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I'm also in the "adept but rather generic" camp - except for "Can't Hide Love" from the 'Workin' album, a live organ trio with Kyle Koehler and Cecil Brooks III, which has always knocked me out. Released under Braden's name, but I would bet it was Brooks' gig (he is listed as the producer). I never avoid anything when I see Braden's name, I've never seen him live.

Really? Always thought "Jingo" and "Oye Como Va" were literary gems " It is sort of weird to hear 68 year old Gregg Rolie talking about partying down, but the thing SOUNDS good. You're totally right of course, sound always was the point. This one works fine for me. Won't replace the first 5 years of their albums, but I do want to hear it.

Gave it a listen. It will sound great on a car radio.

Lloyd's 2015 album, 'Wild Man Dance', is spectacular. I've never been able to see him live. He played at a community college near my house one time, and I was set to go, but something (don't remember what) happened to nix it, and I've always regretted that. Pretty amazing career.

Yep, rambuctious indeed! I'm in, too.

79:30, and if the times from the old analogue back covers are a little off, it might exceed 80 minutes, which is "Danger, Will Robinson" territory.

Me too.

So sorry to hear about Signe Anderson! Here is a key quote from the Jorma post on Paul Kantner " The Airplane was an amazing aggregate of personalities and talent. That we could all coexist in the same room was amazing. That we could function together and make the lasting art that we did was nothing short of a miracle. In my opinion Paul was the catalyst that made the alchemy happen. He held our feet to the flame. He could be argumentative and contentious… he could be loving and kind… his dedication to the Airplane’s destiny as he saw it was undeniable"

I hope somebody reissues the duo album he did with Gary Peacock.

The guitar and bass playing was fine. My concerns were singing (one Jorma vocal per Airplane album was OK, but not a steady diet), material (not a country blues guy), and Papa John Creach (never did get him).

Greg Walker is a good singer for sure, but don't know that he would have fit on the first three Santana albums. Much more M.O.R./Adult Contemporary group when Walker was with them, and I think he would have sounded way overly mannered with the original group.

Well, certainly a much much better album, if not a good one. They left some really good work off their albums through the years. I also like "Blows Against The Empire", "Sunfighter", and "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" fine, and am OK with "Baron Von Tollbooth". I'm also OK with the first three Jefferson Starship albums (love "Caroline" and "St. Charles"), but those were something totally different (and less) than the 60's Jefferson Airplane. But I never could really stand Hot Tuna.

It is a great album, but they are very different albums, with Baxter's being a more unified whole and Volunteers more a collection of songs (to me, anyways). I wouldn't want to be without either of them (or any of their other 60's albums - though I can certainly live without Long John Silver or Bark) .

Mine also. That was their musical masterpiece as an album. But 'Wooden Ships' is the moment for me, and I still play it very frequently, especially in the car. "If you smile at me, I will understand, cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language". Post-apocalyptic beauty. Go ride the music.

I liked his singing for what it was, his guitar playing did what it had to do, and he was an outstanding songwriter and a visionary. The Airplane in the 1960's were WAY more than the sum of their parts. He, Slick, and Balin had amazing harmony mix. In their prime, they were the best there was. And he was by far the best thing about the Starship. And "Wooden Ships" is my favorite record cut ever, and that was pure Paul Kantner. I'm 61, and I assume we are from different generations, but boy, you hit a nerve with your post. BTW, Richard Thompson and Ian Anderson are the best at giving interviews.

Or Alex Ligterwood, who definitely still can, based on the new live Oblivian Express. But I would think/hope the vocals would belong to Rolie on this, provided he is still up to it.

DL please, thanks!

Hey, just the fact that Rob Thomas, Michelle Branch et al aren't invited is progress! Abraxas Pool was really good without being totally retro, so if Santana will give some freedom to Rolie, it could work.

I'd pre-order that. The guy I'd like to hear more of from the live recordings is Leon Patillo, who replaced both Leon Thomas and Richard Kermode. Saw them at Atlantic City Racetrack opening for CSNY in 1974. Wish their set had been released in a box rather than the CSNY set. One reason to be hopeful for the new release is that the Abraxas Pool CD from 1997 is excellent. Rollie, Schon, Shrieve, Carabello, Jose Chepito Areas, and Alphonso Johnson.

Michael Shrieve also thought Automatic Man was good

And the Shepp CD I am referring to is a Universal release.

Or it could end up being a Journey album (actually, I like the early Journey albums fine)? Not sure about the concept of 70 year old rock and rollers, but I guess we'll see. And it's got to be better than what they've been doing individually. But I certainly don't expect anything approaching the power and majesty of early Santana. All except Carabello were also on 'Caravanserai' (possibly my all-time favorite album by anybody), but since it isn't mentioned, that approach is probably off the table, which is probably a good thing given the lateness of the hour.

So I thought that CD's only could hold 80 minutes worth of content. The new Archie Shepp twofer on Impulse! shows as running 81:14. Can that be?

As suggested, try opening in a different browse, like Google Chrome, and see if that corrects the issue. If so, it will be worth finding out how to reset preference for site on Firefox.