Members Weekly Music Recommendatons-Oct. 10

[thebes]

As many of you may know, I started giving away t-shirts as an

inducement to get more people to stop this part of the Forum and

share their thoughts about music and videos. Last week

Sunburnwillie won a t-shirt for the second time . I asked him if it

would ok to do another drawing so someone who hadn't won would have a

chance at a t-shirt. Generous soul that he is he readily agreed

and I'm sure the pictures I took of him in a compromising postion had

nothing to do with it.

So, I drew numbers again today and the winner of

September's Klipsch t-shirt is none other than Wheelman. I'm sure

he will look quite dashing behind the wheel of his favorite ride all

decked out in Klipsch black. Congratulations Wheelman, and thanks

again Sunburn.

Format's simple: Name of artist or group, name of album, type of

music as best you can (rock, blues etc.), and recording format (cd, lp

etc.)

As usual I'll kick it off with:

Eric Tingstad, "A Sense of Place", cd, ambient/new wave

This is essentially a quiet acosutic guitar piece. Very relaxing

yet involving and very well recorded. I got to tell you foks

their is a simply an awesome synergy between acoustic guitar and

Klipsch. I think someone has mentioned this fellow before and may

wish provide some additional information. I like it.

So what do you have to share this week?

[nicholtl]

Thebes, I still haven't won a T-shirt and I want one (size M) more than crack cocaine smothered in nicotine and dipped in chocolate!!!

Killswitch Engage "Alive or Just Breathing" - Heavymetal CD

Shadows Fall "The War Within" - Heavymetal CD

Jim Yoshii Pile-Up "Picks Us Apart" - Indierock CD

Wolf Parade "Apologies to the Queen Mary" - Indierock CD

Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack (the one directed by Baz Luhrman, yes yes, I realize this is a VERY old flick...) - various genres

The Notwist "Neon Golden" - Indierock/Electronica LP

[thumperxes]

tab benoit - album nice and warm, it was his first cd 1992 he has a web site, and it is a great blues album

[grog]

Music is not all about the bass. Clean sweet sound of a great horn is hard to find these days.

As many here know I am love the horn of "Herb Alpert" what I also love is the sweet smooth sound of Al Hirt.

I have three CD's this week.

The first one has been my favorite Al Hirt CD for many years "Cotton

Candy-Sugar Lips". The song "Cotton Candy" has that clean horn sound

that make the tweeters on my Klipsch and smile. Songs such as "Night

Life" is one of the most relaxing pieces of music I know of!

The second one "Al Hirt - Boy Meets Horn" is also a great work. While a

little more on the Jazz side the song Java is a masterpiece.

Now the third in this set "Al Hirt - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits" a good

number of great hits by Al Hirt. While the CD "Al Hirt - Boy Meets

Horn" is a great CD the sonic beauty of the "Al Hirt - 36 All-Time

Greatest Hits" is something to behold. The song Java for example is

much sharper and clearer on this CD.

Yes the "Green Hornet Theme" is included. Yes the TV show which included Bruce Lee as "Kato".

So if you really like Al Hirt or want to experience the sound of

New Orleans then the "Al Hirt - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits" is a

must have CD box set. Or "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New

Orleans"?

Al Hirt - Cotton Candy-Sugar Lips

01 Cotton Candy

02 Hello, Dolly!

03 Django's Castle

04 Moo Moo

05 Last Date

06 Big Man

07 Walkin'

08 Too Late (Trop Tard)

09 Rumpus

10 Melissa

11 Walkin' With Mr. Lee.

12 Twelfth Street Rag

13 Sugar Lips

14 The Girl from Ipanema

15 Tenderly

16 Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)

17 Milano

18 (Back Home Again In) Indiana

19 Pink Confetti

20 Poupee Brisee (Broken Doll)

21 September Song

22 New Orleans, My Home Town

23 Night Life

24 Lookin' for the Blues

Al Hirt - Boy Meets Horn

01 Java

02 Boy Meets Horn

03 Night in Tunisia

04 Ciribirbin

05 Orange Blossom Special

06 Oh, Lonesome Me

07 Hello, Dolly!

08 Chery Pink and Apple Blossom White

09 Bill Bailey

10 Mack the Knife

11 Sweet Georgia Brown

Al Hirt - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits

Disc 1

01 Java

02 Cotton Candy

03 Sugar Lips

04 Fancy Pants

05 Keep the Ball Rollin'

06 Up Above my Head

07 Al's Place

08 Alley Cat

09 Kansas City

10 Green Hornet Theme

11 If

12 The Silance

Disc 2

01 When the Saints go Marching in

02 New Orleans, My Home Town

03 Bourbon Street Parade

04 Blueberry Hill

05 Down By the Riverside

06 Georgia on My Mind

07 When It's Sleepy time Down South

08 The Birth of the Blues

09 Muskrat Ramble

10 Night Life

11 Mardi Gras

12 Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans

Disc 3

01 Hello Dolly

02 Mame

03 Over The Rainbow

04 Till There Was You

05 Stranger in Paradise

06 Deep Purple

07 Star Dust

08 Chery Pink and Allpl Blossom White

09 Wonderland By Night

10 Danke Schoen

11 September Song

12 As Time Goes By

Al Hirt (November 7, 1922 - April 27, 1999) was a popular trumpeter and bandleader.

Alois Maxwell Hirt, known as "Al" or "Jumbo", was born in New Orleans,

Louisiana. As a child he played in the Junior Police Band with the

children of Alcide Nunez. By the age of 16 Hirt was playing

professionally, often with his friend Pete Fountain.

In 1940 Hirt went to Cincinnati, Ohio to study at the Cincinnati

Conservatory of Music with Dr. Frank Simon (a former soloist with the

John Philip Sousa Orchestra). After a stint as a bugler in the United

States Army during World War II, Hirt performed with various Swing big

bands, including those of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman,

and Ina Rae Hutton. In 1950 he became first trumpet and soloist with

Horace Heidt's Orchestra.

After this Hirt returned to New Orleans, working with various Dixieland

bands and leading his own bands. Despite Hirt's statement years later

"I'm not a jazz trumpet and never was a jazz trumpet" he made a few

recordings where he demonstrated ability to play in that style during

the 1950s, notably with bandleader Monk Hazel and a few other

recordings on the local Southland Records label. Hirt's virtuoso

dexterity and fine tone on his instrument soon attracted the attention

of national labels. Hirt had 22 different record albums on the

Billboard Pop charts in the 1950s and 1960s. The albums Honey In The

Horn and Cotton Candy were both in the top 10 best sellers for 1964,

the same year Hirt scored a top hit single with his cover of Allen

Toussaint's tune Java.

Hirt's recording of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee

was used as the theme song for the 1960s television series The Green

Hornet, and again gained public attention in 2003 when it was used in

the film Kill Bill.

Hirt opened up a club on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in 1962, which he ran until 1983.

In 1987 Hirt played a solo rendition of Ave Maria for Pope John Paul II's visit to New Orleans.

Hirt died in New Orleans of liver failure. His remains were buried in Metairie Cemetery.

Greg

[theryugobuddy]

Thebes- what is the mode of determining who gets the t-shirt each week? Is it a drawing where the twins (respectfully) pull out of a hat a name from slips of paper comprised of the members of this weekly thread? Or is there a more technical, spiritual, or ritualistic routine you go through to pick the lucky winner?

I know I'd like a t-shirt--love a t-shirt...size XXL...

I just want to make sure I'm playing by the rules yet doing everything I can to keep myself in the running for the t-shirt...

Ok enough of that ---this week, I like Muddy Waters. I've got two CD players going at any one time, and one of them is 101 CD player with nothing but blues/blues rock/blues based music that always on random. Whenever Muddy Waters comes up off one of his Blue Sky albums, it always gets my attention. Johnny Winter produced I think three studio albums and one live one that are all my favorites by Muddy, even more than his early stuff. "Hard Again", "I'm Ready" "King Bee" , and "Muddy Mississippi Waters Live" are all great. "Hard Again", with James Cotton blowing the thickest sounding harmonica ever, is the best, but the others are no slouches.

"Deep Down in Florida" makes different appearances on three of the four CDs because its such a good blues song. I always smile when Muddy sings, " Where the sun shines damn near every day... I'm gonna sit down in the sand and play"--

[fini]

A few months ago, I bought "Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers" by Solas. They're an Irish-American group, drawing from traditional Irish tunes, adding this and that from around the world. I am competely in love with them. Just today I opened another album of theirs, "The Words That Remain." I'm telling you, this music will stir you. Their then lead singer, Karan Casey has the sweetest voice. These folks should be WAY more famous than they are. Check out their reviews at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000AFPZ/qid=1129008696/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl15/104-6227533-8540708?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000E5M/ref=m_art_li_2/104-6227533-8540708?v=glance&s=music

They have a nice live DVD out, too. At Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6305863261/104-6227533-8540708?v=glance&n=130&n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance

[wheelman]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaah baby! Thanks Thebes, and Sunburnwilly for given it up. Ouch your name hurts just typing it.

Theory of a Deadman- Gasoline Cd rock ( Canadian ) I think

Megadeth- Risk cd rock ( been relistining to this one alot lately)




I wasn't able to on the forum for some time. I didn't know if it was my computer or what. Well I got on tonight, and just in time for the great news. Thanks again guys.

[sputnik]

October is the most beautiful time of year here. The first snows are on the mountains and we still have nice autumn weather in the valleys. So my pick this week is one of my all time favorites:

Oktober Country - Neal Hellman (part of the N. California Gourd Group)

Parts bluegrass, classical, Celtic, early French and Italian and completely acoustic instrumentals. Guitar, Irish harp, dulcimer, autoharp, mandolin, cello, harmonica, banjo, flute, and recorder. Very soothing, happy and also melancholy music. Perfect for fall evenings by the fire.

[itsawomanthing]

Howdy everyone!! [A] My weekly pick is a new release -- just released today as a matter of fact.

Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 ... cd / folk rock - acoustic - easy looking - he's easy to look at!!! : )

Tracks:

1. The Barricades of Heaven (6:00)

2. These Days (3:39)

3. The Birds of St. Marks (4:47)

4. Fountain of Sorrow (7:05)

5. Your Bright Baby Blues (6:12)

6. For A Dancer (4:48)

7. Too Many Angels (5:08)

8. For Everyman (4:37)

9. Lives In The Balance (3:38)

10. Looking East (5:42)

11. The Pretender (6:40)

12. Take It Easy (4:09)

8 of the songs also have introductions which are tracked separately, giving the CD a total of 20 tracks.

Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 presents twelve songs culled

from Browne's extensive and critically acclaimed solo acoustic concerts

around the world over the past few years, the disc also captures both

spirited and humorous exchanges between Jackson and his audiences,

making for a truly intimate listening experience. This new compilation

is his first live release since his 1977 multi-platinum album Running

On Empty.

Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 also marks the recording debut

of a song more than three decades old, "The Birds Of St. Marks," not

previously released on any Jackson Browne album. Featuring solo

performances on both guitar and piano, the track listing reaches back

to Browne's early years with "These Days" and "Take It Easy," and spans

his entire career with other highlights including "Fountain Of Sorrow,"

"For Everyman," "The Pretender" and "Looking East." A stirring live

version of "Lives In The Balance," the title track from Jackson's

powerful 1986 album, will be the new album's lead single.

PLEASE NOTE: There is an "exclusive" bonus track on CDs sold at Best

Buy stores in the U.S.: "The Rebel Jesus". (Both the Japanese and the

Australia/New Zealand versions of the CD will also contain this bonus

track.)

(PS - I need to post earlier....I always seem to be under Sputnik...LOL)

[sputnik]

................(PS - I need to post earlier....I always seem to be under Sputnik...LOL)

Ok, you can be on top next time [].

By the way, Jackson Browne was in town here last weekend for a film festival.

Added: Hey Womanthing. Look now, you're surrounded by Sputniks! [6]

[Duke Spinner]

before we all fall asleep here .....

Albert Cummins ......

straight ahead '70's Rock ...

smells of Amboy Dukes ( [] ), .. D.P. ....and such

impressed me , for sure ...never heard of this guy ..., he's got 5 or 6 CD's out ....

[thebes]

Nick, I'm amazed you haven't won yet, but that's the luck of the

draw. Stay away from the crack and with your luck stay away from

lottery tickets.

By the way we have had two folks win twice, but both were kind engouh to offer up their second one to others.

Buddy, the drawing is pretty simple. Once a month I make a

list of all the people who offered up suggestions. I

don't count number of suggestions offered and I don't count back and

forth chat for obvious reasons. Each one gets a number and than I

draw a number out of a bowl.

An example may be best, Say over four weeks the same 10 people posted

once each week for a total of 40. Say you were the last one to post

each week so you would be number 10, number 20, number 30 and number

40. I f the number coming out of the bowl said number 30

you would be a winner! Under this scenario, in effec,t you would

have four chances to win, but of course this all varies according to

number of posts each month and number of participants.

The t-shirts and shipping come out of my own poecket and are not

donated by Klipsch. I started this to build up this section of the

forum. Also, to give people an existing place to share music or let us

know about something they ran across that they liked but didn't want to

start a seperate thread over it.

So keep spreading the word among your forum buddies.

[johnyholiday]

Junior Brown is crushing my cranium today in cali what a detuned drop-Dtwang

[Woodog]

Last week when I was apart from my beloved sound system I bought a few discs, and the one I will recommend here is the DGQ20 (David Grisman Quintet 20 year retrospective 1976 - 1996).

Thebes, you mentioned the wonderful synergy of Klipsch speakers and stringed instruments, and this collection of 3 discs is outstanding!.

You can hear the formative years of this quintet with the young bludgrass picker Tony Rice through jazzy stylings with veteran jazz violinist Stephane Grapelli and many many players who are a who's who of the acoustic 'scene'.

You can also hear the advances in recording technique from the 'early years' to the later ones. Grisman has always been a proponent of analog tape, but it is evident by the later tracks that he has the mastering process down pat.

From live (and raw) cuts to studio productions, from straight ahead bluegrass to jazz swing with a twist, this compilation has it.

Available from Acoustic Disc, David Grisman's own production company.

Woo

p.s. I'm really glad these recurring threads are here. I've been steered to so many good music purchases through them.

[travisc]

real hiphop not that other bullshit

[grog]

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

There was a period of time where the music by the Beatles was at least for me at it's best.

There a a few CD's that came out in the mid-60's that had the sound quality and beauty that time has had little effect on.

Rubber Soul is one such work. While the songs are very rarely played

these days the music is just as good today as it was when nearly every

song on the CD was on the charts.

LP: December 3, 1965

Audio CD: October 25, 1990

Label: Capitol

01 Drive My Car

02 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

03 You Won't See Me

04 Nowhere Man

05 Think For Yourself

06 The Word

07 Michelle

08 What Goes On

09 Girl

10 I'm Looking Through You

11 In My Life

12 Wait

13 If I Needed Someone

14 Run For Your Life

Greg

[wheelman]

Nick stay away from that chocolate. I hear that's pretty addicting. Your time will come.

[Duke Spinner]

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

There a a few CD's that came out in the

mid-60's.....................................................................................

Hmmmmnnnn.... '60's, eh ....????

Saaay, Grog ...

what did people play them CD's .On .????........[]....[].....[]

[Duke Spinner]

Megadeth- Risk cd rock ( been relistining to this one alot lately)

+ 1 ...on " Risk "

[colterphoto1]

Welcome to the Forum Grog, and thanks for the Al Hirt memories. Al was one of my Father's favorite artists and Dad had the chance to see him and meet him one time at his New Orleans club. Even got a signature on an album cover. I recall Honey in the Horn being played around the house all the time.

Personally, I'm on kind of a Floyd kick this week. Just made up a CD for a friend who love David Gilmour and particularly the song Dogs of War. So I put these tracks together on a disc. It's on my computer if anyone wants one.

Delicate Sound of Thunder disc 1 (live) including 11 min Shine on Crazy Diamond and Dogs

Studio version of Dogs.

Pete Townsends Give Blood featuring David Gilmour on guitar

Until we Sleep and Blue Light from Gilmour's solo project About Face

Pretty kicking disc if I do say so myself

Michael