Right now...what CD is in your stereo or CD player? Part II

The Kinks, "The Singles Collection". La-la-la-la-Lo-la...

In the house:
Savage Garden - Affirmation
Daniel Beddingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
(the man in my life has a thing for Australian pop)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane

In MY car:
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper

In HIS car:
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

In my mom's car: "The Reason"-Hoobastank
In my cd player:"Past Masters Volume 1"-The Beatles

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PetePointon Posted:
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BeatleChick Posted:
In the player:

Jefferson Airplane--Surrealistic Pillow

George Harrison--Cloud 9

Thelonious Monk--Standards (all done with a Monk twist, of course! !)

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That's a tasty player!

I always love to see film of Monk playing. His body language is incredibly deceptive. He looks as if he's going to swoop on a particular area of the keyboard, but before you know it his hand's pecking or hammering at somewhere entirely different.

Listening to Jimmie Rodgers (the Singing Brakeman one). Now there's another musician with his own sense of timimg.

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Oh my gosh! I know! Isn't Monk a kick to watch (and man, is he great to listen, too)! I love him! I love trying to guess where he's going to go and always being surprised! He's one of my faves! Have you seen film of him "dancing" yet??? Where he steps away from the piano for a few minutes and just grooves?! It's as unique as his way of playing and it is quite a trip to watch!!!!

So, you like Jimmie Rodgers too?! Oh my gosh! He's great! I was brought up hearing both Monk and Jimmie, Beatles and so many other things, so I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes! Seems like you do, too! You seem to know some pretty good stuff there, Pete! You must have a pretty diverse collection, like I do!

In the Player Now (3 cds):

1. Janis Joplin--Greatest Hits
2. Al Jolson--The Jolson Story, Pt. 2
....and.....
3. **Ukulele Spasms--by Catfish Carl** (sssshhh ...don't tell--he doesn't like people to know--but that's my father's other identity--"Spasms" is my dad's ukulele/banjouke filled album, full of his own great compositions....)

earlier today; All Things Must Pass

now: Bruce Springsteen's Essential Disc 2

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Oh my gosh! I know! Isn't Monk a kick to watch (and man, is he great to listen, too)! I love him! I love trying to guess where he's going to go and always being surprised! He's one of my faves! Have you seen film of him "dancing" yet??? Where he steps away from the piano for a few minutes and just grooves?! It's as unique as his way of playing and it is quite a trip to watch!!!!

So, you like Jimmie Rodgers too?! Oh my gosh! He's great! I was brought up hearing both Monk and Jimmie, Beatles and so many other things, so I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes! Seems like you do, too! You seem to know some pretty good stuff there, Pete! You must have a pretty diverse collection, like I do!

In the Player Now (3 cds):

1. Janis Joplin--Greatest Hits
2. Al Jolson--The Jolson Story, Pt. 2
....and.....
3. **Ukulele Spasms--by Catfish Carl** (sssshhh ...don't tell--he doesn't like people to know--but that's my father's other identity--"Spasms" is my dad's ukulele/banjouke filled album, full of his own great compositions....)

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By coincidence I've just bought my son a uke for his sixth birthday. He can pick out a few little tunes on mandolin, but no way can his small hamds hold down a chord, plus my fiddle playing's so dreadful I can't lead him that way, ao I thought a uke would be ideal. Thanks to your mention I found your father's website and enjoyed rummaging through it. He's clearly a man who combines a deep love and appreciation of music with a quirky approach.

Yup, I've seen film of Monk's bizarre twirls. I have the excellent documentary about Monk, Straight, No Chaser on VHS (must look for it on DVD), in which you see that odd but wondrous man going his scary, confounding, inpsiring way.

I do have an odd record collection, which has been growing since the 60s. I stopped counting the vinyl LPs at around 3,000 in the late 70s, and have amassed heck knows how many LPs and CDs since.

My tastes are diverse. I've always been a rock/pop fan, but I had a moment of revelation when I first heard Flatt and Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Breakdown in the late 60s. That led me from being a guitar player to being a banjo and mandolin picker, and thereby to folk festivals where my tastes expanded further to include British Isles folk and loads of other stuff. In the early 70s I got into session playing (especially for TV) and backing American country artists on visits to the UK. Some of the the guys I met on sessions introduced me to jazz, and explained it to me! I wish I'd had your musical education: I would have got there much earlier.

Currently listening to an old fave, Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys.

Currently listening to Tom Petty's Greatest Hits.

John Lennon interview cd from Lennon Legend book. Great interviews

The Buddy Holly Collection (Disc 1)

The best compolation ever for this great artist.

Listening to Eric Claptons Me and Mr Johnson right now - great stuff.Can anyone recommend any blues albums that I could get into as I have no idea where to start?

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Currently listening to an old fave, Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys.

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Good Choice!!

OOh...blues??? I can help, Sir M!!! Some essentials:

Robert Johnson--King of the Delta Blues Singers and/or
Robert Johnson the Complete Recordings

Blues Masters--The Very Best of Elmore James

Howlin' Wolf--Best of

Muddy Waters--His Best: 1947 to 1955 OR the newly released Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Muddy Waters (that has his best work on it, too!)

Plus, cds by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Little Walter, Leadbelly, and Son House are necessary to have....these guys are also some of the best!!!

Elmore, Robert, Wolf and Muddy, Sonny and Brownie, Walter, Leadbelly, and Son are some more of the blues essentials if you are looking to expand your collection! Those guys are blues gods!!!

And, as for "newer" blues (50's, 60's, onward) or "rock blues"--I'd recommend albums by:

The Yardbirds
John Mayall's Blues Breakers
and albums by Keb Mo--he's good! He does the blues the way it used to be done! Ooh...and Taj Mahal too! He's another great "new" blues cat!

Those are just a few of the "newer" blues artists that are worth their salt (there's a few more, but...)!

Anyway....hope that helps!

Any more questions about the blues, feel free to PM me!

In my player now:

Yardbirds--BBC Sessions (Smokestack Lightnin' playing right now!)

Beatles For Sale

and

Best of the Moody Blues

But don't get confused with the Best of the Moody Blues, since they're not Blues, but a really great rock band.

Cloud Nine by you know who.

Ah...true, maybe I should have mentioned that in my post, so that it wouldn't be confusing... though the Moodies did begin as a bit of a blues band--back in the Denny Laine years....but in the ensuing years, with the loss of Laine and the addition of Hayward, they've since evolved into something else entirely....

cd that is now playing: The Moodies one listed above...

Thanks BeatleChick!!!!!

Sir marzipan...
Plz don't forget Canned Heat and the early Fleetwood Mac...

Btw,I'm a great fan of John Mayall's bluebreakers,so if you have any question...

The Best Of Gerry And The Pacemakers. They make you feel good - and their version of A Shot Of Rhythm and Blues is such a stormer that it buries The Beatles' version and tramps the earth down. No mean feat, that.

Sam Cooke's 16 Most Requested Songs. Fantastic!

Hi,

I'm listening to two top CD's at the moment.

The first is KEANE's 'Hope and Fears'
this is a stunner! A melodic, heart-wrenching CD full of uplifting and beautifully crafted tracks. Fav track is no 10 'On a Day Like Today' If you love the Beatles, you can't fail to love this band, only my opinion but that's why we have a forum I guess!

and

MORRISSEY's 'You Are The Quarry'
What a genius this man is! A complete return to form and better still, I'll be at his gig in Manchester tonight!

Kind regards to every1
JUXTA

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I'm listening to two top CD's at the moment.



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Amazing, I could never listen to two cd's at the same time.