Music And All Things BrookJersey (Moran)

So much great "alt" country out there, thanks guys for bringing these artists up, good stuff.

Nashville can have Jason Aldeans of the world I'd rather these the outlaws, outliers myself.....
 
BrookJersey Redmen said:
So much great "alt" country out there, thanks guys for bringing these artists up, good stuff.

Nashville can have Jason Aldeans of the world I'd rather these the outlaws, outliers myself.....
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I've been spending an inordinate amount of time in recent weeks listening to Son Volt's 1996 concert at The Bottom Line.

What makes it great is that the band is so new, Jay has to rely a lot of his best Uncle Tupelo material for the setlist.

He kills it here on his best SV song:

 
MainMan said:
I've been spending an inordinate amount of time in recent weeks listening to Son Volt's 1996 concert at The Bottom Line.

What makes it great is that the band is so new, Jay has to rely a lot of his best Uncle Tupelo material for the setlist.

He kills it here on his best SV song:

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Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, all great.....
 
Mike Nesmith, of course, will always be remembered as a Monkee and the son of the women who invented Liquid Paper. He was however a credible singer/songwriter, most known for penning A Different Drum which was Linda Ronstadt’s first hit with The Stone Poneys. These are two of his, one a video with a song he recorded with his band The First National Bank in 1970, the other singing live on The David Frost Show.



 
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logen said:
Mike Nesmith, of course, will always be remembered as a Monkee and the son of the women who invented Liquid Paper. He was however a credible singer/songwriter, most known for penning A Different Drum which was Linda Ronstadt’s first hit with The Stone Poneys. These are two of his, one a video with a song he recorded with his band The First National Bank in 1970, the other singing live on The David Frost Show.



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Mike Nesmith probably never had to work a day in his life, Liquid Paper, money.

But, my wife** was an early Monkees fan, liked Davey the best, he was short but cute and could definitely sing. She always said the biggest musical talent was Mike Nesmith, followed by Davey, Mickey and Peter. I know it's a bit hokey, but I liked a lot of their songs, even "Not Your Stepping Stone". She told me that they were brought together for the t.v. show and had others play the instruments and write the songs, etc. They then got into the music themselves and took over, and got pretty good.

I did not know about Mike N. and Different Drum, that was a great song for Linda R., and I loved her Stone Poneys, early precursors to the laid-back SoCal country rock scene, Eagles, Poco, FBB, Bryds, and Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, all contemporaries from the San Fernando Valley days, with Jackson Browne, Timothy B. Schmidt, Randy Meisner, many others.

Lo and behold, in 2016, I think just Mickey came out with a "new" Monkees song, Me and Magdalena, and it's a great tune.

Here you go:



** My wife's dad worked for Exxon in NYC, and they did some RCA promotion with the Monkees at Radio City Music Hall, and could have gotten her in with a meet-and-greet, and he didn't, and she never forgave him.
 
BrookJersey Redmen said:
Mike Nesmith probably never had to work a day in his life, Liquid Paper, money.

But, my wife** was an early Monkees fan, liked Davey the best, he was short but cute and could definitely sing. She always said the biggest musical talent was Mike Nesmith, followed by Davey, Mickey and Peter. I know it's a bit hokey, but I liked a lot of their songs, even "Not Your Stepping Stone". She told me that they were brought together for the t.v. show and had others play the instruments and write the songs, etc. They then got into the music themselves and took over, and got pretty good.

I did not know about Mike N. and Different Drum, that was a great song for Linda R., and I loved her Stone Poneys, early precursors to the laid-back SoCal country rock scene, Eagles, Poco, FBB, Bryds, and Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, all contemporaries from the San Fernando Valley days, with Jackson Browne, Timothy B. Schmidt, Randy Meisner, many others.

Lo and behold, in 2016, I think just Mickey came out with a "new" Monkees song, Me and Magdalena, and it's a great tune.

Here you go:



** My wife's dad worked for Exxon in NYC, and they did some RCA promotion with the Monkees at Radio City Music Hall, and could have gotten her in with a meet-and-greet, and he didn't, and she never forgave him.
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Peter Tork was also a legit musician, here is singing and playing banjo on a bluegrass standard; not great video technically.



And here is a very short snippet of a banjo contribution to a George Harrison project




Jones and Dolenz were both child actors, Jones in England, Dolenz in US.
 
NCJohnnie said:

Hope this copy works. I have seen countless performers live but no one comes close to Bob who I got to see twice. Just felt like it was a good time for this one
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WKCR 89.9 Columbia's radio station has a great program called "Footsteps of Reggae" on Saturday morning 8 a.m. to noon where they play classic Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae. They have an incredible catalog of mostly lo-fi recordings that lift the spirit. You can stream it live below.

WKCR 89.9FM NY

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu www.cc-seas.columbia.edu
 
I wish I was technologically able enough to
Post the video I recorded of live Fado music in Lisbon tonight. Maybe my son can help me figure it out when I get home . Just great stuff!!
 
MainMan said:
WKCR 89.9 Columbia's radio station has a great program called "Footsteps of Reggae" on Saturday morning 8 a.m. to noon where they play classic Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae. They have an incredible catalog of mostly lo-fi recordings that lift the spirit. You can stream it live below.

WKCR 89.9FM NY

www.cc-seas.columbia.edu www.cc-seas.columbia.edu
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About 1978 or 1979 I was lucky enough to catch reggae great Jimmy Cliff at My Fathers Place in Roslyn. Jagger once said he learned a lot of his moves from watching both James Brown and Jimmy Cliff.
 
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