Announcing Fan Favorites for February!
Added 2023-01-25 17:42:16 +0000 UTCHello friends! We're going to be going live with our February Fan Favorites voting and submissions on the Discord later today. Please take a look at this short video to get the scoop.
We're celebrating Black History month all month on YT and via the Fan Favorites, and we're asking for your help in terms of recommendations.
We're still tweaking the final verbiage...so look for the Fan Favorites channel on Discord to be active later today.
Thanks!!!
Comments
I am not surprised; a man of vision and taste you are! I enjoy all you do, Doug, and a personal thanks for a wonderful review of "Quadrophenia" by The Who, my all-time favorite album (and this from a guy with more than 1,000 in his collection). It was for wanting to hear that single reaction - though I love your Yes and Genesis reviews, too - that I became a patron. Keep up the great work!
Charles A Herndon
2023-02-09 22:54:04 +0000 UTCBruce Hornsby is one of my personal faves...I've seen him multiple times live. Harbor Lights and Hot House were in heavy rotation for me in college.
R. Douglas Helvering
2023-02-06 21:54:37 +0000 UTCAddendum to my treatise above: Perfect for Black History Month - "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, New York City, 2004. It's his old hit, but this is a good, typical rendition in concert, where there is a lot of improvisation going on and plenty of energy and fun, and, always, the music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTsWgyPiJI. Enjoy!
Charles A Herndon
2023-02-05 03:04:32 +0000 UTCDoug, have you given any thought to dipping a toe into the discography of Bruce Hornsby? For most folks, their knowledge begins and ends with his '80s hits like "Mandolin Rain" and - speaking of Black History Month - "The Way It Is." But Hornsby has an eclectic and astoundingly varied musical career that veered quickly away from feeding the hit machine and into the areas he wanted to explore, including avant garde, jazz, classical, bluegrass, funk, and a bunch of stuff in between. And as a pianist, I would think you would be a fan of, truly, one's of music's true keyboard virtuosos. His music is challenging, thrilling, beautiful, and never boring, and when he's backed by the (multi-racial) Noisemakers, you cannot find a better, tighter live band. Of course, he sings often of the South, of race relations, and of things that fit neatly into Black History Month, and he's been a longtime collaborator with Spike Lee in many of his films. For albums, I'd recommend "Harbor Lights" and "Levitate" to start - some of his more recent stuff is pretty challenging for the uninitiated - and for a smattering of some of his best songs, try "Lost Soul" off of "A Night on the Town," "Spider FIngers" off of "Hot House," "Continents Drift" off "Levitate," or "Fortunate Son/Comfortably Numb" or "Little Sadie/White Wheeled Limousine/Just One More," both off his jaw-dropping double live album "Bride of the Noisemakers." He's perfect for Black History Month, too - his songs are rooted in the American Southern experience with all its heartache, sweetness, longing, and terror, and I suspect you'd be royally rewarded by even a passing listen. Thanks! -- Charlie Herndon
Charles A Herndon
2023-02-05 02:36:36 +0000 UTCSorry for going back THAT far, but you need to put in Louis Armstrong! Singing and trumpeting, you have to put in live appearances from TV of Cab Calloway (Minnie the Moocher...) as you have to really see him performing. Chuck Berry.
Anderson Davies
2023-01-29 14:30:30 +0000 UTCI'd go with the Billy Cobham & George Duke Band. :)
Eric F.
2023-01-28 17:42:17 +0000 UTCI am a 70 year old white guy whose favorite song was performed by Jimi Hendrix. His performance at Woodstock of The Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze and Treeanova Junction I consider a masterpiece. The Star Spangled Banner epitomized the 60's. Very turbulent and even violent. The solo at the end(called Terranova Junction on my DVD) is the most beautiful guitar solo I've ever heard.
John Reed
2023-01-28 17:19:14 +0000 UTCIn 1961, drummer Max Roach released an album called Freedom Now Suite, with his wife Abbey Lincoln on vocals. It’s worth a listen.
Donald Holloway
2023-01-27 02:28:29 +0000 UTCIs it permissible to submit a song, which is not performed by a black artist, but tells the true story of a historical event that is relevant to Black History Month? For example: Bob Dylan's "Hurricane"
Steve Hall
2023-01-26 23:48:46 +0000 UTCSubmissions end on Monday night.
R. Douglas Helvering
2023-01-26 22:01:30 +0000 UTC
2023-01-26 19:23:16 +0000 UTC
Why not a little Hendrix?
Andrew Elliott
2023-01-26 16:25:49 +0000 UTCHowlin’ Wolf Muddy Waters Robert Johnson Sonny Boy Williamson The main musicians that influenced Led Zepplin, Rolling Stones, Beatles
Terence colin Shortman
2023-01-26 02:23:13 +0000 UTCDon't see the fan favorites for Feb yet on Discord
Jim Reeves
2023-01-25 22:17:12 +0000 UTCAre you kidding' me? I can't stick with one suggestion... therefore: 1) Miles Davis - Oleo 1956 2) Jimi Hendrix - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) 1968 3) Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight 1947 (Rock 'n Roll way before Elvis, Bill Haley, etc.) 4) David Ruffin (Temptations ) - I'm Losing You 1967 5) Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive 1943 9) Etta James - At Last 1960 10) Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman 1972 and about a million more... You pick out of these
Dan Noyes
2023-01-25 22:15:46 +0000 UTCGreat to mix things up a bit. Really looking forward to this.
Dave Brockis
2023-01-25 20:00:44 +0000 UTCYes. Jeannine. It will be just like a normal FF submission for those already on Discord.
Arrow2theACL
2023-01-25 19:06:49 +0000 UTCNever heard this. Looking forward to checking that out on Discord.
Arrow2theACL
2023-01-25 19:06:04 +0000 UTCStanley Clarke School Days.......PLEASE
Jeffrey Rohrbach
2023-01-25 18:46:53 +0000 UTCWhen will you stop accepting suggestions on Discord for this? Need some time to think of what to suggest.
BRIAN MILLER
2023-01-25 18:35:39 +0000 UTCOk, I'll just say if this is black history month, I hope we get a healthy dose of Robert Johnson, Scott Joplin, Miles Davies, Hendrix... Who knows how it will shape up, hope to be in Discord to pitch in some of these ideas but regardless, this is a good excuse as I need to listen to these amazing artists And I know, posting this here doesn't count it only serves the purpose of getting me pumped :)
Eduardo Alejandro del Corral Lira
2023-01-25 18:27:40 +0000 UTCDo you suggest like a normal FF?
Jeannine Doyle
2023-01-25 18:21:33 +0000 UTCWhat time
Jeannine Doyle
2023-01-25 18:21:00 +0000 UTCFirst thing that comes to my mind is Josephine Baker
Jeannine Doyle
2023-01-25 18:17:26 +0000 UTCIn honor of black history month how about something from TV On The Radio's album Seeds? It came out in 2014. They are a very interesting band making creative and intricate pop/rock.
Joseph Riordan
2023-01-25 18:01:32 +0000 UTC
