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rj carpentieri said:
I'm a rock and roll guy all the way, but can appreciate good music! I'm not above enjoying some Chet Atkins or Les Paul with wife Mary. Check out the Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler album ,more then a few years back , awesome! But give me Jeff Beck every time! Live @ Ronnie Scotts with your country men Tal Wilkenfeld, she's phenomenal!!!
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Wow rj I looked up Tal Wilkenfeld she has played with some legends, even Herby Hancock if I could have a dollar for how many times I played "rock it" over and over in the 80s :cool:(y) Embarrassed I have not heard of her but I am not up with much music past the 1990s :D I will listen to her asap thanks.
 
Throwing Muses - In a Doghouse (early collection)

I first came across this group with the great and seminal Lonely is an Eyesore 4AD compilation. Their track is really interesting and stands out amongst a more post-punk and "gothy" lineup. It's dark in its own right, but it is high energy in a truly frenzied way. If you've ever seen, or read, an interview with Kristin Hersh, the main songwriter and vocals/guitarist, you're aware of how odd she is. A genuine artist who is not entirely mentally well and is merely tethered to the ground like a hot air balloon. And she can write an album in a couple days, like a Woodie Guthrie type, which is also an appropriate comparison because her style is folky in indie rock form (also a bit like Neil Young in that particular way). Albums with 40 songs and probably had another 40 that someone else made her cut, because she has better things to do than kill her own tracks...just keeps writing songs. And when her songs get really angry, while they're still clearly feminine, the anger is palpable. Pissed off punk kids can often only dream of being that successful with expressing their anger. She went solo after being with the same band members for decades, and even her new work is interesting and worth hearing. She's been doing this since 1981.
 
Quickhatch said:
I've been going through Mose Allison's back catalogue and have scored a couple of his early and late 60's LPs. Pipe smoking music for sure.
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Nice Quickie, inspired me to listen to and put on TV while I was pottering around doing some work around home (house work:LOL:) loving it. mm not the house work :(

Mose Allison - Essential Jazz Legends (Full Album / Album complet)​




Then a bit of the ;

The Doobie Brothers Top 20 Songs Greatest Hits- The Doobie Brothers Best Songs Playlist​



love em!
 
I'm working my way through a few old time radio programs at the moment.
1: Ranger Bill, a western-ish adventure program with mild christian overtones in which the people of a forestry service help people. Good story writing, exceptional for a program with one shot stories unrelated to one another with kids as the intended audience.
2: Changdu the Magician, another adventure program for younger people which centers around a family's search for their missing father figure which spans from the Near East to India and has themes of indian mysticism, magic, bad guys, and the like.
3: The Bob Hope Program, a real icon as I understand. I remember seeing Bob Hope on television as a very young boy which means he was popular for quite a long time. He's an entertaining guy with a show full of music. He brings guests on the show and does some amusing light banter.
4: Abbot and Costello, a comedy program starring a duo who might have the best chemistry i've heard. They're great.

Somehow, I have made it my goal to listen through every single radio program surviving. I've gotten through dosens of shows. I'm might be the only person my age to be into old time radio. I download and archive every radio program I can find from its inception to around the late 60's.

Not smoking at this hour, only in the very early mornings.
 
Gaius Marius said:
I'm working my way through a few old time radio programs at the moment.
1: Ranger Bill, a western-ish adventure program with mild christian overtones in which the people of a forestry service help people. Good story writing, exceptional for a program with one shot stories unrelated to one another with kids as the intended audience.
2: Changdu the Magician, another adventure program for younger people which centers around a family's search for their missing father figure which spans from the Near East to India and has themes of indian mysticism, magic, bad guys, and the like.
3: The Bob Hope Program, a real icon as I understand. I remember seeing Bob Hope on television as a very young boy which means he was popular for quite a long time. He's an entertaining guy with a show full of music. He brings guests on the show and does some amusing light banter.
4: Abbot and Costello, a comedy program starring a duo who might have the best chemistry i've heard. They're great.

Somehow, I have made it my goal to listen through every single radio program surviving. I've gotten through dosens of shows. I'm might be the only person my age to be into old time radio. I download and archive every radio program I can find from its inception to around the late 60's.

Not smoking at this hour, only in the very early mornings.
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I don't know your age, but there are a few OTR fans here, including me and @JimInks. Favorites of mine include "Vic and Sade", "The Jack Benny Show", and "The Fred Allen Show."
 
Eutychus said:
I don't know your age, but there are a few OTR fans here, including me and @JimInks. Favorites of mine include "Vic and Sade", "The Jack Benny Show", and "The Fred Allen Show."
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I'm glad to hear other people here like the same things that I do- in addition to pipe smoking!
Both Vic and Sade and The Fred Allen Show are new to me. I'll find them and put them in line to be listened through. I'm twenty nine, one of the younger users here I gather.
This morning I'm listening to more Changdu the Magician.
I really enjoy OTR. Most content in the modern day is written to appeal to a very broad, usually international audience which limits its impact. After all, a suit that fits everybody okay fits nobody perfectly. Most OTR seems to have been written to appeal to white Americans, a much smaller target audience, although I'd bet everybody could find something to enjoy.
 
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