Happy Birthday!
And don't worry - the Twins are too good to lose fast and easy. I say that as a Yankee fan who didn't want to see the Yanks play them in the first round.
Thanks to all for your suggestions. Seems like a tough nut to crack, but no doubt worth it once that happens. I'll probably try Fanfare & perhaps just go with suggestions & classical music listening posts done by Board members whose tastes in other musics are similar to mine - & mainly try to listen to whatever comes my way.
Thanks once again.
I've had the LP since it came out, and to me it always seemed like it should have been a better record than it was. Sometimes a lot of good names don't always add up to good music. For me, the record's always seemed like a bit of a mish-mash. Just one man's opinion.
I heard him play in NYC in the late 80s - back when he was a still a youngster. He was a fine musician and, judging from the few minutes I spoke with him, a true gentleman. I'm glad that I had the chance to thank him then for his music.
Chuck, you're showing your age here!
Could be, but Chuck was around when those "covers made under pressure" came out - and there were too many of them.
10 favorite Black Saint records from the 70s (since I didn't list any Black Saints in my 70s favorites list - tho I could have):
Muhal Richard Abrams/Malachi Favors: Sightsong
Andrew Cyrille/Jeanne Lee/Jimmy Lyons: Nuba
Julius Hemphill: Raw Materials and Residuals
Leroy Jenkins: The Legend of Ai Glatson
Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd/Kent Carter/Beaver Harris: Trickles
George Lewis: Homage to Charlie Parker
Marcello Melis: New Village on the Left
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Peace and Blessings
Old and New Dreams
Max Roach/Anthony Braxton: Birth and Rebirth
This stuff is getting to be fun, even if I am starting to feel like a Nick Hornby character.
A dozen favorite blues (& blues related) records from the 70s:
James Booker: Junco Partner
Joe Carter: Mean & Evil Blues
Clifton Chenier: Bogalusa Boogie
Fernest and the Thunders
Johnny Fuller: Fuller's Blues
Good Rockin' Charles
Guitar Shorty: Alone in his Field
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong
Professor Longhair: Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo - This was originally released in the 70s, but the remixed, remastered Dancing Cat reissue from the 80s is the one to get - sounds like a different (& better) record.
Snooky Pryor and the Country Blues
The Raw Harmonica Blues of Charlie Sayles
Tarheel Slim: No Time at All
I guess these aren't all that obscure, but they're not all that overplayed either, and I like them.
The Ballad of John and Yoko - yeah, ok, it's Yoko, but it's still a good song.
Don't Let Me Down
Two of Us