tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3141704718513284596..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Top Ten Cosmo-American Musical ArtistsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47520632538062987072012-06-05T06:32:20.613-07:002012-06-05T06:32:20.613-07:00They became Bahá'í s and left the music busine...They became Bahá'í s and left the music business. If memory serves, one of then bought an island and lived on a coffee plantation or something. Believe it or not, their career suffered after they had the audacity to write a "pro-life" song.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21176256842427286862012-06-05T04:48:56.954-07:002012-06-05T04:48:56.954-07:00Actually I don't know what planet they're ...Actually I don't know what planet they're from, but:<br /><br />Seals and CroftsRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8167282024519067022012-05-31T10:30:16.645-07:002012-05-31T10:30:16.645-07:00Louis Prima
Louis Jordan
Louie LouieLouis Prima<br /><br />Louis Jordan<br /><br />Louie LouieSippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72541062757093301372012-05-31T07:27:43.367-07:002012-05-31T07:27:43.367-07:00Here's a musician's ten (which is like a b...Here's a musician's ten (which is like a baker's dozen)<br />Ry Cooder, especially <i>Into the Purple Valley</i>.<br />Bob Dylan<br />Gillian Welch/David Rawlings<br />Hank Williams<br />Steve Earle<br />Townes Van Zandt<br />Linda Ronstadt<br />Beach Boys<br />Bruce Springsteen (and E Street Band)<br />Wilco<br />Smokey Robinson<br />Otis Redding<br />Aretha Franklin<br />Etta James<br />Louis Armstrong<br />Roy Orbison<br />Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers<br />Lucinda Williams<br /><br />Are Canadians allowed? I would say Neil Young and Daniel Lanois, and The Band (Levon's Arkansan anyway) and most recently Arcade FireCheyTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457905130721153074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54266657379012645352012-05-31T07:26:41.649-07:002012-05-31T07:26:41.649-07:00Here's a musician's ten (which is like a b...Here's a musician's ten (which is like a baker's dozen)<br />Ry Cooder, especially <i>Into the Purple Valley</i>.<br />Bob Dylan<br />Gillian Welch/David Rawlings<br />Hank Williams<br />Steve Earle<br />Townes Van Zandt<br />Linda Ronstadt<br />Beach Boys<br />Bruce Springsteen (and E Street Band)<br />Wilco<br />Smokey Robinson<br />Otis Redding<br />Aretha Franklin<br />Etta James<br />Louis Armstrong<br />Roy Orbison<br />Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers<br />Lucinda Williams<br /><br />Are Canadians allowed? I would say Neil Young and Daniel Lanois, and The Band (Levon's Arkansan anyway) and most recently Arcade FireCheyTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457905130721153074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12909384005839807252012-05-30T07:10:13.630-07:002012-05-30T07:10:13.630-07:00Bill Withers is vastly underrated. There was no o...Bill Withers is vastly underrated. There was no other soul singer like him, with that rural, acoustic feel. Deeply human music.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19170746583102718242012-05-30T06:30:07.894-07:002012-05-30T06:30:07.894-07:00Quickly:
Blind Willie Johnson
The Carter Family
T...Quickly:<br /><br />Blind Willie Johnson<br />The Carter Family<br />The Stanley Brothers<br />The Staple Singers<br />The Forbes Family<br />Johnny Cash<br />Bob Dylan<br />Miles Davis<br />John Coltrane<br />Bill Withers<br />Sun Ra<br />Steve Tibbetts<br />David Krakauer<br />Pat Metheny<br />Morten LauridsenTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71788403771388767712012-05-29T06:53:02.381-07:002012-05-29T06:53:02.381-07:00What a week to be out of touch with OC.
I don&#...What a week to be out of touch with OC. <br /><br />I don't think there is any question about Bo Diddley. When you realize when Bo was creating and performing his stuff, you see that a good 75% of everything you like about Rock and Roll is Bo Diddley.<br /><br />Bill Monroe is Bluegrass, but he would not have had the "sound" without Earl Scruggs, and it was Earl on "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" that millions heard while watching <i>Bonnie and Clyde</i>. <br /><br />Elvis Presley should have stuck to singing Gospel in front of the Jordanaires.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75035965659466357892012-05-28T09:28:40.811-07:002012-05-28T09:28:40.811-07:00I have a Gene Clark collection with five selection...I have a Gene Clark collection with five selections from that record, and they're all great. Why Not Your Baby is particularly memorable.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77420532408535849472012-05-28T09:15:54.563-07:002012-05-28T09:15:54.563-07:00Here's an online tribute to recently deceased ...Here's an online tribute to recently deceased cosmic american musician and his great album w/ Gene Clark<br /> <i>I first heard Doug Dillard play in his family group, The Dillards, but was completely unprepared for the art-apotheosis of The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, his brilliant 1968collaboration lp with ex-Byrd Gene Clark... It has been a musical and poetic touchstone for me ever since, one I turn to almost every day. <br /> <br /> Like so many revolutionary-seeming art breakthroughs (I can’t think of another record that sounds like it or shares its instrument palette), Dillard & Clark’s first record reflected style-shift probabilities that were already in the air, but the album surpassed other worthy competition in quality and remains a timeless/spaceless artifact that eventually will fascinate post-Armageddon visitors to our planet, convincing them as they shift through the rubble that Earthlings once had something going for them, however improbable that seems at this Euro-broke/Beyoncé moment. <br /><br /> Too often Gene Clark discussion focuses on his lyrics’ unique poetic projections and too seldom on the music which frames the words. Nothing in Clark's work can match "Fantastic Expedition's" sonic gyroscopics, with Doug Dillard’s bluegrass mini-orchestra (comprising Bernie Leadon, David Jackson, Andy Belling , Chris Hillman, Jon Corneal, and Dillard’s own banjo, guitar and fiddle) perfectly jacketing Gene’s autumn-all-the-time melodies with constant filigrees and vari-speedy rhythms. <br /><br /> The songs wear their music like sleek and slippery coats of closely-woven chain mail or Islamic tilework calligraphy at Tabriz's Blue Mosque.<br /> <br /> A masterpiece of tensegrity, the work recalls William Faulkner’s image of a “miniature replica of all the whole vast globy earth …. poised on the nose of a trained seal.” <br /> <br /> Like all the great records of its era (and unlike almost anything on today's hit parade), “Fantastic Expedition” takes you on a magical mystery tour....<br /></i><br />http://acravan.blogspot.com/2012/05/with-care-from-someone-douglas-dillard.html<br /><br />Aye Man!gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32085436942862402712012-05-28T05:40:49.852-07:002012-05-28T05:40:49.852-07:00Stagecoach
The Grapes of Wrath
The Apartment
It Ha...Stagecoach<br />The Grapes of Wrath<br />The Apartment<br />It Happened One NightSalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64638926293568235432012-05-27T17:18:15.559-07:002012-05-27T17:18:15.559-07:00Yes, objectively I think you have to put Armstrong...Yes, objectively I think you have to put Armstrong & Presley at 1 & 2, followed by Dylan, in terms of sheer worldwide influence. They are the fountainheads. <br /><br />I think one thing people can miss is that their music is all about freedom, hence, America. People behind the iron curtain could hear it and say to themselves, "ah, that's what freedom sounds like."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29157829219622217312012-05-27T16:05:24.685-07:002012-05-27T16:05:24.685-07:001. Elvis
"I wasn’t just a fan, I was his bro...1. Elvis<br /><br />"I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. Last time I saw Elvis alive was at Graceland. We sang ‘Old Blind Barnabus’ together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There’ll never be another like that soul brother." – James Brown. <br /><br />"Elvis was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let Black music through. He opened the door for Black music." – Little Richard. <br /><br />"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven." – Sammy Davis Jnr.<br /><br />"ditto"<br />-Gramgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2534395518878094352012-05-27T11:55:53.050-07:002012-05-27T11:55:53.050-07:00I thinks it's alright if they were books first...I thinks it's alright if they were books first, if they make you forget the books.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10496803152239705722012-05-27T11:54:22.349-07:002012-05-27T11:54:22.349-07:00I knew you would say, Night of the Hunter.
Because...I knew you would say, Night of the Hunter.<br />Because it's true.<br /><br />Wizard of Oz<br />To Kill a Mocking BirdRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85235774156241733532012-05-27T11:44:26.756-07:002012-05-27T11:44:26.756-07:00Sunset Boulevard
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
A Pl...Sunset Boulevard<br />Treasure of the Sierra Madre<br />A Place in the Sun<br />One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest<br />Big Lebowski<br />Night of the HunterGagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59256193857577007542012-05-27T11:01:17.086-07:002012-05-27T11:01:17.086-07:00Hendrix begot SRV
Which is just fine wit me
Cosmo...Hendrix begot SRV<br />Which is just fine wit me<br /><br />Cosmo-Anerican movies?<br />Don't mind if I do:<br /><br />Jaws<br />Gone With The Wind<br />Sergeant York<br />Rocky<br />E.T.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48960701789910938782012-05-27T09:37:47.228-07:002012-05-27T09:37:47.228-07:00@Bob: Yes, I am big fan of the 4AD sound, and once...@Bob: Yes, I am big fan of the 4AD sound, and once was a bit of a shoegazer. A non-4AD (but would have been a sure fit) album that is considered to be one of my favorites is My Bloody Valentine's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loveless/dp/B001EBRJXU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338136548&sr=301-1" rel="nofollow">Loveless</a>. Seemingly a transcendent rock album.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61363882656978589782012-05-27T09:12:35.313-07:002012-05-27T09:12:35.313-07:00Yes, I find him on the bombastic side, which was a...Yes, I find him on the bombastic side, which was a problem with British Blues. Very few of them didn't plod. For a contrast, listen to early Stones. Charlie is the glue that holds it together, because that man can <i>swing</i>. There's a lightness about it.<br /><br />And I never cared for BB King. Always struck me as "Vegas-y blues," or smooth blues for white folks. Also don't like his clean guitar tone.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88776602099604754812012-05-27T08:58:59.770-07:002012-05-27T08:58:59.770-07:00Joe opened for BB King at age twelve, but freely a...Joe opened for BB King at age twelve, but freely admits he was more influenced by British style of American blues. He is from an upstate New York family of musicians.<br />Here is The Thrill is Gone<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXyKUxMskw&feature=related<br />Check out his numbers with Beth Hart.stephen bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09762863221215672295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40627350447611108502012-05-27T08:41:16.428-07:002012-05-27T08:41:16.428-07:00Guy can obviously play, but it just doesn't dr...Guy can obviously play, but it just doesn't draw me in or speak to me with the same immediacy of, say, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4364398171368746182012-05-27T08:36:52.105-07:002012-05-27T08:36:52.105-07:00Listening to Blue & Evil.... have to say, I do...Listening to Blue & Evil.... have to say, I don't care for the heavy arena-rock drum sound. No swing; or all rock and no roll. And he doesn't have a genuine blues voice, a la Gregg Allman, which is admittedly a difficult hurdle for many white bluesman, i.e., they can repeat the form but can't quite get the tone.... But I'll keep listening....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36348896913405981632012-05-27T08:23:51.872-07:002012-05-27T08:23:51.872-07:00Joe B channels many of the greats (Clapton, Page, ...Joe B channels many of the greats (Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Allman) yet is very much his own guitarist. Here's two from recent concert, first Blue and Evil shows his gifts, second for fun, Who's version of Young man Blues.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8YIzpiRh2w<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDNWnN6PrVU&feature=relmfustephen bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09762863221215672295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67838597465461512252012-05-27T08:17:08.832-07:002012-05-27T08:17:08.832-07:00Bon Iver was new to me. I just listened to some s...Bon Iver was new to me. I just listened to some samples on Amazon (Emma), and some of them evoked the languid, pastoral, acoustic phase of early Neil Young, e.g., After the Gold Rush & Harvest. The album Bon Iver has some of that dreamy 4AD quality.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71470871875492656792012-05-27T08:07:22.314-07:002012-05-27T08:07:22.314-07:00From what I've heard from him -- which admitte...From what I've heard from him -- which admittedly isn't much -- Bonamassa just doesn't grab me in the way a Duane Allman or SRV does. Maybe I'm blinded by charisma.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com