So I didn't quite make it out to fingerprints yesterday, but I did find this guy selling records for a dollar a piece down by the canals. I picked up Willy Nelson and Merle Haggard's duet album Pancho and Lefty as well as a album by country rock supergroup The Souther, Hillman, Furay band... so yeah... come over sometime... we can listen to them... that would be fun... and nice.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Seven Inch, EP, or LP... that is the question.
As the year comes to a close, I think to myself what good music has been released in 2009. My natural thought is to think back to what albums I have purchased this year, and I find myself thinking of quite a few seven inches. So I make a quick tally:
Seven Inches:
Tom Waits "Glitter and Doom"
Leonard Cohen "Live in London"
The Fling "Wanderingfoot"
The Parson Red Heads "Orangufang"
Tape Deck Mountain "Scantrons"
Three Mile Pilot "Planets"
EP's
Deep Sea Diver "New Caves"
Cold War Kids "Live from Fingerprints"
The Romany Rye "Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully"
LP's
Two Guns "Two Guns"
David Serby "Honkytonk and Vine"
First thing I realize, is it's pretty pathetic that I've only bought 11 releases this year (four of which were purchased on record store day), and second is that, wow more then half were seven inches. It reminds me something read once in a Rocket From the Crypt bio, here is the excerpt:
"They had so much music that they started putting out tons of seven-inch singles. Almost at the rate of one a month. It was through these seven inches that their notoriety began to spread. You see, the economy was in shambles back then (1992), and kids just didn't have enough money to buy full albums of new bands they didn't know much about."
As we all know it's 2009, and our economy is now once again back in shambles. I for one can relate to spending less money, just this week while in the record store, I had to choose between the new Three Mile Pilot seven-inch or the new Old Canes record, If you were paying attention to my above tally you will know which one I purchased. Oh I wish I could just buy all the records I want, or at least more than 11. I'm gonna try and swing by fingerprints, I hear the new live Tom Waits record is pretty good.
+W
Seven Inches:
Tom Waits "Glitter and Doom"
Leonard Cohen "Live in London"
The Fling "Wanderingfoot"
The Parson Red Heads "Orangufang"
Tape Deck Mountain "Scantrons"
Three Mile Pilot "Planets"
EP's
Deep Sea Diver "New Caves"
Cold War Kids "Live from Fingerprints"
The Romany Rye "Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully"
LP's
Two Guns "Two Guns"
David Serby "Honkytonk and Vine"
First thing I realize, is it's pretty pathetic that I've only bought 11 releases this year (four of which were purchased on record store day), and second is that, wow more then half were seven inches. It reminds me something read once in a Rocket From the Crypt bio, here is the excerpt:
"They had so much music that they started putting out tons of seven-inch singles. Almost at the rate of one a month. It was through these seven inches that their notoriety began to spread. You see, the economy was in shambles back then (1992), and kids just didn't have enough money to buy full albums of new bands they didn't know much about."
As we all know it's 2009, and our economy is now once again back in shambles. I for one can relate to spending less money, just this week while in the record store, I had to choose between the new Three Mile Pilot seven-inch or the new Old Canes record, If you were paying attention to my above tally you will know which one I purchased. Oh I wish I could just buy all the records I want, or at least more than 11. I'm gonna try and swing by fingerprints, I hear the new live Tom Waits record is pretty good.
+W
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Dr. Ralph Stanley and Cherryholmes
Last night I went to the Poway Center for performing Arts to see Ralph Stanley. Ralph Stanley's new book, 'Man of Constant Sorrow: The Life and Times of a Music Legend', was released on October 15th, and he is on tour promoting the book as well as his many hit releases.
The opening band was Cherryholmes, consisting of Mom, Dad, Two Sister, and Two Brothers. All of them had so much talent, it was quite amazing. The only thing that was distracting me was their odd choice of wardrobe for the set. It looked as if they all were given clothes by the same company earlier that day and decided to wear whatever they were given. It was very glittery, and did not seem to fit their personality at all, but they did a cover of The Flying Burrito Brothers "Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)", which more than made up for their cheesy clothes.
Ralph Stanley opened his set with "Man of Constant Sorrow". This is the third time I've seen Ralph Stanley, and his shows are always fun. Now that he is 82, he does not play the banjo or sing as much, he leaves most of it up to his backing band, The Clinch Mountain Boys. The highlights for me were his a capella version of "O' Death", and his duet with Ralph Stanley II of "Katy Daley". He ended the night by calling Cherryholmes back out on stage for a heartwarming cover of the Carter Family Classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken", ahh what a great way to end the night.
Here is some classic Dr. Stanley for you listening and viewing pleasure:
The opening band was Cherryholmes, consisting of Mom, Dad, Two Sister, and Two Brothers. All of them had so much talent, it was quite amazing. The only thing that was distracting me was their odd choice of wardrobe for the set. It looked as if they all were given clothes by the same company earlier that day and decided to wear whatever they were given. It was very glittery, and did not seem to fit their personality at all, but they did a cover of The Flying Burrito Brothers "Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)", which more than made up for their cheesy clothes.
Ralph Stanley opened his set with "Man of Constant Sorrow". This is the third time I've seen Ralph Stanley, and his shows are always fun. Now that he is 82, he does not play the banjo or sing as much, he leaves most of it up to his backing band, The Clinch Mountain Boys. The highlights for me were his a capella version of "O' Death", and his duet with Ralph Stanley II of "Katy Daley". He ended the night by calling Cherryholmes back out on stage for a heartwarming cover of the Carter Family Classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken", ahh what a great way to end the night.
Here is some classic Dr. Stanley for you listening and viewing pleasure:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
This looks fun
I'm not familiar with Glen Hansard, but I guess he played at fingerprints not to long ago, and before the in-store he played a song to the crowd in line. I have waited in that line many a times waiting for in-stores, so I found this pretty cool, and the song is really good too. I love Long Beach.
Free time
Taking this free time I have to update my blog.
So, you wanna hear about my week? good.
Monday was the third installment of The Fling's residency at the Detroit Bar. I walked into the bar during the first song of Sam Outlaw and The Country Band. They were doing one of my favorite Louvin Brothers songs, "The Christian Life". I've had the privledge of seeing Charlie Louvin live a couple times, even got my picture taken with him once.
Not quite sure how to put this, but for me to go up and ask you if I can get a picture with you, you have to be pretty important to me, and so far Charlie Louvin is the only person I can think of that I've ever done that to.
But to continue on with the set, Sam Outlaw continued to play hit after hit of his original songs, ending the set with another cover, Merle Haggard this time with "The Bottle Let Me Down".
We Barbarians were awesome, Quon's stage presence was on true form, and it was good to see Derrick and Nathan as always.
The Fling was up next, and this was by far the most packed of their three residency's. It is great to see they are bringing back both the fans from the first two shows along with new fans eager to hear the jams. This was one of the best shows I've ever seen at the Detroit Bar. After their set they invited Sam Outlaw and Luke from The Romany Rye up to play a few covers by The Byrds, Bob Dylan, and Gillian Welsh. What a way to end the night.
Today I stayed home from work because I had a Doctors Appointment. I woke up, chatted on the phone for a bit, went online, where my friend Jared posted about an artist named Bob Martin, and his album "Midwest Farm Disaster", I listened to a couple tracks, and was in love. You can hear the tracks here.
I got dressed and walked down to Bagatelle's (one of my favorite record shops), unfortunately they did not have any Bob Martin, but I did pick up a Merle Haggard double LP.
I can spend hours in record shops, today I was able to chat with the owner of Bagatelle's for a good 30 minutes about music. He can be a difficult guy to crack, but once you've done it he will tell you story after story, and I love me some stories.
Went home, listened to the first two sides of my new Merle Haggard, who BTW I'm seeing in April, and you should come too. Then I took the bus to the Medical Center, where the doctor told me "I have nothing wrong with me", well that's good I guess. I think I'm done with Doctors, they don't do anything, but tell you that you should see another Doctor. But this blog is not a Health Care rant, so I will stop now.
When I came home, I put on the final two sides of my new Merle Haggard, went online, where I found that Sam Outlaw has his own Blog check it out: It Might Kill Me.
I also found one of those "Hitler reacts" videos, I should be tired of these by now, but I still laugh at everyone, if you think this one is funny also check out how he reacts to Oasis breaking up, or not being able to log onto a Paramore chat on absolutepunk.
Upcoming Events:
Looking forward to possibly seeing "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" on Monday November 2nd, I'm trying to get a ticket to the US premier. If you have not seen the preview check it out here:
Then on November 5th, The Romany Rye is having their CD release show at the Detroit Bar. You will not want to miss this, I've heard the new CD and it's so refreshing and catchy I was singing along to every song, after just a couple listens. You can stream tracks on Myspace. I look forward to actually owning a physical copy, and this show will be our first chance. I hope to see ya there, and look at this artwork!
So Good, So Long, Goodbye, Adios,
+Wyatt (like the cowboy)
So, you wanna hear about my week? good.
Monday was the third installment of The Fling's residency at the Detroit Bar. I walked into the bar during the first song of Sam Outlaw and The Country Band. They were doing one of my favorite Louvin Brothers songs, "The Christian Life". I've had the privledge of seeing Charlie Louvin live a couple times, even got my picture taken with him once.
Not quite sure how to put this, but for me to go up and ask you if I can get a picture with you, you have to be pretty important to me, and so far Charlie Louvin is the only person I can think of that I've ever done that to.
But to continue on with the set, Sam Outlaw continued to play hit after hit of his original songs, ending the set with another cover, Merle Haggard this time with "The Bottle Let Me Down".
We Barbarians were awesome, Quon's stage presence was on true form, and it was good to see Derrick and Nathan as always.
The Fling was up next, and this was by far the most packed of their three residency's. It is great to see they are bringing back both the fans from the first two shows along with new fans eager to hear the jams. This was one of the best shows I've ever seen at the Detroit Bar. After their set they invited Sam Outlaw and Luke from The Romany Rye up to play a few covers by The Byrds, Bob Dylan, and Gillian Welsh. What a way to end the night.
Today I stayed home from work because I had a Doctors Appointment. I woke up, chatted on the phone for a bit, went online, where my friend Jared posted about an artist named Bob Martin, and his album "Midwest Farm Disaster", I listened to a couple tracks, and was in love. You can hear the tracks here.
I got dressed and walked down to Bagatelle's (one of my favorite record shops), unfortunately they did not have any Bob Martin, but I did pick up a Merle Haggard double LP.
I can spend hours in record shops, today I was able to chat with the owner of Bagatelle's for a good 30 minutes about music. He can be a difficult guy to crack, but once you've done it he will tell you story after story, and I love me some stories.
Went home, listened to the first two sides of my new Merle Haggard, who BTW I'm seeing in April, and you should come too. Then I took the bus to the Medical Center, where the doctor told me "I have nothing wrong with me", well that's good I guess. I think I'm done with Doctors, they don't do anything, but tell you that you should see another Doctor. But this blog is not a Health Care rant, so I will stop now.
When I came home, I put on the final two sides of my new Merle Haggard, went online, where I found that Sam Outlaw has his own Blog check it out: It Might Kill Me.
I also found one of those "Hitler reacts" videos, I should be tired of these by now, but I still laugh at everyone, if you think this one is funny also check out how he reacts to Oasis breaking up, or not being able to log onto a Paramore chat on absolutepunk.
Upcoming Events:
Looking forward to possibly seeing "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" on Monday November 2nd, I'm trying to get a ticket to the US premier. If you have not seen the preview check it out here:
Then on November 5th, The Romany Rye is having their CD release show at the Detroit Bar. You will not want to miss this, I've heard the new CD and it's so refreshing and catchy I was singing along to every song, after just a couple listens. You can stream tracks on Myspace. I look forward to actually owning a physical copy, and this show will be our first chance. I hope to see ya there, and look at this artwork!
So Good, So Long, Goodbye, Adios,
+Wyatt (like the cowboy)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Upcoming shows
So, in my attempt to not totally fail at this blog. I will tell you about shows I will be going to.
Tomorrow - Pearl Jam - yep, I use to own Ten and Vs, and I like the new song on the radio. I've never seen them, so why not, who knows maybe I will even do a little bit of stage diving... Note to self "Do NOT forget to wear your flannel to work tomorrow".
Saturday - Brooks and Dunn - yep, I like country it's no secret, and this is their final tour, so why not. I can jam to "Red Dirt Road", "Cowgirls Don't Cry", and "Boot Scootin' Boogie"... Note to self "Do NOT forget to bring your cowboy boots down to San Diego this weekend".
EVERY MONDAY IN OCTOBER - The Fling (free at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa) - yep, These shows are going to be awesome. Have you heard The Fling recently? The new stuff is amazing, and the openers are great too.
On the 12th there is Tape Deck Mountain and Deep Sea Diver, who both put out two of my favorite records this year. Tape Deck Mountain tore it up last time I saw them at Bar Pink. Listen for yourself:
Tomorrow - Pearl Jam - yep, I use to own Ten and Vs, and I like the new song on the radio. I've never seen them, so why not, who knows maybe I will even do a little bit of stage diving... Note to self "Do NOT forget to wear your flannel to work tomorrow".
Saturday - Brooks and Dunn - yep, I like country it's no secret, and this is their final tour, so why not. I can jam to "Red Dirt Road", "Cowgirls Don't Cry", and "Boot Scootin' Boogie"... Note to self "Do NOT forget to bring your cowboy boots down to San Diego this weekend".
EVERY MONDAY IN OCTOBER - The Fling (free at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa) - yep, These shows are going to be awesome. Have you heard The Fling recently? The new stuff is amazing, and the openers are great too.
On the 12th there is Tape Deck Mountain and Deep Sea Diver, who both put out two of my favorite records this year. Tape Deck Mountain tore it up last time I saw them at Bar Pink. Listen for yourself:
"In The Dirt" Jamuel Saxon Remix (click to download)
"Ghost Colony" (click to download)
Deep Sea Diver's EP "New Caves" has been a constant in my CD player this year, and I'm really looking forward to seeing them live. I believe this will be their first show back since their Singer/Guitarist Jessica Dobson is currently on tour playing guitar for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
The following Monday the openers will be Sam Outlaw and We Barbarians, who both put on great shows... Note to self "These shows are free, so no excuses!".
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Guilty Pleasure
When I'm not listening to Tom Waits or Gram Parsons, I'll sneak in a little synth-pop. I kinda love this:
"Saviour" Music Video
Lights, New album in October, and playing The Troubadour in November.
+W
"Saviour" Music Video
Lights, New album in October, and playing The Troubadour in November.
+W
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Steely Dan at The Gibson
So I went to go see Steely Dan at The Gibson Amphitheater last night. Rubios nugget overheated on the way down, but we still made it on time. Got hooked up with VIP passes, overall it was a fun show. I would put it somewhere between Tom Waits and Stevie Wonder:
Steely Dan is one of those bands where you know all their songs, but forget that it's them. We were doing some pre-listening at the office, and a co-worker kept saying "Wait, is that Steely Dan?" usually followed by "I love that song", "that's my jam, I sing along every time I hear it on radio", or "those dudes are white?"
I love it.
Steely Dan is one of those bands where you know all their songs, but forget that it's them. We were doing some pre-listening at the office, and a co-worker kept saying "Wait, is that Steely Dan?" usually followed by "I love that song", "that's my jam, I sing along every time I hear it on radio", or "those dudes are white?"I love it.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Birthdays, Weddings, Museums oh my
I had quite the fun weekend.Friday was dinner at Natraj followed by a little bowling up in Los Angeles for Isaac Rentz Birthday.
I found this pretty sweet red, white, and blue ball that lead me to victory.
We ended the night at Verdugo Bar, which had a nice selection of draft beer.
Saturday started with a matinee of "Up", which was a pretty cute movie.
Then up to Pasadena for the Marriage of Kelly and Mike Scyz. It was a beautiful wedding, and a fun reception with tons of dancing.
On Sunday I experienced my first long overdue trip to The Getty. Good Art, Good Weather, and Great Friends.
After The Getty, we ended up at El Compadre in Hollywood, and I ended the night at the 8th and Orange house for Robs Birthday. Thanks for the photos Nikki!Shows Shows
Last Thursday August 20, 2009, I went to a show. It was a bit of a last minute decision. I was at the office late that night, slinging last minute visas for a Tour Manager and FOH Engineer. I wanted to get into Long Beach early because David Serby plays at The Pike every third Thursday, and sure enough on the train ride home the texts start "Where are you?". By the time I finally made it home, and cooked my self a bowl of chili from Fresh and Easy, I start to return the texts, "Are you still at pike?", no it seems that everyone has moved over to the Que Sera, It's country night, and Sam Outlaw is playing.
I roll in right around midnight, to catch the first song of Sam Outlaw, perfect timing. I love Long Beach, I love the community, I love being greeted by my first name from the girl at the door and the guys at the bar. I notice that Sam Outlaw has a new backing band. I immediately recognize Brandon Young and Sean Walker from The Delta Spirit are accompanying him on drums and guitar, I can tell that I am going to enjoy this. The sound at Que Sera is well... the sound at Que Sera, and while I would have liked the Pedal Steel and Mandolin up a bit higher, Sam Outlaw's honesty and charm was able to shine through. I imagine it would be like getting to watch The Flying Burrito Brothers in '69 at The Palomino Club. Sam Outlaw is full of great one liners, one lyric that stuck out to me particularly was "Lord I miss your smile / and though it’s been a while / Lord I miss the way we kissed before we fell in love". I've had that line in my head for five days now.
After the show it was great to catch up with friends, Both The Fling and Cold War Kids had just returned home from long tours and it was nice to see members from each band coming out to support local Long Beach country music. I'm looking forward to see Sam Outlaws progression, I will be first in line to buy his new record. I have a feeling good things are happening for this fine gentleman, as I noticed a couple Managers and Record Labels also in the audience.
I love all kinds of music, but have recently had quite the affinity for Country music, It started with Johnny Cash, then moved into Gram Parsons. Next thing I knew I was buying Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Patsy Cline and Paco records. More recently I've even started listening to Country Radio, I find myself singing along to Darius Rucker and The Zak Brown Band. My Metal/Industrial High School self would have punched me for taking a line dancing lesson at Cowboy Country, but what I can say, you grow older and your tastes change, but no matter what kind of music I am listening to, it will always draw the emotion out of me, and I will always pefer sitting in my living room listening to a record then watching TV.
So tonight I put on my Immigration Consultant hat, as a co-worker and I attend one of our clients shows - Steely Dan at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Stay tuned... I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for reading my first real post.
Cheers,
+Wyatt
I roll in right around midnight, to catch the first song of Sam Outlaw, perfect timing. I love Long Beach, I love the community, I love being greeted by my first name from the girl at the door and the guys at the bar. I notice that Sam Outlaw has a new backing band. I immediately recognize Brandon Young and Sean Walker from The Delta Spirit are accompanying him on drums and guitar, I can tell that I am going to enjoy this. The sound at Que Sera is well... the sound at Que Sera, and while I would have liked the Pedal Steel and Mandolin up a bit higher, Sam Outlaw's honesty and charm was able to shine through. I imagine it would be like getting to watch The Flying Burrito Brothers in '69 at The Palomino Club. Sam Outlaw is full of great one liners, one lyric that stuck out to me particularly was "Lord I miss your smile / and though it’s been a while / Lord I miss the way we kissed before we fell in love". I've had that line in my head for five days now.
After the show it was great to catch up with friends, Both The Fling and Cold War Kids had just returned home from long tours and it was nice to see members from each band coming out to support local Long Beach country music. I'm looking forward to see Sam Outlaws progression, I will be first in line to buy his new record. I have a feeling good things are happening for this fine gentleman, as I noticed a couple Managers and Record Labels also in the audience.
I love all kinds of music, but have recently had quite the affinity for Country music, It started with Johnny Cash, then moved into Gram Parsons. Next thing I knew I was buying Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Patsy Cline and Paco records. More recently I've even started listening to Country Radio, I find myself singing along to Darius Rucker and The Zak Brown Band. My Metal/Industrial High School self would have punched me for taking a line dancing lesson at Cowboy Country, but what I can say, you grow older and your tastes change, but no matter what kind of music I am listening to, it will always draw the emotion out of me, and I will always pefer sitting in my living room listening to a record then watching TV.
So tonight I put on my Immigration Consultant hat, as a co-worker and I attend one of our clients shows - Steely Dan at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Stay tuned... I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for reading my first real post.
Cheers,
+Wyatt
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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