Jim R

Again... Art Nouveau, not Art Deco at all.

... Well? I just sort of "discovered" Lundgren (though I had heard the name many times), which led me to this thread.

This place isn't quite the same with no Al. Happy Birthday pal!

I just recently discovered this player, as a result of some Youtube surfing. I had viewed a Junior Watson performance where he was a guest artist, somewhere in Europe. The band was very good, so I started looking further, and found that it was a Swedish band called "Knockout Greg & Blue Weather". I then followed more links to videos by the guitarist, Anders Lewen, and I was very impressed, not only by his tribute to T-Bone Walker, but by his imagination and fluidity as a blues improviser. Then, I noticed something unexpected. I saw a link to a video titled "Memphis Guitar Soul". This title struck me as something that was likely a classic song, and he was doing his version of it. Wrong! Apparently Lewen wrote/arranged this little tune himself, and even more surprisingly, did it as part of a medley of 60's-style material for a Swedish-developed video game based on the Vietnam War. At any rate, none of this is as important to me as the music. Wow, do I like this: My initial reaction after first hearing it was that I wanted to hear more. Not necessarily from Lewen, because this was apparently all he recorded in this style, but something in this vein from the 1960's. This caused me to think about who would have played something like this (and I don't mean vaguely similar, but in the same style). Unfortunatey, for me, 60's Soul/R&B has always taken a back seat to blues and jazz in terms of my focus and collecting habits. I've gradually remedied this somewhat in recent years, but I think I still have a lot to learn. I am aware of a number of guitar players who were important sidemen in bands and as session players (these include some more familiar and some less familiar: Cornell Dupree, Steve Cropper, Reggie Young, Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Womack, Pops Staples), but I'm struggling to find a real source for where this influence on Lewen may have come from. It also occurs to me that this sort of beautiful guitar sound was typically limited to fills/comping on the recordings of others. In other words, I'm blanking on any full albums of guitar instrumentals in this general style during the 60's (a decade of many famous guitar instrumentals in various genres). Any thoughts on any of this would be appreciated.

It's been awhile since she was on my radar, but I think I've owned or heard almost all of her work. A quick search brought up this thread, where I listed some of the CD's available at the time: Of course, Youtube is an easy way to sample her work (there are a few actual videos of her performing, before her untimely death). https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sylvia+telles By the way, when doing searches, keep in mind that the spelling of her first name varied (Sylvia, Silvia, Sylvinha, etc).

How about a Baron sandwich...

For me, this phenomenon generally involves old tunes where I never did figure out what I was hearing (pre-internet), so mysteries still remain which I've never attempted to solve. My brother and I recently decided to play "Freedom Rider" when he came for a visit. Afterward, I was listening again to a couple of recordings, and I was reminded that as much as I have always liked Winwood, I frequently have no idea what the hell he's singing. I later attempted to point out to my brother which line in FR that I couldn't make out, and realized that are at least three or four of them. The same is true for Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers. I think there may be fewer lyrics that I can understand vs those I can't. From "Back in the USSR"... instead of "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out", how about "Let me hear you bellow like it's ringing out" ??? (hey, I was 12 years old... how was I supposed to know about balalaikas?). There have to be dozens more, but the only other specific example that comes to mind at the moment is the theme song from the "All In The Family" tv show ("Those Were The Days"). I still remember watching that with my folks, and it would drive my father absolutely crazy that he (and we) couldn't get the line: "Gee our old LaSalle ran great". I still get a chuckle when I think about that.

And thankfully, the series went on to include Barbara Luna, France Nuyen, Yvonne Craig, Sherry Jackson, Nancy Kovack, Marianna Hill, Sharon Acker...

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That's step 1. It's pretty amazing what doesn't show up on Google, though (like the one I posted above). I was always somewhat obsessed with finding covers that I thought were most appealing to me (usually images of original LP's without "OJC" and such on them), and I gradually discovered that it can sometimes take a lot of searching. I've got around a dozen sites bookmarked, some of which are better for certain labels and eras.

I have bookmarks for numerous sites where you can find LP covers. This particular "Great Guitars" cover isn't that easy to find (the CD is easier, of course), but I did find this one at Discogs.com:

Many of those were probably mine.

Good point! I'll refrain from talking about my game as it relates to that subject. (Let's just say I actually had enough practice at hitting out of creek beds that I got pretty good at it. Not sure why that principle never applied to five-foot putts)

Ah, yes. I believe that would be a point deducted in boxing! Oh, I'll take it. Wasn't really "in it to win it" here. I see your perspective on this, and that's fine by me that we simply see it differently. So... I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!! (or, "wasn't" the only one, as I had sense enough to stop playing several years ago) I remember that feeling very well, except for the "turned around" part.

Wow, I didn't realize I was so "angry". Look at the way you communicate, Scott. And then ask yourself who looks angry here. Or better yet, go out and enjoy a round of golf (how's your game been, btw?) Carroll is clearly a heck of a coach. I'm not condemning him or his ability. He made a bad mistake, in my opinion. This IS about opinions (re the play call), except that the play failed. That's a fact. If a nearly-naked Will Ferrell had been subbed in by the Seahawks, that might have distracted the defense enough for Seattle to have scored on any play they might have called. And then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I was pulling more for the Patriots, btw, and yes, all other things remaining the same, we'd (at least I would) be having this conversation no matter what team was in the white jerseys. I enjoyed the game, and wish that all Super Bowls were this exciting at the finish.

Well, they died a quick death. And I don't see Bill Walsh calling that play on the goal line, or under those circumstances. Carroll's logic re the formations and time-out circumstances was not entirely crazy. I get that, and I know second-guessing is easy, but throwing the ball into the middle, where a DL or a DB could have deflected it- even if it hadn't been picked cleanly... just way too risky in such an enormous situation, one yard from victory, with Marshawn Lynch at your disposal.

I guess I'll go ahead and inform you that it wasn't first and goal. I've been watching since 1967, by the way. Carroll has handled it all very well, but the truth is- regardless of formations and x's and o's and previous experiences, they simply over-thought it. Throwing the ball would have been foolish even if they'd chosen a safer place to throw the ball. Throwing the ball where they threw it was suicidal. Carroll's logic wasn't completely insane, but throwing the ball there was just way too risky (for a pre-season game!). The fact that you've got an unstoppable runner waiting to give you a world championship, AND a quarterback who is virtually unstoppable in the open field on a roll-out... well... they found out how dumb they were, and it's going to sting for a long time (forever). You sad, bro? (God, I love this photo)

Highlight of the game for me, without any doubt, was Richard Sherman's expression on the sidelines when that ball was intercepted. I'll carry this with me for some time. As a 49er fan, I've seen some horrible play calling in both regular season and post-season games over the past several years, but this one was just mind-boggling. Lynch was all they needed from one yard out. Even the non-football fans watching the game knew that. WOW. Congrats to the Pats for coming back, and to Brady for coming back from the picks, and to Edelman for a great game. Wilson is the only Seahawk player that I really "like", and I feel badly for him. He is a GREAT player. The fight was sad to see, but who knows what may have been said or done in the trenches, and the frustration levels had to be astronomical. No excuse, but it's easy to judge people from a sofa (or a dining chair). Also, I'm no fan of Carroll, but I have to give him props for his postgame interviews. He was all poise and all class, from what I saw.

My favorite things about Star Trek... Barbara Luna, France Nuyen, Yvonne Craig, Sherry Jackson, Nancy Kovack, Marianna Hill, Sharon Acker... And it wasn't ALL about the legs! Oh, and I've never seen a full episode of Seinfeld, or Cheers, or Hill Street Blues, or The Simpsons, or Survivor, or American Idol, or South Park, or... And I've yet to see The Godfather. Gone With The Wind was wayyyy too long, imo, btw.

Good point, Lon. I almost posted something to the effect that "Django's guitars" is a bit vague. Some he owned, some he borrowed (not unlike a number of other great musicians).

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