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| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 11:02 RP is putting me right where I need to be this morning. As always, thanks!  |
| old_shep (Iowa) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 14:15 I love RP ! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: May 14, 2012 - 18:37 My connection just dropped out - am I missing anything? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 19:00 some sweet guitar work... love it... |
| jhorton | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 10:02 majdim7th wrote: DADGAD? I don't think so, although I could certainly be wrong. I just picked up my guitar near the end of this, but if you put the capo on the first fret, the main chords seem to be, ( Relative to the capo) Bbmaj7, A. At any rate, the song is certainly in the key of Bb and I don't use DADGAD much, but it doesn't seem like a sensible tuning for a song in Bb. If I could find this recording, I'd try to figure it out. |
| madaxeman (Scottish west coast) | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 10:02 chickenpoop wrote: Led Zep were always sneaky like that, a little old blues riff there, old Yardbirds stuff here, Partridge Family over there Not to mention stealing Blackwaterside from Bert Jansch and claiming ownership of it. They were terrible thieves. Terrible (at that time) singer too. Anyway, Valse Arabe is pretty good, marred slightly by the naff "octaves" passage. |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 19:52 papaman wrote: Sounds similar to Don Ross. Methinks Don Ross has a striking sound (heavy wood as he calls it) and this is more reflective, not so percussive. |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:38  |
| papaman (Downstate New Mexico) | Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 17:53 Sounds similar to Don Ross. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:19 nctomatoman wrote: OK enough....the ECM jazz label has about 200 variations on this sort of music, most of it done much better (Anouar Brahem on the oud, but some of Ralph Towner's stuff..Steve Tibbetts...though certainly not with the same ethnic slant). And the problem is.................???????????? I agree with you, though, that there's a TON of great stuff issued by ECM. You're the only other person I've encountered, virtual or otherwise, who knows of Steve Tibbetts. Trippy music, indeed! (Calling Mr. Owsley, calling Mr. Owsley...) |
| Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:18 How can nctomatoman get so worked up. Thanks RP for playing this. Ralph Towner is great also, but so what? Kick back, enjoy, get a life. Chill. nctomatoman wrote: OK enough....the ECM jazz label has about 200 variations on this sort of music, most of it done much better (Anouar Brahem on the oud, but some of Ralph Towner's stuff..Steve Tibbetts...though certainly not with the same ethnic slant). |
| majdim7th (CA Lineups) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:18 DADGAD? |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 02:01 Beautiful! |
| Candela (Trondheim) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 01:35   d |
| nctomatoman (Raleigh NC) | Posted: Aug 12, 2007 - 20:41 OK enough....the ECM jazz label has about 200 variations on this sort of music, most of it done much better (Anouar Brahem on the oud, but some of Ralph Towner's stuff..Steve Tibbetts...though certainly not with the same ethnic slant). |
| Welly (Lotusland) | Posted: Mar 08, 2007 - 18:45 Very trippy - nice! |
| trekhead (Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!) | Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 04:37 BillG wrote: Valse = Waltz. 
I should , in all honesty , say that I was just thinking, "What a nice Christmas-y tune." Guess even my hard heart can change! 7. |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Sep 18, 2006 - 09:37 Nice piece of music. |
| whafrog | Posted: Jul 21, 2006 - 20:37 I like the odd sequey in the middle of each verse. It could be just another "sweet" song, but it has a haunted quality to it. |
| Tana | Posted: Mar 06, 2006 - 10:46 The main progression sounds a little like the theme music from "Brokeback Music," which I've had stuck in my head since the Oscars last night. |
| techpoet | Posted: Feb 15, 2006 - 06:32 Once again, Radio Paradise provides me with tunes I've never heard anywhere else. I enjoyed the sort of middle eastern / arabic flavor to the acoustic guitar on this song. The guitar is nicely recorded. I'd like to hear more from this artist. |
| nohopenofearnoname (wine country) | Posted: Feb 10, 2006 - 19:19 coding_to_music wrote:  EXACTLY! i keep expecting it to roll into Black Mountainside, as i heard Jimmy do on some bootleg round about 1975. it was fantastic! |
| olsaltybastard | Posted: Feb 10, 2006 - 19:18 Nice!! Gave it an 8. |
| Beastie (SLP, Mexico) | Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 00:32 Who is this gifted guitarrist I haven't praised before now? Thank you again. |
| byrd | Posted: Nov 15, 2005 - 06:53 LLMikeJ wrote: I think Tim Reynolds did a version of this song...?? can't find it on amazon.com??
I have no idea if Tim Reynolds did a version of this song, but I must agree that this song sure reminded me of Tim Reynolds when I first heard it. |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: Oct 31, 2005 - 16:17 Very good!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| chickenpoop | Posted: May 16, 2005 - 17:19 coding_to_music wrote: Starts out sounding like that yardbirds song "White Summer" that became a prominent sound for Led Zep.
This is a great song... Here is info about White Summer: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:udjw798og7dr~T001 Led Zep were always sneaky like that, a little old blues riff there, old Yardbirds stuff here, Partridge Family over there |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Apr 27, 2005 - 13:45 |
| jagdriver (HP Cubeland, Roseville, CA) | Posted: Apr 08, 2005 - 12:23 Good stuff! (Two weeks later) Bought the CD based on hearing this track here. CD a bit uneven, though certainly interesting from a world music perspective. |
| LLMikeJ (midwest) | Posted: Feb 17, 2005 - 12:48 I think Tim Reynolds did a version of this song...?? can't find it on amazon.com?? |
| coding_to_music (Marlborough Massachusetts) | Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 11:52 bobringer wrote: That would be White Summer. A bit of White Summer all the way through, but Page was always influenced by this stuff. Page and Abaji just happen to have the same influences... And I'm DAMN glad that they do!  |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 11:47 coding_to_music wrote: Starts out sounding like that yardbirds song that became prominent for Led Zep.
Great song... That would be White Summer. A bit of White Summer all the way through, but Page was always influenced by this stuff. Page and Abaji just happen to have the same influences... And I'm DAMN glad that they do! |
| coding_to_music (Marlborough Massachusetts) | Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 11:44 Starts out sounding like that yardbirds song "White Summer" that became a prominent sound for Led Zep. This is a great song... Here is info about White Summer: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:udjw798og7dr~T001 |
| DD Avatard (NY) | Posted: Nov 16, 2004 - 09:51 Excellent backround music for a restaurant. But if you play it in your car, your mojo ain't right. |
| BillG (Paradise, CA) | Posted: Nov 01, 2004 - 15:14 trekhead wrote: " False Arab"???
WE can't say that! Must be like with those *rap songs* where the N word gets abused. Valse = Waltz. |
| trekhead | Posted: Oct 22, 2004 - 10:50 " False Arab"??? WE can't say that! Must be like with those *rap songs* where the N word gets abused. |
| llazare (Ann Arbor, MI) | Posted: Aug 30, 2004 - 06:50 It's nice, but I wouldn't call it "masterful". If you want to hear masterful fingerstyle with world music flair, check out Alex DeGrassi, a friend and contemporary of Michael Hedges. www.degrassi.com |
| RichardPrins (z³) | Posted: Aug 20, 2004 - 00:25 |
| GolfRomeo (The Beach, South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 21, 2004 - 06:58 I am no guitar expert, but I sure here Michael Hedges here a bit. Love it. |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 17:08 oldslabsides wrote: and the correct answer is - MUTE
You gave me the giggles. Thanks! |
| OCDHG (10-E-C) | Posted: May 20, 2004 - 17:06 mesmerizing...what fantastic guitar work |
| Red_Dragon (somewhere in the great midwest) | Posted: May 16, 2004 - 17:01 and the correct answer is - MUTE |
| 4999thnewuser (london) | Posted: May 12, 2004 - 15:15 Reminded me of the utterly superior Gordon Giltrap (who he?) (click here) Sort of early 70 British folk guitarist in the Bert Jansch, Pentagle type mould. Many are the Camberwell Carrots I have rolled on one of his album sleeves whilst gazing in unattainable awe at the cheesecloth shirt and casually strewn Afghan coat of a (I'll stop here) |
| lagger (Steinbeck Country) | Posted: May 07, 2004 - 13:22 First time listend to, I like it . |
| 999_99_999 (Gridsquare Reference 89-47, 26-71) | Posted: May 03, 2004 - 12:24 Seems to me the most unique aspect of this music is the cultural influences from which it draws. His technique with the guitar is masterful. |
| ANNE_MARIE (The Ozark Mountains) | Posted: May 03, 2004 - 12:24 lovely. |