Panama_Floyd (Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Feb 21, 2010 - 00:12 | |
davem, I think a lot of us just assumed folks knew the original. Personally, that's why I rated this cover so high. I like hearing "them pickers" play a modern tune every once in awhile..  |
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unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 14:14 | |
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derekd (Just Visiting This Planet) | | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 14:09 | |
Wasn't expecting this cover in the middle of my day. A banjo/dobro? I could never accuse Bill of being prejudiced or unopen to musical exploration.
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BWolfie1959
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If only David Hidalgo could add to it with that crazy little 4 string thing he makes sing boy I presume that might be interesting
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alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 18:23 | |
davem wrote:I might be the oldest listener here. It seems no one has referred to Charlie Byrd's album of the same name from early 70's if not 60's. Fortunately, this is much less mellow than his sound was, which is good. He was one talented guitarist, though.
Similar name anyway. It's likely that no one has referred to his album because he released the album 11 years before this song was written. |
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cohifi (Denver) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 17:53 | |
conglif wrote:Really? Almost? Bluegrass?  No....jazz. Check out the Weather Report! |
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conglif
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Kokoloco53 wrote:...Bela Fleck, eat your heart out.
Hardly:
As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Phish, Dolly Parton, T Bone Burnett Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Frisell, John Fogerty, Nanci Griffith, Tony Rice, Elvis Costello, and James Taylor, as well as performing on the landmark O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. As a producer, he has overseen albums by the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. He has been part of such notable groups as The Whites, J. D. Crowe and the New South, the Country Gentlemen, and Strength in Numbers. Since 1998, Douglas has been a key member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss + Union Station, Douglas tours with his band in support of his extensive body of work.
(Click on the Wikipedia link at the top of this page.) |
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conglif
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lmic wrote:Really fun! Almost makes me like bluegrass  Really? Almost? Bluegrass?  |
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lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 11:09 | |
Really fun! Almost makes me like bluegrass  |
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michaelgmitchell (ON, Canada) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 11:06 | |
Well, that was interesting. Oddly.
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gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 11:06 | |
Undeniably cool. No more progressive blugrass than this! Newgrass!
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Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 11:06 | |
Wow, I recognized this tune immediately after the first several notes. What a cool, cool fusion, progressive jazz tune from the great band Weather Report, covered by blue grass musicians. Just too cool. Bela Fleck, eat your heart out. |
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ladron (Sam Diego, CA) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 22:35 | |
I hate to hate on perfectly good musicians, but can we please just let jazz fusion die already?
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hippiechick (Heaven, a place where nothing ever happens) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 08:43 | |
You're listening to smoooooth jazz on WSJZ
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horstman (Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 17:16 | |
FlatCat wrote:Like Mozart on kazoos...
I graduated from the SUNY Environmental Sciences and Forestry class of 87 and when we were ushered into the Carrier Dome for the combined ESF/Syracuse University Graduation, a bunch of ESF alums handed us all (ESF graduates only) kazoos to play pomp and circumstance. Needless to say, you could only hear it a couple of rows back from our line, but the crowd reaction was hilarious! Thanks for the memory! |
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ZarSU (RI aka the arm pit of New England) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 17:15 | |
Wow this brings back memories of Dixie Dregs aka The Dregs. Steve Morse's Pet band 20 something years ago. Great tunes!!
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quesarah (Minneapolis, MN) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 14:29 | |
I admire the compliment, but this does nothing for me. Technically nice, but. I must dig out the WEATHER REPORT vinyl tonight.
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OldFrenchie (Frozen wastes of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 14:26 | |
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calypsus_1
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notremotely
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FlatCat wrote:Like Mozart on kazoos...
An observation so brilliant, I wish I had made it myself. (Additionally, kazoos = instant hilarity) I offer both my apologies and thanks in advance, FlatCat, as I will absolutely steal it, in order to describe anything and everything that pales in comparison to its original, or just plain stinks on its own. |
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smehan55 (Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 11:02 | |
Talk about eclectic! Wow, RP you've done it again. Different take on this song, nice surprise. :-)
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jjbix (san diego) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 10:57 | |
why re-make a lousy song? . . . MARGINAL at best
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FlatCat (Chicago) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 10:56 | |
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ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 10:55 | |
Jerry Douglas and a Weather Report tune! Sublime!!
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passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 07:37 | |
Pyro wrote:I wish someone would upload "A Remark You Made" from Heavy Weather.
IMHO, the all-time BEST song ever...... |
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passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 07:34 | |
I keep hearing the vocals by Manhattan Transfer - ugh.
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ThePoose
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I feel some Heavy Weather comin' on...
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ThePoose
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randomprime wrote:
+8 for interesting interpretation, -6 for no Jaco, +2 for the banjo.
Then play Jaco's Continuum. |
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coldatlantic (Toronto) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 07:33 | |
Pretty weak composition here, but Jerry Douglas is a wonder in concert.
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raggamuffin (Morton, IL) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 07:33 | |
The Master. Might be one of the most recorded musicians of all time. Everybody wants his sound on their record.
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