Norm
Hi Rafeal,You misunderstood my intended comment on Garcia. Whilst his period with the Grateful Dead was a little after my prime music time I still rate him as one of the best of all Rock musicians.As far as Morrison was concerned have you ever read or seen any biographies? As far as current music is concerned some stuff like Franz Ferdinand, or a bit older like Massive Attack are up there with the best of them. The only genre of popular music that I never took to was Reggae, for no reason other than my son-in-law plays it constantly and it drives me mad!!! or madder than usual.Rock on Rafeal
DCC
The problems in the world - are they on the increase or do we only here more of them, anybody want the clocks rolled back. Change is the only constant (no authorship claimed, Raf). Yes, Jos, they are installing a big fence around the Island as I type...A woman rocker, still alive, that rattled your cage - Grace Slick, Norm?This is the end .... my only friend ....
Norm
Hi DCC,No, not Grace! for those who do not know her she was a one time girl-friend of jim morrison.Another clue born 1964 and once described as "the most controversial woman of Rock" by Rolling Staone Magazine.
DCC
1964? That's almost post-punk. I'll have to ponder that one. Longtime DC boy myself - Alexandria, Capitol Hill, & Bethesda. 64-95
matsaleh
Not quite post-punk, DCC. According to Wikipedia, "the most controversial woman in the history of rock" is Courtney Love, born 1964 on July 9 (what a great day to be born! :P )[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Love"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Love[/url]
tintin
Norm,...Jerry Garcia.... And did you know he had most of one finger missing?[/quote]And did you know that probably the greatest jazz guitar player ever, Django Reinhardt, had only TWO fingers on his left hand? This forced him to abandon playing the violin, but music was in his blood.RafaelKenny G. Jerry ..... Jerry was one of the greatest musicians who ever lived [/quote]That's a unsustainable statement. In Rock music, he has his place, MAYBE. In the world of music, he does not even appears as a blip on the horizon. :cry:
Norm
Mats,Congratulations!Top of the class. How did you know that? Did you do a Google? I suppose being an Aussie does endow you with certain superior levels of intellect!!! (Is that how you spell intellect?)and - sorry DCC but what's a "DC boy" (hope that's not rude)and - if anyone asks why the aforementioned "rattles my cage" then you obviously do not know her!and - tintin sorry but I do not know Django Rheinhardt but he must have been bloody good.
Tony
Q: What did the deadhead say when the acid wore off?A: Sheesh...this music really sucks!Q: How many deadheads does it take to change a lightbulb?A: None. They just watch it burn out and then follow it around for 25 years.Since this thread has already taken a decidedly wrong turn, from the problems facing the world, to Jim Morrisson to...eh..."one of the greatest rock guitarists ever?????, Jerry Garcia, I had to weigh in.There are few sounds in this world that can make me gnash my teeth...fingernails on a chalkboard and the endless, repetitive fretboard noodling of Garcia. As guitarist and former guitar tech for several well-known touring guitarists back in the 70's, I'd have to rank Garcia's contibutions highly on the social/cultural phenomenon scale and way, way down the list of skilled & innovative guitar slingers. On that list, Django certainly warrants a mention. There are many, many unknown guitarists out there doing amazing stuff and flying way under the radar due to commercial nonviability. One of them was an old friend of mine from my DC days.http:[url]www.dannygatton.com[/url]Guitar aficianados will definitely want to check out this link. There's lots of audio & video files. A word of caution...the video files are quite large and take a bit of time to download. Another word of caution...if you are a serious guitar player, exposure to these video clips may cause you to burn your axe in shame.
Tony
Tha should be:[url="http://www.dannygatton.com"]http://www.dannygatton.com[/url]Over and out...
JAMIE
Ive seen them all , and the only thing that matters to me is how a band plays live , and the Dead are the best in concert period . Unlike a band like the stones who tour year after year playing the same stuff over and over again , boring . While seeing the dead for 30 years , I was intoduced to county,bluegrass , whaling tunes , robert johnson ect . the dead "unplugged" 15 years before MTV even heard the words . My whole life Ive defended the dead against people who never saw them , and the ones I dragged to a show (i was dragged to my first show ) then understood what I already knew , simply the best rock show in the world . On another note the dead crowd are the nicest people of any rock following .."we can share we got of yours , cause we done shared all of mine " that says volumes for me , maybe the world should think in those terms , now more then ever ..
matsaleh
[b]Re: RE: What do you forsee for Bali?[/b]Mats,Congratulations!Top of the class. How did you know that? Did you do a Google? [/quote]Hi Norm,Yes, you caught me out. I'm the queen of Google (and lots of other search engines). It drives me nuts when a question is posed that I don't know the answer. :oops: :oops:
Norm
Mats,You still earned the major prize for persistence and ingenuity.Prize is dinner on me at Nuri's should we ever meet there. Now what about teaching me how to "Reply with quote" on this forum; it must be so easy but I am incapable of working it out! :oops: :oops:
Bert Vierstra
[b]Re: RE: What do you forsee for Bali?[/b]Mats,You still earned the major prize for persistence and ingenuity.Prize is dinner on me at Nuri's should we ever meet there. Now what about teaching me how to "Reply with quote" on this forum; it must be so easy but I am incapable of working it out! :oops: :oops:[/quote]It is !How about pressing the quote button you see on the right ?(Next where it says Indonesia, in my case..)
Norm
[b]Re: RE: What do you forsee for Bali?[/b]It is !How about pressing the quote button you see on the right ?(Next where it says Indonesia, in my case..)[/quote]Well isn't that easy. :oops:Thanks Bert.
DCC
OK - I have to weigh in NOW!!! Jamie & Raf take your blinders off.But first this - no Norm, DC boy is not a cut down it simply means I'm male and used to live in DC, as I stated. Appears we have a number of former and current DC residents here.Yes Tony, DC has some fine homegrown talent- Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Link Ray - all three are, by the way, on Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists list. Jerry Garcia didn't make the cut. Lists are subjective and RS is tilted to rock, but blame them not me. As far as the "greatest American R&R band"? - get real Raf! R&R is fast, loud, and it ain't that pretty! As I recall only one pure rock & roll band is featured on NPR's list of the 100 most important American songs - and that is "I Wanna Be Sedated" by THE greatest American 'ROCK N ROLL' band, the Ramones. I've seen 100's of concerts, the first being Jimi H. at the DC Armory at age 11 (thanks to older brothers) and I've seen the Dead many times and do appreciate them, and you'll find their CDs in my collection, so I'm not trying to take anything away from them. And Raf, as far as Trey being better than Django, ask Trey and I'm sure he would have good laugh - and greatness isn't a matter of popularity. I think if you polled a group of objective guitar enthusiasts you would find Segovia, Rhienhardt, and Hendrix always at the top but forever underground.Thanks Mats! Post-punk as a period definition refers to those following the initial punk explosion of the 70's. And FYI, my fave R&R concert - the Clash, London Calling tour, Richie Coliseum, University of Maryland, 1980.All that said waaaay off thread . . .
Norm
DCC, now you're making some sense here ref Ramones but I am keen on The Clash, but my son was a fan of thiersHow do all you DC boys rate grunge and esp Nirvana?Don't know if its the same over there but in Australia one of the radio stations ran a sort of best song of all time poll just a couple of years ago and "Smells like teen spirit" came out No 1. and I think that happened a couple of times
DCC
Norm, Nirvana - mucho bueno!!! Best of grunge which isn't saying anything new, eh. Dave Grohl, drummer and now front man for Foo Fighters, is a DC homeboy and owns a popular club there, the Black Cat. So guess you could say they are popular in the Capitol
Adele
I was lucky to see Nirvana play in Australia a few years before his death, excellent concert and have seen the Foo Fighters twice in concert another very groovey band. Didn't know Courtney Love had been a girlfriend of Jim Morrison, I thought the answer would of been the girl Nikki Hagen from Velvet Underground?
Norm
Hi Adele,Yes I did know about Morrison and Love, good couple.BTW I see you are from Bendigo; nice place drive through fairly often from Mount Gambier to Sydney.
Norm
Rafeal, Spot on when you note that Love could never dated Morrison since he died in the very early 1970's.Adele actually said that she "DIDN'T KNOW Courtney Love had been a girlfriend of Jim Morrison" I think she probably mis-read an earlier post. I was trying to be flippant and facetious at the same time but stuffed up, as I often do. :? Hope you folks don't mind somebody on the forum who aint perfect :P
