Joe G

....and the second on me !!! I'd call for a third, but after two drinks I just get stupid.

Grooves all night long. He puts on a great show.

He's coming to Detroit in June. I'm going to try to get tickets this week. I caught the MTV special; it was badass. Maceo in the horn section!!!!

Hey, thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts... ... and for adding a little more padding to the longest AOW thread ever!

Sorry I haven't been able to participate in the discussions; my computer connection has been down, and there's no time at work to read and post. But the cd is fun to listen to, and I'm glad I recognized at least a couple of players! Thanks for sending that out to me. I'll keep listening.

Makes me wonder, though, what if we entered code#E40D9, or some such? Would we get 70% off?

They must like me better.

Better late than never, as they say. Live and Unreleased has some great stuff on it. Especially the tracks with Chester Thompson IMO. BMG has it in their catalog.

In my email box:

There's a few Metheniacs around here.

Much love and support from my family to yours Randy. It was an honor to meet your mom and play at the benefit last year.

For the three players mentioned (Burrell, Montgomery, and Green), the two giveaways for me are the signature licks, and the tone/articulation. I've read that Kenny uses a picking technique known as "circular picking", where the pick actually moves side to side in addition to up and down, which sorta makes a circle. It gives his phrases a loping sort of quality. As Dr J mentioned, Wes used his thumb in place of a pick, which gives his sound a warmer, softer quality. And of course, the octave and chord solos give him away. Grant often has a more staccato way of playing the notes, and has a lot of forward momentum in his solos. He was also fond of repeating a two or three note phrase sometimes for an entire chorus, creating rhythmic tension.

Thank you, friends! B) Just waiting for my buddy catesta to show up with one of his cutie friends. I'm getting a little thirsty...

Dr J: I can't think of much to add to that! Except, perhaps, for the emotional aspect of the music, which is the same in guitarists as it is with other players. Serious, playful, searching, wistful, introverted, aggressive, and so on. You can listen for the intent behind the music, and recognize something unique about each guitarist that way.

Weird! I had a dream that I was looking at the forum, and saw this thread, which was started by Free For All! So Paul, I guess you made my dream come true! Re: new music, I'm working on a new idea about that... B)

Just checking in. I got the disc yesterday, and Jim and I listened to some of it on the way down to the gig. I knew track 1 right off. I know some of what rockefeller is into, and was expecting to hear some Jaco, Wayne, and Kirk... Good stuff.

Man! You guys are just doggin' me!

Damn. That's cold.

You Bastard!!!!!

Nothing wrong with that! She is a sweetie, no doubt. So now we've got the Baby Thread, to counter the Babe thread. The band must be maturing. Yeah, right.

Maybe you'll be inspired to create a new rock sub-genre: Birth Metal! Well, that doesn't really have a nice ring to it, though...

Ballad? Swinger? Lullaby?

Perhaps (among other things) use the inspiration to write a new tune documenting the occasion? One that has an A section (the conception), B section (development), and, uh, some other part.

I'm listening to this as I type. Music that just feels really good. One of the swingingest rhythm sections in the history of small group jazz. It was Arriving Soon that Jim and I heard on the radio while coming home from a gig one night last winter. We were both saying things like, "Fuck yeah!" "Swinging their nuts off!" All the usual obscenities. When Bob Parlocha said what it was, I went home and found, to my suprise that it was in my collection. Played it for about a week straight after that. Lisa is another favorite track of mine.