Thursday, September 27, 2012

B.B. King - Ladies & Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King







B.B. King - Ladies & Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King
Universal Records 5339086 (2012)









Track Listing:

DISC 1:
1. Miss Martha King
2. When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes
3. Got The Blues
4. Take A Swing With Me
5. B.B. Boogie
6. Don't You Want A Man Like Me
7. Fine Looking Woman
8. She's Dynamite
9. 3 O'Clock Blues
10. That Ain't The Way To Do It
11. You Know I Love You
12. Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)
13. Please Love Me
14. Blind Love
15. The Woman I Love
16. Whole Lotta' Love
17. Everyday I Have The Blues (Single Version)
18. Love You Baby
19. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
20. You Upset Me, Baby (1954 Version)
21. Sneakin' Around
22. Shut Your Mouth
23. Boogie Rock
24. Ten Long Years
25. Crying Won't Help You
26. Bad Luck
27. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles



DISC 2:
1. Sweet Little Angel
2. Early In The Morning
3. (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby
4. On My Word Of Honor
5. Days Of Old
6. Recession Blues
7. Please Accept My Love
8. Everyday I Have The Blues
9. Precious Lord
10. Sweet Sixteen Parts One & Two
11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
12. I'll Survive
13. (I've) Got A Right To Love My Baby
14. It's My Own Fault
15. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
16. Walking Dr. Bill
17. Catfish Blues (Fishin' After Me)
18. Partin' Time
19. You're Breaking My Heart
20. Rock Me Baby
21. Blue Shadows
22. The Jungle
23. That Evil Child



DISC 3:
1. You Ask Me (Album Version)
2. I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In (Single Version)
3. Blues At Midnight (Single Version)
4. My Baby's Comin' Home (Single Version)
5. Chains Of Love (Album Version)
6. Sneakin' Around (Single Version)
7. Slowly Losing My Mind (Single Version)
8. How Blue Can You GetUpdate (Single Version)
9. Whole Lotta Lovin'
10. I Wonder Why (First Version)
11. Please Accept My Love
12. Help The Poor (Single Version)
13. Never Trust A Woman (Single Version)
14. Worryin' Blues
15. Stop Leadin' Me On (Single Version)
16. Every Day I Have The Blues (1964/Live At The Regal Theater)
17. Sweet Little Angel (1964/Live At The Regal Theatre, Chicago)
18. It's My Own Fault (Live (Regal Theatre))
19. How Blue Can You Get Update (Live (1964/Regal Theatre))
20. Please Love Me (1964/Live At The Regal Theatre, Chicago)
21. Tired Of Your Jive (Single Version)
22. All Over Again (Single Version)
23. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (Album Version)
24. Cherry Red (Album Version)
25. You're Still A Square
16. Don't Answer The Door (Album Version)
27. Waitin' On You (Single Version)
28. Night Life (Single Version)



DISC 4:
1. Gambler's Blues (1966/Live At The International Club, Chicago)
2. Buzz Me (1966/Live At The International Club)
3. Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 & 2 (1966/Live At The International Club, Chicago)
4. Think It Over (Single Version)
5. I Done Got Wise (Album Version)
6. Worried Dream
7. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (Album Version)
8. I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me (Album Version)
9. Dance With Me (Album Version)
10. Lucille (Album Version)
11. Watch Yourself (Album Version)
12. You Put It On Me (Album Version)
13. Messy But Good (Album Version)
14. Get Myself Somebody (Single Version)
15. My Mood (Live (Village Gate))
16. I Want You So Bad (Album Version)
17. Get Off My Back Woman (Album Version)
18. Why I Sing The Blues (Album Version)



DISC 5:
1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. Confessin' The Blues (Album Version)
3. So Excited (Album Version)
4. No Good (Album Version)
5. Go Underground (Album Version)
6. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (Album Version)
7. Chains And Things (Single Version)
8. Ask Me No Questions (Single Version)
9. Hummingbird (Album Version)
10. Worry, Worry (1970/Live In Cook County Jail)
11. Eyesight To The Blind (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan/1971)
12. Niji Baby (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan/1971)
13. The Thrill Is Gone (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan/1971)



DISC 6:
1. I Got Some Help I Don't Need (Pre-Overdub Version)
2. Blue Shadows (Album Version)
3. Ghetto Woman (Single Version)
4. Ain't Nobody Home (Single Version)
5. Guess Who
6. Five Long Years (Album Version)
7. I Like To Live The Love (Single Version)
8. To Know You Is To Love You (Album Version)
9. Philadelphia
10. Three O' Clock Blues (Live)
11. Lucille Talks Back (Album Version)
12. Reconsider Baby
13. Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes (Album Version)
14. Let The Good Times Roll (Live At Coconut Grove/Single Version)
15. Don't You Lie To Me (Album Version)
16. Mother Fuyer (Album Version)
17. The Same Love That Made Me



DISC 7:
1. When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around) (Album Version)
2. Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) (Album Version)
3. Never Make A Move Too Soon (Album Version)
4. Better Not Look Down (Single Version)
5. Happy Birthday Blues (Single Version)
6. I've Always Been Lonely (Album Version)
7. Caldonia (1979/Live At Ole Miss)
8. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need) (Live (Ole Miss))
9. Life Ain't Nothing But A Party (Album Version)
10. The Victim (Album Version)
11. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere (Album Version)
12. Nightlife / Please Send Me Someone To Love
13. Inflation Blues (Album Version)
14. Sell My Monkey
15. Darlin' You Know I Love You (Album Version)
16. Make Love To Me (Album Version)



DISC 8
1. Into The Night (Into The Night/Soundtrack Version)
2. Six Silver Strings (Album Version)
3. When Love Comes To Town (Album Version)
4. Standing On The Edge (Album Version)
5. Lay Another Log On The Fire (Album Version)
6. Take Off Your Shoes (Album Version)
7. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (Live (San Quentin))
8. Right Place, Wrong Time
9. All Over Again (Live (Apollo Theater))
10. I'm Moving On (Album Version)
11. Back In L.A. (Album Version)
12. Fool Me Once (Album Version)
13. There Is Always One More Time (Album Version)
14. Monday Morning Blues (Blues For Mr. G.)
15. Since I Met You Baby (Live)



DISC 9:
1. Playin' With My Friends (Album Version)
2. There's Something On Your Mind (Album Version)
3. I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood / Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (Album Version)
4. You Don't Know Me (Album Version)
5. Stormy Monday Blues
6. Rock Me Baby (1994/Live At The Rosengarten)
7. Confessin' The Blues (Album Version)
8. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (Album Version)
9. Blues Man (Album Version)
10. Bad Case Of Love (Album Version)
11. Blues Boys Tune (Album Version)
12. I'll Survive (Album Version)
13. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Album Version)
14. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (1999 Album Version)
15. Ain't That Just Like A Woman (Album Version)
16. Caldonia (Album Version)



DISC 10:
1. Ten Long Years
2. Key to The Highway (Album Version)
3. I Got To Leave This Woman (Album Version)
4. Monday Woman (Album Version)
5. Don't Go No Farther (Album Version)
6. You're On Top (Album Version)
7. Back Door Santa
8. Exactly Like You (Album Version)
9. Sinner's Prayer
10. Early In The Morning
11. Rock This House
12. You Have a Way
13. Everybody Loves You
14. Key To The Highway (2006/Live in Tennessee)
15. Midnight Blues
16. Get These Blues Off Me
17. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
18. Waiting For Your Call
19. Haunted House










Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums, Percussion
B.B. King - Guitar, Arranger, Composer, Piano, Producer, Vocals
Albert Aarons, Stanley Abernathy, Carl Adams, John Anderson, Marcus Belgrave, Henry Boozier, Thomas Branch, Oscar Brashear, John Browning, Bobby Bryant, Pete Candoli, Ben Cauley - Trumpet
Johnny Ace, Robert Anderson - Piano
Arthur Adams, Roland Bautisa, Leo Blevins, Doyle Bramhall II, Billy Butler, Roland Chambers - Guitar
Rudy Aikels, David Allen, Ronnie Baker, Wilbur Bascomb - Bass
Tomasine Anderson, Patti Austin, Jewel Bass, Paulette Brown, Vivian Cherry,   Kasey Cisyk, Merry Clayton - Background Vocals
Joshie Armstead - Vocals
Irving Ashby - Guitar
Harold Austin - Saxophone
Marcus Barnett, Tony Braunagel, Lenny Castro - Percussion
Ronnie Barron - Hammond B3 Organ
Count Basie Orchestra - Featured Artist
Jay Bellerose - Drums, Percussion
Joe Bihari - Producer
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Vocals
Johnny Board - Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
George Bohanon, Garnett Brown, Joseph Burton - Trombone
James Bolden - Leader, Trumpet
Bono - Vocals
Ben Branch - Tenor Saxophone
David Briggs - Keyboards
Charles Brooks - Piano
Eddie Brown - Congas, Percussion
Lawrence Burdine - Alto Saxophone
Sonny Burke - Piano, Synthesizer
T-Bone Burnett - Producer
Harrison Calloway - Horn Arrangements, Trumpet
Tim Carmon - Hammond B3 organ
Yolander Charles - Bass
Warren Chiasson - Vibraphone
Eric Clapton - Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Adam Clayton - Bass
Clem Clempson - Guitar
Simon Climie - Producer
Arnett Cobb - Tenor Saxophone
Henry Coker - Trombone
Brad Cole - Synthesizer
George Coleman - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Tony Coleman - Percussion
Ron Cooper - Cello
Richard Cousins - Bass
Jim Cox - Synthesizer
Dave Crawford - Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, Background Vocals
Hank Crawford - Horn Arrangements, Alto Saxophone
Robert Cray - Guitar, Vocals
Charles Crosby - Congas
Ronald Cuber - Baritone Saxophone
Ted Curry - Drums
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Rollice Dale - Viola
Jess Daniels - Guitar
Maxwell Davis - Arranger, Conductor, Organ, Tenor Saxophone
Maxwell Davis Orchestra - Featured Artist
Pluma Davis - Trombone
Bert de Coteaux - Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Charlie Dennis - Guitar
Gene Dinwiddle - Tenor Saxophone
Michael Doster - Bass
Hobart Dotson - Trumpet
Dr. John - Keyboards, Piano, Guitar
Billy Duncan - Saxophone
Helen Duncan, Phyllis Duncan, Vanetta Field, Donny Gerrard, Catherine Henderson, Bunny Hull - Background Vocals
Cornell Dupree - Guitar
Ronald Eades - Baritone Saxophone
Earnest Williamson - Keyboards
Nathan East - Bass
The Edge - Guitar, Keyboards
Esmond Edwards - Producer
Scott Edwards Jr., Mike Elizondo, Wilbert Freeman, Bryan Garofalo, Vennette Gloud - Bass
Caleb Emphrey, Jr. - Drums
Tommy Eyre - Keyboards, Organ
Wilton Felder - Bass, Producer, Tenor Saxophone
Sid Feller - Arranger, Conductor, Producer
Keith Fiddmont - Alto Saxophone
Ernie Fields Jr. - Baritone saxophone
Charles Findley - Trombone
André Fischer - Producer
Fred Ford - Tenor Saxophone
Earl Forest - Drums
Jimmy Forrest, Frank Foster - Tenor Saxophone
Bobby Forte - Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes, Barney Freeman - Baritone Saxophone
Sonny Freeman, Steve Gadd, James Gadson - Drums
Sonny Garrish - Guitar
Lloyd Glenn - Piano
Harris Goldman - Violin
Jim Gordon - Drums
Janice Gower - Violin
Gary Grant - Trumpet
Jewell Grant, William Green - Alto Saxophone
Tuff Green - Bass
Ed Greene - Drums
Ray Griffin, William K. "Billy" Hadnott, Ralph Hamilton - Bass
Herb Hardesty - Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet
Norman Harris - Guitar
Paul Harris - Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Bill Harvey - Arranger, Tenor Saxophone
Jimmie Haskell - Conductor, String Arrangements
Kevin Hayes - Drums
John Heard - Bass
Bill Henderson - Violin
Gary Herbig - Saxophone
John Hobbs - Piano, Synthesizer
Major Holley - Bass
Red Holloway - Tenor Saxophone
Stix Hooper - Drums, Producer
Milton Hopkins - Guitar
Barney Hubert, Kim Hutchcroft - Baritone Saxophone
Louis Hubert - Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
James "Hutch" Hutchinson - Bass
Jimmy Iovine - Producer
Clayton Ives - Keyboards
Fred Jackson Jr. - Flute
Melvin Jackson - Saxophone
Oliver Jackson - Drums
Paul M. Jackson - Guitar
Wayne Jackson - Horn, Trumpet
Gerald Jemmott, Jerry Jemmott - Bass
Duke Jethro - Organ, Piano
Sammy Jett - Trombone
Jim Dollarhide - Producer
Howard Johnson - Baritone Saxophone
Eddie Jones - Bass
Floyd Jones, Harry D. Jones - Trumpet
Johnny Jones - Guitar
Randy Kerber - Synthesizer Bass
Ron Kersey - Keyboards
Bobby Keys - Saxophone
Carole King - Piano
Clydie King - Background Vocals
Walter King - Contractor, Flute, Alto Saxophone
Frederick Knight - Producer
Nathaniel Kunkel - Shaker
Russ Kunkel - Drums
Michael Landau - Guitar
John Landis - Producer
Neil Larsen - Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards
Leo Lauchie - Bass
Trevor Lawrence - Tenor Saxophone
Carl Lee - Vocals
Millard Lee - Piano
Kathleen Lenski - Violin
Darrell Leonard - Trumpet
Stewart Levine - Producer
Ron Levy - Piano, Synthesizer
Larrie Londin - Drums
John J. Longo - Trumpet
Andrew Love - Horn, Tenor Saxophone
Herb Lovelle - Drums
Andy Fairweather Low - Guitar
Charles Lowe, Tom Malone - Trombone
Steve Madaio - Trumpet
Russell Malone - Guitar
Charles Mann - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Connie McBooker, Willard McDaniel - Piano
Hugh McCracken - Guitar
Kurt McGettrick - Saxophone
Andy McKaie - Producer
Bob McNeely - Baritone Saxophone
Cecil McNeely - Tenor Saxophone
The Memphis Horns, Muscle Shoals Horns - Horns
Jymie Merritt - Bass
Ed Michel - Producer
Charlie Miller - Trumpet
Bob Mitchell - Organ
Herman Mitchell - Guitar
Vince Montana - Vibraphone
Van Morrison - Arranger, Harmonica, Vocals
Larry Mullen, Jr. - Drums
Robert Murray - Guitar
Bumps Myers - Tenor Saxophone
Earl Nash - Congas, Percussion
Ira Nepus - Trombone
Calvin Newborn - Guitar
Ira Newborn - Producer
Phineas Newborn, Jr. - Piano
Phineas Newborn, Sr. - Drums
David "Fathead" Newman, Dave Pell - Tenor Saxophone
Floyd Newman - Baritone Saxophone
Joe Newman - Trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Peterson, Benny Powell - Trombone
Nils Oliver - Cello
Calvin Owens - Horn Arrangements, Trumpet
Frank Owens - Piano
Earl Palmer - Drums
Ray Parker Jr., Dean Parks - Guitar
Johnny Pate - Arranger, Conductor, Producer
Billy Payne - Keyboards
Sonny Payne - Drums
Sam Phillips - Producer
Valerie Pinkston-Mayo, Rebecca Evans Russell - Background Vocals
Paul Polivnick - Viola
Roy Pope - Trumpet
Robert "Pops" Popwell - Bass
John Porter - Guitar, Producer
Harold Potier, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Drums
Jim Price - Horn Arrangements, Electric Piano, Trombone, Trumpet
Jim Pugh - Keyboards
Dennis Quitman - Saxophone
Jerry Ragovoy, Milt Raskin - Piano
Jack Redmond - Trombone
Waymon Reed - Trumpet
Hampton Reese, Eddie Rowe - Arranger
Reggie Richards - Bass
Jerome Richardson - Baritone Saxophone
Lee Ritenour - Guitar
James Robinson - Drums
Edward Rowe - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Ernie Royal - Trumpet
Marshall Royal - Alto Saxophone
Leon Russell - Piano
Jesse Sailes - Drums
Joe Sample - Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Wurlitzer
David Sanborne - Alto Saxophone
Richard Sanders - Tenor Saxophone
Kenneth Sands - Trumpet
Louis Satterfield - Bass
Johnny Lee Schell - Guitar
Woody Shaw - Trumpet
Haim Shtrum - Violin
Sidney A. Siedenberg - Producer
Vernon Slater, Joe Sublett - Tenor Saxophone
David Spinozza, Michael Spriggs, Marty Stuart, Elli Tarkesty - Guitar
Chris Stainton - Keyboards
John Starks, Ringo Starr - Drums
Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
Eddie Saxman Synigal - Baritone Saxophone
Bill Szymczyk - Producer
Bob Thiele - Producer
Ian Thomas - Drums
Tasha Thomas - Vocals
Harvey Thompson, Earl Turbinton - Tenor Saxophone
Julia Tillman Waters, Carmen Twillie, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters - Background Vocals
Hilmer J. Timbrell, Michael Toles - Guitar
James Toney - Keyboards, Organ
Joe Turner - Bass
Floyd Turnham - Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
U2 - Featured Artist
John Uribe - Guitar
Charles Veal - Concert Master, Violin
Louis Villery, Klaus Voormann - Bass
Booker Walker, Cato Walker - Alto Saxophone
Dennis Walker - Producer
James Walker - Bass
Paul Waller - Drum Programming
Joe Walsh, Leon Warren - Guitar
Freddie Washington - Bass
Larry Washington - Congas
John Watson - Trombone
Steve Watson - Guitar
Ernie Watts - Alto Saxophone
Frank Wess, Rickey Woodard - Tenor Saxophone
Carson Whitsett - Keyboards
Don Wilkerson, Larry Williams - Saxophone
Bob Wray - Bass
Gary Wright - Organ, Piano
Earl Young - Drums
Reggie Young - Guitar
Snooky Young - Trumpet
Joe Zagarino, Lou Zito - Producer





Thursday, September 13, 2012

Sacri Cuori - Rosario







Sacri Cuori - Rosario
Decor Records DECOR029 (2012)







Track Listing:
1. Silver Dollar
2. Fortuna
3. Quattro Passi
4. Out of Grace
5. Sipario!
6. Garrett, West
7. Where we Left
8. Teresita
9. Garrett, East
10. El Conte
11. Sundown, Rosa
12. Lee-Show
13. Lido
14. El Gone
15. Sei
16. Non Tornero
17. Stearner
18. Lido (different recorded version)
19. Teresita (different recorded version)











Personnel:

Sacri Cuori:
Antonio Gramentieri - guitars, vocals
Christian Ravaglioli - keyboards, accordion
Francesco Giampaoli - bass
Diego Sapignoli - drums
Enrico Bocchini - percussions, drums
Denis Valentini - percussions, vocals, drums


Additional Musicians:
Jim Keltner - drums
David Hidalgo - vocals
Isobel Campbell - vocals
Joey Convertino - vocals
Stephen McCarthy - guitars, bass
JD Foster - producer
Woody Jackson - guitar, pedal steel guitar
Marc Ribot - guitar






John Lennon & Friends - Let’s Have A Party






John Lennon & Friends - Let’s Have A Party
Quality Compact Records QCP 72003 (1971)







Track Listing:
1. What'd I Say
2. Yellow Submarine
3. On Top Of Old Smokey
4. Goodnight Irene
5. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
6. Like A Rolling Stone / Twist And Shout / Louie Louie / La Bamba
7. Bring It On Home To Me
8. Yesterday
9. Tandoori Chicken
10. Power To The People
11. Maybe Baby
12. Peggy Sue
13. My Baby Left Me
14. Blue Suede Shoes
15. Crippled Inside
16. Give Peace A Chance
17. Crippled Inside
18. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
19. Happy Birthday
20. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
21. My Sweet Lord










Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums
John Lennon - vocals, guitar
Yoko Ono - vocals
Ringo Starr - vocals, drums
Phil Spector - vocals
Eric Clapton - vocals, guitar
Klaus Voorman - bass
Allen Ginsberg
Mal Evans
Neil Aspinal
Maureen Starkey





Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Nenes - Koza Dabasa








Nenes - Koza Dabasa
Columbia Records KSC2-0083 476824 2 (1994)







Track Listing:
1. Tu-ne
2. America Dori
3. Jealousy
4. Toi Michi
5. KOZA Dabasa
6. Kogane no Hana
7. Kurushima Kudochi
8. Manonaka no Driver
9. Katadayori
10. Tin-Tun-Ten
11. Shima-Zima Kaisya










Personnel:
Nenes :
Misako Koja - vocal, sanba, sanshin
Yasuko Miyasato - vocal, sanba
Namiko Miyasato - vocal
Yukino Hiyane - vocal


Guest Musicians :
Jim Keltner - drums, cajon
Ry Cooder - guitars
David Lindley - guitars, mandolin, bouzouki
Bob Glaub - bass
David Hidalgo - accordion, Mexican guitar
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens - vocal
Yuichi Ishida - guitars, ukulele, whistle
Kazuya Sahara - keyboard, programming, percussion
Sadao China - sanshin, ryukin, vocal, producer
Yuzo Goto - percussion, whistle
Sei Sakamoto - whistle
Minoru Fukuhara - percussion
Takao Nagama - percussion, ohayashi, vocal
Suekichi Matsuda - sanshin, vocal
Syuken Maekawa - sanshin
Takashi Abiko - whistle, ohayashi
Takeo Hatama - ohayashi
Noei Miyagi - vocal





Friday, August 10, 2012

Dave Kelly - Crowning Of A Simple Man






Dave Kelly - Crowning Of A Simple Man
Pilgrim America Records R3757  (1980)






Track Listing:
1. King of Love
2. God Knows
3. Tonight
4. Supernatural Man
5. Dead or Alive
6. Turn Your Back
7. Love Night and Day
8. Trouble
9. Sandy
10. Ballad of JC









Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums
Dave Kelly - vocals, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar, producer
Jimm Seatter - harmony vocals and jokes
Dennis Bellfield - bass
Billy Walker - guitar, slide guitar
Terry Young - piano, organ, backing vocals
Mary Russell, Mona Lisa - backing vocals
Alex McGilvery - bagpipes
Stewart Hamilton - flute, fiddle
Dale Ocherman - synthesizer





Drum Legends Neil Peart And Jim Keltner Share Wisdom With Aspiring Drummers






L-R Doane Perry, Jim Keltner, Neil Peart & Don Lombardi Photo: Dan Grody





By Laura Ferreiro

The best way to learn a craft is to hang out with the masters. That’s the premise behind the Los Angeles Music Academy’s Drummer’s Reality Camp, where aspiring drummers of all ages get the chance to learn directly from renowned drummers during four days of intense instruction, clinics and concerts each year.

At a roundtable discussion during this year’s camp, Neil Peart of Rush, legendary session drummer Jim Keltner (who has played with three of the four Beatles, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton and Neil Young, among others), and Doane Perry of Jethro Tull examined the attributes of good drumming and the importance of going beyond drumming to master songwriting, penning lyrics and playing other instruments. Don Lombardi, president of DW Drums and chief executive of drumming instruction website DrumChannel.com, led the discussion, which took place at the Drum Channel’s Oxnard soundstage.

“I look at a drum set and it’s like a large playground for me,” Keltner told the enthusiastic audience, which included drummers as young as 12 and renowned sticksmen Gil Sharone and Uli Frost.

Peart, who’s not only known as one of the best drummers in the world but also writes all of Rush’s lyrics, said that he sees several parallels between playing drums and writing lyrics. “I started writing lyrics early on,” Peart said. “Words are as rhythmic as drum phrasing.” Peart is also a renowned author who has published several books. But he admitted that he didn’t feel confident enough to publically share his prose writing for nearly two decades. “I bought a typewriter in Little Rock, Arkansas and spent the next 20 years writing before I published anything,” he admits.

All three drummers agreed that inspiration can be found in the unlikeliest of places, ranging from listening to Guns N’ Roses to classical music, as well as things completely unrelated to music. “I got turned on to Stravinsky at a very young age,” Keltner said. “We’d sit around and absorb ‘The Rite of Spring’ and say, ‘How does a mind make that happen?”

“I had a car that was dying and it made the most glorious sound, so you can find it anywhere,” Perry told the burgeoning drummers. “So be open to all of it. Take it in like a sponge.”

Peart said that he has found exposure to music from around the world during his international travels to be particularly inspiring. “I’ve found so much richness in the music of other cultures – most recently Brazil,” he said.

The percussionists also discussed the important role of digital technology in music today. “Any artist back in the day would’ve loved to have these tools,” said Keltner, “They are the flesh and blood of music.”

Peart seemed a little more skeptical, pointing out that being a rock drummer is even more challenging these days than it was when he was starting out 40 years ago, because a lot of today’s popular music is dominated by electronics and drum machines.

“Listening to the Top 40 hour, there’s not one drum on it – that’s what you’re up against,” Peart told the drum students. “Hearing all this pop music with no drums makes me worry for you guys. But there’s still a place for it. We’re due for another revolution.”





Poker Of Kings!





Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jim Keltner & Steve Lukather





Thursday, July 26, 2012

Bob Dylan - Avignon






Bob Dylan - Avignon
Moonlight Records ML9517/18 Unofficial Release (1995)







Track Listing:

CD 1:
1. Saved
2. I Believe In You
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. Till I Get It Right
5. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
6. Maggie's Farm
7. Girl From The North Country
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man
9. In The Summertime
10. Shot Of Love
11. Walk Around Heaven All Day - Carolyn Dennis
12. The Times They Are A-Changin'
13. Let's Begin
14. Lenny Bruce





CD 2:
1. Slow Train
2. Solid Rock
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Saved By The Grace Of Your Love
5. Watered-Down Love
6. Jesus Is The One
7. Heart Of Mine
8. When You Gonna Wake Up
9. Forever Young
10. In The Garden
11. Blowin' In The Wind
12. It Ain't Me, Babe
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door








Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums
Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar
Fred Tackett, Steve Ripley - guitar
Willie Smith - keyboards
Tim Drummond - bass
Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCreary Havis, Madelyn Quebec - vocals





Shivaree - Bossa Nova (The Luckiest Girl)








Shivaree - Bossa Nova (The Luckiest Girl)
Odeon Records 7243 8 79145 2 0 Maxi-Single (2002)







Track Listing:
1. Bossa Nova (The Luckiest Girl) - Allskate Mix
2. Bossa Nova (The Luckiest Girl) - Album Edit
3. I Don't Care (Live)
4. Funeral Song For A Dog










Personnel:
Jim Keltner (4), Phil Hernandez, Tony Mangurian, Andrew Borger - Drums
Ambrosia Parsley - Vocals, Guitar
Danny McGough - Guitar, Keyboards
Duke McVinnie - Bass, Guitar
Elegant Too, Joe Henry - Producer
Sheldon Gomberg - Bass