WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: May 23, 2013 - 07:17 | |
Here in the cubicle zoo, sometimes the music is background to whatever you're doing. Just now I heard an unmistakable slide signature, "That's Bonnie Raitt! But who's that singing?"
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: May 23, 2013 - 07:13 | |
I like this version better than the original. Which is unfortunately the case for many John Hiatt tunes.
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fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 12:30 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:
Thanks for the great story! just when I needed a good laugh, the ending made tears run down my cheeks I was laughing so hard. What a great chance coincidence. Good for you for having the courage to sit down with a legend (and her date!)
In a bar on Maui, 1995, I saw this stunning red head with a shock of white hair down the front and I thought to myself, "couldn't be!" She was sitting with a tow-headed man wearing glasses and besides my friend and the bartender, we were the only people in the joint on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon (every day is beautiful on Maui). Finally I got up the courage to approach her. Sure enough it was Ms. Raitt herself. Ignoring her date, we proceeded to talk about music, Maui, and politics among other things. She talked like a mix between a still wide-eyed teenager and a wise old lady. Not like anyone I had ever met. After 20 minutes or so I left the couple and returned to my friend at the bar. My friend asked, "who was that?" But before I could answer the bartender interrupted, "why that's Walter Becker - from Steely Dan." True story.
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triskele
(a strange land) | | Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 18:03 | |
i prefer the original..but...it's buddy...... sigh...
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calypsus_1
(East of Eden) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 21:34 | |
Nice!
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misterbearbaby wrote: There's a gal I'd actually like to sit down with and talk about life for a while. |
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drife
(Golden, CO) | | Posted: May 16, 2012 - 13:09 | |
Still prefer the original (John Hiatt), but this is a venerable remake.
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Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley) | | Posted: May 16, 2012 - 13:08 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:
In a bar on Maui, 1995, I saw this stunning red head with a shock of white hair down the front and I thought to myself, "couldn't be!" She was sitting with a tow-headed man wearing glasses and besides my friend and the bartender, we were the only people in the joint on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon (every day is beautiful on Maui). Finally I got up the courage to approach her. Sure enough it was Ms. Raitt herself. Ignoring her date, we proceeded to talk about music, Maui, and politics among other things. She talked like a mix between a still wide-eyed teenager and a wise old lady. Not like anyone I had ever met. After 20 minutes or so I left the couple and returned to my friend at the bar. My friend asked, "who was that?" But before I could answer the bartender interrupted, "why that's Walter Becker - from Steely Dan." True story.
Great story. She's the real thing. |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 03:58 | |
Tom Jones is sounding a bit weak in his old age, I reckon, boyo...
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 14:48 | |
misterbearbaby wrote:There's a gal I'd actually like to sit down with and talk about life for a while. In a bar on Maui, 1995, I saw this stunning red head with a shock of white hair down the front and I thought to myself, "couldn't be!"
She was sitting with a tow-headed man wearing glasses and besides my friend and the bartender, we were the only people in the joint on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon (every day is beautiful on Maui).
Finally I got up the courage to approach her. Sure enough it was Ms. Raitt herself. Ignoring her date, we proceeded to talk about music, Maui, and politics among other things. She talked like a mix between a still wide-eyed teenager and a wise old lady. Not like anyone I had ever met. After 20 minutes or so I left the couple and returned to my friend at the bar.
My friend asked, "who was that?" But before I could answer the bartender interrupted, "why that's Walter Becker - from Steely Dan."
True story. |
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shakitten
| | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 19:22 | |
Wow. Fittin' a mood for me tonight. Nice...  |
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Stratocaster
(Bermuda) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 13:54 | |
Met Buddy at his 'Legends' bar in Chi-Town. Had a nice mid-afternoon conversation with him, sitting at the bar. Saw him live quite a few times, most recently at The Commodore in Vancouver. A gentle, soft spoken man with huge freaking hands.
His record "Damn Right I Got The Blues" (1990) is seminal Chicago blues.
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jktravl
(Virginia) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 19:41 | |
donnyballgame wrote:Classic blues tune. Following immediately after Tom Petty's "Let Yourself Go" gives a great opportunity for side-by-side comparison. I'm as big a Petty fan as the next guy, but these songs back-to-back is like being in a small club on Chicago's south side at 2 in the morning after a cold drink or two, versus sitting in a cube listening to Lite FM. Hmm.
sounds like you should do something about that! Especially before BG passes on |
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 15:17 | |
There's a gal I'd actually like to sit down with and talk about life for a while. |
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h_in_bristol
(over there ^) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 10:45 | |
feels like it's about to rain here
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laup
(brantford , ontario) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 10:44 | |
nice to hear ,,, love John Hiatts version
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frootloopsfan
(Illinois) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 19:14 | |
isn't this featured in some movie?
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h8rhater
| | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 05:39 | |
cc_rider wrote:This sounds so much like a Taj Mahal song. Did Buddy write it? My ten-second search turned up nuthin'.
This song was written, like so many others that have been famously covered over the years, by the GREAT John Hiatt. |
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More_Cowbell
(Northern IL) | | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 05:38 | |
cc_rider wrote:This sounds so much like a Taj Mahal song. Did Buddy write it? My ten-second search turned up nuthin'.
John Hiatt |
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 13:58 | |
This sounds so much like a Taj Mahal song. Did Buddy write it? My ten-second search turned up nuthin'.
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frank-peter
(Siegen / Germany) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 13:56 | |
biomedvgh wrote:We need more Buddy on RP.
Right! |
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newwavegurly
| | Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 13:56 | |
I was lucky enough to hear him perform this live a couple of years ago and he still sings it with that soulful blues sound. Love it.
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 11:08 | |
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donnyballgame
(41*53'36.29N 87*38'20.43W) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 12:06 | |
Classic blues tune. Following immediately after Tom Petty's "Let Yourself Go" gives a great opportunity for side-by-side comparison. I'm as big a Petty fan as the next guy, but these songs back-to-back is like being in a small club on Chicago's south side at 2 in the morning after a cold drink or two, versus sitting in a cube listening to Lite FM. Hmm.
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2010 - 15:08 | |
acolt wrote:I like John Hiatt's version better. I'm sure that puts me in the minority, but it is what it is.
Well, I like Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt's version, too, but I agree - John Hiatt gave it a lot more gritty soul. |
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 19:47 | |
One of the best things I have heard on RP in a while.....
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 19:54 | |
 Buddy Guy In The Crowd by ~LikeBlackCoffee
©2008-2010 ~LikeBlackCoffee
Buddy Guy live at Estival Jazz
Lugano (CH), 5th july 2008
This is a shot I'm really proud of, he has such an intense expression! It was a really amazing moment: Buddy suddendly came down from the stage without stopping playing and did a walk in the middle crowd: really an amazing moment (indeed, I can't get how I managed to take some clear pictures, my hands were shaking heavily...  )
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choffman2001
(Florida's Left Coast) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 11:26 | |
dBdwg wrote:wow Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt, can it get any better than this? I think not.
Agreed!!  |
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acolt
(Boston, MA) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 11:26 | |
I like John Hiatt's version better. I'm sure that puts me in the minority, but it is what it is.
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 21:16 | |
physicsgenius wrote:Is this a parody? Somehow I find the album cover, with the curls, the shiny guitar and the new-off-the-shelf overalls something less than 100% convincing that he is a regular guy singin' the "delta blues".
You know, I ran into a word in common usage in Internet chat rooms a few years ago, and I wondered at its pertinence. Namely, how would one discern this word's relevant insertion point (as it were) into polite conversation. The word I am describing is "ass hat". I have had my epiphany.  |
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 10:44 | |
He played this one at Riverfest in Little Rock last year. It'd been tryin' to rain all night, and strangely after he finished that song it stopped misting.
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