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No hurry Si… Just so long as no worries either, as I was beginning to fret a bit about your welfare – Was afeared that mayhap your arm and shoulder neurosystems had gone all haywire again – or worse… Glad you’re well and that your Spurs are jingle-jangle-jinglin’ all happy like! Hoisting a pint in their honor here! (Nice to have a handy excuse lol)…
Changed my profile a few days ago then noticed this thread had a recent post… I have quit West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in favor of Orlando, Florida, a good move in most respects but according to Alyssa’s way cool map, it puts me all alone in this big ol’ red state…
On the bright side, I see BH will be in Tampa-St. Pete in January w/Ricky Skaggs…
If you’re hereabouts, shoot me a message, we should hoist a cold one.
– David
West Yarmouth (Cape Cod), Massachusetts
No Melody Tent this year
(or Cohasset, for that matter) but at least The Bruce won’t be moanin’ about the curfew – not that I disagree, 10:30, JM&J, the night’s barely started, but that’s the self-righteously quaint Cape for ya, and in fairness, I have friends who live walking distance and complain about the “free concerts” – Elvis Costello w/Allen Toussaint was reportedly very loud indeed… I may see if I can hear (I got them synesthesia blues again) George Carlin from my doctor’s office’s parking lot…Lowell’s kind of a haul – I know, I shouldn’t be a whinin’ boy, 2 whole hours instead of 10 minutes is still a damn sight better than, just to pick a random example, flappin’ your arms all the way across Lake Atlantic (you’re a monster, Si, hope you enjoy this year’s tour of the Colonies, we’ll see if we can’t get the rain to stop for ya) – but the set lists, reviews and doses are lookin’/soundin’ pretty strong (there, I got my senses sorted out now), and the shockingly inexpensive ticket ($27?!?) takes some of the curse off the price-of-petrol factor for we badly bent folk (pleasant ain’t workin’ all that well on that score – Elwood was loaded in more ways than one), so we’ll see…. Anybody wanna share a ride? (Go Sox! Wells is cooked, Theo, you have a week to get us a starter.)
Re: What other genres
treah wrote:…guitar driven…Hey Treah –
I’m familiar w/about half on your list (“Built for Comfort” – GREAT idea!), and I’m thinkin’ Bruce and the Noisyboys would have a ball with any of ’em. I also think Bruce could handle ’em nicely alone (might need an upright to get an “authentic” down’n’dirty bluesy sound, though).
I’d love to hear the band take on a jump blues (sorry, can’t think of any in particular at the moment – “Mojo” might qualify)…
It’s interesting that your list is guitar-blues dominated, but I guess so is most of the best-known/”mainstream” blues. (We live in a guitar-centric universe – yeah, me, too: droppeddminer is a guitar-rooted handle.) And Wikipedia’s blues entry (I cheated) is pretty guitar-heavy…
Have you explored piano blues at all? I’m just a dilettante, but fwiw, if you’re interested, I’d suggest (I didn’t cheat on this part, these are all first-hand recommendations): Otis Spann, piano man in Muddy’s band for years, who also did some stunning stuff of his own… Pinetop Perkins, who succeeded Spann… Personal faves Lafayette Leake, Champion Jack Dupree and most especially, the original Honeydripper himself, Roosevelt Sykes… Ray Charles’ ’50s stuff… And the whole New Orleans school – skip right past Dr. John and go to the icon, Professor Longhair, and then on to the truly far out James Booker…
There’s gotta be more. Who am I missing, folks? Who haven’t I discovered yet?
– David
Re: What other genres
treah wrote:How about the blues genre?… i’d like to hear Bruce’s take on a whole straight-out blues song.Straight-out blues is such a broad, all-encompassing term, I’d be interested to hear what you had in mind (songs/artists/sub-genres)…
I’d say Bruce has done a number of things that go beyond blues-influenced into straight-out blues:
“Nobody There But Me” – I rather like Bruce’s reading (I’ve only heard one rendition, 8/5/01, Cohasset, a recent Dose)… Very, well, er, bluesy.
“Lucky Old Sun” – another one in the same vein – thought I had one but can’t seem to find it; must’ve been on a previous hard drive.
“Lot to Laugh, Train to Cry” – try Orlando 5/19/99, another Dose from not too long ago, nothing if not blues blues blues through and through.Perhaps a concerted request campaign could convince Bruce to take on one of those archetypal blues numbers – “Crossroads,” “Trouble in Mind,” “Stormy Monday” (now that’d be really nice), “Got My Mojo Workin’,” etc. – if he hasn’t already.
– David
