I forgot about that. Going to You Tube now.Nicolas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:00 am Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
New Jersey is our neighbor state! So we are partial to “The Boss” and Bon Jovi!
Best.
Tony
I forgot about that. Going to You Tube now.Nicolas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:00 am Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
How about The Chairman of the Board? You didn’t mention himabuss368 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:47 amI forgot about that. Going to You Tube now.Nicolas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:00 am Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
New Jersey is our neighbor state! So we are partial to “The Boss” and Bon Jovi!
Best.
Tony
Of course! Shame on me!Nicolas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:14 pmHow about The Chairman of the Board? You didn’t mention himabuss368 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:47 amI forgot about that. Going to You Tube now.Nicolas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:00 am Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
New Jersey is our neighbor state! So we are partial to “The Boss” and Bon Jovi!
Best.
Tony
Thanks for sharing that, andypanda. What an awesome story! I was fortunate enough to see Dan Hick & His Hot Licks at least once, in 2001. So he would have been about 60, but I tell you, he sounded in fine form to me!andypanda wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:13 pm Now I'm going to have to have a Dan Hicks binge. Fire up the turntable. First time I saw them was at the then-new VCU Franklin Street Gym in '74. It was a free Valentine's Day concert by the VCU Concert Committee. The opening act was some unknown guy named Bruce Springstien. Seriously, they got his name wrong on the flyer. He played a fair bit in Richmond in those days, but the Stone Pony had opened in Asbury Park the end of '73 iirc. Okay, let me look...
Nice list!iceport wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:57 pm Acoustic Cheer — Acoustic Disc — 100% Handmade Holiday
Tracks / Musicians
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly - David Grisman, Matt Eakle & Enrique Coria
Jingle Bells - David Grisman Quintet
Maiden's Prayer - Tiny Moore, Jethro Burns & David Grisman
Far Away Over the Mountains - Radim Zenkl
El Nacimiento - Enrique Coria
Wayfaring Stranger - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - David Grisman Quintet
The First Frosty Silent Noel (Medley) - David Grisman & Enrique Coria
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - David Grisman & Martin Taylor
O Mio Babino Caro - Carlo Aonzo & Beppe Gambetta
Because - David Grisman Quintet
Villlancico - Enrique Coria
Amazing Grace - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, & Tony Rice
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Shalom Aleichem - Andy Statman & David Grisman
My Sweet Lord should complete the set nicelyNicolas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:11 pm Happy Christmas (War is Over) — John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band, with The Harlem Community Choir
Wonderful Christmastime — Paul McCartney
I Wanna Be Santa Claus — Ringo Starr
(I couldn’t find a George Christmas song)
Peter Wolf seems like an interesting guy, and something of an enigma to me. On one level, he's always come across as sort of a hard-living (read: "hard-partying") rock star, belting out some mighty crude and insensitive lyrics. But then he's also been known for some pretty sentimental ballads. I was always disappointed in the G. Geils Band's star turn towards unsatisfying pop music in the late 70s and 80s, and had just assumed it was Wolf's influence. But that's not really true, right? Wolf wanted to move back in the direction of the blues, back to their roots, right?sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
i'm listening to the album now. I've had Nothing But the Wheel on my favorites list for years, but I have an ear-worm problem with it! Also took me many listens and reading the lyrics to understand its about driving on the road.sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
When I was in college in Amherst, MA, the J Geils Blues Band played several free outdoor concerts on the campus between 1968 and 1970. As they hadn’t been signed to a record deal yet, we hadn’t heard of them, but they really rocked out, with a great harmonica player, a strong singer (Peter Wolf), a rocking lead guitarist, and a strong bassist and drummer. Thanks for jogging my memory. I need to dig out their first two records, made before they went mainstream to aim for commercial success.iceport wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:06 pmPeter Wolf seems like an interesting guy, and something of an enigma to me. On one level, he's always come across as sort of a hard-living (read: "hard-partying") rock star, belting out some mighty crude and insensitive lyrics. But then he's also been known for some pretty sentimental ballads. I was always disappointed in the G. Geils Band's star turn towards unsatisfying pop music in the late 70s and 80s, and had just assumed it was Wolf's influence. But that's not really true, right? Wolf wanted to move back in the direction of the blues, back to their roots, right?sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
I saw him close a festival a few years ago. It was a fantastic show! The guy's skinny as a rail, but man did he bring it that night. He's a great performer that still has a lot of passion.
Thanks for this album. Bookmarked. Listening now. Very nice.
I was a big fan of the band in the early 70s as well, and saw them in concert early 1973. Got turned on to them by some girls I was hanging out with back then who were rabid fans. Will have to make a revisit.eddot98 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:23 amWhen I was in college in Amherst, MA, the J Geils Blues Band played several free outdoor concerts on the campus between 1968 and 1970. As they hadn’t been signed to a record deal yet, we hadn’t heard of them, but they really rocked out, with a great harmonica player, a strong singer (Peter Wolf), a rocking lead guitarist, and a strong bassist and drummer. Thanks for jogging my memory. I need to dig out their first two records, made before they went mainstream to aim for commercial success.iceport wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:06 pmPeter Wolf seems like an interesting guy, and something of an enigma to me. On one level, he's always come across as sort of a hard-living (read: "hard-partying") rock star, belting out some mighty crude and insensitive lyrics. But then he's also been known for some pretty sentimental ballads. I was always disappointed in the G. Geils Band's star turn towards unsatisfying pop music in the late 70s and 80s, and had just assumed it was Wolf's influence. But that's not really true, right? Wolf wanted to move back in the direction of the blues, back to their roots, right?sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
I saw him close a festival a few years ago. It was a fantastic show! The guy's skinny as a rail, but man did he bring it that night. He's a great performer that still has a lot of passion.
Thanks for this album. Bookmarked. Listening now. Very nice.
A 1972 show, not well recorded, but a good representation of the band live:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq79uJ58eAM
I turned 18 years old in 1968, the J Geils Blues Band made quite an impression on my young mind. An impression I still have all these years later.
That's an great story, eddot98!eddot98 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:23 amWhen I was in college in Amherst, MA, the J Geils Blues Band played several free outdoor concerts on the campus between 1968 and 1970. As they hadn’t been signed to a record deal yet, we hadn’t heard of them, but they really rocked out, with a great harmonica player, a strong singer (Peter Wolf), a rocking lead guitarist, and a strong bassist and drummer. Thanks for jogging my memory. I need to dig out their first two records, made before they went mainstream to aim for commercial success.iceport wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:06 pmPeter Wolf seems like an interesting guy, and something of an enigma to me. On one level, he's always come across as sort of a hard-living (read: "hard-partying") rock star, belting out some mighty crude and insensitive lyrics. But then he's also been known for some pretty sentimental ballads. I was always disappointed in the G. Geils Band's star turn towards unsatisfying pop music in the late 70s and 80s, and had just assumed it was Wolf's influence. But that's not really true, right? Wolf wanted to move back in the direction of the blues, back to their roots, right?sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
I saw him close a festival a few years ago. It was a fantastic show! The guy's skinny as a rail, but man did he bring it that night. He's a great performer that still has a lot of passion.
Thanks for this album. Bookmarked. Listening now. Very nice.
A 1972 show, not well recorded, but a good representation of the band live:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq79uJ58eAM
I turned 18 years old in 1968, the J Geils Blues Band made quite an impression on my young mind. An impression I still have all these years later.
This was the first record album I bought, in the summer of ‘67. It was either that or Surrealistic Pillow by the Airplane, I can’t remember which one now. I bought them both that summer. Anyway both are great albums.Broken Man 1999 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:34 pm The Doors first album, self-titled, released 1967.
First of 12 CDs I have of The Doors, not sure how deep I'll get today in the collection today, but there is always tomorrow.
Broken Man 1999
Great story. I’ve got lots and lots of concert stories, maybe not as adventurous as yours. I saw the New Riders of the Purple Sage at that same Chapin Hall on 11/16/1973 with DW (I also had to search for the date). We paid for our tickets; you just continued in the Woodstock tradition. DW grew up in North Adams and her parents were still there until recently (died from Covid-19 in their 90's). We had both just graduated from UMass in May of 1973. We still go up to NA occasionally to visit a niece and her family and to eat at the Barn in the new WIlliams Inn. If you have moved away and haven't seen it, they spared no expense building it and it shows. The last time that I went to the Iron Horse was to see John Hall of Orleans fame. Man, can that guy play guitar. Some time when Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, or Spooky Tooth come up I will tell the story of Sophomore Sendoff in 1969 at UMass when a friend of mine ran the concert. Listening to J Geils Full House right now. Much better recording than the Holy Cross show.iceport wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:11 pmThat's an great story, eddot98!eddot98 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:23 amWhen I was in college in Amherst, MA, the J Geils Blues Band played several free outdoor concerts on the campus between 1968 and 1970. As they hadn’t been signed to a record deal yet, we hadn’t heard of them, but they really rocked out, with a great harmonica player, a strong singer (Peter Wolf), a rocking lead guitarist, and a strong bassist and drummer. Thanks for jogging my memory. I need to dig out their first two records, made before they went mainstream to aim for commercial success.iceport wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:06 pmPeter Wolf seems like an interesting guy, and something of an enigma to me. On one level, he's always come across as sort of a hard-living (read: "hard-partying") rock star, belting out some mighty crude and insensitive lyrics. But then he's also been known for some pretty sentimental ballads. I was always disappointed in the G. Geils Band's star turn towards unsatisfying pop music in the late 70s and 80s, and had just assumed it was Wolf's influence. But that's not really true, right? Wolf wanted to move back in the direction of the blues, back to their roots, right?sycamore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 1:39 pm Peter Wolf (singer for J. Giels). 2002's Sleepless album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KPoJz ... y9ECbDlVtG
I like all of them but track #2 Nothing But the Wheel is a standout, with backing vocals from Mick Jagger.
I saw him close a festival a few years ago. It was a fantastic show! The guy's skinny as a rail, but man did he bring it that night. He's a great performer that still has a lot of passion.
Thanks for this album. Bookmarked. Listening now. Very nice.
A 1972 show, not well recorded, but a good representation of the band live:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq79uJ58eAM
I turned 18 years old in 1968, the J Geils Blues Band made quite an impression on my young mind. An impression I still have all these years later.
And now you've jogged my memory! I saw them when I was 14 in 1976 at Chapin Hall of Williams College. (I had to look up the date.) They were still mostly a blues band then. That 1972 show you linked is a good representation for the band in '76, too. I was always more into the blues than my close circle of friends, and was turned onto the J. Geils Band when a neighbor's older brother played "Give It to Me", turned up loud when their parents were out. Never heard anything quite like it. Bloodshot (1973) is still probably my favorite J. Geils Band album. Anyway, nobody I knew was going, but on the night of the show I moseyed on down to the campus about a 15 minute walk from my house. They had started building the music center adjacent to Chapin Hall, and the whole side of the building was a construction site, with scaffolding along the side and covered from the elements. I'm not proud of it now, but I made a typical "townie" move that night and snuck into the show through that construction site. When I poked my head through an open window that I could reach by climbing the scaffolding, the band was already cranking and the students — legitimate ticket-holders — just kind of waved me in, enthusiastically, so in I hopped! Who was I to argue with that welcome? I don't remember the music as much as the volume. It was by far the loudest show I had ever heard. (That record was probably only broken by Gov't. Mule at the Iron Horse decades later.) One friend who lived maybe 1/3 mile away said he could hear the bass lines from inside his house.
They really were an awesome band.
Tickets to shows like this back then were typically about 5 bucks.
11/05/76 – Williams College Chapin Hall, Williamstown, MA
Wow, it's great to hear! Small world! I saw the NRPS at what was NA State at the time, around a similar time frame, mid-1970s. [Yup: 1976-10-23] (Probably the show that galvanized my appreciation for the pedal-steel guitar. Buddy Cage, may he r.i.p., played it more like a musical siren than a corny part of old C&W music. Looking back, he really carried the band in a big way, musically.) My parents were both from NA and I still have family there. Haven't been to the new Williams Inn yet, and would like to try out the Barn, but I'm still wondering what might have become of the old ice house that was tucked back there. ( ) I used to know W'mst. like the back of my hand, but would probably not recognize the place now. It's been really great to see north county, and NA in particular, enjoy such an arts-based revival. Mass MOCA really sparked a revitalization that I had been skeptical would ever come about. Even if it took almost 20 years to really transform the area, I'm so glad to have been proven wrong. Their crown jewel musical event is the FreshGrass festival in September. If you're at all a fan of bluegrass in all it's varied forms and vintages, I highly recommend that one. I have yet to see one of wilco's Solid Sound Festivals there, but I might have to attend the one happening this year.eddot98 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:09 pm Great story. I’ve got lots and lots of concert stories, maybe not as adventurous as yours. I saw the New Riders of the Purple Sage at that same Chapin Hall on 11/16/1973 with DW (I also had to search for the date). We paid for our tickets; you just continued in the Woodstock tradition. DW grew up in North Adams and her parents were still there until recently (died from Covid-19 in their 90's). We had both just graduated from UMass in May of 1973. We still go up to NA occasionally to visit a niece and her family and to eat at the Barn in the new WIlliams Inn. If you have moved away and haven't seen it, they spared no expense building it and it shows. The last time that I went to the Iron Horse was to see John Hall of Orleans fame. Man, can that guy play guitar. Some time when Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, or Spooky Tooth come up I will tell the story of Sophomore Sendoff in 1969 at UMass when a friend of mine ran the concert. Listening to J Geils Full House right now. Much better recording than the Holy Cross show.
LOL.iceport wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:37 pm ^^^ Heh, heh. You'll be OK, JAZZISCOOL. It actually didn't stick with me this year, so I must be building up some immunity.
The worst part of it all was my GF getting annoyed with me doing randomly timed impressions of Joseph Spence's singing of the tune, which was really just the loop playing in my head leaking out once in a while...
Recorded in 2020, just before everything shut down, the album brings together West’s favored quartet of musicians: Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange) on mandolin, Christian Sedelmeyer (Jerry Douglas) on fiddle, himself on mandolin, guitar, and banjo, and Clint Mullican (Mandolin Orange) on bass. This is the third album this quartet has built, including solo albums for Marlin and Sedelmeyer, and at this point they operate on a near-magical wavelength. As both a noted arranger, songwriter, performer, and composer, West has been crafting a Northwest-centric roots music aesthetic through earlier collaborations with Cahalen Morrison and John Reischman, and recordings with Bill Frisell and Dori Freeman.
TLDR: "Its like Satan is trying to play Christmas music!!"JAZZISCOOL wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:13 pm BHwannaB & iceport:
Re: Joseph Spence - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
LOL - here it is 3 days after Christmas and I'm still listening to this song, still stuck in my head.
FWIW, this song gets by far the most plays off the entire album on Amazon Music so many people must enjoy it! It makes me smile a lot - with his off key melodies, screwed up final chord, funny pronunciation ("sanny crauz") and vocal improv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWd9UG ... bk&index=8
LOL! What a funny story! He is a unique artist!BHwannaB wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:53 amTLDR: "Its like Satan is trying to play Christmas music!!"JAZZISCOOL wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:13 pm BHwannaB & iceport:
Re: Joseph Spence - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
LOL - here it is 3 days after Christmas and I'm still listening to this song, still stuck in my head.
FWIW, this song gets by far the most plays off the entire album on Amazon Music so many people must enjoy it! It makes me smile a lot - with his off key melodies, screwed up final chord, funny pronunciation ("sanny crauz") and vocal improv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWd9UG ... bk&index=8
We have started a new tradition where we queue up songs during holiday gatherings to listen to as we are hanging out. I really had this thread in mind when we started and my turn came to queue up a song. I found the above mentioned song but could not do it....the side effect of not doing it was I started laughing uncontrollable and needed to leave the room to get a grip.
Later when my family asked what got into me I played them the song. 10 secs in and they asked me to stop it and again I started laughing...tears running down my face. Someone commented that it is like "Satan tried to play xmas music". I am paraphrasing as i was laughing too hard to remember the exact words but this song brought me more joy this holiday season than any other. So....thanks again to you all and Mr. Spence! Cheers!!
Nice!Nicolas wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:54 pm The Siegel-Schwall Reunion Concert — The Siegel-Schwall Band
These guys are good.
Will check them out. Yeah, that's good stuff. The mix of tunes keeps it interesting. Something about the singing makes me think of David Bromberg — a lot. The harmonica playing just screams out Chicago blues.Nicolas wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:54 pm The Siegel-Schwall Reunion Concert — The Siegel-Schwall Band
These guys are good.
Great tune! Though I’m very fond of the original the Buchanan version is compelling. And at Daryl’s house the GoPro mounted at the end of the guy’s guitar gives an interesting visual effect.eddot98 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:50 pm Green Onions by Booker T and the MG’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox9bJaGJ8
A live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRq6Xb3Zx7I
Interesting webpage about the song here:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/booker- ... een-onions
Another version with Booker T live at Daryl’s house:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVAFjvRBswY
Another version that I like by Roy Buchanan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbvOaTJcKQ
Great song! Love both the organ intro and the guitar solos. Sax solo was also good on Daryl's house.eddot98 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:50 pm Green Onions by Booker T and the MG’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox9bJaGJ8
A live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRq6Xb3Zx7I
Interesting webpage about the song here:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/booker- ... een-onions
Another version with Booker T live at Daryl’s house:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVAFjvRBswY
Another version that I like by Roy Buchanan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbvOaTJcKQ