Good Listening Lately


Been listening lately to a spate of good music, some old, some new.

New is Beth Hart, "Bang Bang Boom Boom"; Beth Hart/Joe Bonamassa "Don't Explain".

Old is John Fahey, "Voice of the Turtle"; Sixto Rodreiguez, "Cold Fact" and "Coming from Reality".

Found after forty years of hoping, a pristine copy of Sons of Champlin, "Loosen Up Naturally", which is densly packed with tight horn charts, great vocals, screaming guitar that wants to tear the top of your head off, a real roller-coaster ride that can get your "Freak Flag" flyin' again like it probably hasn't for years. Never a dull moment!

Hearing all this great music in a way I never could before (except for live, of course!) has me immersed and enjoying music more than ever.

There is some good in the "Golden Years", after all!

Happy listening, regards,
Dan
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Sons of Champlain...brilliant...we used to say they were FAR better than Chicago (way ahead of their time I think) and ironically Bill Champlain winds up in Chicago (maybe his longest gig)...strange... Champlain's solo stuff from late 70s or early 80s is also amazing.

I've been listening to recent Frisell, Mehldau, and Jason Moran's "10."