David Howard mentioned:
> And Fairport Convention's 'Liege and Lief'. Their renditions of 'Matty
>Groves' and 'Tam Lin' are audacious, breath-taking, and responsible for
>an increased audience who doubtless have now - thirty years on -
>investigated other versions of these traditional ballads as a direct
>consequence of hearing Fairport's. This album has more allure than most
>women, outwills the most headstrong of friends, and is classic in the way
>that Lagavulin whisky is classic.
Oh, wow, yes. And I've been following Richard Thompson (what Geoffrey
Chaucer might have been if he'd had an electric guitar? or maybe just
anonymous...) ever since.
But,as various bulletins on this thread come in, I come back to the fact
that it would require a book, from each of us, to do justice to most of our
listening. From one day to the next I would list different jazz players (&
seem to recall that I have upon occasion: Jessica Williams, anyone? Brad
Mehldau? Art pepper? etc). So many composers (& while I love Shostakovich,
I also love the Vienna composers, not to mention so many from the deeper
past). ETC!
Music is my drug, I think...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
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