paul secor

Dirtbags take care of their own kind.

Listened several times to "Old Five and Dimers Like Me", off Willie Nelson's Me & Paul. A great performance of a GREAT Billy Joe Shavers song.

Reading Orin Keepnews liner notes to George Russell Sextet: Ezz-thetics this morning, I found the probable answer to my question here: "On one occasion he [George Russell] told me, and I never doubted his seriousness, that he considered tape-editing to be the final step in the creative process. I decline to get specific, but my session sheets support my recollection that not one of these selections is represented by an unedited take." It might have been interesting for listeners if Mr. Keepnews had been specific about the edits. Listening to the new issue this morning, before I read the liner notes, I heard one place where a segue was so perfect that it almost had to be the result of a tape edit. I don't think that I'll ever listen to Ezz-thetics specifically for editing. I think that might destroy the listening experience for me.

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Call me "Archetypical", but it's undeniably true - I'll take the Vee-Jay Reeds any time, where sounds like he just has a buzz on, over the Bluesways, where he sounds flat out drunk and the band's not as sympathetic. Haven't heard the unedited versions of the Bluesways - I would bet that his sometime manager, Al Smith, had something to do with Paula getting the unedited tapes. Heard one of the Bluesways back when, and have no real desire to relive that listening experience.

I've liked Satchmo's vocal version on Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson since I first heard it.

I have only one vinyl also. You might try reading William Zinsser's Willie and Dwike: An American Profile - an excellent read. I've only heard them on the one LP I have, but it seems as if their lives might be at least as interesting as their music. Willie Ruff has written an autobiography, A Call to Assembly, which I haven't read - yet - it's on one of my shelves.

Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet: Love for Sale (UA/King Japan)

Not to be picky - just setting the record straight - Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for Gypsy - a big Broadway hit in 1959. My Fair Lady (1956) was written by Lerner and Loewe (w. a bit of help from G.B. Shaw).

They don't refer to science fiction novels or tales, but some of Mimi Perrin's lyrics on Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six of Paris are based on science fiction themes. At least the liner notes to the CD state that - my French isn't good enough to pick up the lyrics.

Hope you also have the cd with the extra 21 minutes. Not brownie, but I only have the LP version. Thanks for letting us know, but I hate when they add extra material and I end up buying it again. edit: On reflection, this band is worth paying extra $ for 21 more minutes. And I did get to listen to the LP for 20 some years. So I'm happy they added the extra music. This is what happens when I write before I think.

Hank Mobley Sextet: Hank (Toshiba-EMI Japan)

...Carla Bley THE LOST CHORDS FIND PAOLO FRESU Newbie?

Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed (Rhino) is a very good collection of some of the best of his classic VeeJay recordings.

Just tuned in as the credits began. Thanks for posting.

Isiah and Marbury deserve one another. (And you can throw James Dolan, who runs Madison Square Garden into that mix too.)

Those sales figures are distressing to me as a listener. Can't even imagine how the band must feel about them.

Bea Arthur and Rue McLanahan- "The Bolden Girls"

I have a childhood memory of seeing her TV show when Durocher managed the Giants. And I'm with brownie - as a Hitchcock fan I enjoyed her in Foreign Corresepondent. Interesting bit in The Times obit today: "When he was 15, her father had acted as a Mormon Paul Revere, riding to warn polygamists that the federal marshalls were coming so that they could hide their wives."

I'm not so much concerned about the format/s of music in the future as I am about the future of music itself. I think that music has always been disposable to a large portion of society - at least American society, which is what I'm familiar with. But, in my past, it seemed as if there were an appreciable number of people who had a true love of and need for music. I don't have that sense these days. Perhaps I'm just out of touch, but I feel that music isn't very important to an overwhelming portion of society these days. If that's true, I wonder if the audience has thinned out because of societal factors - for one thing, it's accepted that we exist in a throw away society - or because of the quality of present day music. If what I've speculated is so, I imagine that the causes are reciprocal. I sincerely wonder if music of any quality will continue to exist, and if it does, will our society's practices and attitudes slowly destroy it.

A couple of favs first (always good to be positive): Loved listening to Red Barber when I was a kid, even though I was a Giants fan and not a Yankee fan back then. Great voice, and knew how to turn a phrase. Miss hearing Jim Kaat now, but he deserves a well earned retirement after all the years he spent in baseball. I learned things from comments he made, though I felt that when he was broadcasting for the Yankees, he might have held back sometimes because there were people from the front office listening. Besides his baseball knowledge, he always came across as a truly nice guy. Can't stand: Dick Vitale - THE WORST - the asshole of assholes. I change the channel as soon as I see/hear him. Brent Musburger - had to look him up on google to find the correct spelling of his name - If there were such a thing as talking Wonder Bread, he'd be it. Phil Rizzuto - RIP, but he talked about everything but the game. Bob Murphy - BORING Tom Seaver - Just as BORING Walt Frazier - If he didn't bring his dictionary and/or thesaurus with him, he'd have nothing to say.

How astronomic ? Not that I'd ever part with it. On Amazon, this astronomic - http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...1233&sr=8-2

I can honestly say that I'm never bored, so I'll skip the links.

Serious and upsetting stuff. The good news for her is that she'll probably get over it long before you do. Maybe thinking about that will help you and your wife get over it sooner too.