OT : Sharing the lifeblood - What are you listening to right now

Big fan of Jethro Tull.

 

I posted some Tull earlier in the thread but here is a set to enjoy.

Songs from the Wood

Aqualung (with London Symphony Orchestra)

Thick as a Brick 1978

Life's a Long Song 1970

Serenade to a Cuckoo --Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day

My God

Living in the Past 1969

Bouree 1969

Wind Up -- Locomotive Breath

Witches Promise 1970

Hymn 43

Bungle in the Jungle

Thick as a Brick -- Full Album

Kashmir (Led Zeppelin cover)

Song for Jeffrey (on Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus)

Teacher 1970

Minstrel in the Gallery 1976

Heavy Horses 1978

Fat Man

A Passion Play 1973 Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die

 

Post #227

 

Anyhow, I think I've posted mostly guitar work. I'm not that into synthesizers unless there's a heavy classical or jazz component to their use. Or for effect. The Steve Winwood song has sax and synth and it's hard to distinguish the two; it's Stevie's way of using his keyboard playing ability to jam with the sax player on his turf.

I'm impressed by great musicianship more than I am about pop success. The Rick Wakeman solo I posted is synth, but he's a Juliard graduate and the music is classical. The rag time he ends with is classical music, too. And I'm impressed with how fast his notes are and without being repetitious. In my opinion, the truly great keyboardists show it when they play a plain old piano, like Emerson in the video I posted. The guy has two right hands or something.

The covers get you two for one. Tribute to the original music, and someone else's take on how to play it.

The Elton John song? It's meant to be played on a massive church organ - where the organ is built into the building, the building is mostly the organ.

Tull? Flute! Classical influence. Every guy in his band is a top notch musician.

The Nancy Wilson? Don't need no techno crap. Just give her an acoustic guitar and a microphone and she would put on one hell of a concert.

Speaking of guitars... I have a few and have been playing since the 70s. I notice things in performances like her playing a 12 string in Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters. Every guitar is unique in sound and playability. 12 strings are rich in sound but hard to play. 6 string acoustics make you work at it. Electric guitars make it so easy all you have to do is finger a chord and it makes music, without picking a string. So when I see someone play a variety of instruments, I tend to be a bit more impressed with what the artist is doing.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eP7i9aswFM

Carrie

-- Cliff Richards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XudifdWTTxQ

Ah! Leah!

-- Donnie Iris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uVpeiGL4Pg

Love is Like a Rock

-- Donnie Iris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4GagrfqO8

So it Goes

-- Rockpile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fpW1thGues

Girls Talk

-- Rockpile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn0cuAYC5jk

(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass

-- Nick Lowe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdRVRuLbp2w

I Hear You Talking

-- Dave Edmunds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3prV_rowGA

Funk Angel

-- Brinsley Schwartz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdVeU5ghVs

Hot Rod Lincoln

-- Commander Cody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9QIpSg6E_k

Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues

-- Commander Cody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPTYimAE7E&feature=related

Six Days on the Road

-- Flying Burrito Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLdIy9iIW2I

Hot Burrito #2

Gram Parsons and Flying Burrito Brothers

http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=278399

It Doesn't Matter

-- Stephen Stills and Manassas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdq0OcRK3o

Dirty Business

-- New Riders of the Purple Sage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRFl9UUpkns

Hobo Song

-- Old & In the Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR-ZBOkeo_U

Woah Mule

-- Raymond Fairchild

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXkwthWiMFk

Roanoke

-- Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKdswTJ2vY

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

-- Lester Flatts and Earl Scrugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f_QySKfsgI

Orange Blossom Special

-- Vassar Clements & Del McCoury Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9P738E0Zo

Chaparral

-- Don Rich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLqyNV1SMWE

Baby's Coming Home

-- Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed

And so Denny doesn't feel that he's the only one to appreciate the incredible musical talent behind the corny Hee Haw jokes:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-526146922380695402#

Act Naturally/Together Again

-- Buck Owens

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/250193/buck_owens/

Ain't it Amazing, Gracie

-- Buck Owens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxDQQDF6j0Y

Malaguena

-- Roy Clark

http://www.guitar-tube.com/watch/joe-pass-roy-clark-jambalaya.html

Jambalaya

-- Joe Pass and Roy Clark

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inyiweSpwtk

Horse Latitudes/Moonlight Drive

-- The Doors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79SdU3ZQ_U0

Midnight Moonlight

-- Jerry Garcia Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X2hmIAjzmE

Midnight, Me and the Blues

-- Mel Tillis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVhKjsImeI

Born on the Bayou

-- CCR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02XZelo0WM

Seminole Wind

-- John Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSM7voOCkU0&feature=related

Legend of Wooley Swamp

-- Charlie Daniels Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJWBcj7lsY

Swamp Music

-- Lynyrd Skynyrd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAlNWxODVHE

Swamp

-- Talking Heads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuaCoK_rl4

Boogie Chillun

-- John Lee Hooker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLK5UqepHE

Rio Funk

-- Lee Retenour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugCxvMYROk

Walk on Golden Splinters

-- Dr. John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjwcVvJYjqk

Midnight Drive

-- Kinsey Report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcIKoGFRDY

Freedom

-- Jimi Hendrix

 

I can't count the number of FatJerry posts where I came away saying "Stop Making Sense."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tBXFsLxaMk

I Want You

-- Bruce Springsteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRmxlKXsqNE

Masters of War

-- The Roots


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3XJRr9rIo

Simple Twist of Fate

-- Concrete Blonde

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4376293369221034416#

Slow Train Comin'

Dylan and The Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxHIVxz1K5M

Maggie's Farm

-- Rage Against the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI

All Along the Watchtower

--Jimi Hendrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18DhD7N6oCw

It Ain't Me, Babe

-- June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkx-elBdKi4

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

-- Joan Baez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6QnaCGJUdA

A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall

-- Edie Brickell

http://www.desivideonetwork.com/view/w8406ddu4/ani-di-franco-hurricane-bob-dylan-cover/

Hurricane

-- Ani Di Franco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhRTpAvIwY

The Times They Are a Changin'

-- Simon & Garnfunkel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlVpVIeY74U

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

-- Norah Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pm6OVvu3yQ

Blowin in the Wind

-- The Hollies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liIQLIx2Onw

Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)

-- Manfred Mann

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMv6P23WWWM

Too Much of Nothing

-- Peter, Paul and Mary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=favgoOn-U1I

Forever Young

-- Joan Baez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aYAUE6is7I

I Shall be Released

-- Mama Cass, Mary Travers and Joni Mitchell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNM09-6kxUg

Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison cover) and Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan cover)

-- Ritchie Havens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGcPxEvYAw

Gotta Serve Somebody

-- Booker T and the MG's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiShjSrGsPk

Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)

-- Willie Nelson

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2161469

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

-- Dylan and The Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJannYJ2Sdc

One More Cup of Coffee

-- White Stripes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-ODcfj7Z8

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

-- Eric Clapton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2WdcW0ZY4

Like a Rolling Stone

-- Jimi Hendrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMCIQLfzJZA

Highway 61 Revisited

-- Johnny Winter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCP_rrfqzM

When I Paint my Masterpiece

-- The Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_8obCnsw4c

She Belongs to Me

-- Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4IdDmayilw

If You Gotta Go, Go Now

-- Manfred Mann

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzV5vf2PmHk

Tangled Up in Blue

-- Indigo Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot542PZbLkU

Tomorrow is a Long Time

-- Nick Drake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GV2cin057A

4th Time Around

-- Yo La Tengo

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4hpcm_my-back-pages-the-byrds_music

My Back Pages

-- The Byrds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctzUNMp5po

If Not for You

-- George Harrison and Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1IBDQ1Y10

Love Minus Zero

-- The Turtles

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4945486/13168603

Just Like Tom Thumb Blues

-- Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqW1C5q7RIY

Visions of Johanna

-- Lee Renaldo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EgiRjW1AeY

Lay Lady Lay

-- Isley Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRhkUhaatU

Its All Over Now, Baby Blue

-- The Chocolate Watchband

http://www.vbox7.com/play:cfe49c7d

Man of Peace

-- Dylan and The Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3MDO3xS584

I Shall be Released

-- Sting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0qPcHgyYQ

Ballad of a Thin Man

-- Kula Shakur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc

Mr. Tambourine Man

-- William Shatner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3QYNsxYzhs

Subterranean Homesick Blues

-- Red Hot Chili Peppers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOuSxal8pf4

Desolation Row

-- My Chemical Romance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAGx0Lkq8tM

Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat

-- Beck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jzVffTEfMw

Don't Think Twice, Its Alright

-- Ramblin' Jack Elliot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMICkWw75kE

All I Really Want to Do

-- The Byrds

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=31367528

Wicked Messenger/Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

-- Dylan and The Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8N6lrDiKuI

Shelter From the Storm

-- Rodney Crowell and Emilou Harris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDq-fUrpI8

License to Kill

-- Tom Petty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OvTGMKyGp4

Most Likely You Go Your Way and I Go Mine

-- The Yardbirds

 

Psychedelic!

William Shatner doing Mr. Tambourine Man.