Dave Clark Five were known as the sound of Tottenham. My wife lived around the corner to Dave Clark and used to put notes through his letter box telling him how wonderful he was
"Pampered Menial" by Progressive Rock group Pavlov's Dog, who are appearing in Melbourne in October as part of a world tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of this album's release.
If I don't post for a few days it's either because I think I've posted too much recently and/or because I have no streaming link for what I'm listening to as it's either a cd or a file from an external drive. This morning for instance I've been getting in a jazz/funk/prog state with this Gong not Gong release.
Gary Clark Jr.'s live album. This outstanding blues guitarist was my favourite performer at the Byron Bay Bluesfest over Easter this year.
AMG says "Texas guitar ace Gary Clark, Jr., who at his best sounds like nothing so much as the past and the future of the blues, has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with some contemporary soul and hip-hop touches"
Following up “Gary Clark Jr Live” by listening to "Empty Promises" by Michael Burks from his "Iron Man" album, was an absolute no brainer. If only we could still see him playing live.
Taking a chill pill and having a relaxing morning in the sun here in the north lands - celebrating the fact it isn't windy for a change (the perils of island life etc).
Steven Wilson, leader of my favourite modern Progressive Rock band Porcupine Tree, has recently been involved in the release of a restored version of Pink Floyd’s classic film "Pink Floyd at Pompeii". The soundtrack of the film with Steven's new audio mix is now available on CD. The film, originally released in 1972, shows Pink Floyd in late 1971 at peak form immediately prior to the release of "Meddle" and "Dark Side of the Moon".
To quote StevenWilson "I’m sure everyone knows that Floyd are my favourite band, so will understand how thrilling it is for me to have been given the honour of creating the new mix. Lana Topham’s astounding restoration of the 1972 version of the film has been years in the making and looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, so I wanted to create an audio mix to match, with as much clarity as I could achieve from the multitrack tapes."
Totally forgot about this album. Goes way back to my childhood, maybe early teens, but possibly even just prior. A cool uncle (by marriage) introduced me to some excellent music back then, saving me from some of the insidious stuff that had currently been in my immediate orbit. This one from the Kinks was one of my favorites. There's a song on here ("Catch Me Now I'm Falling") that I have been absently humming to myself every so often- for years- and never been able to place it. That, and now realizing that it was this album that introduced me to the tune "David Watts." A bar I used to drink at back in Chicago had The Jam on the jukebox, and I'd hear that song and fail to identify why it struck me with nostalgia.
If anyone is familiar with this band and can tell me who the hell the vocalist sounds like, you have my eternal gratefulness. This dude's voice is so damn familiar, and what makes the attempt to figure this out so agonizing is that I think the musician I'm trying to think of has a band with a sound very similar to Rose City Band... a dreamy folk with catchy moments, interludes of rich melodicism, and tasteful amounts of reverb. This is driving me nuts. It's not The Clientele, but close.
The answer was David Kilgour, and specifically his recording "Frozen Orange"
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Only one post in the first week of May under the discussion "What Are You Listening To Right Now....."
Mea culpa, of course!
If I don't post for a few days it's either because I think I've posted too much recently and/or because I have no streaming link for what I'm listening to as it's either a cd or a file from an external drive. This morning for instance I've been getting in a jazz/funk/prog state with this Gong not Gong release.
AMG says "Texas guitar ace Gary Clark, Jr., who at his best sounds like nothing so much as the past and the future of the blues, has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with some contemporary soul and hip-hop touches"
Slow Riffs - Gong Bath
To quote Steven Wilson "I’m sure everyone knows that Floyd are my favourite band, so will understand how thrilling it is for me to have been given the honour of creating the new mix. Lana Topham’s astounding restoration of the 1972 version of the film has been years in the making and looks like it could have been filmed yesterday, so I wanted to create an audio mix to match, with as much clarity as I could achieve from the multitrack tapes."
https://stevenwilsonhq.com/pink-floyd-at-pompeii-mcmlxxii/
AMG says "Live at Pompeii MCMLXXII........sounds magnificent........Never again did they (Pink Floyd) sound as spontaneous and free as they did here".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/pink-floyd-at-pompeii-mcmlxxii-mw0004481512
Progarchives rates the 2003 version of "Pink Floyd at Pompeii" in the top ten rock videos of all time.
AMG says "Last Embrace serves as an impressive.........final will and testament from underground favorites Spirit Caravan"
Try the tracks "Cosmic Artefact" and "Dead Love/Jug Fulla Sun".
For fans of Neil Halstead, Mojave 3, and that kind of shoegaze-y folk music sound.
From memory, @confused is also a Kinks aficionado.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_Respected_Kinks