What are you listening to right now?

OAK, i've got a tape at home of Dwayne Allman, the elder brother of the notorious Greg Allman. Dwayne was a studio musician for years, and recorded with dozens of artists, with those recordings appearing on dozens of albums. He had just gotten together with brother Greg and some other long-time musician friends to form the Allman Brothers Band, which released one album for which he recorded. He was killed not long after while riding his motorcycle, run down by a truck carrying peaches. The Allman Brothers Band named their next album Eat a Peach.

Now what made me come up with that . . . well, the recording i have at home has a track in which Clapton plays acoustic and Allman plays accoustic slide . . . and the song is Crossroads. Fantastic stuff, that . . .

hey Setanta. Yes Allman was part of Clapton's outfit Derek and the
Dominos I believe. I read an article in a book Guitar Legends about them using a lot of "stuff" and working together. It was about the same time as Delaney and Bonnie and also Leon Russel as well

Exactly, Boss, didn't mean to preach to the choir there; as i don't know your age, i didn't know if you'd know Derek and the Dominoes or Delaney and Bonnie. I know a lot of people who go all gushy over Clapton, but they know nothing of John Mayal, The Yardbirds, and the two aforementioned groups--not because they are shallow, simply because they are young . . .

Welll as i complete my 3rd score years, I was there when the Yarbirds started to fly and the other nestlings were taking off.
There 3 regular TV shows and lots of broadcasts of concerts. A recording of Cream's last concert was shown on BBC. knock out stuff.
I've heard these different English bands playing all the American Blues, so I decided i wanted to hear the originals, and that's were I'm at now

Well, an hour ago I was in the car... listening to the soundtrack to Run Lola Run.

half an hour ago I was listening to myself practicing the song I've written for Mrs. SealPoet's birthday. I'll post it in a few days...

"Run, Lola Run".....,One of my all-time favorite wierd movies....I loved that woman's spirit and dedication to her man. I should be so fortunate. (sigh)

oldandnew

Cream was my first concert, here in Vancouver. I remember...some of it. One of the fellows who was with us that night later moved to London and toured as a backup singer with Jack Bruce. Now, I can't listen to very much of their music at a stretch, though I suppose if I did some acid, I could.

Booman

Run Lola Run is not a movie I'd apply the adjective 'weird' to - I'd choose brilliant and original. Every now and again, too rarely by far, I'll see a movie like this, one that liberates the sense of possibilities in story-telling. I no longer go to Spielberg films because he CAN'T break rules. I also put Being John Malcovich in this category of liberting creativity.

I've always enjoyed the scene in Antonioni's Blowup in which the protagonist wanders into the Jeff Beck/Yardbirds show . . . unfortunately, the sound quality is very poor . . .

Right now, I am listening to the sounds of my refrigerator motor purring in the kitchen.

williamhenry === let us hope that the sell by date on the contents are within your refrigerators operating parameters, or you could be for a gourmet's nightmare.

Hi SealPoet -- looking forward to seeing the lyrics you've written!

Just put in a Taj Mahal CD... "Giant Step"

I had the immense pleasure of seeing Taj Mahal in person, by himself, in a small college auditorium, back in the early 70's. He had just played a big concert in Seattle and was on his way up to Vancouver for a concert the following weekend. He stopped in Bellingham to play at the college on a Wednesday evening. Just him and a few guitars, sitting on the stage, in front of the closed curtains. At one point, a little girl, about 3 or 4 years old, wandered up onto the stage. Taj Mahal waved away the anxious mother and played a song directly to the little girl. Then he started picking up a beat in unison to the little girl's footsteps. He stayed in his chair, while walking her off stage with the beat of the music. It was soooo awesome!

blue cheer, shrooms and other goodies being beamed to blatham's preprogrammed lat/long coordinates. asap...;-)

Blatham,
...Wierd, is my lazy way of saying, what you said so eloquently. Perhaps quirky, would have been closer, although, just as lazy.

Right about now I'm digging "Rufus, Featuring Chaka Khan", With Bonnie Raitt, standing in the wings.

The whistle to go home - Yaba daba do..................

A#1 son and I were listening to Friday Night Eighties on the way home.....

'You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record baby, right round round round.....

bob marley

i think it be steve earle at this particoolar moment

Computer/satellite radio, Rod Stewart singing Tonight's The Night!

I copied 5 Jimmy Barnes' albums over the weekend. Looks like I'll be listening to some classic Oz rock for a while.

Diane Shuure, with the Count Basie Orchestra