I just stumbled across the organ trio Organissimo, purely by accident, and had ordered their album on iTunes within two minutes. So I guess they qualify for this thread. I can't explain why this kind of music gets me, but it does. The old school stuff is great (Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff); so is the new school (Soulive).
Check 'em out (there's a free player)--and share your love. No Muddy or BB allowed in this thread!
Now everyone that is why Kuzurunner is the great modern blues artist that he is.
To me a living legend,I have no doubt.
Our site owner is an eccentric accademic that opens up the blues in ways that were never thought possible,into the present.
Kudzurunner is contantly developing modern blues and I think this type of post is key, in fact crucial.
His message is simple in a way, but tricky for some to come to terms with. Hopefully more people will grasp it and begin to understand and develop along his lines which make him as a blues Artist unique, modern, hip and out there in the present.
Excellent post Adam oh is the check in the post ha ha. By the way I'm not his agent ha ha.
The eccentric I meant in a nice way I hope you know what I mean.
CHeck this out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0flneNfaQ&feature=related
And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjXJYwxo_MI&feature=related
EVERY BLUES PLAYER SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING
That's a slick little band for sure and interesting bio and Kudzurunner is indeed a well rounded person.
Even though this stuff does have a good groove, I'm not a big fan of organ music, kinda'reminds me of elevators, doctors offices and department stores.
The following I put at the bottom of my other post but this clip of the great Contrane should speak directly to you whatever type of muso. For the jazz player studying essential stuff but for the Blues player Its just as essential. The message is loud and clear.
It is a small world! I've been followinf organissimo for several years. In fact my name appears on their second album as a friend of the group. Organissimo's forum is one of the best jazz sites on the web. It evolved from the old Blue Note board when they shut it down. Great posters, who know jazz and music in general. The group itself is terrific. A great modern organ trio. Jim Alfredson is well on his way to being one the greatest living organ players.
While I like some hard bop and soul jazz, I probably prefer a little more James Brown in the mix. A few of you might have heard of Galactic, a New Orleans heavy duty funk outfit that tours the jam band circuit. Even better to my ears is the drummer Stanton Moore's albums - more jazz, more interesting - but still very funky. and what a lineup! Charlie Hunter, Matt Perrine, Skerik..
much more laidback in the singer-songwriter vein is Ryan Adams - he's been mentioned on a previous post, plays rudimentry but appropriate harp too.
ok, and a little more leftfield, one of the bands that's most impressed me recently is Honeycut. They're a Californian 3-piece (keys, drum machine played live, vocals) that defy easy categorisation.
Sound quality isn't great, but gives you a taste of their sound - to my ears it's a unique mix of modern and retro.
...further harp content - singer (and harp-player) Bart Davenport used to front the Loved Ones back in the 90s, an excellent r'nb/blues band.
I grew up on punk and still love music with that energy. For me the alternative scene in the early 90s, when I was clubbing 3 nights a week and met my wife over a crowded mosh pit, was the last time I really cared about music. Jazzers, anyone who has put a C in front of rap or described 'modern' (this is nearly 20 years old) music as noise - you might want to skip this one!
i urge you all to listen to this. john butler trio. this is great music. he plays amazing guitar. 12 string, 6 string, banjo. slide guitar, also plays harp in some songs. hes a great singer too.
It's the Blues, but not the Blues; it's agonosingly beautiful, self-indulgent and it pre-dates the Blues by about 400 years; it's the Leonard Cohen of it's day. ---------- 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimHarpMick
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I've always loved Tuck Andress of the duo Tuck & Patty. Here's a clip in which you can really see/hear what he's doing. He begins with a bass part, then adds THREE more parts in sequence. The section betwee 2:00 and 2:15 is where he really gets going.
I've been working on a harp version of this without too much success yet but still trying. This is simple, earthy, foot tapping stuff which I love. Look out for the great combover at about :57
I can listen to a lot of different music. And in the past I used to listen a lot to Metallica and then I stumbled over this group of strings that play Metallica,amongst others. Don't know why but they make the hair on my neck stand out:)
thorvaldsen76: are you talking about Apocalyptica? They certainly got my attention when I first heard them.
Well, here's something that's classified as blues but sufficiently interesting that it still belongs in this thread: Malian bluesman Ali Farka Toure. Here's a video of his son Vieux Farka Toure (also a wonderful musician), doing one of his Dad's songs:
Here's some music I love. Have not yet worked out the embedding trick so you will have to go search. I think you should love it. John Butler is also one of my favourite musicians:-
Aussiesucker (and anyone else who wants to embded but doesn't know how):
It's pretty simple: on the YouTube page where your video is posted, in the right-hand column is a little box labelled "Embed". Select all the text in that box, copy and paste it in your message here, and when you post the message -- lo and behold, you've embedded the video.
It's just as easy as posting a URL, but definitely more convenient for the people who want to watch what you've posted.
I listen to many different kinds of music, it just depends on my mood. I listen to lot of blues these times, though my first musical loves were hard rock and heavy metal (in the 80's and 90's). There was a time I listened only to metal, when I was 16 to 19 :
Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Death, Deicide, Megadeth, Obituary, Kreator, Guns n'Roses, etc.
Then I added some older heavy rock, like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin...
Alternative rock : Faith No More, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth, Mr Bungle, lots of other stuff.
Reggae/ska : Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, Junior Murvin, Lee Scratch Perry, King Tubby, Dub Syndicate, Alpha & Omega, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Desmond Dekker, The Skatalites, The Specials...
Jazz : Nina Simone (for me she was the greatest), Billie Holiday, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Art Ensemble of Chicago...
I like that vid from Vieux Farka Touré playing "Aï Du" ; in addition to that, I'd like to recommand two outstanding African/blues albums :
Ry Cooder/Ali Farka Toure - "Talking Timbuktu" (the song "Aï Du" is on that album).
Taj Mahal/Toumani Diabate - "Kulanjan" (T. Diabate is a griot and master of the kora). Great versions of "Queen Bee" and "Old Georgie Buck", among other great songs.
OK, here's some classical music: - My favourite singer
My second favourite singer
My favourite oboist:
Maybe my favourite violinist, I don't know. I had a vinyl of his in the Seventies: Paganini's first and Prokofiev's second. I've never seen it on CD.
Perlman is good, but he often shows off at the expense of feeling. I don't have a favourite pianist. John Ogdon's story is tragic, and it affected his playing very badly, so that I've never liked him that much, but listen to the difference between him and Ashknazy here! :-
What am I talking about, Rubinstein was the best.
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I had to check to see if the Organissimo that you referenced is the same one that plays here in West Michigan all of the time. It sure is!
Randy Marsh, Organissimo's drummer, was a name I was given when I asked around for harmonica lessons years ago. I actually went into the music store he was working at and spoke to him for a while. Although I did not take lessons from him, he was a very cordial.
I checked out their schedule and five of the shows listed are within a half of an hour from my home. I might have to go check them out now.
Regarding non-blues music I love, it has always been classic rock, especially from the seventies.
But there is one performer that I really enjoy. Maybe it was listening to him as a kid when my dad played his music on the 8-track player. I use to think it sounded like a 45 record played at 33 rpm.
Here is the link to Jim Reeves - Four Walls....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRiXEBU3W40
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This piece is from their first album Inner Mounting Flame. There's a piece on Done With the Devil which reminds me of this album. Some excellent violin playing, but nothing much from JM.
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Some good old Woody Guthrie and the classic folk tune of all time.
And Woody was the epitomy of the rambling musician. jumping freight trains and picking up odd jobs around the country to pay for his next adventure/drink/or whatever. He lived what he wrote and sang about. I'm glad that the Library of Congress and Alan Lomax actually recorded and interviewed him. ---------- "Keep it in your mouth" - XHarp
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