LouieB

Sure, it is the same song over and over again. I have seen the new line-up twice in the past couple years and they are enjoyable enough (being nice about it), but at the first show the group only stopped being bored looking after they started playing older songs and the second time, they really kicked some (relative) ass at the Vic, but ultimately the entire show was sort of dull. Getting a ticket for a Son Volt show isn't that difficult, I walked up and got one the night of the Vic show no problem. Ultimately the show pretty much sold out, I suppose, but Wilco sells out the Vic (as with th

Really? I had no idea... LouieB

Yup sounds like a bunch of my collection; some of what you mention are 60s through late 70s; some like the Wilbury's are from the 80s. All of these are fairly common for the period. You should have fun with all these and don't sweat it too much on any of these, they are probably in decent but not perfect shape, just enjoy them. Many of these albums and albums like them are still available in most used record stores (and even some resale or thrift shops.) LouieB

Happy Birthday!!! LouieB

Uh yea.....and then get a copy of Eat the Document and the "Behind the Mirror" (or whatever the doc about Newport is called.) Once you see these you will realize that Haynes copped more ideas from these movies than he thought up himself (particularly mixing and matching the Cate Blanchett scenes). It doesn't make the movie any less fun, but alot of what was portrayed in various parts of the movie are directly and indirectly from those movies, particulary Don't Look Back. Few people have mentioned Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, but it is an interesting movie and Dylan's first time on screen

The Vic is right by the Belmont stop of the Red and Brown lines so you can get there from about anywhere on the north side pretty fast (depending on how well the els are actually running these days...) LouieB

Don't touch the grooves if you can help it. Clean the records with some fluid cleaning fluid if you wish with the grooves, not against them. Everyone assumes that these records are in good shape, but depending on how he handled them, they may be pretty run of the mill. Don't freak out about dropping (not literally) in the middle of a disk, it won't hurt the record and if the record isn't perfect (few are) it won't leave a mark. A reasonably good needle won't hurt a record anyway unless it is dragged across it hard. Older vinyl albums are amazingly resilient, but don't expect them to play pe

She is putting together a family in a hurry. This is her second child and the other is not that old. Congrats to her. Were you at the Flat Five show? We were going to go, but didn't. LouieB

You gotta love rumors. Let's see... playing a tiny bar for no money in SLC or hanging out at home with the family...hmmmm. LouieB

No Depression continues to be one of the few music magazines worth buying AND reading.... LouieB

Is that the O Sister from the Uncut comp that came out a few years ago with Nora O'Connor?? LouieB

Particularly if you throw in the live albums and the complilations, many more. Also the Stones still produce (for what they are worth) the occasional album of new material. LouieB Wikipedia says 55 total. LouieB

Really.... It is nearly inconcievable that this type of violence continues to get worse with each passing day. I was driving down Devon today (visiting daycare homes in the neighborhood) and kept trying to figure out why all the news trucks were there and then it dawned on me that they were covering this story and simply because our neighborhood has a high percentage of folks from Pakistan, they come here to give it a local flavor. Sadly it isn't simply about one country, religion or political affiliation, it is a story about how violence seems to be an answer to everything. Recently I

Terrible. I just saw this. LouieB

Yes..Rosie and I watched it a couple months back and I thought it was excellent. LouieB

RIP Lester...I saw him many times during the 70s and 80s. A few years back after not seeing the AACMers I was shocked at how they had aged (as we all have). When I first started seeing them they were relatively young men and then one day I saw Malachi Favors play and he looked so old, as did George Lewis, Douglas Ewart and Roscoe Mitchell at various times. After Malachi died I attended a memorial concert and the remaining members of the Art Ensemble looked so different. I figured part of the reason Malachi did look so old was he was ill, but then at the memorial concert I realized he was

Needless to say I concur, despite the somwhat thoughtless packaging. It is so freaking fun to iisten to, but as I have said here so many times, today's musicians could play rings around these guys, but none the less they were the first generation (not of country music, but of country rock) and anything by them is worth listening to. Amoeba has done us a great favor as do all the reissue groups finding obscure recordings to promote. LouieB

Thanks man..make sure you read my article on GloNo and post up. (see my signature.) While GloNo changed the name of the article slightly, it is short and opinionated......so feel free to venture an opinion. Joe Lovano is one of the greatest young jazz artists ever. (Young by some standards anyway and from Cleveland.) I have seen him a couple times and he tears it up. Hank Jones does appear to still be alive and is nearing 90. The Jazz Showcase in Chicago is scheduled to reopen in the south Loop after the first of the year. This is great news for us here in Chicago. They bring in the c

Honestly it is worth picking up I think. Not being someone who goes after downloads, I wouldn't be too surprised if there were better FBB material out there soundwise. I can't imagine the band actually sounding more together than they do here. They were never known for their professionalism and this certainly proves that. As I said before, it is always fun hearing Gram and the gang, so I am happy to have it. LouieB

I finally heard something off this album (Body Snatchers??). Not bad, but nothing all that special. It seems to me it took about half the song to finally get a really decent groove going. LouieB

I don't know much about this stuff (I know what a sound board tape is and what I think it should sound like), but frankly if it is a soundboard, they weren't doing a very good job with sound at the time, which frankly may be true. This was the the late 60s, it could have been the entire place was on some sort of drug or other..... LouieB

Whatever generation it is, it certainly sounds like the good old fashion one microphone kind of bootleg recording, nothing fancy, just lucky to have been recorded at all. We were in the car the other day when the Everly Brothers cover came on and Rosie commented it sounded like they were all on drugs, which undoubtedly was the case. LouieB

Thanks, man!! Don't hesitate to post up with stuff you agree or disagree with. This way the Glono folks know someone actually is reading this shit.... I got to thinking about the above comment regarding McCoy Tyner. Oscar Peterson was already a well established performer when McCoy was coming up. Oscar played mainstream/swing type material and McCoy was a progressive/modern/whatever you want to call him type of player;(nearly avant guard at times) quite different than what Peterson was playing. If you consider him the next generation, there are certainly lots of folks still very alive fr

McCoy is 13 years younger than Oscar was, but he certainly is getting up there....there are many musicians still around of McCoy's generation. Certainly Sonny is one of the elder statesmen of jazz at this point, particularly with the death of Max Roach a few months back. LouieB

There are a few, depending on what you call mid-century, but clearly Oscar may be the last of the great mainstream jazz figures to go. LouieB