Ah, The Band. Yeah.
Well, I should never have started this, really, as anyone with ears to
hear will hear a lot. I mean, over the years here, we've gone through a
lot of jazz masters, & a wide range of 'classical' music, with many of
the same people commenting on their love for a variety of same.
So, of course. I remember bpNichol, who also loved The BEach Boys (with
reason!), taking Sharon & me in to listen to this new album he'd just
bought, the new Beatles, Sgt Pepper, & we all thought it was amazing,
man -- oh to be so young!
Doug
On 19-Mar-07, at 5:00 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> It is such a complicated question! I am a swinging voter - at 20,
> definitely
> early Stones beat early Beatles (oh yeah). But then Sgt Pepper came
> out and
> kicked me back to Rovolver, and I was deep in the heart of jazz coz* *
> was
> managing a 'cool' jazz joint, with a side salad of blues. I played Sgt
> Pepper's to the members and they freaked - 'Get that pop music off!' -
> but
> George Martin and Paul had done so much there. But it was always Dylan
> above
> them all for me ... and when the Band kicked in with him, more than
> ever.
> But then Zappa ... and Tom Waits ...
>
> Blind Boy Burke
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