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March  2011  Music Club

Peter Frampton – Comes Alive? Pre show? Warm up…?

It doesn’t matter if you like or dislike Peter Frampton or like or dislike Frampton Comes Alive! The album is iconic. It was huge. The fact that a nobody (ok he played in Humble Pie and had 4 releases prior) came on like on a whirlwind with a live album to become, at the time, the biggest selling live album of all time. Pretty big. This recording appears to be a bonus disc in the Deluxe Edition of a radio broadcast warm up to the concert in San Francisco. It does showcase competent, well-constructed songs with very good guitar work. To me, the songs hold up pretty well but maybe that is sentiment speaking because I actually own an original vinyl copy and like the album. Any way I found myself enjoying revisiting this set and understand I may stand in the minority. (4)

Ringo Starr-Ringo 2012

Here’s what I like; Ringo is 71 and at least trying. He’s writing songs, touring and having a damn good time. He’s put together a good band and not going down wussout lane. But really- it’s a middling recording. “Anthem”, “Slow Down” and his redo of “Step Lightly” are fun, a few have goofy lyrics (“In Liverpool”) and few should have never seen light of day (his version of “Rock Island Line” and “Samba”). But I do appreciate the effort. Who would have thunk that Ringo would become the most creative Beatle… (2)

The Angels-Darkroom

My favorite part of the DYN Music club is hearing something you’ve never heard of and really digging it. That’s The Angels. No excuses, straight ahead, riff, 4/4 rock. After listening I noted how I heard AC/DC in here (“Face the Day”) which made sense after googling that they are from Australia, toured with them and AC/DC helped them get a record deal. Too bad they couldn’t get the attention of the US audience because they deserved it. (4)

Queens of the Stoneage-Songs for the Deaf

I like this and I hated it. The more they veered toward Eagles of Death Metal (“You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire”) the more I liked. The more they leaned toward Them Crooked Vultures and Alice in Chains (“The Sky is Falling”) I didn’t. They can rock, they’re inventive and they can total freak out but for me I like it when they just rock. (2.5)

Atmosphere

Believe it or not, I actually listen to some rap. I am particular as I like some articulation, inventiveness, creative subject matter, good cadence and a riff doesn’t hurt. At their best Atmosphere provides this. They tell stories, they are self-deprecating, they are socially conscious AND I really think they can get a good groove on. The mix I provided spans their entire career and I tried to give you a little of everything- even the “I’m the king shit” attitude stuff that I normally don’t like. I know this will get bludgeoned tonight but I am prepared. I wanted to provide a GHits that I know no one had any of.

Topic

Here is who had what to connect;

alan	alejandro escovedo	velvet crush	lucinda williams
jay	andrew Uk	todd snider	imelda may
tom	beck	the answer	graham parker
d'arcy	bruce springsteen	taylor swift	magnetic fields
greg	Dr dog	sloan	gomez
Ken	DBT	Rolling Stones	Moody Blues
monsta	fields of nephilism	replacements	foxy shazam
sandy	fountains of wayne	my morning jacket	randy newman

Mine:

DBT-------------à Played a show Saturday, February 11th, 2012 - 9:00pm - Cannery Ballroom with Bobby Keys and the Suffering Bastards. Bobby Keys was a long time saxophonist with the Stones and good friend of Keef. -----------àRolling Stones---------àEd Spoto, a production engineer for Crossroads Audio who has worked shows for Stones and the-------à Moody Blues