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Your last concert was to see who and when?
Trampled by Turtles at The Catalyst in santa cruz. Unfortunately someone decided people would enjoy the music more if it was turned up to heavy metal distortion levels. Absolutely ruined what I think would have been a really good show. I could sta... 
Best Sounding new releases 2015
Meg Baird - Don't Weigh down the Light. Just released a week or so ago. Lovely 60's folk rock sound. 
Top 10 Alt-country bands
Monsters of Folk perhaps. Not sure I consider Wilco Alt-Country. 
Anybody seen Grizzly Bear Live?
Saw them acoustic at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit a couple of years ago. Had never heard their music at the time and thought they were great. Many contemporary bands that do the Bridge concert have a hard time playing acoustic but GB was exc... 
Youtube Music Videos.
A couple of Rainer vids that moved me beyond wordshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnSTBds3G8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RY90XIGB949 
What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's?
What about Bang a Gong or Radar Love? 
"NEWEST'" Favorite album
Fear Fun by Father John Misty is a good one if you like Fleet Foxes. 
Song covers that are better than the originals
Some lesser known coversThe Duhks - Love is the seventh wave.The Red House Painters - All Mixed Up or Silly love songsI prefer covers when they don't sound like the originals 
Budget amp recommendation needed
Thanks a lot for the responses. The speakers are actually an old pair of JBL l100's I can't seem to part with. The specs say 78db but that is at 15 feet. From what I've read, that is more like 90db at 1 meter.I've run the speakers on all kinds of ... 
Music and politics
Whoa! Artists getting political because they lost their talent????You mean all those no talent bums like Bob dylan, woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, neil Young, and a hundred others? Many of their best songs are political.If you don't agree with what t... 
Surprising Backing Bands
What about Frank Zappa?.Most weren't well known but he always had excellent musicians around him. 
Best cover songs?
The Duhks - Love is the seventh wave (Sting) 
Loud and Live
J. Geils Band, "Full House". 
Your favorite recent discovery
Yeasayer is my favorite recently and also the firekites out of Australia. 
Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings
Cymande - Masters of funk. This was re-released not too long ago and if you love funk, you'll love this. Been playing it heavily since I got it a few months ago.