Once again, I'm regressing to my youth.
This. Goin' back to my Southern Rock/Country Rock roots...
Freaking good.
An oldie. On cassette, no less.
windham hills records sounds familiar, we probably had some sort of holiday music cassette of theirs long ago, in a galaxy far far away.
Windham Hill Records was started by guitarist Will Ackerman, who would bristle if you termed his music "new age." His label included recordings by like-minded guitarists, such as Michael Hedges, John Doan, Alex de Grassi and others.
You know, it's funny -- every guitar player I know and listen to who plays mellow, contemplative music also knows how to rock out. They're just better known for not doing so.
YES!!! One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands. A little trivia note: much of the concert material was performed and recorded in Washington, D.C. The man who introduces the band at the beginning ("F... E... A... T...) is Donald "Cerphe" Calwell, a DJ who worked at WHFS 102.3 FM at the time, one of the area's -- and country's -- first "progressive rock / underground" radio stations, then owned by the Einstein family, whose two sons were also on-air broadcasters.
Man, I heard so much fabulous music on that radio station. When I was in college taking a photojournalism class, they agreed to let me come in studio to do a photo essay!
I miss those days.
But Little Feat continues to tour and perform. Richie Hayward died about eight years ago, replaced by Glenn Ford, nephew of Robben Ford. The rest of the band is intact (well, okay, they added Fred Tackett to the lineup to give them the two guitar output. Saw them in concert in 2010. If they come to this area again, I'll go see them again.
While we're on the topic of "what are you listening to" that rocks your world, I've been digging on this.
WFC was in constant rotation back in the day when my buddies and I were cruising up to the White Mountains of NH back in the late '70s. I've seen LF a bunch of times, before and after George Lowell's passing. Last time I saw them was at a brewery in Portsmouth on the old Pease Air Force base. That was probably at least 15 years ago.
Listening to The Mamas and The Papas.
I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.
just got done listening to this
I've been listening to my kid's choices lately. Lately, he's been listening to........ Terry Kath!!!
A good, screaming Strat just might be the greatest guitar sound of all..... -Slash
Smart kid. Great guitarist.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison