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LDM said:
King's X--Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

Ahh, probably my fav King's X... that and Out of the Silent Planet.

I was in a band that played "Over my Head", "Summerland" and "Pleaides" from that album.
 

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blackspy said:
EB Radio seems to have died on me in Firefox with the new Macromedia Flash release. Not just that, lots of other flash sites.

Keep the faith. Beautiful Firefox will get you through. Just do...er...the updates or something. But be strong! Never return to Internet Explorer.
 

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SteveB said:
Ahh, probably my fav King's X... that and Out of the Silent Planet.

I was in a band that played "Over my Head", "Summerland" and "Pleaides" from that album.

Out of the Silent Planet is also excellent. But I will never, ever tire of Gretchen.
Also forgotten is that these guys were drop D way before it was cool.

Man, you shame me. I have never been in a band cool enough to cover King's X tunes.
 

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LDM said:
Out of the Silent Planet is also excellent. But I will never, ever tire of Gretchen.
Also forgotten is that these guys were drop D way before it was cool.

Man, you shame me. I have never been in a band cool enough to cover King's X tunes.

Gretchen was the first Kings X I ever heard. I have every album since (and before!) except the newest one. They are soooo good and so unknown! Now, there is a band that could really use an EB endorsement, or two!
 

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Tonight, I was woodshedding Toto Hydra (fresh in from the mail)...their best IMHO.

Luke kicked serious ass on that one! Jeff Porcaro remains one of my favorite drummers.
 

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Norrin Radd said:
Gretchen was the first Kings X I ever heard. I have every album since (and before!) except the newest one. They are soooo good and so unknown! Now, there is a band that could really use an EB endorsement, or two!

Gretchen is also the first one for me. I bought it (on cassette) just because it looked interesting. From the opening intro to OOTSP I was hooked, then when the riff came in, I almost passed out, it was so cool. Then came "Over my Head", and I couldn't believe it. Then "Summerland" I was almost in tears. Amazing.
 

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LDM said:
Gretchen is also the first one for me. I bought it (on cassette) just because it looked interesting. From the opening intro to OOTSP I was hooked, then when the riff came in, I almost passed out, it was so cool. Then came "Over my Head", and I couldn't believe it. Then "Summerland" I was almost in tears. Amazing.
Isn't it amazing how music can move you...especially if you can participate? :cool:
 

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I've been on a Blues kick for the last 6 months or so
thanks to my XM satellite radio; now I know what to buy. ;)

Jonny Lang - Lie To Me - GREAT ALBUM! Although it was released in 1996 (when Jonny was 15 years old) It's new to me.

Susan Tedeshi - Live From Austin - Not 100% Blues, but a good album.

Debbie Davies - All I Found - Her latest disc. Agian, she's been around for a while, but she's new to me. www.debbiedavies.com

Smokin Joe Kubek - Best Of - Another guy I discovered on satellite radio.
My favorite track is #9 Walk On. Check it out for yourself: www.smokinjoekubek.com/bestof.htm

My advice to everyone: If you don't have satellite radio, get it ASAP. You don't know how much good music you're missing. ;)

Mike
 

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LDM said:
Gretchen is also the first one for me. I bought it (on cassette) just because it looked interesting. From the opening intro to OOTSP I was hooked, then when the riff came in, I almost passed out, it was so cool. Then came "Over my Head", and I couldn't believe it. Then "Summerland" I was almost in tears. Amazing.

I caught King's X in a local bar aroud 1992. It must have been the tour supporting "Faith, Hope, Love" 'cause I remember them playing Mr. Wilson. But they mostly played material from Gretchen and some from Out of the Silent Planet.

They were the best sounding live act I've ever heard, hands down. To top it off, the venue was on old converted warehouse with terrible acoustics. As someone who ran sound in bars for many years, I would not have wanted to engineer a gig at that venue. Big kudos to a great soundman and greater band. It sounded just like a CD, but then again they paid their dues for many years before getting a record deal, so they were tight as hell.
 

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Tonight, it was Steely Dan 'Showbiz Kids'.

Some great woodshedding on the bass, especially 'Haitian Divorce' ~ my personal favorite SD song.
 

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Today it was Beatles A-Z while on the road to the in-laws.

I came in on the I's...In My Life, If I Fell, I've Got A Feelin'...etc.
 

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Right now:

John Petrucci - Suspended Animation (for the first time). Dang this is good. And if he didn't nail Satriani on "Curve", no one can! Very impressive. Much better than I thought it would be.
 

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The psychodots new record just kills.

Some of you may know that the bassist, Bob Nyswonger, is a pal o' mine and he is one hell of a nice guy and one hell of a great musician.

American power pop with brains! Support them by going to www.psychodots.com and buy "Terminal Blvd" and then you'll get hooked and buy the other ones, too.

Plus, Bob looks good with one of my basses.

http://www.bovinehost.com/tempphotos/Bongo Bob.jpg

If you guys buy enough psychodots CDs, Bob can finally afford a Bongo of his own.

Jack
 

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mbgreene said:
Alice's Restaurant - because it's Thanksgiving :cool:

Other than that I've had some Link Wray in the past two days

RIP Link

You too?

My brother-in-law always plays Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving also - ABOUT ONCE AN HOUR !!! :confused:

I could never figure this out.

Is there some connection with this song to Thanksgiving?

He plays the song so often that I don't even hear the words.

And yes, RIP, Link Wray.

Mike
 
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