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Best harmonica player in pop music history. I saw some photos from his show in Atlanta. He has a pretty huge band. 10 people, at least, probably more like 15. It was nice to see that he still has a Hohner Clavinet as part of his keyboard setup.

I've been to Borders twice since you started this thread and have looked for Stereophile both times. Either they don't carry it, or they file it with non-music magazines. Is this interview available online?

Haha. I love how you point out what a pain in the ass this process is then you say it sounds like fun.

I got mine and have read most of it. Nice work. I had checked out a cd of Bela Fleck playing with some Indian musicians the day the magazine arrived, so it was pretty cool coincidence to see him on the cover.

They'd probably have an almost full house. I would imagine Red Rocks is a major tourist attraction and people who are visiting go there just so they can say they've been to a concert at Red Rocks (even if they don't care about the band that's playing there).

Thanks for all the info. I think the ideal thing if it's not TOO ambitious would be to see Monument Valley, Grand Canyon & Zion. We defintiely would not go in the Summer. My wife has been to Arches & Moab, so I was thinking we'd probably wind up skipping that in favor of all the other sites.

Stunning. What's the best time of year to drive through this part of the country and what is the minimum amount of time required to see it? I'm way into checking this out next year.

Perhaps these second snare drums have become so popular because almost every mainstream music style has begun incorporating elements of hip-hop.

He's shoicked to hear they stink? I could have told him that a long time ago.

That's been the trend in drum set-ups for the last few years. Sort of like drum cages were in the '80s, or a second floor tom placed next to the hi-hat in the '90s.

It's possible the media doesn't overexpose wife beating stories out of respect for the privacy of the human victims of spousal abuse. Dogs don't have privacy rights, so the media can have a field day. Also, it's worth noting that this is at least the third time Vick has acted like a dipshit (flipping off the fans) and/or committed a crime (bringing marijuana into an airport). I said your logic is flawed because it seemed like you were saying it makes no sense to prosecute Vick because some accused wife beaters weren't punished.

That's some really bad logic.

The electric furs are a band. This section of the forum is about musical equipment.

I hope so. I wish he hadn't taken the deal (whatever it is). He was smart to take the deal, though. If he hadn't, there were racketeering charges waiting for him.

I won't be there, but big thumbs to them for holding this event in the Fall and not the Summer. October is a really nice time of year in GA.

According to this blog, Max Roach died this morning. I was fortunate to see Max with his group M'Boom plus special guest Dizzy Gillespie in the late '80s at the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Max was one of a very small number of musicians from the early modern jazz era (possibly the last one) who was still with us. Rest in peace. http://www.whowalkinbrooklyn.com/?p=221

Tin Machine played those. I think David Bowie's was silver.

Thanks for posting that! I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

That's what i figured, but my eyesight is kind of shot, so I couldn't tell. I'd imagine it'd be tough, if not impossible, to find all those in left handed versions. I'm not normally a fan of Les Paul Customs, but the brown sunburst one looks pretty sharp.

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Are the photos reversed or are all those guitars lefties?

Bill Frisell was mentioned earlier. He has a new record coming out next week w/ Matt Chaimberlin. Lee Townshend and Tucker Martine (plus guests on some tracks). Townshend and Martine do not play on the album, but edit and reconfigure the performances much the same as Teo Macero did with Miles Davis in his electric period. The results are said to be reminiscent of Miles Davis' "In a Silent Way". This could be a pretty great album.

Phil Collins sounded good with Eno, too.

It'd be way too tedious to give everyone a specific ranking. No list maker would be able to answer why so-and-so is # 23 and not #17. The same is true for any list of this kind. You could argue that they have a top 3 or top 5 which are in order and the rest are just a bunch of really good drummers in no particular order (or in an order that prevents too many guys from a specific subgenre or time period being back to back). Joey Waronker should be on the list. And Earl Palmer is missing. Come on!

Pretty sure it's not "50 Greatest in THIS Order".