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Pivotal albums in your musical life?
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Posted on May 2, 2015 at 08:09:22 | ||
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My musical tastes were changed and sudden head slap albums that changed the way I listened, as well as what I listened to happened in 1967-1970 for the most part. The Band in 1968 released Music From Big Pink and I became aware of just how good world class players could interact and how tightly woven music could be. And that off the wall drumming...jesus! Axis Bold As Love in 1967 forever changed what rock music was, what it meant and how it was done. It was the album that made me buy Altec Lansing Voice of the Theater speakers for my front room. It was a shear wonder, even without LSD. Workingman's Dead in 1970 was an astounding and brave step forward for a band that had started life as Pigpen's blues vehicle. No longer could they be a blues band, Pigpen was lost in the shuffle, unable to add much to this new twist in the band's direction. Bobby finally began to play the electric rhythm guitar in such away as to let Jerry play those improvised leads that he did so well. It was a return ...in some ways...to the days of Jerry being a folkie and playing to a crowd of 15 in coffee houses in Palo Alto. Liege & Leif by Fairport Convention in 1969 turned the English folk world on it's pointed little head. Adding the rock sensibilities to trad folk tunes and lyrics after the accident that killed their drummer and Richard Thompson's GF it came out of the chute and forever changed the way I looked at folk music. It also made me reach back into the existing world of trad folk and explore and pursue it. Also, Sandy Denny was the only ...in a long line of English female singers...who could sing folk with a rock drive...no others pulled it off. Anyway those are 4 corner stone albums that changed my musical life.... |
Then Play On, posted on May 2, 2015 at 18:01:20 | |
Got me hooked on guitars, many moons ago. 8^) |
That is a great one! Nt, posted on May 3, 2015 at 08:20:08 | |
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RE: Pivotal albums in your musical life?, posted on May 4, 2015 at 08:07:13 | |
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