Mr. Heartbreak

Oh hell yeah. Prog is great. I can think of prog albums I like better than this one, but this is a pretty cool record.

I am pretty sure it was a (mostly) uncredited person playing the Scott Joplin songs solo on piano, but I have it on my iTunes at home, so it's hard to say....would have to look it up, and am too lazy. I'll have to check out the King Oliver sides, as I will likely enjoy them...I play enough music at work on my iMac that the volume is low and thus the fidelity can be quite low without it bothering me. No one has ever accused me of being an audiophile. Of course, I have probably heard some of the 1920s material while watching Boardwalk Empire, too, but some of those versions might be remakes

Sunshine Daydream. The audio is a joy to listen to (for the most part), and the DVD is good just to get a feel for that era. It's really quite amazing to see that many naked people just dancing around in public. I'm guessing that wouldn't happen anymore here in the U.S.

I used to have some Jelly Roll and Sidney Bechet, but moved it to an external hard drive which subsequently crashed, and I have yet to get it restored or replaced. I have some Scott Joplin material, too, although it might have been recorded by someone else. Not sure, My ex used to refer to that early jazz as "cartoon music" too. Of course, it DID get used a lot in the early cartoons, but still...

More on the new CRB album (and on the guitars used) from Neal Casal. http://www.guitarworld.com/phosphorescent-harvest-chris-robinson-brotherhood-guitarist-neal-casal-discusses-new-album-guitars-0

I don't either. I would, I think, if not for the frequent presence of the awful (and awfully annoying) actor Owen Wilson.

Lou, do you have any particular favorites from that era who you would consider essential? I used to have a few tracks from the Hot Fives, but was always turned off by the sheer lack of fidelity. Beyond that, my pre-1930s jazz collection is remarkably thin.

Feel free to give us a review.

There is so much great stuff out there...not just from the classic era, but recent too. I work at a desk all day, and need to listen to something to distract my mind from other noises (passing cars, noisy co-workers, etc.), so I listen to a fair amount of instrumental stuff, mainly jazz. This morning, I've already heard some Lee Morgan, Thelonius Monk, Eric Dolphy and Cannonball Adderley. I'm thinking I may listen to some Larry Young and Charles Kynard later.

Nope. I did catch a Scarlet > FIre 2nd set opener in MSG in '91, though, so that was pretty special. Of course, I would have liked to see them play it earlier in my travels, but considering that it was post-coma, it was good.

Wow, very hard to pick a favorite bust out. I'm sure I've mentioned a few high points for me in my little Dead career, but let's see... 9/23/82 - Althea; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance in the 2nd set; Baby Blue encore 4/22/83 - Help > Slip > Franklin's to open the 2nd set; my 2nd show, 2nd Baby Blue encore 10/8/83 - West L.A. in the first set; Crazy Fingers in the 2nd set 6/24/84 - Dancin' opener; China Doll in the 2nd set; yet another Baby Blue encore Those are probably the high points.

I didn't want to pile on, in case they are friends. But yeah.

I forgot to mention, I also love some of Sarah Vaughan's material. Some of it, though, is pure cornball. Same for Ella. The other (classic) jazz vocalist whom I admire quite a bit is Nina Simone. Of course, Nina was an accomplished pianist, not only a singer, and a lot of her stuff is really pure blues to my ear. But still. Modern: not so much. I like Cassandra Wilson and Rene Marie, but have not heard much of anyone else of interest. Not yet, anyway.

That's the one area where I have a bit of a blind spot. With one exception: Billie Holiday. On the other hand, I don't hate all the other jazz vocalists as much as before.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/which-jazz-greats-were-left-off-the-blue-note-100/?smid=tw-nytimesmusic&seid=auto Big Blue Note re-release which might interest some of the vinyl aficionados.

I think I've heard that show, but I don't remember the band names discussion. Maybe it was cut from the version I heard. That is quite a run of covers: Oklahoma USA, Henry & The H-Bombs, Color Me Impressed, I Wanna Be Sedated, Paranoid and Ziggy. I doubt they did that many covers in a row at a show again until the Solid Sound covers show.

That would only help a little.

Great photos. Makes me look forward to seeing DBT more. Kind of a douche-y review by the other guy, though. He can't review Blitzen Trapper without taking a shot at the Grateful Dead? Seems kind of gratuitous at best. (I just looked them up on Allmusic.com, and it says they are influenced by The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Beck & The Velvet Underground. Wow, that makes my point even better than I could. Anyway, nice job on the photos of both bands.)

Now, now...

Yep. Dreadlock Holiday.

Aw, come on, you mean you can't subject them all to Leo or Crescent from Live in Japan?

No idea. I will have to go back and check those albums out again to see. I went through the whole catalogue back around 1-2 years ago, I think. Prior to that, I had never even heard Donna, Rubber Bullets, Wall Street Shuffle, etc.

Holy crap, I just realized that yesterday, 3/24, was the 20th anniversary of one of my favorite UT shows (Lounge Ax, opened with Chickamauga and ended with Effigy). This is getting weird.