MrCrane

1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

Well I'm out on the road and my car's brand new

Least it was when I bought it in '72

From a guy who'd had it since '54

And he thought it was new but he couldn't be sure

But it looks new

From a distance

 

Everybody's got to be a hero sometimes. 😉

A few more for your consideration.

A voice sadly last to Parkinson's Disease

I did actually go to a gig with Danny Thompson on stage and Harry Shearer on my right.

Another positive for Hipshot. Emailed to ask about getting some replacement intonation screws and received a full set free of charge within a couple of days.

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

One from Tom Lehrer

21 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I always thought this was a clever little lyric from the late, great, Kirsty MacColl.

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It’s wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care

Wonderful song , but on a point of order,  that verse is by Billy Bragg (on the original Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy)

The extra verse(s) on Kirsty's cover were

"My dreams were full of strange ideas

My mind was set despite my fears.

But other things got in my way

I never asked that boy to stay.

Once upon a time at home

I sat beside the telephone

Waiting for someone to pull me through

When at last it didn't ring

I knew it wasn't you"

These were also written by Billy, but adapted by Kirsty.

On a related note, I'd propose

"There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis

Just like you swore to me that you'd be true

There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis

But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you."

Hard Day On the Planet - Loudon Wainwright III

"The dollar went down and the President's sick

Who's in charge now, I don't know, take your pick.

A new disease each day and the old ones are coming back..."

Keep Your Distance - Richard Thompson

On 26/09/2020 at 18:15, chris_b said:

Most of my favourite albums are live. From The Band's Rock Of Ages, several from Little Feat, inc Waiting For Columbus, Delbert McClinton's Live From Austin and Live from Bergen, Keb Mo, Edgar Winter, BB King, Bonnie Raitt the list is a long one. They all benefit from that something that a live performance brings.

Waiting For Columbus is a prime example of post production fixes. Still a great album though. The Rockpalast recordings from the same tour are well worth checking out.

Excellent. I was only listening to the soundtrack last week.

On 17/09/2020 at 12:57, CameronJ said:

I’m more interested in the custom prickguard he has on that Lakland DJ5!

On the basis of that, I'm going to have to put off watching the video until I'm off the work computer. 😁

11 hours ago, P-Belly Evans said:

Isn't there an Ibanez Micro for £100 in the sale section? 

The Mikros are excellent value for money. We got my (then) 9 year old daughter one when she was starting out. Tuners are not the highest quality but functional. Otherwise I was really impressed.

She's now 12 and still playing it.

The background to the recording of Werewolves

http://www.waddywachtelinfo.com/Nina1.html

Waddy: We were doing a lot of the record with Russ Kunkel and Bob Glaub, but when we got to “Werewolves,” we tried it with them, and it just didn't sound right. We got a decent track, but there was something lacking in it. It didn't sound stupid enough; it sounded cute. Jackson was saying, “It's really good!” and Warren and I were saying, “No, man, it's too cute. It's got to be...heavy.” So we proceeded to try five or six bands after that - Russ and Lee Sklar, Jeff Porcaro and Bob Glaub, Jeff Porcaro and Lee Sklar, Michael Botts on drums, Gary Mallaber on drums, both with different bass players - and it just wasn't working. It was getting depressing. Then, and I can't remember whose idea it was, someone mentioned Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and I flashed, “That's it! That's who can play this flipin’ song!”

So I called them, because I'd been working with Stevie and Lindsey. They came down, we set 'em up, and we did a take, and then we did a second take. After the second take, I looked at Jackson and said, “That was pretty good, wasn't it?” “Yeah, that was pretty good, but Mick doesn't quite have it yet.” Mick says, “Yeah, we don't have it yet; let's keep going.” Well, we kept going until 6 in the morning! I remember at about 5 in the morning saying to Mick, “I think we're done!” and Mick looks at me with that crazy look he gets in his eyes and sort of whispers, “We're never done, Waddy!” I thought, “stinky poo, we've got a wild one here!” So we put in another hour, and at about 7 in the morning, we were up to about take 59, and I looked at Jackson and said, “Hey Jackson, take two was pretty good, wasn't it?” He said, “Yeah, let's hear take two.” We listened to take two, and I said, “Gentlemen, thank you very much!”

I sent everyone away, 'cause I really wanted to work up a great [guitar] solo. I got my sound set up, got a nice bottle of vodka. I said to Dennis Kirk [who helped engineer], “Okay, run the tape!” The solo came up; I played it. I looked at Dennis, I played it back and said, “That's it!” I didn't even get to open the vodka! Then I put a harmony on it, and it was finished. The solo took as long as it takes to hear it.
 

Don't you just love the swear filter? 🙂

AER Amp One, Two or Three

Not necessarily the lightest, but this is offset by the effect on your wallet's contents.

Jo Ann Kelly

I'll put in another shout for Janis Ian

Also, Anne Briggs

1 hour ago, paul_5 said:

I’m quite handy on the recorder too. Not that that’s any use to anyone ☹️

I saw some chap called Tony Visconti playing the recorder at a concert a while back. He seems to have done alright for himself. 🙂

Just got an Eastman mandolin at a seriously reduced price a couple of weeks back and having great fun with it.

It's also available as a DVD. Great footage. The director had obviously never heard of the "keep the cameras off the bassist" rule.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UB054U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

39 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Danny Thompson, 'Live at Crawley', with Richard Thompson.  anything

Fixed that for you.

Another vote here for Bless Its Pointed Little Head

Also

Dee Murray on Elton John's "17-11-70"

Kenny Gradney on Little Feat's "Waiting For Columbus"

Rod Clements on Lindisfarne's "Magic In The Air"

The Walker Brothers knowledge of solar life spans seems a bit limited.