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Born on this day ... - Ruby - 31-05-2017
Tommy Emmanuel was born on this day in 1955, in Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia. He is a virtuoso acoustic guitar player and is renowned for his percussive style of playing and finger picking skills, not to mention that heâs a natural entertainer! As a young child, he heard Chet Atkins playing and that was to influence the whole course of his life.
His parents, realising that they had produced a musical child prodigy (or two â his brother was also showing promise at that time), packed up the family home, took to the road in two station wagons and whilst living in them, proceeded to tout the talents of their two young sons, neither of whom attended school much; something that was eventually remedied when the authorities got wind of what was going on. I will happily hazard a guess that the travelling lifestyle would have suited young Tommy down to the ground and Iâd lay bets he couldnât sit still for one minute. His mother probably stuck him on stage in order to have a break! Lol!
Rigors of the schooling system aside, nothing would deter Mr Emmanuel from his chosen path and apart from a few setbacks related to health, heâs been touring and playing pretty much his whole life. These honours have been bestowed upon him (according to Wiki) â¦
âIn June 2010, Emmanuel was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
In 2012, due to his virtuoso status and dissemination of the "fingerstyle" method of guitar picking, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Governor Steve Beshear awarded Emmanuel the state's highest honor: the title of Kentucky Colonel. The fingerstyle method originated in Northwestern Kentucky and was pioneered by Merle Travis.â
I'm not familiar with a lot of his playing, but I have listened to this once or twice ⦠his rendition of Mason Williamsâ âClassical Gasâ which kicks in once he quits messing around with arb medleys â¦.
[video=youtube;DSTHcAlVgG8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSTHcAlVgG8[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 02-06-2017
Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito, known simply as Pedro Guerra, was born on this day in 1966, GüÃmar, Tenerife â the largest, most populous of the Canary Islands and he is the son of the first president of the Canarian parliament. Guerra is a singer/songwriter and a very competent guitarist who combines a couple of different styles â his native folk music as well as contemporary, Latin American and North African.
His name is familiar to me because of a song he recorded with Cesaria Evora; she was a fellow (if somewhat distant) islander from a little further south - Cape Verde. This is that ... "Tiempo y Silencio" (Time and Silence) ...
[video=youtube;foANKYkOKl8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foANKYkOKl8[/video]
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 19-06-2017
Breaking my own rule and posting retrospectively because some birthdays were lost in translation ...
Ian Mosley was born on 16 June 1953, in Paddington, London. He is the longtime drummer for Marillion, having played with them from their second album to the present time. He has completed one solo project and contributed to a few others, as well as having toured and recorded with Steve Hackett, done any number of session jobs and had a book written about him - A guide to the unique drumming style of Ian Mosley - Marillion's Heartbeat, by Mark Pardy.
I was quite surprised to find that he’d worked with Gordon Giltrap on occasion! This is from The Peacock Party and is quite good fun IMHO (instrumental) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0as7lzow3w
More recently, from Marillion’s Sounds That Can’t Be Made … “Power” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZxKeANsIw
And doing what they do best – putting on one helluva show!
Charles Walter "Chuck" Rainey III was born on 17 June 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is quite possibly the most recorded bass player on the planet … ever. His discography includes 12,000 albums and nearly 149,000 songs. The mind boggles! The funny thing is that he became a bass player by default. He’d had formal training on violin, piano and trumpet as a child and later progressed to brass, playing the baritone horn. He took up guitar whilst on active military duty and continued at college, starting to play in bands on his return home. What happened is that he found he had limited improvisational skills and that his ability lay in rhythm playing, at which point he turned to the electric bass. Good thing he did – it’s provided him with a stellar career.
From Wiki – “Rainey's style has always been to provide a rhythmic and melodic bottom that works with the drummer for the benefit of the song. His books on bass study refer to a "sensitivity to music" and a dedication to studying the fundamentals of music theory. While his "sideman" philosophy of bass has not brought him the level of recognition of star players such as Jaco Pastorius. Rainey is by far more recorded than his more famous contemporaries."
There’s a whole lot more that could be said about this gentleman, but I think his own site will do him more justice - http://chuckrainey.com/
With credits on 12,000 albums, there is a huge array of samples to choose from. These are some I like …
“Cry Tough” from Nils Lofgren’s Cry Tough … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LhzRnPGQSA
From Jackson Browne’s The Pretender, “Your Bright Baby Blues” …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6kzfj0tRM
“It’s a Beautiful Morning” from Shawn Phillips’ Bright White … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxShcfSz6Cc … and another one off that album, just because it’s absolutely gorgeous and ought to be heard … “All the Kings and Castles” …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KfkcxEvNfY
And the fabulous title track from Steely Dan’s Aja – he did quite a bit of work with them …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 20-06-2017
Legendary Beach Boy, Brian Wilson, is 75 today – no prizes for guessing his place of birth! He will go down in the annals as the first ever pop musician to compose, write, arrange, produce and perform his own work, something that had been unheard of up to that time. Whilst labelled an ‘outsider’ musician (due to his self-taught status, I presume) he is seen as in icon, especially when it comes to innovation and vision, all of which might have been helped along by various hallucinogens; he is also known for periods of mental disturbance, allegedly chemically induced, at least initially. However, his status remains intact and his brainchild, Pet Sounds, is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums ever made. His most acclaimed solo album, Smile, hasn’t done too badly either.
With apologies to those who love 'em, I've never been drawn to the Beach Boys, so just selecting something at random …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 21-06-2017
Mark Unpronounceablename, aka Mark Brzezicki was born on this day in 1957, in Buckinghamshire, England. He’s been the drummer for Ultravox, The Cult, From The Jam and Procol Harum and has also worked with Frida (of ABBA), Midge Ure, Fish, The Pretenders, Pete Townshend, etc., etc., but he is by far and away best known for his membership of Scottish band, Big Country. If I’m not mistaken he appears on all the albums they made with the exception of The Buffalo Skinners when Simon Phillips stepped in to fill the breach.
“Look Away” is a perfect example of the Big Country sound … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWIz3kWmC0
This is slightly less rambunctious and not one bit less appealing, IMHO …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 24-06-2017
Happy Birthday to Peter Pan, aka Jeff Beck who was born on this day in 1944, in Surrey, England. Apparently he heard Les Paul’s “How High the Moon” on the radio at around the age of six, and decided right then and there that he wanted to play whatever that instrument was. Never has there been a more fortuitous hearing! He extracts an actual voice from his instrument – it’s quite remarkable!
He’s known for his innovative playing and has the uncanny ability to move with the times while retaining every ounce of his artistic integrity. I get the impression he’s never really cared too much about whether or not his albums were hugely commercially successful or not, and despite the fact that they really aren’t, by comparison to some of his contemporaries (Clapton, for example), he has still managed to gain the respect and adulation of both peers and audience alike, bag 8 Grammy Awards, and get himself inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame twice; as a member of the Yardbirds, and as a solo artist. Aside from his own albums, Beck has collaborated with many, many musos and his list of credits is extensive.
Here he is with Queen’s Roger Taylor, from that man’s solo album Fun on Earth – “Say It’s Not True” … I wanted to applaud at the end of this, lol! … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iczyUAwird4
I like his version of “Corpus Christi Carol” from Emotion and Commotion. If I recall correctly, he said that his playing of this traditional hymn is based on Jeff Buckley’s rendition – I get that … crazy, the sounds he coaxes from those strings! … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJSLf_8yJ0
Something a bit different – “Suspension”, from You Had It Coming … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7XCbWQmZRQ
He’s all over Roger Water’s Amused to Death. This is “What God Wants Pt1” … from a 2015 reissue, I think … Waters speaks of working with him as a religious experience … kinda fits then … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWRRBX3TB0
And a brilliant track, from the quintessential Beck album, Blow by Blow – Stevie Wonder’s “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 29-06-2017
Colin Hay was born on this day in 1953, in the town of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. He has a substantial body of solo work to his credit but came to fame as co-founder, frontman and only continuous member of the Aussie band, Men at Work. He and his family relocated to the Antipodes in 1967, but interestingly, to this day, he still speaks with a recognisably Scottish accent; it must be one of the most enduring on earth and is capable of completely confounding any voice activated devices - they simply can’t cope with the pronunciation!
This is one of Men at Work’s biggest hits, “Who Can It Be Now?” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg
While Men at Work released a grand total of three albums in the early 80's, Mr Hay, solo, has made fourteen, none of which I had heard up to now. All that has changed; I’ve just listened to his most recent, oxymoronically titled album Fierce Mercy, released earlier this year, and which is very nice indeed - now hovering around on my to-purchase list. Lovely well developed rich sounds, great lightly smoked yet true vocals and good, sometimes wry lyrics – altogether pleasant, polished, mature (without being too grown-up), and entertaining. Very few bum notes, IMHO. Hmmmm – love the whimsical album cover too ….
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Here he talks about the track “I’m Going To Get You Stoned” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TQwOE7e2o – the actual song … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwQ2EuKAK9w
The very lovely “A Thousand Million Reasons” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1QXKYxejtE
And this one is “Secret Love” …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 30-06-2017
Hal Lindes was born on this day in 1953, in Monterey, California. A guitarist, vocalist and composer, he joined Dire Straits as a full-time touring member after they had completed Making Movies. At that point, David Knopfler had left the band and is not credited on the aforementioned album - he’d been replaced by Sid McGinnis. Lindes went on to record Love Over Gold, appears on MK’s Local Hero soundtrack, is on the very weird little EP ExtendedancEPlay, and of course, is all over Alchemy.
Can’t have been easy for anyone to play second fiddle to the mighty MK, but I didn’t come across any word of tension; it appears he eventually left Dire Straits, five years later, to pursue soundtrack composition, at which he seems to have been fairly successful.
Amongst other collaborations, he's performed with Johnny Hallyday (the biggest rock star you never heard of, also sometimes referred to as the French Elvis) and has worked with Fish (ex Marillion).
With Fish, from Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors … co-written by Lindes, Fish and Mickey Simmonds … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1qmG7N5ek
From Alchemy, the theme from Local Hero – “Going Home” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAVcVHazYDw
And “Telegraph Road” from Love Over Gold – surely one of the most profound, beautiful pieces of contemporary music ever recorded ….
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 02-07-2017
Colin Edwin was born on this day in 1970, in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up in the UK though, from a young age, and was at school with Steven Wilson which association no doubt led to his membership of Porcupine Tree. He’s no slouch, however, and as a bass player of the frettless, double and otherwise, and something called a guembri (a three string bass from Morocco or thereabouts) outside of PT, has earned the respect of musicians across a diverse range of genres. He has, and continues to be involved in some – errr, interesting and alternative collaborations! Aside from his progressive leanings, he is happy to go heavy, has a penchant for jazz and has also dabbled in more ambient sounds – he’s definitely an eclectic. He’s made a couple of solo albums which I haven’t had time to explore, so in the meantime going with some examples of those collabs …
I was rude about Tim Bowness’s Lost in the Ghost Light, mainly because I felt it lived up to its title and was all a bit too insipid for my liking, but perhaps I should listen properly once more. Happy to concede that it’s probably better than I gave it credit for!
Again – sorry Tim! Anyway – bass duty on the album was performed by Mr Edwin, with the crusty Ian Anderson on flute, on this track, I believe … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aj7IRLj-RkHere he is with O.R.k. (which is considerably harder, in general) – this is their cover of Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” … (also listened to a bit of something they've recently released called The Soul of the Octopus, which has its moments) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KcTo8N9z4
And something I really do like and will be looking into more – his association with guitarist Jon Durant and a joint project they have named Burnt Relief - from their instrumental, eponymously titled first album – the lead track “Altitude” …
RE: Born on this day ... - Ruby - 05-07-2017
Happy Birthday to Jaime Royal “Robbie” Robertson, OC, who was born on this day in 1943, in Toronto, Ontario; he is of mixed heritage, his mother being Mohawk and his biological father Jewish. His father died accidentally when Robbie was a toddler and he was adopted by James Robertson, who married his mother – he would not otherwise have become Robbie, I guess, and the course of music history might have been completely different! He rose to fame and prominence primarily as a member of The Band (songwriter, guitarist, vocalist) but prior to that had been associated with Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks (as had Levon Helm). At that time, they also met Bob Dylan, who had intended to hire Mr Robertson which didn’t work out as Robbie turned down that offer. The Hawks continued to back Dylan on tour, and The Band and he later recorded The Basement Tapes together in the house that was to form part of the name of The Band’s first album, Music from Big Pink.
Robbie Robertson wrote some of my favourite songs ever, and The Last Waltz would definitely be one of my desert island discs; there was just such a great confluence of talent around that time. He’s never had a great voice though, hence others taking lead vocals on many of his most successful creations. After parting ways with The Band he became involved in film music, composition and production, and has also released six solo albums, including one titled Music for the Native American, a homage to his Mohawk ancestry.
He has additionally written, and co-written a couple of books: Legends, Icons And Rebels: Music That Changed The World with his son, Sebastian Robertson and colleagues Jim Guerinot and Jared Levine, Hiawatha And The Peacemaker, illustrated by David Shannon, and his autobiography,Testimony.
As far as awards go, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and appears on Canada’s Walk of Fame, as does The Band – they also made it into the notoriously exclusionist Rock n Roll HoF. Robertson’s received the Indspire Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award, an honorary doctorate from York University and both he and The Band earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. There are more accolades, however, suffice to say Mr Robertson has stamped his indelible mark on this era in music and is unlikely to be forgotten any time soon.
The first track from The Last Waltz – the lovely Levon on lead vocals … “Up on Cripple Creek” …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnlU6rPfwY
The very fabulous “The Weight”, not from the concert – a separate recording with the Staples Singers who are simply wonderful – it gives me goosebumps! … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM
And from his eponymously titled solo debut album – “Somewhere Down The Crazy River” …