BigStewMan Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Bernstein was horrible as a conductor Still have to call him maestro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Call him whatever you want. Just not a good conductor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Bernstein was horrible as a conductor. Well, debatable. His reading of "Candida" and "Suite from West Side Story" are almost as good as you'd expect from the composer. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 LOL Dave. Just who is the composer of West Side Story Suite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 And Candide of course. Candida is a yeast infection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Try it with a real conductor Joe. Bernstein was horrible as a conductor. Look for a DG lp if you use vinyl. Sadly no more vinyl for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I'll light a candle for you in the sanctuary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thank you I need all the help I can get with 100% digital playback........................................... another great acoustic Billy Squire, Stroke Me Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincymat Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yes let's not forget CSNY. And I really like Joni Mitchell's Miles of Aisles. Woodstock live is worth the price of the whole album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Since you asked for "your favorite" and not "the best", I should mention this old man I used to listen to every day. There is a very old hamburger joint in Madisonville KY called Ferrells, built in 1929. Every day a crazy old very poor black man would wander the streets, in 1970's pimp attire, playing a guitar that was out of tune and usually missing a string or two, doing his best to sing but, yeah that didn't work very well. He played for us for lunch at least 3 times a week for a couple of years. He died awhile back, people still talk about him and you can even buy a post card there with his picture on it. This is a couple personal pics of mine. The ugly white dude is me. Edited January 21, 2015 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Cool pic Metro, is his guitar missing the D tuning key? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdog5000 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Someone had mentioned the MTV unplugged series, those are really great recordings. The rooster from Alice in chains DVD is really exceptional, I'm also a big fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn Tinpan Alley a.k.a. (The roughest place I've ever seen )sounds freaking awesome live and recorded. There is one version with a drum that simulates the gunshot I hear it on Pandora occasionally but I cannot find it on iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwells Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The guy on the right in my avatar. We had a juke box in my grand parents diner when I was young and dad played a lot of Bill Monroe, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins etc...but I never discovered Doc Watson until about 15 yrs ago. What a talent he was. There are soooo many I like ...especially when we get into the old blues artists. Oh ya...it's a whole different genre but...Michael Hedges would be on my list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cool pic Metro, is his guitar missing the D tuning key? Yeah, but that's not what made it sound so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cool pic Metro, is his guitar missing the D tuning key? nice catch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 5 pages & no mention of Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Ralph McTell, or Fairport Convention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckAb3 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Snowy day here yesterday, so I pulled out my Woodstock DVD. Crosby, Stills and Nash (especially Stills) do a super job on acoustic. Worth reviving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 LOL Dave. Just who is the composer of West Side Story Suite? Not sure why you ask. If you mean the various arrangers, there are a number. The best known and most highly regarding recording was conducting by that Schmuck Bernstein in 1984. He always has top billing as composer regardless of the arranger as in the case of most such things. My take on him as a conductor is given his life tenure at New York and his status at Vienna as preferred guest conductor he was either one slick operator or was well regarded by at least a few folks. As to my slip on Candide spelling I blame it on my college band director who always pronounced it with a long "e" at the end. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 anything Segovia SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Blues heh........................I dig that, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, How many you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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