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Jerry Douglas — Birdland
Album: The Great Dobro Sessions
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Released: 1994
Length: 5:20
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 the_jake wrote:

Came upon this birdland version thru my favorites.
Last play may well have been 11 years ago.
That was the most recent comment and there were zero thumbs either way on any of the comments.

Clearly not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it.  
 High 7 from me. 


I hate tea, I prefer coffee!  EXCELLENT!!  GREAT COVER!! I  gave it a TEN!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Came upon this birdland version thru my favorites.
Last play may well have been 11 years ago.
That was the most recent comment and there were zero thumbs either way on any of the comments.

Clearly not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it.  
 High 7 from me. 
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
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..{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
Thank you, Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
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.

Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 14 years ago by BWolfie1959    [ Reply ]
 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.


Posted 14 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
 conglif wrote:

Really?

Almost?

Bluegrass?

{#Ask}
 
No....jazz.  Check out the Weather Report!

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 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.)

 



Posted 14 years ago by conglif    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Really fun! Almost makes me like bluegrass {#Bounce}
 
Really?

Almost?

Bluegrass?

{#Ask}


Posted 14 years ago by conglif    [ Reply ]
Really fun! Almost makes me like bluegrass {#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Well, that was interesting. Oddly.
Posted 15 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Undeniably cool.
No more progressive blugrass than this!
Newgrass!
Posted 15 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]

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.


Posted 15 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
I hate to hate on perfectly good musicians, but can we please just let jazz fusion die already?
Posted 15 years ago by ladron    [ Reply ]
You're listening to smoooooth jazz on WSJZ
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
 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!

Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Wow this brings back memories of Dixie Dregs aka The Dregs.  Steve Morse's Pet band 20 something years ago.  Great tunes!!

Posted 15 years ago by ZarSU    [ Reply ]
I admire the compliment, but this does nothing for me.  Technically nice, but. 
I must dig out the WEATHER REPORT vinyl tonight.
Posted 15 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
no comment - 1
Posted 15 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
no comment   -   9.

Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 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.

Posted 15 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
Talk about eclectic! Wow, RP you've done it again. Different take on this song, nice surprise. :-)
Posted 15 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
why re-make a lousy song?  . . . MARGINAL at best
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Like Mozart on kazoos...
Posted 15 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Jerry Douglas and a Weather Report tune!  Sublime!!
Posted 15 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
I wish someone would upload "A Remark You Made" from Heavy Weather.
IMHO, the all-time BEST song ever......
Posted 15 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing the vocals by Manhattan Transfer - ugh.
Posted 15 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
I feel some Heavy Weather comin' on...
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
randomprime wrote:
+8 for interesting interpretation, -6 for no Jaco, +2 for the banjo.
Then play Jaco's Continuum.
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Pretty weak composition here, but Jerry Douglas is a wonder in concert.
Posted 15 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
The Master. Might be one of the most recorded musicians of all time. Everybody wants his sound on their record.
Posted 15 years ago by raggamuffin    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by elstring    [ Reply ]
drtjdel wrote:
Pastorius' bassline needed.
+8 for interesting interpretation, -6 for no Jaco, +2 for the banjo.
Posted 16 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
I thought this WAS Weather Report. I love them. Bill, please!
Posted 16 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
I wish someone would upload "A Remark You Made" from Heavy Weather.
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 16 years ago by davem    [ Reply ]
Pastorius' bassline needed.
Posted 16 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
dave_porter wrote:
As to this - it's technically very clever I'm sure, but it doesn't send shivers down my spine the way the original does.
Agreed...yawn.
Posted 16 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
Deadwing wrote:
We need a little Weather Report on RP. I wonder what the problem is...
I give this only a 7 for that very reason. I'd really rather hear the original, in this case. I saw WR in Denver in 1979, or 1980, I forget. It was a religious experience.
Posted 16 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Wow, only Jerry Douglas would try this in a bluegrass vibe. Whatever you might think of his choice of cover, it's impossible to deny that he is truly one of the country's greatest living talents.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
laozilover wrote:
Too bad that's the ONLY Weather Report on the playlist, else there could have been a REALLY NEAT segue right here! I mean, "Prince - When Doves Cry" is pretty cool and one of my all-time favorites, ( BIRDLAND When DOVES cry ) but it's not Weather Report.....
Weather Report stand alone. The British band "Brand X" were a pretty decent outfit, but Zawinul and Shorter with just about any of their various collections of sidemen were on a different plane. How "Barbary Coast" got rejected beats the heck out of me, never mind any of the others. So damned pleased Birdland finally got on...
Posted 16 years ago by dave_porter    [ Reply ]
Deadwing wrote:
We need a little Weather Report on RP. I wonder what the problem is...
I think today I will rip and upload BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ and see how it flies.... and maybe Black Thorn Rose, and Nubian Sundance and American Tango and Cucumber Slumber .... and...
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
dave_porter wrote:
Looks like Bill relented with the sad demise of the incomparable Joe Zawinul: Weather Report - Birdland One of the great injustices of RP finally corrected... Dave the jazz fan
Too bad that's the ONLY Weather Report on the playlist, else there could have been a REALLY NEAT segue right here! I mean, "Prince - When Doves Cry" is pretty cool and one of my all-time favorites, ( BIRDLAND When DOVES cry ) but it's not Weather Report.....
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
We need a little Weather Report on RP. I wonder what the problem is...
Posted 16 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
laozilover wrote:
Looks like you'll have to do it on your own: RP Upload artist search 'Weather Report' wrote:
Rejected: Weather Report - Barbary Coast Rejected: Weather Report - Birdland Rejected: Weather Report - Birdland Rejected: Weather Report - Gibraltar Rejected: Weather Report - Harlequin Rejected: Weather Report - Man in the Green Shire Rejected: Weather Report - Teen Town
Looks like Bill relented with the sad demise of the incomparable Joe Zawinul: Weather Report - Birdland One of the great injustices of RP finally corrected... Dave the jazz fan P.S. As to this - it's technically very clever I'm sure, but it doesn't send shivers down my spine the way the original does.
Posted 16 years ago by dave_porter    [ Reply ]
makes me yearn for Weather Report.....rip Jaco Pastorius
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
senoritafish wrote:
Heh, used to play this in marching band, when I was in high school...
Cool! Must be a lot younger than me...
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
YourNameHere wrote:
Interesting... I looked at the website expecting this to be Bela Fleck. Certainly not a bad version, but it makes me want to hear the original.
Looks like you'll have to do it on your own: RP Upload artist search 'Weather Report':
Rejected: Weather Report - Barbary Coast Rejected: Weather Report - Birdland Rejected: Weather Report - Birdland Rejected: Weather Report - Gibraltar Rejected: Weather Report - Harlequin Rejected: Weather Report - Man in the Green Shire Rejected: Weather Report - Teen Town
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Heh, used to play this in marching band, when I was in high school...
Posted 16 years ago by senoritafish    [ Reply ]
This version is indeed "nice", but a little fluffy. I was hungry again after an hour. So I went and downloaded the Weather Report version, since I only have it on vinyl and my record player is long gone. Who says internet radio is bad for the RIAA?
Posted 16 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Most people who have never heard of Zawinul or Weather Report have heard the vocal version of this tune performed by Manhattan Transfer, with lyrics supplied by Jon Hendricks (of Hendricks, Lambert, and Ross).
Posted 16 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Oh! The repetitive scratching sound in the background is grating. Just rubs me wrong, somehow...NOT good in headphones!
Posted 16 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
This belongs in the WTF? forum. Hilarious!
Posted 16 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
Interesting... I looked at the website expecting this to be Bela Fleck. Certainly not a bad version, but it makes me want to hear the original.
Posted 17 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
Buzzardcheater wrote:
it's probably blasphemous, but I dig the Maynard Ferguson version of Birdland..... This rocks. Love that dobro.
Ferguson was the bomb. I saw him play live about 8 years ago, little concert in backhole Iowa. Man was insane. Could flat out play.
Posted 17 years ago by okobojicat    [ Reply ]
... lot of chat 'bout this number on LRC today, check it! bloody brilliant an' a savoury morsel for mains, great choice RP!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
it's probably blasphemous, but I dig the Maynard Ferguson version of Birdland..... This rocks. Love that dobro.
Posted 17 years ago by Buzzardcheater    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh....oh.Bill... where's Weather Report?
Posted 17 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Just okay. A modern jazz classic given a fairly tame treatment that adds nothing to the original (which is inexplicably missing from RP's playlist). It gets a 6 just because I love the original so much. If Wayne Shorter had played sax on it, it coulda been a 7.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Yeah, and every once in a while, I like to hear the Mizak versions of Jimi Hendrix...
Posted 17 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
A Jaco Pastorius bassline cover by Jerry?I just caught the end. Damn this weak need for sleep I have occasionally.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Jerry is the ridiculously talented dobro picker in Union Station with Alison Krauss. Nothing he does can be less than an 8 for me! Awesome player! (close enough anyway ;))
Posted 17 years ago by TexasAggies    [ Reply ]
Very well done.
Posted 17 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
I thought it lacked gusto the head lick of this tune needs more energy and oomph
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
This is pretty danged cool! I'd like to hear more from this CD...
Posted 17 years ago by BPenni    [ Reply ]
so many covers of this song (vocal, fuzak, bluezak) they all seem to suck. badly.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I can die now, I have heard everything. 'Birdland' on dobro. Whodathunkit? Still kind of cool though. It ain't Jaco and Joe, but it's cool. This is a Weather Report tune, right? Their version is the famous one but I'm not sure who wrote it. c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Lots of bluegrassers play jazz as a way of keeping loose. Seems to work. Frees the mind up from the confines of thinking about music one way only. BTW: Plural of Dobro is Debris.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
mgoldman wrote:
Bluegrass Weather Report. Nice.
Not bad! Though I long for Jaco and Wayne....
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Love that dobro sound!
Posted 17 years ago by shayborg    [ Reply ]
Nice.
Posted 17 years ago by djinnthespazz    [ Reply ]
Bluegrass Weather Report. Nice.
Posted 17 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]