Due to a blown Operating System and some time in Europe I haven't posted for over a month. The exception being the few comments to Fan's posts when I could sneak on to someone else's computer. But it looks like the patient will live. A few apps need to be resuscitated yet but the good stuff is all restored and working. So what y'all been listenin' to since I been gone?
Since my whole music collection is pretty much dependent upon a functioning hard drive I had to do some exploring on the iPod for much of my absence. Perhaps a mistake when I burst out laughing on an airplane listening to the Butthole Surfers sing "Julio Eglasias jacked-off in outer-spac-ias." Yeah, I got stuff on my iPod I haven't ever listened to all the way through yet.
So here's what has been flowing through the Dog's Bose Quiet Comfort 2s these days:
7. Billy Flynn - Chicago Blues Mandolin - Nice to hear some different instrumentation sometimes.
6. "Little Smokey" Smothers - Bossman! - Finally got my first "Little Smokey" album. Very good.
5. Ike Turner - Risin' With The Blues - Ike's final album. Returning to his roots. Surprisingly entertaining.
4. Big Daddy Kinsey and Sons - Can't Let Go - One of Big Daddy's best albums in my opinion.
3. Omar Kent Dykes - Big Town Playboy - A new release with Omar leaving the Howlers behind.
2. Duke Robillard - Stomp! The Blues Tonight - Duke returns to the horn arrangements on an album of mostly jump blues and swing which is strongly reminiscent of the original Roomful of Blues.
1. Rod Piazza & The Might Flyer Blues Quartet - Soul Monster - This MF (Mighty Flyer) kicks serious ass! This is by far the best Rod Piazza album with which I am familiar. It's a brand new release. In addition to leading a top notch band, Rod is lucky enough to be married to his keyboard player, Honey. Honey Piazza is unquestionably the nicest person you will ever meet in the blues and one hell of a musician as well. This one comes highly recommended by the Dog!
On an ironic note, it is Omar Kent Dykes who sings, " Better hear me baby, better believe what I said. If you don't quit now baby, honey I'm goin' upside yo' head" and not Ike Turner.
So I have returned basically to my bread & butter, blues, blues, blues.
2 comments:
this past week i listened to the clash, "the hits" a few times. also elvis costello's GH. spun all the Saison (sp?) I have which isn't much. grab bag of songs from various LPs. then for whatever reason, Blue Oyster Cult's GH. i was on a GH kick this week.
BOC, ahhh yes.
Cities on flame with rock and roll.
Three thousand guitars they seem to cry
My ears will melt, and then my eyes.
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