of certain (mid) frequencies -

don't get mad anybody, but I pre-amp distortion annoys me no end, and at the risk of offending the few people here who still like me, I'll tell you why - to me pre-amp distortion is the sound of a certain kind of non-funky suburban rock, a middle-class version of real tube distortion, because it allows you to get noise at polite sound levels, since it's so much easier to overload the pre-amp tubes; and this kind of distortion is mono-chromatic, it doesn't breathe like true over-drive, which is a wonderfully compressed, bottom-up sound. Pre amp distortion is is from the top down sonically; it's cold and, to my ears, lacks the courage of its own muscial convictions - going after power tube distortion, on the other hand, feels, from my musical point of view, like Ornette summoning up the Southwewestern blues cries of the past in his alto tone - to me power tube distortion done right conjures up Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin and Willie Johnson - I do, however, like old-fashioned fuzz - and watch what you say about my speedo -

well, no offense intended, guys - and I do like distortion, but the kind you get by playing too loud - and not pre-amp distortion, which is, to me, just annoying buzzing - gotta hear it from the power tubes -

well, you guys are forcing me to get serious here - and I have only a minor financial relationship with Larry (he only sends me money on the first of the month) - but Kart is a must-read; in the entire literature of jazz I can only say that about, maybe, 3 or 4 writers. A great critic is like a great artist in any form, he makes you look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, and by that standard Larry has made a major contribution to jazz -

I will tell you that I never liked Buddy Rich's big band drumming - brittle, busy, show-offy, didn't swing - but I saw him on a clip one day in the 1970s, maybe, with one of those Playboy All Star bands, 7-8 pieces including Dizzy and wow! I finally got his talent - when he was playing for the band and not himself he was brilliant, very Dave Tough-ish and musical - just my opinion, however (and that of other informed and concerned Americans)

actually, that's Nessa kissing Larry's ring -

the new eidtion has an expanded picture section - check out the one of Larry with the Pope - there's also a shot of Nessa kissing his ring -

too much ceramic in them there pickups - it's why guitarists tend to all sound the same today - beat 'em with mids and distortion pedals -

if you think Burroughs can't write, read Junky. Great book -

has anybody mentioned that the original performance cited here on Youtube is basically a lift of All Blues?