LouieB

During the 80s and 90s Bromberg lived in Chicago and I saw him sit in with several bands. He was here learning violin making and gained a ton of weight. I saw him sit in with Danko and Helm, and some of the Eagles, etc. He sure had a lot of friends. I like his early albums a lot, but as he once described them, they sold like hotcakes, a dime for a stack. LouieB

Yes Indeed. Very sad. Saw him ages ago with Zappa. He was also not that old. LouieB

Explain. The music of the Staples is uplifting in any number of contexts that are not simply religious. Songs that are politically supportive of leftish topics don't appear to me to be universal, if you don't share those ideas. LouieB

I also saw the scroll in Chicago. That was crazy cool. The text of the scroll is definitely worth reading. I also recently downloaded an audio version of the book, and while I was unhappy with how the reader read the very end, I thoroughly enjoyed that too. There is something amazing about this book that does stand up to repeated readings/listenings. I have not yet seen the movie, but plan to some day. It sure didn't get very good reviews though. LouieB

It is a very sad book. LouieB

Not to worry, because ultimately this is about politics not music. You can certainly put on (as I do) compilations or albums of gospel music (which is part of traditional American music) and enjoy it. I still can't imagine someone putting on Woody Guthrie's Songs of Sacco and Vanzetti and loving it if you aren't interested in the content of the words. For that matter I can't imagine putting on any of Pete Seeger's more political material such as American Industrial Ballads or We Shall Overcome if you aren't interested in unions or civil rights. Listening to Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Si Kahn

I had no idea there was a House of Blues in Cleveland. LouieB

Religious music is interesting based on the music presented, which can be somewhat divorced from the content. Political songs on the other hand can rarely be divorced from the content, because the words are often more important than the music. I know this seems like a contradiction and maybe it is. But it is easy enough to set aside the content of religious music for awhile, while political (protest songs, etc.) have the purpose of a persuading one to a particular belief. And as I mentioned, a few religious songs thrown in a set of secular music (like the Dead or just about any other gro

Actually this is not really true either. Most country artists were and are pretty conservative and they make good music. LouieB

Yea, okay. I guess the bottom line is that the left has cool music, whereas the right really has none. LouieB

I see singers all the time that sing a gospel song as part of their sets and I don't believe they are sanctified. I do believe Springsteen believes when he sings a Seeger or Guthrie song, but he may be a fucking liar. I will repeat what I said. I like listening to gospel music, mostly the old stuff. Not believing it doesn't detract from enjoying it. But there is something different about politics to me. If someone starting singing about a political issue I was uncomfortable with I would squirm. I am in the minority here I know. This is a convo that goes way back here on VC. There was a

Actually I like gospel music but after awhile I do begin to lose it if I am being preached at. The Avett Brothers singing a gospel song is not the same as a band breaking out This Land is Your Land and really meaning it. Many years ago I attended the Bean Blossom Festival, which was Bill Monroe's bluegrass fest in Indiana. After a while the gospel songs wore on my heavily. They were not being done as musical exercise, but as a true expression of faith. Likewise I don't attend the Chicago Gospel fest, because that also is a serious expression of religious faith. I don't attend any of th

You need documentation to get SNAP. I work with the national school lunch programs (NSLP) and we accept people who get SNAP as having Social Security numbers because the state agencies who screen for this ask for that kind of documentation. As always this argument is stupid. Of course middle class and rich people never game the system at all. Sheesh. (As always some on here must get pretty fidgety at Wilco and other concerts when Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and other songs dealing with poor people and immigrants get sung.) LouieB

Yes. You just missed the old timers thread in the other section. LouieB

Since when do you have to be a citizen to have a college ID. All sorts of folks from foreign countries can be in US colleges and universities. There is no citizenship requirement to go to college. Wow. LouieB

Yup, Basement Tapes it is. LouieB

I like Santa Fe too (Desire period) but it is really not a finished song at all. LouieB

Me too. Sign on the Window as well. LouieB

Nice to see the old timers promoting this thing (Kooper and Bromberg). This does look like a good one. New Morning has always been one of my faves as well. It came out just before I went to Europe. I listened to it with a friend in a house trailer I lived in back in rural Ohio. LouieB

As I recall it was thought of as very staid and too controlled. But if you look above my recollection about The Last Waltz was only vaguely correct too. LouieB

Yes, in beautiful and terribly depressed Galesburg, IL. Hometown of Carl Sandburg. LouieB

You won't get any argument from me on this, but then clearly I am left leaning and think stimulus is a good idea. But economics is a weird thing and you can prove just about anything you want if you put the right spin on it. LouieB

I concur with the idea that the Jayhawks should play the stuff Gary did without Mark. I enjoyed the reunion show I saw a lot. It was nice to see the entire band. I was less enthralled with the duo show I saw. LouieB

I suppose it depends on your economic point of view. IF you are a right wing economist austerity works, if you are left wing it doesn't. LouieB

Arranged by Allen Toussaint if memory serves me. Also this album was not well received on release either. Its a good one though. Do find the CD release (which is also pretty cheap I bet) because the Dylan material is interesting. LouieB