The Swamp

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:13 pm Some excellent English blues rock

^ cuz I got you in the sights of my (girly) guuuuuuuuuun!

Great Muddy Waters cover

Great song, great cover. One quibble - they are covering Albert King, not Muddy. (Written by Booker T. & the MGs.)

Whoops. Did Muddy cover that song?

It's interesting how Robert Plant cleans up the lyrics a bit at the end of How Many More Times.

I guess their big hit is over 30 years old so qualifies but never would have expected SC to admit to being a Mr. Big fan.

rass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:24 pm I guess their big hit is over 30 years old so qualifies but never would have expected SC to admit to being a Mr. Big fan.

Funny thing - the band you mention is best known for a fluffy pop hit, but actually most of their first album was heavy bluesy rock. And they named themselves after that Free song in my post. I learned this by reading a profile long ago on the band Mr. Big’s bass player, Billy Sheehan, who had a notable career with some other bands.

Not for nothing, but (Mr. Big) they did take their name from that song.

It's sorta funny when you look at the 80s hair bands through that lens. Motley Crue used to encore with 'White Punks on Dope' and Def Leppard would always say one of their most inspirational albums was Electric Warrior by T. Rex.

and now for something completely different

This is some fantastic Danish prog/fusion with psych influences.

heh - nice

apparently that was their attempt at a hit single (which i think worked? i mean, i definitely heard it on Ontario radio growing up)

A little more spacerock/freaky with a killer end of song solo (check the kid losing his mind when Kim (guitar/vocals) climbs onto the seat next to him and plays the solo):

"Paradise Skies" was one of many Max Webster hits in southern Ontario back in the day.

Classic high school party tune -

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:54 am heh - nice

apparently that was their attempt at a hit single (which i think worked? i mean, i definitely heard it on Ontario radio growing up)

A little more spacerock/freaky with a killer end of song solo (check the kid losing his mind when Kim (guitar/vocals) climbs onto the seat next to him and plays the solo):

That kid was hilarious, I love how he ran his finger down the guys leg first. And the hairline on the Kim guy is... unique.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:22 pm And the hairline on the Kim guy is... unique.

Rush wrote a song about him.

Very Kinks.

That’s the sound of the English music hall tradition, eh? (Which the Kinks also incorporated.)

One more Max Webster tune - this one featuring Rush!

story goes that whoever of Max or Rush was going to release their album next...that's who'd get the song on their album.

It's a cool bit of musical history and was an FM radio staple around here / niagara peninsula in the early 80s but it wouldn't really have fit on a Rush album (imagine Moving Pictures with this song?). ... i guess in a lot of ways it didn't really fit with Max either but there you go.

dug out my vinyl - here's the lyric:

Released 47 years ago today




(and I found the vinyl copy I bought for 4.50 is worth 40$ (score.)

I have my old vinyl copy from the 70s, but it’s got the nicks and pops you’d expect.

I guess I'll put it here. Met a coworker for a beer, went to local brewery that I went to 6 years ago that I wasn;t impressed with. New guys, much improved. I stayed until close. The bartender was from the midwest (Iowa) never heard of the Hip. The mopped the floor to this:

Great tune.

So's this one...

I just uncovered Rubicon (Jerry Martini from Sly & the Family Stone). Here they are at Cal Jam 2, with not only Brad Gillis on guitar, but also Jack Blades on bass (both from Night Ranger).

Holy freakin shit I had no idea Jack Blades threw down like this.

Too many people sleeping on the Scandinavian Jazz/Rock/Prog from the early 70s

holy SisterChristian -> that's as far from Night Ranger as I can think of (no disrespect to NR ) - holy shit Jack Blades does rip it up on bass

and that Pekka Pohjola tune is buttery - damn i like that

Astrud was born this day in 1940.

But, she was not from Ipanema.

Bob Dylan wasn't a girl from the north country either.

Before Godley, Creme, Stewart & Gouldman would form 10cc, they were a house band of musicians at Strawberry Studios in England. They dicked around and found out about Neanderthals.

An American "Canterbury Scene" band from Baltimore.

Max Webster Earl Haig Collegiate (High School) 1973

My buddy down the street is an enormous Roy Buchanan fan.

A friend from college is married to a guy that ran sound for Phish back in the early days. He's got a super deep music collection. He introduced me to Ray the other day. Fantastic guitarist. More people should be enormous fans.

My wife's company is headquartered on the other side of the Bay. Have to get the kids watched and we'll listen to some Roy with him (I'll bring more CO beers, sad Mikkeller SF is closed.)

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:54 am A friend from college is married to a guy that ran sound for Phish back in the early days. He's got a super deep music collection. He introduced me to Ray the other day. Fantastic guitarist. More people should be enormous fans.

My wife's company is headquartered on the other side of the Bay. Have to get the kids watched and we'll listen to some Roy with him (I'll bring more CO beers, sad Mikkeller SF is closed.)

Come on out!

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:27 pm

Never heard of this guy before but he can play that thang.

Bass by Cliff WIlliams, more famously a member of AC/DC

One of my favorite bass lines.

a fringe Canterbury Scene band. Man I dig that UK jazzy rock, but as Max told me, it's me and about 5000 middle-aged British men that know about this stuff.

hey man i mean that as a compliment




(this bass riff is now seared into my brain)

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:28 am a fringe Canterbury Scene band. Man I dig that UK jazzy rock, but as Max told me, it's me and about 5000 middle-aged British men that know about this stuff.