fredriley wrote: 

Is that the brown note you're refering to. Love these guys.

The only instrument i ever played was alto sax...as you would expect i was not good...thax mrfixit for post below...

Dosed up to the eyeballs on Morphine

 Misterfixit wrote: 
Thank you!  As my son's (12 & 14) learn tuba, and sound better than I ever remember sounding, I realize I was trained to play tuba; I never really learned music theory.  And then I come across gems like this, and I realize why I love music so much.

 Misterfixit wrote: 
Your dad played with Spike Jones?!? Holy Mother of Pearl.

Mister F, you've got to write a memoir—you've got a boatload of great stories to tell. And post more while you're at it, willya? 

Morphine—great band. Love their sound. "All Your Way" is one of the best tracks on this album along with "Scratch." 

 Misterfixit wrote: 
Nice background, Misterfixit!  

Morphine anytime RP - it's the cure for pain.

Groovy

 fredriley wrote: 

Bass Sax in this case.  Early recording bands in the days before electric microphones used either the bass sax or the baritone sax and many times the tuba for the bass line — if they really had to "go low" they would use the Double Contra-Bass Sarrousophone.  The string bass put out too many vibrations and the old mechanical disc cutting machines (with sound horns, not mics) would jump off the tracks.  They had the same problem with drums, which is why a lot of the really early recordings you could hear a snare drum or floor tom but no bass drum.  My dad (Zebe Mann) recorded with Hank Halstead and Paul Whiteman and other bands in the days before electric mics and when "Jazz" bands were called "Jass Bands" (because the word "Jazz" was a slang term in the "Negro Culture" for sexual intercourse.  So, when you come across a one-sided 10" record you will know it was a pre-electric recording — one-sides were right after the revolving cylinder which also used an acoustic horn for amplification.  I could go on with this, but details are on Wikipedia where I wrote a lot of these arcane details.  Speaking of the Sarrousophone, if you find one down in grandpa's basement, hold on to it — they haven't made one since about 1925, although you can make a close approximation from some 4" diameter PVC drain pipe and an air compressor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarrusophone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Disc_Record

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Halstead

 MrSpaz wrote: 
Works fine for me.  Now if it only segued into "Java" by Al Hirt...

betsyroks wrote:
slutty band

Yeah betsyroks!  Seriously slutty.

 jagdriver wrote: 
Does any other band use baritone saxes, anyone know? They really do generate one viscera-rumbling sound. Without them this would be a decent enough but ordinary band.

 newwavegurly wrote: 

And again.  I was blocking out the Poorshithead then heard the unmistakable sound of Morphine, turned it up.

 MrSpaz wrote: 
Yeah, he just did it again, and I didn't really like it.
 
What I DID like is the segue from this Morphine cut to "Dashboard Jesus" as done by The Carnivaleros. That was great.

 betsyroks wrote: 

Absolutely.  Music that reaches out & grabs you by the butt.  Love it.

 MrSpaz wrote: 
agreed

 jjbix wrote: 
slutty band

Portishead -> Morphine ... did not work. :P

Really like their sax; every tune I've heard by them on RP is a winner.

 ick wrote:

 

Don't forget to check out Mark's first band Treat Her Right; great blues sound!

I remember playing this song after emptying my pockets to make a payment at a Ford "Red Carpet Lease" office.

EssexTex wrote:
yes. its like poison ivy or poison oak. it doesn't look too bad or make you itch right away... but soon you feel the effects of running into it.

This song makes me scratch

cvandoren wrote:

I liked "Cure for Pain."

cvandoren wrote:

I would start with their album "Good"... it fits...

Ooh, that sax! :)

Makes me want to hear that old 50's song "Strolling" (or whatever it was called).