Postby WildcatOne » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:57 am
Shoot, Coffee, I was probably out playing in some smoky roadhouse...sounds like a wonderful night, though...I wish I had more time to explore what's hot these days...see "The Night Shift" in this section for where I've been lately...but last night I watched the Crossroads concert from Chicago, I think you were referring to Seattle as wired city?...before that an Olivia Newton-John show from Oz...she's still got it; she's older now and she has had it rough in the last 10 years, but she survived and she had me going for it all over again. Olivia is just plain beautiful...she has an awesome band, full of multitalented musicians, singers and dancers (they did all that live, no lip-synching and fabricated, rehearsed audience excitement like we get on all of the major network shows)...but I digress. Good call on Los Lobos. They're "The People's Band"...roots-level Americana with a tincture of Barrio, street-wise boogie, cutting-edge pop, punk and some of the best blues available; (Santana meets Savoy Brown?) I feel right at home with them playing. They mix it all together, don't they...David Hidalgo and Cesar Rojas are two of my favorite guitarists of all time. They are a couple of truly classy musicians and they don't compromise their sound...I can only think of Little Feat, Little Village and The Blasters as being in their league...These days, there are some great concerts coming out on TV...I'm avoiding the Christmas stuff...I hear enough of it everywhere else and it does get old, with all respects to those who are doing those shows...but there is a rich and extensive catalogue of music happening on the tube these days...I love this thread...Cheers, WC1
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