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[Paulclem]

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

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.

[Sancho]

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

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.

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."

[Jack of Hearts]

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

[Sancho]

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

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

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

[MarkBastable]

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...."

[Jack of Hearts]

-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

[Sancho]

Sweet. 7/10

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

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

[Paulclem]

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

[Sancho]

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

[Jack of Hearts]

8. Well done, the Sanch!



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

[BookBeauty]

7!

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

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

[Sancho]

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

[MarkBastable]

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.

[Sancho]

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

[Jack of Hearts]

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