I just acquired two albums, David Live (Bowie, 1974) and Try Me One More Time (David Bromberg, 2007).
In their respective genres few have as much soul as they do. I recommend both albums highly.
Bowie, live, succeeds in maintaining the essence of his songs while bringing something fresh and different to them. I never did see him in concert but can feel the energy and excitement of his performance.
Bromberg’s album is wonderfully bluesy, folksy, traditional, and virtuoso. It is both more mature than the older albums of his with which I’m familiar and yet still playful, surprising, and a pleasure to listen to.
The Bromberg album doesn’t have Bojangles, but it’s still very much worth buying. I am SO glad that he’s back on the scene. I saw him a couple times in the early 80s before he took his long sojourn from playing and recording. Twice with his full band, and once just solo. In the solo show he came out and sat on the front of the stage with his legs over the edge, and played Bojangles. He played here in Seattle with a band about a hear and a half ago, and put on a great show. Had Danny O’Keeffe come out and join him for “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”, a rainy day song about our rainy city.
The definitive Bojangles can be found on his album “The Player: A Retrospective”. There is no need to hear another version, as that is a perfect rendition (or as perfect as has been captured on record…his legs over the edge performance at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City on September 29, 1984 was better.)
Correcto…I couldn’t quite remember, and was to lazy to go out into the garage to where I have my 12 year collection of vinyl stored. Never replaced that one on CD.
Although soon I will have it there, as I finally got a turntable and setup to start transfering my old albums to CD.
My personal favorite David album is the “How Late’ll Ya Play 'Till?” live/studio double. Gotta love that Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues and of course Kaatskill Serenade.
When TomBlackwood starts talking music, I just sit back in awe and try n catch all the bits that are flying.
They recently released a whiskey in SA called Black Bottle.
I’m not sure if you’re familiar with it.
It’s a blend of the 7 Islay Single Malts.
It’s plenty yummy, despite the lingering Laphroaig aftertaste.
JJ: It’s all over the map, musically, which is what I really like about it.
GILD: I may have to find a bar someplace where I can sample the Black Bottle w/o having to invest in a full bottle. The presence of Laphroaig makes me nervous. I guess the good news is it’s cut with something else (or some six things else), although the bad news is it’s thereby dissing six other fine whiskies.
Unfortunately, there was a run on the Lagavullin at my local store, so my post-Thanksgiving dinner indulgence is the Glenmorangie Sherry Wood Aged. A decent 12.
