TexasToest:I guess I'm a a quantity instead of quality kinda guy

TexasToest: wow you have put on some amazing posts again, thank you!!!

Jim Dandy:  You're most kind, Jim the Dandiest.  But, you've outdone me in sheer numbers.  I also thought it wasanother silly fake documentary, and was delighted to find it not so.  Their style really has changed, and I too hear other influences in there, especially their own culture which I think in the 60s they tried to mask.  It takes us a while in life to come to accept what actually formed us.

TexasToest: WOW,you struck gold!!!
I love finding that kind of stuff.At first,I thought it was a parody,kinda Spinal Tap'ish,(maybe Billy's involvement made me wonder) for the first minute or so.Learning of bands such as them helps connect the dots of influence,I hear some Jethro Tull amongst many others.

You score post of the month IMHO

This band appeared at Woodstock, and 2 weeks later here at the Texas Pop Festival.  As you all know, I was there.  Here is their story in 3 segments - a BBC special.  The Incredible String Band:

Jim Dandy:  No way!!!  The game was really rigged?  There goes an evening's entertainment.  But, I loved the by-product!  Hahaha!  Three Little Bops - what a name for a band.

TexasToest: The game's rigged anyway...........classic

Jim Dandy:  Wow, that was back in the guitar smashing days.  I'd forgotten about that.  I'll tell you, I don't think WE can afford to be fooled again.  Who was it who said we're well on our way to becoming a third world country.  Now, THAT's scary.

Jim Dandy:  Oh!  That's where izzy iz.

but we do over and over and.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhk5RtXJd0&mode=related&search=

tasty r'n'r
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAXtSY6KD7U

How peaceful after an evening full of praying for worship songs for the band i sing in sometimes and you know we ended up YouTubing quite a long time.. thats why i came home so late.. lol But we are very blessed indeed. Hope all of you are well - talk later

Thank you Texas, for sharing Mozart!!!
Shalom, Josetta

TexasToest: That's "without a net" performing,wow..........I'm in a "back to the roots" kinda vibe tonite,my fingers led me to one of the best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ3PVm6YbmU

...came this.

Jim Dandy:  Excellent!  He used to do barn dances in East Texas, close to where my father grew up.  You can't fight with Jerry Lee Lewis, he is a legend. 

Funny, both our minds ended up on the piano this afternoon from 1,300 miles apart.  Sometimes, I wonder if we're channelling each other. 

I started out looking for Doo Wop - no easy matter.  There's a bunch of mess out there, but I gotta dig deeper.  Somehow (you think your mind jumps....) I ended up looking at Mozart.  I kind of wonder if Lang Lang is channelling Mozart in this Mozart's Sonata in C Major.  One can also not fight with Lang Lang's technique or delivery.

Jim Dandy:  Yeah, he really di.  Kinda betrayed us.  I alwyas have a hard time giving up faith in people.  It took me a long time to get over him too,.  That movie was so good, then he kind of dropped us.

TexasToest: Dang,he went kinda "Billy Ocean'ish" didn't he?

This is the song Jimmy made his career on,and the movie of the same title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGE4dnrPPZQ&mode=related&search=

Although he went pretty mainstream, Cliff was one of the best known Reggae performers, down here, at least, in the southern south.

Self-appointed professor of Patois - eek-a-mouse


Here is a dictionary of Rasta Patois

No, you don't eat Patois with marinara sauce, or with toast points.

A good tune and a big hit,kinda like when Pat Boone would whiten up songs performed by black singers for white radio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhiR7PrWyIY

Jim Dandy: Great stuff!

Dry ice?  Are you quite sure about  that?  *sends out a subliminal message*

Ewe:  Interesting effects, especially with the lighting.  I began to wonder if the lighting was makeup instead.  Thanks for that, I had never heard them.

Dandy-Pie: I can't wait to see this.  Haha!  Tosh was an entertainer.  *dives down to YouTube to check out the video*

TexasToest: I thought only heavy metal bands used dry ice

What about these guys?  Right up there with Marley and Tosh

TexasToest: I was lucky enough to catch Tosh in 79(there's a video on utube of the performance)H came onstage billowing smoke while riding a unicycle..........imagine The Jackson 5 being from Jamaica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt6V3Ic72nE

Jim Dandy: Oh yes!! I was going to add Sly & Robbie too!!

How about some dance reggae for all the clubbers out there...Ive seen these live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xpZ0Ss_vxI

Bob Marley is, of course, DADDY.  I'm really fond of Peter Tosh too.  Here he is live, maybe I can win you over.  My ex and I went to see Tosh at the Paladium in Dallas.  He put on quite a show! 

Ewe: and don't forget Sly and Robbie,the best rhythm section around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1A7jsEe0U

Jim Dandy: I do love reggae!
Some of my favs...Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, to name a few!

Ewe: Yep,ole Bob would need to be present for reggae nigh.This performance was recorded during the late 70's,when reggae met the mainstream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZNymIvEoQ&mode=related&search=

If its reggae night, we just have got to have Bob!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsAXUuJR7J0

Mousetrap: TT is right,she began as a novelty act,not very mainstream.If my memory serves,she was known to have said she channels Patsy Cline's ghost.Here is a taste of the early KD,prior to the record label image change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cdtAIxk3A

I've always liked her voice, it's one of the most pure out there.  She's changed her style somewhat over the years, maybe she's mellowed out.  

This is who I have been listening to a lot lately. K.D.Lang. I first saw her on tv years ago and was not too impressed but now I really like her. I am not sure if it means that my taste has got better or worse though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ezFRFs78bs

I think I hear some Bonnie Raitt, but what singer wouldn't have that in them?  We were born with it, she's a standard.  But, I also hear some Maria Mulduar.  

TexasToest: The last few listens I heard some hardcore Dylan influence too,off to bed,cheers!

Jim Dandy:  Yes.. YES..YES!  There is at least one other, and it hasn't thrown itself off the lazy susan of my brain.  But, by the time you've done your stint with the sandman, I will have come up with it.

TexasToest: I see and hear so many influences in her sound and presentation,Neil Young,Patti Smith,with a lttle Chrissie Hynde tossed in.What I love about her is the promise of things to come.I think she's only scratched the surface of her talant

Jim Dandy:  Verrrrrrrry nice, Dandy-Pie.  Thanks for bringing her to the top.  Enjoyed that a lot.

I actually saw the singer at a local bar years ago,I had heard of Cowsills,but not was not familiar with their music,I decided to explore them and found a few songs that I'd never known they recorded.

I might be biased(since she's Canadian)but I think the womans talent is off the charts,and apparently she's pretty hot right now,gonna be on SNL next week

Jim Dandy: Reminds me of being in the Brownies and singing "if your happy and you know it clap your hands"

Jim Dandy:

I never knew , I never knew , I never knew, that song could make me happy.............happy ....happy............but it did.....

Jim Dandy: A very happy song.. it made me smile! The flower girl - thank you for sharing

Are ya ready?  Well, I was poking around, and was reminded of my love pf steel drums.  I was introduced to them in the late 70s when a group of drummers called the St. Croix Steel Drum Orchestra started appearing at my favorite little (and I mean little - it would seat about 50 people) listening club called Poor David's Pub on McKinney Avenue in Dallas.  There were 13 drummers in this troup.  When they all got in the room with their drums, there was hardly room for the audience.  But, we all squeezed in, and dared anyone to play darts.  It was always a magnificent evening of music.

So I found this demonstration of how the drums are made in modern day.  They used to be made with just plain old steel drums.  Now, it's evidently an art form.

Then, I found this steel drum rendition of La Bamba.

I hope you like it.

Jim Dandy:  I haven't thought about The Cowsills in years, decades even.  The main two of them, Bill and Bob, have passed on over the last couple years.  Here is an interesting article about them.