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My story about the Nighthawks...Saw them, the Nighthawks and George Thorogood one night in Raleigh. George got a bit overshadowed by both.
I love Van the man ! I still wear my Van the man tee-shirt at 72yoThe older I get the more I listen to Van Morrison
I love Van the man ! I still wear my Van the man tee-shirt at 72yo
I had the privilege of seeing him in Atlanta at Alex Cooley's Capri Ballroom in Buckhead when he was wrapping up his "Wave Length" tour
He had a 12 piece band including 4 dynomite back up girl singers.
I had a seat at the bar and was thinking I can't believe I'm here
I have a dozen Morrison CDs but my favorite is Saint Dominic's Preview
and my all time favorite is his "Caravan" performance on the "Last Waltz" ... it don't get better than that
Pretty good stuff. My father played in big bands/swing as a teenager and later in Cleveland. Played with Tommy Dorsey once when they needed a last minute sit-in. Stopped playing when he moved to NC for a "real" job. Picked back up after he retired. So I grew up listening to all that music including the " Great American Songbook".I may post more later. Would appreciate feedback, including telling me to quit being a nuisance. (although good luck with that.)
I love Van the man ! I still wear my Van the man tee-shirt at 72yo
I had the privilege of seeing him in Atlanta at Alex Cooley's Capri Ballroom in Buckhead when he was wrapping up his "Wave Length" tour
He had a 12 piece band including 4 dynomite back up girl singers.
I had a seat at the bar and was thinking I can't believe I'm here
I have a dozen Morrison CDs but my favorite is Saint Dominic's Preview
and my all time favorite is his "Caravan" performance on the "Last Waltz" ... it don't get better than that
There's some folks some of whom teach/associated with CH School of Rock that has been doing the Last Waltz at the Cradle Thanksgiving Saturday for a few years. Crazy Chester. Pretty damn good.Also love St. Dominic's with Astral Weeks close behind. And agreed that is a all time Caravan performance.
On a related note, I had the pleasure of seeing Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Don Was, Cyril Neville and others recreate the Last Waltz concert at DPAC a few years ago. Heck of a show!!
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Johnnie was a race car driver. Drove so goddamn fast. Never did see that checkered flag, but never did come in last.My oldest brother is 10 years older than me so when I 10-11-12 he was going though a huge music phase going to shows and hanging out in bars as a newly 21 year old. He was big into Primus and I stole one of his Primus shirts and would wear it to school. I listened to the music and only ever liked the song my name is mud probably because of the name. I can hear that bass riff in my head to this day. They were a little over my head at that age because 10-year-olds at the time were listening to ESPN Jock Jams and the Men in Black soundtrack.
You are the second person I’ve ever heard mention Guster as a favorite band. The other is the host of a soccer podcast I listen to a lot, Caught Offside.Hearty additional endorsement for God is an Astronaut and This Will Destroy You. I have an algorithmic station built around those two, plus an amalgam of Explosions in the Sky, M83, Mogwai, We Lost the Sea, etc. I tend to need sound over silence to unspool the day's anxieties, and mask baseline tinnitus. The station based on the aforementioned artists gives me a wide range of sounds to neutralize my endogenous high pitched "EEEEEEE!", while mellow enough to help facilitate meditations.
If I listen to music with lyrics it tends to be obnoxiously pleading, e.g. Bon Iver, Horse Feathers, Daughter, and Guster.