Dan Gould

Kindly apply the forum rules.

8:35 - he should have said "so ump does a good job protecting the quarterback"

I like the guy's work I'll just have to get over the fact he's a Yanks fan. There's an Angel who does this half-hearted wrasslin-style forearm to the back on the guy who got hit, but the Mariner who reacted to that really laid 'em in there.

Would like to see the ... Jomboy breakdown (?). About 10:23: Dude, that was the gum. What are we gonna do now? Seriously though, didn't the Mariners throw at someone on the Angels? (I didn't have the sound on). I thought that was about the gentlest "right back atcha" pitch I've ever seen. Right in the meaty part of his tush, nowhere near his head, ribs. I mean, you couldn't pay me to stand in and take that myself but they're ballplayers. That didn't necessitate what it turned into. Oh and anyone else amused by the bullpen guys running in alongside each other? For once I'd like to see someone mouth off and a fight starts out there.

I received my 3X tees yesterday (yes, Sunday) and can only say that they are like a slightly over-sized 2X. I strongly suspect I will get one or two uses before the shrinkage will leave me, perhaps, using them as inspiration to get my shit together and lose weight.

OK ... personally can't imagine Elegant Soul on any list of top recordings let alone for being more switched on considering that the original trio is gone (and the drummer isn't even the same across all tracks) and you've got the strings added. That one is really the start of the drop-off in quality for the group. Wondering the bottom 1 or 2 for you?

This is the most interesting comment by the "not really fans or not really big fans" group. Could you please give an example or two of the 1/3 that you love and 2/3s that you don't? Working into that perspective is the fact that its been said (and Bill Dowdy verified to me) that the group was so tight they barely ever did second takes of anything in the studio. So if the musicians were around they might be surprised to hear that there's a perception of them not clicking here, but clicking there. They always clicked. Came from the years spent playing together, including Gene and Bill from around the age of 6 or so (and definitely as early teenagers where they played in clubs, and Gene's dad got free drinks for it.)

For once my expanding girth doesn't hurt, so thanks for this. I ordered the Cornbread, the Hill and the Hub. Should have gotten the other Morgan but this is plenty. The Cornbread looks very snazzy.

Whatever. I linked you to a google search. No dictionary defines nonagenarian as starting at 91.

I am not sure where some of your information comes from ... per Janie Harris and her autobiography, the trio moved to Washington DC to get closer to the jazz big leagues and because one of the members had a relative willing to let them stay with them. They were not in DC purely for a gig with Stitt. I also believe that it was Horace/Kenny/Miles who recommended them to Alfred, from their gigs in DC prior to moving to NY. Regarding the second part of their time at Blue Note it's easy to denigrate when they have albums like Elegant Soul but they started with Out of This World (1966) which is entirely in keeping with their first Blue Note run. Live at the Lighthouse is a great record as well, especially the CD reissue with many extra tracks. Jim can tell you about Coldwater Flat with arrangements by Oliver Nelson. Lastly, the time in between Blue Note stints was not worthless. Live at the Living Room deserved a CD reissue and Blue Genes is fine too. Look I get it: some like them, some don't, some have enough, some don't care. I like almost all of it and wouldn't be without 95% of their recordings, up to and including the CD era issue of Live at the It Club (two volumes). I think there are superficial similarities across Parlan's trio recordings with the Three Sounds (swing, blues feeling) but Parlan's trio doesn't match Harris/Simpkins/Dowdy as a group. Maybe that's because they had played together for so many years. For the record I love Parlan with horns, I enjoy Parlan in a trio quite a bit. But I was the Gene Harris Fanatic so you know where I stand overall.

I have no idea what you are trying to say, but Schifrin is a nonagenarian.

Imagine if Amber Heard had talked about the fact that he made people think he could propel a hat off of his head at will instead of the nonsense about having scissors for hands.

This isn't like when does the millennium begin if there was no "year zero". Anyone 90 to 99 is a nonagenarian. https://www.google.com/search?q=nonagenarian&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Yeah but is it any contest between "the most beautiful man in the world" and Mick, who on his best days is ... shall we say an acquired taste?

So it really seems as though my efforts to shed light on Percy France's music and career thru social media, youtube and here are paying dividends. I've learned that the NY Jazz Record, a free monthly publication that also appears online, sent out an email blast to their freelance writers soliciting, among other topics, a Lest We Forget piece about Percy. And it's for the August issue, which would mean it would coincide with Percy's birth month. Too cool for words. I am working on my own submission and hoping there may be someone here with knowledge of how they operate? Maybe @Clifford_Thornton?

Reply from the poster: 1978 or 79 was a while ago. But that was right at the time he actually was not touring doing at best one concert a year and was surviving on Walk ons and bar gigs. Muddy and Albert managed to keep their bands with them, which was made BB really stand out. Heck James Brown as playing bars around that time was scheduled to do two shows with him one in a bar in Minot North Dakota that he skipped out of after a show at the Cabooze a bar in Minneapolis. Not really something you dwell on in an autobiography is it. It is a brutal business that he regained standing is a testament Comments? I am pretty sure that from the time he got away from the Biharis and specifically after "Thrill is Gone" he had not only commercial success but management that made him a wealthy man. Or just check out this: https://www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/bb-king-2bd698fe.html?year=1978 yes there are some bars like the Bottom Line in NYC.

Dude clearly implies bar with local group backing him, not the BB King Blues Band. Plus he said BB showed up late. And WTF is calling "three bar blues"? Googling it, it appears to be a song from around 2020? I am pretty sure this is mentioned in BB's autobiography, actually. It wasn't a secret. Later on he'd pay education expenses for band member kids, IIRC.

I ran into a comment on a youtube video that made no sense to me. I'll just quote it all: Jude Dornisch 5 hours ago I had the great good fortune to actually run lights and sound for BB for several shows. These where straight up bar shows with just him and whatever band was scheduled to open and support him. Four different bars, four different band one awesome show regardless. Let me tell you those backing bands never sounded as good he just brought the peak out of them. Just a total pro. The first night he was late and said exactly four words to me, monitor, kick base and vocal. Sat down turned to the band said three bar blues on one and just went off, let the band settle and that was all he needed to get into it. Lucile was singing from then on. Did some shows with Muddy and Albert but with what BB had to work with it was transcendent. The Pros are truly Pros ************************** My question to the board members: When did BB King ever tour as a single in bars? Maybe the 50s because I think at one point he had to disband the group he had in the bus - there was an accident or something? Certainly post-The Thrill is Gone he achieved a level of commercial success that he didn't need to go into a bar and perform with a pickup band. For that matter I don't even think that Muddy or Albert King did so either (Albert drove the tour bus himself, IIRC). If the guy had said it was Lowell Fulson I would totally believe it, because that is how he rolled, and in the 2000s there have been recordings released of some of those shows with no-name or barely-a-name bands. (BTW I don't recommend the most recent Lowell Fulson live recording available on Amazon - the backing group guitarist sounds a lot more like a rocker than a blues man and seriously detracts from the songs.) So I've tried not to be too obnoxious to this guy but I did challenge him in a reply and I am wondering what the board thinks/knows. Thanks.

This looks good, thank you for posting.

They took them very seriously (I assume) in the 60s because they SOLD. So there's an element of supply effecting that presumed decision to put their records in the dollar bin. (Not to mention that selling leads to playing - a lot, if thought of as Ramsey Lewis "party" albums - and perhaps less than pristine condition, so there's that, too.)

Well I am a day or two late (I was in Naples visiting Mom) but it's now one year since www.percyfrance.info launched, and I have some stats to share. In one year's time the site had: 923 unique sessions from 639 unique visitors. Most were from the US (568 sessions), and the UK (98). Visitors came from a total of 32 countries. Traffic sources were 483 direct, Google 190, Facebook 88, Organissimo 45 and Marc Myers Jazzwax, 35 and many others of less consequence. Average Duration per visit was 8 minutes, and there was a bounce rate of 42% ("hit" on one page, and left site immediately after). Regarding bounce rates: Non-profit sites average a 60-70% bounce rate. 41-55% is considered "good" and the site very nearly beat the bottom range of "good". So - yay. But - that bounce rate left me wondering about its impact on length of average session. I calculated an approximate time of 20 seconds per bouncer, and recalibrated time spent for what I call "engaged" visitors. Their average time is 13:35 spent on the site per visit. I think that's very very good.

And Rafa has 2 Wimbledons only and hasn't even made the final in 11 years. (And btw, if Borg played as long as Rafa has, Rafa would still be chasing him for French wins, and of course be trailing on Wimbledon titles, to boot.) Facts: Djokovich is the better all-court player. Roger has problems on clay, Rafa on grass. Djokovich is dangerous everywhere. And for the record, my rooting interest is: Roger > Rafa, and Djokovich under no circumstances ever. But I do recognize facts.

Three days to the one year anniversary since the launch of www.percyfrance.info ... Percy France left the Bill Doggett group before "Honky Tonk" was recorded (and Clifford Scott became "Mr. Honky Tonk") but he always told friends that it was played first while he was with the group and that he had a hand in the composition. Later he would name one of his groups "Honky Tonk Part 3" and when he toured Europe with the Oliver Jackson Trio in the winter of 1982 and 1983, "Honky Tonk" was one of his features. This is a great 'soundboard' recording.

No question its a great resource. I do imagine you can sample a lot of older LPs on ebay as well but the archive is a great source too. There are many radio concert broadcasts as well. Someday, I hope to stare in shock when I find someone has posted Betty Mays 1949 recording, Abbey 3007 - Until The Real Thing Comes Along / The Nearness of You, as that is the last (and also the first) Percy France recording I am lacking. Edit to add: Welcome!

Neither do I but in 2004 this was a chance to see Tina Brooks and youtube hadn't even launched yet.