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When that guy was inspired to write a great song, he didn't mess around. "A Song For You" was another one of his minor/major haunting ballads that EVERYBODY sang/recorded, and may have been even more powerful/memorable. In the above article, Elton John's comment about Russell's tune "Back To The Island" being an inspiration to him intrigues me a bit. I remember that song, and "Will O' The Wisp" was an LP that I bought at a rather slow and lonely time in my life. I was never much of a lyrics guy, so I wonder if there's an angle to that song that I didn't pick up on completely.

+1 That was a nice way to spend a half hour (an hour would have been even better, unless it had been after they went to the color format). Vaughn was good, and of course Strother Martin simply never ever disappoints. Since it's still Veterans Day, props also to the late James Arness, who was badly injured at Anzio in 1944, and who earned several military decorations, including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

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I can't recall for certain, but it was probably one of these...

Did that one already. Are you guys even older than I am?

It was better the first time.

Outside of "Honky Tonk", this has always been my favorite Butler solo: The Prestige albums are indeed uneven, though.

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Not only did the Giants lead the league in blown saves this year, they set a franchise record (not just in SF, I mean going back to the 19th Century) with a total of 30. I saw quite a few of them myself over the past couple of months. When Law gave up the single, and Lopez walked the second batter, I knew things were going to unravel. I feel bad for Moore, who was looking great in the 8th. He was at 120 pitches, but he had gone well beyond that in a recent outing against the Dodgers. Oh well, Bochy usually does everything right, and it's hard to blame him in any way. It's all on our pen, and that's priority numero uno in terms of off-season moves. Congrats to the Cubbies, I'll be pulling for them in the WS.

? Certainly not all of them. Not even close to all, although (for example) the page for another bassist, Paul Chambers, lists only his sessions as a leader.

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Well done, MG. I can't say I got too much out of the things that were new to me (or even some of the things that I recognized... never was much of a Dawkins fan), but the challenges were interesting, and you handle the leader position very nicely.

Pretty sure that's based on "The Masquerade Is Over". I listened to the album version so I could hear it (a little bit) slower.

I see now, thanks. I guess for me, "class of 'XX" has an even stronger association with high school graduating classes than college (among people I've known, at least), so that's where my brain went first. It seems more common in my experience for people to ask what year you graduated from high school as opposed to college, in other words. People are slightly less likely to complete college in four years than they are to complete high school in four years, and thus there's less of an automatic gauge there to judge how old someone is (for example) by asking them what year they graduated. Also, the size and diversity of college student bodies has always struck me as being further from the concept of a "class" of students (as compared to that of a high school). But I was still wrong, and I'm owning it.

In that last sentence, did you mean to say "The class of '61 bought Sinatra and jazz records, but the class of '65 bought Beatles records."? If not, I'm not sure your thoughts are tying together properly.

It got got. Jimmy Dawkins, who was 11 years older than Carlos, but didn't record his first LP until around the same time Carlos was doing so. Anyway, I wouldn't make too much of any perceived similarities between those two.

Wow, that was less than three minutes. You couldn't have gotten an answer more quickly if you had asked "Who wants a million dollars?" Way too easy, but a good way to make sure the board isn't running slow!

? Did someone make that claim here? (that's a sincere question, I'm not trying to jump on you) If so, I'm not finding that post. If not, I'm not quite sure what point you're making. At any rate, I would say that the notion of "a distinctive voice" is a subjective matter. Your list is subjective, which I think is an interesting thing. If it hasn't already been done, a whole topic could be devoted to which players on a given instrument are most widely identifiable. It's interesting to see which players are most frequently recognized on blindfold tests, for example, and from where I'm sitting there are always surprises in that regard. From your list, I would probably have to omit Jacquet and Jackson as easily identifiable to me, and I might have included Dexter or Coltrane or Johnny Griffin or Turrentine, or... etc (i.e., personally selected others from your appropriately chosen phrase "any number of other players"). Edited to add that I forgot to point out that I couldn't honestly include Ammons on my own list of players that I can easily identify. I dig him, he's just never had that quality for me.

#5 is certainly listenable, and no vocal is okay by me, but nothing particularly surprising happens, and it doesn't ever really seem to arrive anywhere. Strong "Thrill Is Gone" influence it seems, but without the drama. Kind of like a band intro before the star walks on stage. Pretty strong feel and tone, though. I will give it some points for that. Anyway, it reminds me of one of those 60's Chicago vets... Jimmy Dawkins? Luther Allison? Don't think it's Son Seals or Lonnie Brooks (Guitar Junior) or Mighty Joe Young. Hmm...

Yeah, I threw myself off after your "This song is a good bit older than that" comment. I was thinking in terms of the recording date rather than the age of the composition. Either way, I was too chicken to mention Koko, so no points for me.

Damn, I had Koko in mind from the beginning, but not being a fan, I know too little about her to have thought she went back (in years) far enough to fit with your previous comment, MG. Jim's comments about 14 have me listening to that more closely now. I'm not confident that I will recognize the voice, but it's always intriguing when it comes to analyzing vocalists. To my ears, the soulfulness sounds a bit deliberate/contrived (as compared to some other singers, that is) at certain points in the song. Hope that isn't too harsh, but... subjectivity and all, you know. MFH is a wonderful vehicle, though, and that certainly helps. The truth finally comes out!! So, this whole thing has been a charade since 2003? Dude, you're a notch below Cosby now.

I think I sort of lucked into figuring out #17. The opening reminded me of the Basie band. I knew who the vocalist was not (Joe Williams, for example), and I subconsciously knew that I have something of an inexplicable "hole" in my collection vis a vis a great singer who I knew to have collaborated with Basie- Arthur Prysock. I do have the album they did together, but that's about all the Prysock I own. When I checked on the song titles for that record, I noticed that "Close Your Eyes" was not on there. This led me to checking Prysock's discography, which led to the discovery that this recording featured Prysock with the band of one Mort Garson... ? ...who I must admit I had never even heard of. You learn something every day. There's a Youtube video of Prysock singing this on American Bandstand, by the way, although it cuts off before the finish. I still don't know who is singing on track 7 (haven't attempted any searches for this song title), but these lyrics are pretty hilarious- and I mean that in a good way. Very well played, as they say.