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I like that against my better judgement. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFww3...eature=related

I liked that OP, a good choice for a “feel good” mood without the cheese. One can discern the influences on his music. The opening guitar brought George Harrison to mind. 7/10

RE: Davy Jones – Somewhat of an odd coincidence that I posted the Neil Diamond song yesterday and today I learned of Davy Jones death and that Neil composed some of the Monkees songs including I’m a Believer

Bootsy reigned supreme back in the Cliff when I played the role of the token white; a “brotha from anotha motha” so to speak, working at Bonanza Steak House…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpifmOLQfQ

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I've always hated funk. 3/10

Youth of nausea, euthanasia!

Good pictures - didn;t like the song though. 3/10.

I remember these in the late 70's - warning swearing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIy7H...eature=related

I dug it, in a twisted sort of way. 7/10

Tihuya Cats - Cheveza Chicas y Rockabilly

http://youtu.be/MBs9OItEqgw

Así que

Hey, this is fun. Who wouldn't wanna be there? 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTuOA...eature=related

Funny - 7/10

This really takes me back to the early seventies when i heard it on the radio. years later I rediscovered it on a pub jukebox and used to put it on every time I was in there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3hK4reVOY

Ah, George, my favorite Beatle. 9/10

Let’s go down to Lafayette, Louisiana with:
Dave Alvin, "Allons à Lafayette"

http://youtu.be/dKQ2jhzSXbk

10/10 Awesome, Sancho. I felt like I needed boots and a Lone Star to listen to that.

Now for something a bit different. A great singer and a great song:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xRK...eature=related

El Sancho digs singer/songwriters 10/10 (El Sancho also likes to refer to himself in the third person - and in Spanish)

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Originally Posted by qimissung

I felt like I needed boots and a Lone Star to listen to that.

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Now yer talkin’! A year or so ago, me and the old lady were down in Austin doing a Sixth Street crawl, ‘cepting I was wearing Chuck Taylors instead of Sh*t Kickers, and drinking Shiner Bocks instead of Lone Star Longnecks, and we were on 5th Street instead of 6th Street, but it didn't really matter because between the two of us we'd already consumed roughly 42 Shiners. Anyway we stumbled into Antone’s and saw this guy:

Geno Delafose, 'tit monde

http://youtu.be/3kFo5aYJI2U

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Originally Posted by Sancho

El Sancho digs singer/songwriters 10/10 (El Sancho also likes to refer to himself in the third person - and in Spanish)



Now yer talkin’! A year or so ago, me and the old lady were down in Austin doing a Sixth Street crawl, ‘cepting I was wearing Chuck Taylors instead of Sh*t Kickers, and drinking Shiner Bocks instead of Lone Star Longnecks, and we were on 5th Street instead of 6th Street, but it didn't really matter because between the two of us we'd already consumed roughly 42 Shiners. Anyway we stumbled into Antone’s and saw this guy:

Geno Delafose, 'tit monde

http://youtu.be/3kFo5aYJI2U

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Catchy. 7/10

It's a testament to the cultural exchanges that have been a feature of Anglo US relations that I understood exactly what you were saying there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoz8iXjfH4Y

Time for guitarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh.

Carlos! He can still fill a stadium in North and South America – also Central America. 9/10

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Catchy. 7/10

It's a testament to the cultural exchanges that have been a feature of Anglo US relations that I understood exactly what you were saying there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoz8iXjfH4Y

Time for guitarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh.

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Ha! But do you suppose a Parisian could understand Geno’s Cajun French?

Speaking of cultural exchanges, Appalachian Mountain Music, or Bluegrass, morphed out of the Scotch/Irish folk music of the people who settled in that region of the United States. And sometimes the music will float back across the Atlantic.

Here’s The Well Oiled Sisters doing The Orange Blossom Special at The Edinburgh Fringe:

http://youtu.be/btc7VhvH-A4

And here’s Bill Monroe doing, more-or-less, the original:

http://youtu.be/-86eg1YfR1U

El Sancho digs fiddle tunes – especially when they’re train tunes. "Ain't no ham like Birmingham."

C'est un p'tit monde, sans aucune doute.


For the Orange Blossom Special... uh, 6/10 peut-être? Who knows. You probably have to experience the culture to 'get' the music.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m8uoObnWQM

I still remember what I was doing when I heard the news that he’d been killed. 9/10

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...Who knows. You probably have to experience the culture to 'get' the music.

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Yep. That kind of music works a lot better at a festival – back in the hills – in late summer – with a barefoot hippie chick. Oh yes, also a couple of cold ones helps.

Here’s AC/DC interpreted in the Rockabilly genre:

You Shook Me All Night Long, by Full Blown Cherry

http://youtu.be/QZMSmc-TG_g

That's fun. 7/10

Also check out Ade Edmondson's Bad Shepherds, who cover punk songs in the style of traditional English folk.


Meanwhile, "...the church bells softly chime...."

-10 out of 1000 umbrellas opening and spoiling the view... for using a plectrum against nylon strings, that uncultured philistine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9n7EstQI5o






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EDIT: Actually, is that a steel string acoustic with a classical headstock? 7/10

Sweet. 7/10

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Originally Posted by Jack of Hearts

-10 out of 1000 umbrellas opening and spoiling the view... for using a plectrum against nylon strings, that uncultured philistine.

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Hey, man, there ain't no rules in Rock-n-Roll (and there’s no crying in Baseball) – you can play nylon strings with your teeth if you feel the need.

This fellow used to light his axe on fire:

Jimi: http://youtu.be/aqc1_RQHOKM

That's a brilliant track Sancho. I've added it to my youtube favourites.

10/10

This used to get me going before I went out on the town.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPM6ni4bQzc

Brilliant right back at’cha, Paul. 10/10! That one’s going on my i-shuffle for long-run Sundays.

Here's SRV doing Guitar Hurricane (I caught this one live, back in the day):

http://youtu.be/3CsD0WesdvA

8. Well done, the Sanch!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco

7!

This song's been in my head for a few days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10vU7Qo-NlU

Thanks, Jack.

I’ve got sympathy, B.B., and I’m here to tell ya, an earworm can be harmful to you or a loved one.

6/10. Sorry. And I know, The Beatles are arguably one of the best bands to ever blow a 50 amp fuse, but El Sancho has never been taken with Beatle-mania. Their stuff always sounded a little too symphonic for me, too cerebral, like something that was planned out in advance rather than something they stumbled into by accident.

I’ve always thought of rock-n-roll as something that comes from your heart or your guts, not your head. Well, not your prefrontal cortex anyway, maybe from the reptilian part of your brain or your spinal cord. I don’t know, but since I’m already on a rant, I might as well just keep on rolling. Also I don’t think you can fully get rock-n-roll on a set ear buds. It’s the kind of music best experienced while standing next to full Marshall Stack, a full-body event. It quakes your chest, punches you in the stomach, and knees you in the nuts. Speaking of which, I used to have Short and Curlies, by The Rolling Stones as the ringtone for my Señora, but she found out about it and that pretty much put the kibosh on that ringtone. Bummer.

Anyway, here’s a guy who usually evokes strong opinions – positive and negative. He used to be the wild man out in front of The Flat Duo Jets. Now he’s a little older and he’s got a new band - The Dex Romweber Duo - and he still plays and sings with reckless abandon. That’s Dexter’s sister, Sara, on drums, which is pretty cool in my opinion.

Dex Romweber Duo, Brazil http://youtu.be/DNXcbvKiR7s

I'm afraid I thought that was absolutely awful. 2/10

Just to give you a chance to say the same - the repercussions of this epsiode of Top of the Pops still resound in me now.

See what I mean, Dex evokes strong opinions, and El Sancho admires honesty. One man’s music is another man’s pots and pans banging together.

El Sancho also digs Alice Cooper. That tune was an anthem when I grew up. 8/10

Now let’s go down to New Orleans. How about the Professor:

Professor Longhair, Tipitina http://youtu.be/p-lsiDJWMsQ

Good golly it's like someone defecated a whole symphony of all things visceral and hearty not unlike soup into the old cranium/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQgQhcEPHI

Soupy brained El Sancho digs old timey blues too. 9/10. But you know, Jack, if you goes down to the Mississippi Delta, sooner or later somebody’s going to want to sell their soul to the devil down at the crossroads.

Speaking of which, I’m thinking the most famous crossroads out in your neck of the woods is where these two streets intersect:

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...ghtAshbury.jpg

Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues: http://youtu.be/rdPOAhBp2Ag

I liked this. A lot. I'm giving it a 10 out of 10 awesomes. -- Ah, that was meant for Jack's..

I'll give Grateful Dead a 7. :D...


Something a little different here. I've always found her voice to be exquisite, and eerie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybEZ...eature=related

That's a hell of a place to sell your soul! Of course, the man dealin' with Satan wasn't Mississippi John Hurt but Robert Johnson!

Ah, the Sanch, what an intersection. Saw it on the last visit to the de Young/Legion of Honor (love Rodin).







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Whoa! You’re right, BookBeauty, what a voice. 9/10. Also, I’m glad she let guitar-guy resolve the ending; for a moment, I thought she was going to leave us hanging.

Yeah, Jack, that’s a pretty cool neighborhood. I walked past that very intersection a few months ago on a city-hike, and if I’m not mistaken, there’s a Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop there now (N.E. corner I think). Anyhow, I think they may be clinging to past a little too strenuously in that ‘hood: I mean, you didn’t have to look too far to find a tie-dye T-shirt (or a hookah), but that stuff is all for the tourist dollars. Hell, 42nd St in Manhattan has a Disney Store now – and the Vegas Strip looks like an amusement park. Has the whole world gone PC on me? Whoa! Chill out Sancho! Back to the music:

Here’s a little dance number I’ll never tire of - a one and a two, and a - Chicken in a bread pan picking out dough, Granny does your dog bite, No child, no…

Ah-hem. ONE two three, ONE two three, ONE two three…I can still get my Señora to cut a rug to this one:

Blue Danube by Johann Strauss: http://youtu.be/NlFBWo-Cbz8

(I think that’s Jo’ on the fiddle.)

Excellent 9/10

This song lingered in my mind for a long time when I was younger. It was one of those songs that it took me ages to find out about as I'd hear snippets on the radio, but not the title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmdG2iNaxE

Hell yeah! Super Sounds from the Seventies. 9/10 I liked that song the first time I heard it.

I'm gonna change gears again. Here's a Jazzy Rap from the 90s:

Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) http://youtu.be/JwBjhBL9G6U

(sorry about the warm-up advertisement - I can't figure out how to get rid of it)

After a smooth bottle of red wine, that was very enjoyable. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFSLFBAJdBI&ob=av3e

9.5

Totally fuc ked, but in the best possible way - if their must be fuc ked, let it be in totality!


Here's an oldie again - geez, for some crazy reason I'm in a late 70's/early 80's time warp phase - oh well what the hell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsC0T0pKwfw

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9.5

Totally fuc ked, but in the best possible way - if their must be fuc ked, let it be in totality!


Here's an oldie again - geez, for some crazy reason I'm in a late 70's/early 80's time warp phase - oh well what the hell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsC0T0pKwfw

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Kenny Everett was great wasn't he? I was at school when they released Cool For Cats, and liked it. I though for ages that the line"and I gave the dog a bone" was an example of lazy rhyming. I didn't realise it meant anything else. :D

Watched a George Harrison documentary and it reminded me of this. it used to be on the Jukebox in The Black Rock in Wakefield, and I always put it on when I went in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMgCpb1nli4

9/10 As the Fab-Four go, I’ve always preferred guitar-man George Harrison. And that tune was on the first L.P. I ever bought. I’d saved enough money cutting grass to buy a cheap record player from the K-Mart and I had enough left over to buy a couple of albums, so I bought that one and another one by Three Dog Night.

So then, here’s a fun tune by those philosophers of the barrio, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. It’s got a couple of really cool guitar licks in it - and guess who? Yep, it’s George Harrison on lead guitar.

Basketball Jones: http://youtu.be/JIbp5C-5WXM

8 whatsits outta so many whosits.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0&ob=av2e

uhh, pass

Finally found the Sanch's genre.








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It's good pop music, and there's nothing wrong with that. 6/10.

This isn't good pop music, but it's good something, or at least I'm starting to think it is again, having loved it once and then despised it for twenty-five years.

Ahh, punt.

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It's good pop music, and there's nothing wrong with that. 6/10.

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I’m sure it is, but it just isn’t my cup of tea. And neither is this, or as Ozzy famously said, “What’s a Bieber?”

http://youtu.be/te7F7-JUyq8

Yer killin’ me, Jack, yer killin’ me