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She and Robin Young have a very similar, sort of, uh uh, sort of, cadence, involving a lot of, sort of, stuttering. In fact, it seems that Talk of the Nation also runs along the same speach pattern. At times, it feels like they are trying to make their questions seem more, sort of, um, of the moment by interpreting them with a more real time speach, which includes the stutters and the uh uh "ums". I listen every chance I get, because I am in the car A LOT during the day. Sometimes the quasi-thoughtful stuttering gets on my nerves though. I enjoyed the Motian interview. He seems like a fun guy. Did you notice early on in the interview, she referred to LaFaro as "the now-deceased"? It seemed to imply that he was recently deceased. She seemed well-informed though. Later in the interview, she directly addressed LaFaro's death. She more or less had her facts straight. I just though that was an odd phrase. I recently went to the NPR site to see what she looked like. After all these years of listening, I had an image in my head. Until I saw her picture, I had a completely different person in mind!

I feel like I've read that Teddy Charles was sort of brought out of retirement recently. Bertrand, you know of instances when he has played out recently? Actual gigs? Where?

You've heard Walt Dickerson recently?

Does anyone have any experience dealing with Safeco Insurance? A friend of mine told me to check them out and the rates are pretty good. Aside from the rates, does anyone have any actual customer experience with them? Thanks.

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For some reason, Donruss...

Oh come on. I like her impulse! albums.

Awe man. I can only wonder.

I will remember him this way.

How did he die? I did not know he was unwell.

ok... Well, whatever. Make that Walt's choice of harpist as well then.

Alice Coltrane's harp adds a nice touch to anything she played on. Too bad John checked out so soon. I've imagined a band including both Walt Dickerson and Alice Coltrane (mostly on harp) with Walt's choice of bassist(s) and drummer(s). I wonder if anyone else would be interested! I'm still hoping Walt starts playing out again. This collaboration with Alice is definitely a pipe dream!

Start circulating live recordings. That is what I would suggest. Post your stuff on oink or dime. Tour Tour Tour. Let people record, etc. I really don't know how a band becomes "qualified".

I was actually thinking the same thing about Oysterhead. I wonder what they'll be doing. Hopefully all Primus songs. That could be good. I haven't seen Widespread Panic in years. Well before Houser died. Still, one of my favorite rock albums. In my opinion, they didn't get better than this.

Has Oysterhead been working on new material? By the way, I am not implying that the jam scene is over. Superfly has many spin-offs from the Bonnaroo festival. I'd still love to see Organissimo on the list.

Wow. Great thread! Lots to check out. I've always imagined harp and vibraphone making a nice jazz recording. I'll have to find that Lytle recording!

Give that kid a pair of sticks!

Give that kid a pair of sticks!

If you do a search, there was a good deal of discussion on Albert Stinson inside a thread on OBLIQUE.

Just glance at the list for this summer. Is enough enough? Can we lay the jam band era to rest? Looking at the previously jam-centric festival Bonnaroo playlist, it looks to me like the end is near. Since the fall of Phish, it seems that the jam band audience has actually ventured out from under the shadow of the great flying hotdog. In turn, concert promoters are following suit. The "kids" may actually be interested in music after all. Now, in tradition of keeping the hipster pissing contest alive, I am sure we will hear from those that were buying Sun City Girls 7" since they were ten years old, or hanging out with Sunburned Hand since the late eighties, that this lineup has seen its day, or never actually made any worthwhile music in the first place, that the lineup still includes the barnacles of the jam band scene. The truth is, the vast majority of this summer's Bonnaroo ticket holders have been introduced to a much wider variety of music than I would have previously expected to see at a festival like this, and this seems to be an ongoing and postive trend for musicians and fans thereof the world over. I probably won't be making it this year, or any year for that matter since I scratched standing in the middle of a field in Tennessee in the sweltering heat off of my list of things to do in the summertime a few years ago. I am encouraged, though, that the promoters have really expanded their horizons. Hell, for all I know, they may just be meeting demand, that the scene does change, that I've been out of touch with all of this for long enough that I don't know what the "kids" like anymore after all. When did Devandra "break out"? Bonnaroo 2006

Talk about it.

I was sort of afraid of legal issues. Ghost, is this cool?

I've really enjoyed listening to On The Beach since it was re-issued. One of the Neil Young albums that I had somehow never listened to until recently. Everything everyone has said already, for sure. He's for real.

Yeah, you think?