Big Al

Man, I am SO diggin’ this BFT! Been playing tracks 1-9 (except 7) all day today. This is the GREEEEAZIEST set this side of a Patton-Green-Dixon record!!!!

You got THAT right! Right now, my son doesn’t want ANY candles in the house! I remember when I was his age, seeing a show with a house on fire. That scared me to death; can’t imagine what my boy’s going through: we never had a house fire when I was growing up! Funny you mention the inside of the wall catching fire: I hadn’t planned on calling the Fire Dept. until my neighbor suggested I do; apparently a friend of hers did the same thing, not knowing the inside of the wall was still combustible. The fire re-lit itself overnight, destroying the house. The FD brought out this sensor that was able to determine the temperature of the ENTIRE wall. Now that was pretty fascinating! Amazing how far technology has come since we were kids!

Sweeeet! Glad to have it back in its proper position!

Chaney, my daughter is 17 and my son is 8.

I can’t wait for this week to be over. Tuesday night, my son was pogo-sticking in the garage when the thing went right out from under him, causing him to come crashing to the concrete floor, head first. I didn’t see it, but my wife heard it from inside the house; she ran out to the garage and he was lying motionless on the floor. She picked him up, and he put his hands over his face and started bawling. Thankfully, he didn’t break the skin, but there was a good-size bump on his head. We rushed him to a CareNow™ clinic, where the doctor told us we were fortunate that he hit his head on the thickest part of the skull (wait a second, he’s my flesh&blood; his whole HEAD is thick!!!), and thankfully by the next morning, the majority of the bump had gone down. Then, last night, my wife & daughter decorated the living room with all sorts of Halloween stuff. My daughter made an elaborate setup on the mantle out of candles and coated-crepe-paper pumpkins. So, the kids and I were in the computer room, I was helping her with a project online, and I said, “Hey, do y’all smell smoke?” I walked into the living room and saw a small fire on the mantle. Ran into the kitchen to get a pitcher of water, told my daughter to get her brother and get outta the house. In the two seconds it took to fill the pitcher, the small fire started rocketing up the wall. It is only by the grace of God that my water bomb on the fire was a bullseye that doused it instantaneously. Smoke was everywhere, we opened the windows, called the fire department to make sure nothing inside the wall was combustible (it wasn’t, thank God). Once the smoke cleared, soot was everywhere, there’s a big black mark on the wall, and the mantle’s a disaster area. My wife came home from the store and about lost it: first her son bashes his head, then her house about burns down. Thankfully, the cleanup didn’t take too long, and we were actually able to sleep in the house last night. When we could get to sleep, that is. It took me a while to fall asleep. My son, who was so fascinated by the fire earlier, had trouble sleeping; I guess after the initial excitement, it dawned on him that the house nearly burned down. My daughter was probably the most affected: she blames herself completely for the fire. Me? In both instances, I’m just thankful that it wasn’t any worse than it was; it could’ve been so much worse in both cases: in the former, my son could’ve had a serious head injury or worse, died; in the latter, the whole house could’ve burned. Yeah, Someone was watching over us; but I’ve had enough excitement for one week. Thanks for letting me vent.

Yup, we knew most of 'em, especially Big Daddy. He was a Texas boy, too! Ever hear of the Reher-Morrison gang? They were friends of ours; even had their shop in the same garage area as dads shop!

Gene Bertoncini?!?!? Why oh WHY did you have to bring up his name? His playing on Hubert Laws In The Beginning is nothing short of definitive. You guys are making it damn hard to not blow a wad on this guy's recordings y'know! (Edited because I'm typing without my glasses so I can't see a damn thing!)

Very cool indeed! Looks like the best way to hear Eddie Duran is on Vince Guaraldi albums. Which is alright with me, as VG is drastically underrepresented in my collection!

Well, the ones I remember were in Ontario and LA. I know there were others; I was just too young to remember them. 1974, you say? Hey, it could've happened! Happy memories, all of them. Maybe I should start another thread: "On the Drag Strip Where You (Wish You'd) Lived!" For me, it would be Bowling Green, KY. :rsmile:

Ohh YEAH, man!

I hear ya, but I always viewed the signatures as sort of a gateway to the soul, y'know?

I wish I knew!!! As for getting "Ginza" correct, it was the piano player that got me at first: I was trying to think of everyone BUT Guaraldi! (In fact, my first guess for the guitarist was Johnny Smith!) An AMG search for "Ginza" brought up Ron Crotty's name, and the sound samples at CDU convinced me! One thing's for sure: I'm gonna get this disc, I gotta find some more Eddie Duran, and WHATTYA MEAN Mike isn't a sadistic bastard? He's gonna clean out both our wallets! Combined!!!

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I saw a post by Jim/b3-er today with his new signature, it about broke my heart. No, not because it's anti-Bush, but simply because it's political. Aren't there enough posters on this board polluting the landscape with their political adversaries "quotes" as their signature? But even more so, Jim's signature was, for me, the soul of this place. The proclamation to "Keep it greazy" seemed like an open invitation for anyone to come in and get soulful. In fact, in the entire time I've seen Jim post, I've never seen that signature change. It was nice to see something so simple and so constant; and yet, it was that simplicity and consistency that seemed to provide the bedrock for this wonderful place. Unless anyone has a big problem with it, I'm gonna make it my new signature, that is until Jim decides he wants to use it again. Which I hope he does.

You are! I thought most of you would know the tune but not this earlier version. I got one right !!! WOO HOO!!!!

This artist and this CD in particular was who I was thinking about. Funny thing, I didn't recognize the tune at all, but this was who I first thought of. Oh well.....

The link ain't workin', man!

This one was TONS of fun, and I hope my excitement is as palpable as my usual cluelessness! 1. “Walkin’” but I have no idea who it is! Actually, not even sure it’s “Walkin’” any more, now that I’ve actually listened to it. Sounds like a Gerry Mulligan band. 2. Has that “Walkin’” vibe to it, but not sure it really is. Piano sounds a little like Silver, and the Basie-like “planks” make me wonder if this is from Silver’s Rockin’ with Rachmaninoff album. Very nice, nonetheless! 3. GOTTA be Basie!!! Damn, I just love Freddie Green!!! Don’t know the tune or the soloists, but I love the SWING!!! 4. Sounds like a Benny Goodman band. If not him, then I’ll go with a Fletcher Henderson band, just cuz this sounds like Fletcher’s kind of arrangement. 5. Maybe one of Duke’s bands with Ivie Anderson? That sounds too easy, but it’s all I can come up with! 6. No clue, but I sure am enjoying all these big bands! 7. Some kinda Machito thing is my first guess. On second thought, this sounds like one of the early….. name escapes me. After I type & post this, I’m gonna post a link to the CD I’m thinking of. 8. Does anyone else hear a rhythm guitar on this? It’s the unforgettable Charlie Parker classic, whose title escapes me. Anywho, it sounds like Fats Navarro on trumpet, Newk on tenor, Bird on alto, Max on drums. I’m just guessing here, but it seems like I should know this or at least have heard it or heard of it. Cluelessness on display: I think I’ll make that my new signature! 9. Honestly, I can’t tell one big band from the other. I think when this is all done, I’m gonna re-label this disc as THE BEST DAMN BIG BAND CD EVER!!! 10. No clue, but I like the lead cello! Sounds almost like a guitar, which I guess was the whole point to begin with! 11. Sounds like early Dexter! No wait, I take that back: this sounds like Stan Getz with Horace Silver on Savoy. Don’t know the tune, and I’ve never heard the actual thing; this is just what I imagined it would sound like! 12. Sure sounds like MJQ to these ears! 13. It’s the “Ginza Samba,” but I have no clue as to who it is. I thought it might be the composer, but it sure doesn’t sound like him. After some research done while listening to this tune, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s track 3 from this CD. Unfortunately, it doesn’t list who the pianist is on THIS track, but oh well. If I’m right, add this to the list of CDs MUST GET!!! 14. Sounds like Dan’s favorite pianist! Love that groove! 15. Nice & bluesy. No one sounds familiar, so HAFC™. 16. More good blues! More cluelessness! If that were a tenor sax, I’d guess this was Prez with Nat Cole, but no such luck. 17. “I’ll Never Be the Same.” No clue as to who it might be, could be anyone. Sounds like Hamp to these ears! 18. Aarghh!!! I should know this tune, but I don’t! I like the interplay between the violin and the other instrument, which I can’t identify. At times sounding like a clarinet, other times sounding like a cello, other times sounding like a piano. Heck, for all I know, it could be the violin player getting some outta-sight harmonics out of his axe! Okay, it’s now revealed itself as a cello. Nice harmonies between the two stringed instruments! 19. Ahhh, some more of that good jump blues, the way it oughta be played! This sounds like Illinois Jacquet tearin’ up the joint! 20. “All Your Love,” but this ain’t the Mayall version, I know that. And that’s about ALL I know about this one! Some damn FIERY blues!!! Can’t wait to find out who the guitar player is! 21. Oh yeah, that’s GOT to be Cal Tjader, from his Fantasy era, an era which I need to investigate more thoroughly. 22. Another beaut!!!! Reminds me of “Maria” from West Side Story, but really, I HAFC™! But I love the brass accompaniment and can’t wait to find out who arranged this. 23. Must be a vocalese version of track 1. Like that helps me! This was far and away THE most enjoyable BFT I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. This one’s gonna get repeated play at work, in the car, at the house. Can we just skip to the answers now?!?!??! :excited: :excited:

That’s my man Jimmy Cobb on that?!?!? Oh yes, I GOTS to get this one!!!!

Of course, a lot of Othello's problems could've been solved had Canada Post delivered his package faster....

From today's Dallas Morning News, sure to piss off Red Sox fans of all... er, stripe: Forget curse: Red Sox can't beat Yankees by Gerry Fraley, staff writer for the Dallas Morning News 11:26 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 NEW YORK – The Boston Red Sox and their over-hyped "Curse of The Bambino" are the most annoying item in sports. More annoying than NBA public-address announcers. More annoying than players in any sport who point to the heavens when things go their way. A cottage industry has sprung up around the Red Sox and their failure to win the World Series since 1918. Intellectuals like to rhapsodize about the poor Red Sox still reeling from the trade of Babe Ruth to the evil empire known as the New York Yankees nearly 90 years ago. There have been sappy books and sappier cable television specials detailing how the fates have conspired against the beloved Red Sox. Business could be brisk again this winter. The Red Sox made a late challenge Tuesday night but lost, 10-7, to the Yankees in the opener of the American League Championship Series. That is nine losses for the Red Sox in 13 postseason games against the Yankees. More grist for the myth-making mill. Poor little Red Sox against the evil-empire Yankees. It's a snow job. Boston is in the playoffs for the eighth time since 1986. The Red Sox have been to the World Series twice since 1975. Tell Rangers backers that the Red Sox are cursed. The Rangers have won one playoff game in franchise history. Tell Chicago White Sox fans that the Red Sox are cursed. The White Sox have not been to the World Series since 1959. Tell Chicago Cubs fans ... well, forget about that. The Cubs have their own problems. This generation's Red Sox are a team that Texas football coach Mack Brown can get his arms around. The Red Sox have lots of talent and a penchant for falling apart when the big moment arrives. That self-destructive habit, which speaks to confidence rather than curses, showed itself again in the ALCS opener. Boston was in an ideal spot. The Red Sox started their World Series-tested ace, Curt Schilling. They stormed into Yankee Stadium with the momentum of a three-game sweep of Anaheim in an AL Division Series. The Yankees had the extra uncertainty of not knowing where their human security blanket, closer Mariano Rivera, was. He had returned, with permission, to his home in Panama for the funeral of two family members who were electrocuted Saturday and was flying back when the game began. Rivera walked into the bullpen during the fifth inning. Schilling lasted only three innings, allowing six runs. Before tiring in the seventh, Mussina sliced up a lineup that hit .302 with 25 runs in the sweep of the Angels. A curse had nothing to do with this. The Yankees still respond to the spotlight better than Boston. The Yankees play the big game better than Boston. The Red Sox know that. "The Yankees are a balanced ballclub," Boston first baseman Kevin Millar said. "They have phenomenal players, big-game players. People ask if we are the favorites. We're not the favorite. The New York Yankees are the team to beat." Millar said the Red Sox believe they have closed the gap by having Schilling and closer Keith Foulke. Neither was with the Red Sox last season, which ended in a loss to the Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS. (As a proper reminder of that series, Boston's Tim Wakefield entered in the sixth inning and immediately allowed a homer by Kenny Lofton. Wakefield concluded last season's playoff series in this park by giving up a game-winning homer by Aaron "Bleeping" Boone.) The Yankees with Rivera still have a huge advantage at closer over any team. Schilling's performance was far below what he did for Arizona against the Yankees in the 2001 World Series. Schilling aggravated a sore right ankle in the Anaheim series, and the condition bothered his performance. He could not stay balanced in his delivery, and he lacked the lower-body drive needed to generate velocity. Boston manager Terry Francona started Schilling in the opener to avoid putting extra pressure on former ace Pedro Martinez. Like his team, Martinez tends to go to pieces against the Yankees. Since June 2000, the Yankees are 17-6 when Martinez starts against them. After another aggravating start against the Yankees in September, Martinez said to "call the Yankees my daddy." Forget "Curse of The Bambino." The catch phrase of this series is, "Who's your daddy?" For Boston, the answer remains, "the Yankees."

Hey, I was there once, when my dad was a professional drag racer back in the 70's. 1978, to be exact. It was one of his last races before he retired. Now THAT'S the highlight of my childhood: following my dad's travels across the country when he was a drag racer!

1. I like it! Recording sounds pretty recent, but the player sounds like one of the old masters. Which one, I don’t know. 2. Scat greeeeaze! HAFC™, and I’m not usually a fan of scat-singing, but this is pretty groovy! The tune sounds like “Airegin.” Oh my LAWD, that sax solo just started and it be soooo FUNKY!!! 3. Ahhhhh, more greeeeaze!!! Hmmm, alto, B3, drummer from Mars…. If this AIN’T Poppa Lou, then someone’s sure doin’ a good job of apin’ him! But I don’t know: ol’ Lou NEVER sounded this ferocious. 4. Ahhhh, even MORE greeeeaze!!! Mike, yer killin’ me here, and I’m LOVIN’ it!!! What is that, a bari sax? Sounds like late-60’s Larry Young, but did he ever record with a bari sax? Once again, HAFC™, but I sure dig it!!! 5. ‘Tis a wonderful GREEEAZE fest goin’ on here! Once again, no clue, but these four tracks have sent me to southern-fried heaven!!! 6. A very lovely “Lush Life,” but no clue as to who it is. 7. First dud of the bunch. Not a fan of vocals at all, and even less when it’s of the “bop-bop-shickaaaaa” variety. It’s “Paper Moon,” but I didn’t finish. 8. Back to the greeeaze!!! I like the quiet-burnin’ vibe. Sounds like one of those Jimmy Smith-Kenny Burrell dates for Verve. 9. Now THAT is one fat FUNKY groove!!! HAFC™ as always, but I can’t wait to find out who this is! In fact, a bunch of this BFT is gonna break me! 10. Scat-singing on “Sidewinder?” Uhh, thanks, but no. NEXT!!! 11. Ehhhh, sounds too much like avant-classical music to these ears. NMCOT™. 12. Interesting, to say the least, but alas scat-singin’ just ain’t my cuppa tea!!! By and large, a very good BFT!!! And one of the greeeeaziest! Great job, Mike!

Do you ever have recurring dreams that you've gone back to live there? I know I do; I'll post my thoughts about Stonegate Street when I get a chance. Great thread, BTW.

Wait a second: those weasels completely skipped over the 6/29 RVGs!!! Sheesh!!! How’s a guy s’posed to get cheap RVGs these daze?

It's about time!!!!!!!