Spent yesterday listening to Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen and Luxury You Can Afford albums. I don't think he did many original songs, but he could cover a hit and make it sound even better.
Poor Michael, he's such an easy target. I'll did notice that he was doing a lot of 'grabbing', if you know what I mean. But he did have an influence on music like no one since Jelly Roll Morton.
When I'm having a pipe in our company lounge (porch) I get to enjoy the sweet sounds of nature and the subtle whir of A/C units.
When I'm on the course enjoying my pipe, it's the sound of birds chirping, crows heckling and squirrels laughing.
At home up in the mancave it's whatever playlist suits my fancy (75% of the time it's Blues) on youtube. Out on the deck, it's a Blues playlist on Pandora.
This afternoon while smoking in my garage I pulled out a CD I hadn't listened to in some time, and think I'll leave it close at hand for a more regular rotation. The CD is from keyboardist Amin Bhatia, and his 1986 album "The Interstellar Suite"developed something of a reputation and rabid underground following among progressive music fans upon it's release; and in the ensuing years as the LP became more difficult to find. Eventually after nearly a decade or more of legal wrangling by the artist and defunct record company he retained his rights, then re-issued and digitally re-mastered the album for CD. "The Interstellar Suite" is an instrumental sci-fi themed concept album utilizing analog keyboards such as the MiniMoog, Roland JX-10, Yamaha TX 816, Oberheim Expander, and one crash cymbal ... yet this masterful combination of multi-layered overdubs gives this production the textured full bodied sound of an orchestral score. For fans of bands like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and quite comparable to the early albums of Larry Fast/Synergy like: "Electronic Realizations", "Sequencer", Cords", "Games" and "Audion". The best way to describe this album would be to imagine what Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack for the film "ALIEN" might have sounded like with Keith Emerson's bombastic keyboards front and center. Great album!
Pulled out some 80s' era Mike Oldfield ... "Crisis", "Platinum", "Five Miles Out", and "QE2". Most people associate Oldfield with his seminal one man band "Tubular Bells" opus and don't realize the guy put an actual assembled a touring band and played some amazing progressive rock during that era. And I'll bet you didn't know that Hall and Oats song "Family Man" was actually written and performed on Oldfield's album "Five Miles Out".
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Listening to Mannheim Steamroller - "Fresh Aire V".
[quote] Michael was a lover, not a fighter! {quote]
Philip, I new that the first time I saw him wearing a single white rubber glove, instead of a pair.
When I'm on the course enjoying my pipe, it's the sound of birds chirping, crows heckling and squirrels laughing.
At home up in the mancave it's whatever playlist suits my fancy (75% of the time it's Blues) on youtube. Out on the deck, it's a Blues playlist on Pandora.
Thanks Pappy
Loreena McKennit Caravanserai and Brian Boru's March.