What music are you listening to?

[4shotB]

Make sure you swing by Clarkesdale. Get to Red’s, Ground Zero (saw Morgan F in there onetime), and Hopson’s. The Bluesberry Cafe for their weekend brunch is also recommended. Hope you report back!!

 

[reckrider]

Currently on a blues tour. Met Jimmy “Duck” Holmes in Beltonia MS. Going to a club tonight in Indianola. Last night I was in Jackson MS for Morgan Freeman’s Blues Experience.

That sounds cool as hell.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

That sounds cool as hell.

So cool that I misnamed Bentonia.

There’s been some drinking on this trip.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Make sure you swing by Clarkesdale. Get to Red’s, Ground Zero (saw Morgan F in there onetime), and Hopson’s. The Bluesberry Cafe for their weekend brunch is also recommended. Hope you report back!!

On my list. Almost too much to see around Clarksdale. Friend of my mine claims that “Crossroads” occurred on her family’s plantation. Jimmy Holmes gave me a different location as told to him by his mother.
I’m on a pilgrimage for sure .

 

[slugboy]

This was 7 years ago, but daaaaaaaang….

 

[Northeast Stinger]

This was 7 years ago, but daaaaaaaang….

Fantastic!

 

[stinger78]

Linda from the Omni in Atlanta back in the day (1977):

 

[4shotB]

I went down a rabbit hole today listening to some old stuff. I loved this guy and regret never seeing him live.

 

[4shotB]

Next up. Here is another guy that didn;t get the credit he deserved. It's a Leonard Cohen song but he wrote many great ones of his own.

 

[Peacone36]

Next up. Here is another guy that didn;t get the credit he deserved. It's a Leonard Cohen song but he wrote many great ones of his own.

Speaking of people that were underappreciated, Cohen himself. I did not know who he was until one of the seasons of True Detective came out and had me thinking "what is this music?". It was so perfect for that show and led me down a Cohen rabbit hole almost immediately. He passed shortly after.

 

[4shotB]

Speaking of people that were underappreciated, Cohen himself. I did not know who he was until one of the seasons of True Detective came out and had me thinking "what is this music?". It was so perfect for that show and led me down a Cohen rabbit hole almost immediately. He passed shortly after.

I don't know that any casual music fan would have ever heard of Cohen had he not written the song "Hallejah". I think that put him on a lot of people's radar. Another guy that I have come to appreciate more over the years who is a bit similar to Cohen in some ways is Tom Waites. I always liked his songs but had to acquire a taste for his "singing" if you will.

 

[Peacone36]

I don't know that any casual music fan would have ever heard of Cohen had he not written the song "Hallejah". I think that put him on a lot of people's radar. Another guy that I have come to appreciate more over the years who is a bit similar to Cohen in some ways is Tom Waites. I always liked his songs but had to acquire a taste for his "singing" if you will.

Another name i know thanks to an HBO show. He was the intro to a season of "The Wire"

Also, Cohen sounds a heck of a lot like Dave Alvin in that song Hallelujah

 

[Ramble1885]

Simple Minds and Phoenix are my two favorite bands of all time. Both have simply amazing discographies. Here are links to their music.





Other artists/groups I love:
- Michael Jackson
- Tears for Fears
- Huey Lewis
- Level 42
- Howard Jones
- LCD Soundsystem
- James Brown
- New Order
- Yello
- Phil Collins
- Kool & The Gang
- Depeche Mode
- Passion Pit
- Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis
- Genesis
among others

 

[Peacone36]

Simple Minds and Phoenix are my two favorite bands of all time. Both have simply amazing discographies. Here are links to their music.





Other artists/groups I love:
- Michael Jackson
- Tears for Fears
- Huey Lewis
- Level 42
- Howard Jones
- LCD Soundsystem
- James Brown
- New Order
- Yello
- Phil Collins
- Kool & The Gang
- Depeche Mode
- Passion Pit
- Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis
- Genesis
among others

I estimation of how old you are just changed dramatically.

 

[stinger78]

Simple Minds and Phoenix are my two favorite bands of all time. Both have simply amazing discographies. Here are links to their music.





Other artists/groups I love:
- Michael Jackson
- Tears for Fears
- Huey Lewis
- Level 42
- Howard Jones
- LCD Soundsystem
- James Brown
- New Order
- Yello
- Phil Collins
- Kool & The Gang
- Depeche Mode
- Passion Pit
- Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis
- Genesis
among others

That’s a great list. Just wondering… as a younger guy, have you ever listened to 70’s bands like the Eagles, Chicago, Doobie Bros, Allman Bros, Skynyrd, Outlaws, Mother’s Finest, .38 Special, Moody Blues, Kansas, Journey, REO Speedwagon, et al?

 

[4shotB]

That’s a great list. Just wondering… as a younger guy, have you ever listened to 70’s bands like the Eagles, Chicago, Doobie Bros, Allman Bros, Skynyrd, Outlaws, Mother’s Finest, .38 Special, Moody Blues, Kansas, Journey, REO Speedwagon, et al?

Wow...Mother's Finest!! There is a name I haven't heard in a minute. Fantastic band, never understood why there weren't a household name like most of the others you mention.

 

[stinger78]

Wow...Mother's Finest!! There is a name I haven't heard in a minute. Fantastic band, never understood why there weren't a household name like most of the others you mention.

They were way ahead of their time but are still playing! Great band! Heard them at ACEB around ‘75 or so. Baby Love about brought the place down.

 

[AUFC]

Simple Minds and Phoenix are my two favorite bands of all time. Both have simply amazing discographies. Here are links to their music.





Other artists/groups I love:
- Michael Jackson
- Tears for Fears
- Huey Lewis
- Level 42
- Howard Jones
- LCD Soundsystem
- James Brown
- New Order
- Yello
- Phil Collins
- Kool & The Gang
- Depeche Mode
- Passion Pit
- Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis
- Genesis
among others

I'm still pounding the table for New Order - Elegia as our tension build-up song before the Wreck and team exits the tunnel pregame.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

I don't know that any casual music fan would have ever heard of Cohen had he not written the song "Hallejah". I think that put him on a lot of people's radar. Another guy that I have come to appreciate more over the years who is a bit similar to Cohen in some ways is Tom Waites. I always liked his songs but had to acquire a taste for his "singing" if you will.

I was a Cohen fan from the moment his first album came out. To this day I find Suzanne one of the most haunting songs ever written.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Wow...Mother's Finest!! There is a name I haven't heard in a minute. Fantastic band, never understood why there weren't a household name like most of the others you mention.

Trivia triggered. Grand Funk was on the way to obscurity in Detroit until they played a concert in Atlanta which put them on the map.
Point is, bands frequently “get discovered” in other parts of the country.