Just wondering what all you lovely people have been listening to lately and who's gigs you have been to/are going to?
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Really been listening to Sigur Ros a lot recently, as well as a ton of classic blues stuff.
Unfortunately, with two kids and another on the way, going to shows has been less than rare.

Ray Campi, Gene Vincent, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, and Johnny Burnette. No shows. Just missed the Reverend Horton Heat.

Bit of a mixed bag and not much of it current — Justin Townes Earle, Pat Metheny, Marshall Crenshaw, Django Reinhardt, assorted '50s/'60s Blue Note stuff, Dion Dimucci.

Metronomy, Anna Calvi, The Horrors, Phoenix Foundation. I'm really pissed off that NME TV has shutdown. Sad loss. The only source of new music IMO.

Placebo... always Placebo :D

I haven't really discovered many new bands I like in the last decade or so, we seem to be in a bit of a musical slump (unless the Bieber & Britney clones are your thing). Here's hoping things improve again this decade!

Great new music out there , just gotta look/listen for it.

at the moment im listening to queens of the stoneage in particular the track "make it wit chu" its my song of the moment, and the black keys going to see the black keys in a few weeks cant wait!

I drive these days with Louie Prima and the Norwegian band Kaizers Orchestra.MMWq_EZcMXU

I'll go off the board a bit. John Mayer, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in preparation for The Black Keys gig and a Chili's show (hopefully)

Great new music out there , just gotta look/listen for it.

Lots of new music I like, it's just that most of it was written by bands who are more than a decade old ;) ...I do keep an ear out, but I've been slightly disappointed as of late - I'm open to suggestions though! :D

Rarely listen to new music, I'm afraid. I'm sure there's loads I'd like but I still have masses of music from the 30s, 40s, and 50s that I still want and need to listen to many times before I get more up to date. That said, I have bought recent albums by Evan Christopher, Gonzalo Bergara, Martin Taylor's latest with Alan Barnes, and Pat Donahue, all of which are superb!

i second the black keys :-)
and i add the white stripes, the raconteurs and triggerfinger
you can find more here
last.fm/user/ampeee

Personally I like the fact that music is constantly changing. I rarely listen to anything more than a year old. Thats not to say that I dont like older stuff coz I do but my back catalogue is simply that & I dip into the odd album now & again. There is something about the energy of new bands that attracts me, like when I saw 'The Vaccines' last year. Awesome.

Currently, a lot of Joe Bonamassa, a little White Stripes, some Shadows, Ventures and Eddie Cochran thrown in.

i second the black keys :-)
and i add the white stripes, the raconteurs and triggerfinger
you can find more here
last.fm/user/ampeee

white stripes my all time favourite band, raconteurs are up there too, anything with jack white in fact, not familiar with triggerfinger same type of music?

white stripes my all time favourite band, raconteurs are up there too, anything with jack white in fact, not familiar with triggerfinger same type of music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-gtRlAIkr5I#!

I've been going through yet another Pat Metheny binge recently. I've been listening to his music since 1979, and he always feels like visiting an old (very talented) friend! In addition to that, I've always got some of Zorn's Dreamers at the ready. Marc Ribot is one of my favorite guitarists, and he plays a Country Gent with the Dreamers. I really dig this band. Also, I've been listening to a good deal of Wilco. Nels and Tweedy make for a very good guitar combination. Throw in some Pat Sansone, and you've got a delicious recipe.

NeilSt, funny after what i've just posted I have rediscovered Wilco's 'Yankee Foxtrot Hotel' recently. The best album they've done IMO & for what its worth Jeff Tweedy is a fine songwriter.

I like mix of old and new and many, mant genres. The only thing I really don't like is modern RnB or general chart pop music...

Currently listening to latest Black Keys album (going to see them 10 Feb) as they cannot put a foot wrong! I am also into a guy called Hanni El Khatib who plays a fairly basic blues based music (think Black Keys/White Stripes but with his own style) and has been known to pack a mean Gretsch. Other stuff I have been listening recently are Turbowolf; Black Tusk; Steve Smyth; Vintage Trouble and the rereleased Alan Lomax recording of Fred McDowell.

There is still plenty of good new music out there but I am also finding plenty of vintage music (recently discovered Papa Charlie Jackson). As long as it is real music I will give it a go...

Going to see The Horrors on Sunday and try and get to as many gigs as I can but find my gig-mates have dwindled over the years...

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not very Gretschy :)

Rihanna- we found love...
not very Gretschy :)

rihanna and gretsch do go together :-)
sort of..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTfeXf-r1dQ&feature=fvsr

Led Zepp 2, I rediscover his every year or so, The Modern Sounds - Hold It Fellas (simply outstanding BTW), Hubcaps - 3rd Base, nice slice of rockabilly

I like mix of old and new and many, mant genres. The only thing I really don't like is modern RnB or general chart pop music...

Currently listening to latest Black Keys album (going to see them 10 Feb) as they cannot put a foot wrong! I am also into a guy called Hanni El Khatib who plays a fairly basic blues based music (think Black Keys/White Stripes but with his own style) and has been known to pack a mean Gretsch. Other stuff I have been listening recently are Turbowolf; Black Tusk; Steve Smyth; Vintage Trouble and the rereleased Alan Lomax recording of Fred McDowell.

There is still plenty of good new music out there but I am also finding plenty of vintage music (recently discovered Papa Charlie Jackson). As long as it is real music I will give it a go...

Going to see The Horrors on Sunday and try and get to as many gigs as I can but find my gig-mates have dwindled over the years...

mate im going to see the black keys on the 11th shame it aint the same day im goin on my own

rihanna and gretsch do go together :-)
sort of..
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTfeXf-r1dQ&feature=fvsr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTfeXf-r1dQ&feature=fvsr)

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Lol... Cool cover... Thanks!!!

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals.

(Here with Joe Satriani doing Cortez the Killer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q

Gillian Welch's latest. She and he are the bomb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBke402nyIQ

I've been listening to and learning some Johnny Cash tunes. Fun to play.
Some Counting Crows and Duffy.

The Airborne Toxic Event, and Bedouin Soundclash.

Johnny Cash, Black Keys & Seasick Steve.

Been listening to JD McPherson lately. Caught him live a few months ago. He's OUTSTANDING. And Jimmy Sutton on bass is a maniac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GEch9cyJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GEch9cyJg


Also I played a show with these guys a while ago, they're awesome. The Two Man Gentlemen Band.

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

Man, I haven't seen a good live show since Geroge Thorogood, and that was over a year ago. where does the time go. Without the dead touring regualary, I am lost. When i would go to see them, there was always someone else in town, that and when I lived in Joisey, you were so close to the city, good music was everywhere. Now i live in the sticks, and if I drive 45 minutes, I can go hear some Skynard cover band. and if you don't like them, which I am played out of them, theres the georgia satellites. Southern rock rules here. Please send help! You should see the looks I get with a big blue hollow body, and bluesy swing.

Lately its been u tube and checking out jazz. Really like people like Wes montgomery, so I guess, lots of that line of jazz, or the latest bromberg CD, which I cant get enough of. When in doubt, Elvis.

Went out and heard Peter Asher last night. Pretty well produced show including lots of stories about the Beatles, Stones, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt. For those who don't know, Asher was half of a British duo, Peter and Gordon. Paul McCartney dated his sister and ended up living in the attic of the Asher family home.

Asher's mother taught oboe in their home and one of her students was George Martin who would go on to produce many legendary Beatles hits and LPs.

When I was a kid, one of my sisters had bought the P&G single "Woman", label crediting "Bernard Webb" as the song's author. I was a empty headed kid so it never was concerned with that stuff...

Paul McCartney had actually written it and wanted P&G to release it without his name on it to challenge speculation that the song would become a hit simply by virtue of Lennon-McCartney name recognition. Asher went on to be A&R person at the new Apple Records and later focused most of his energy on producing a lot of hit songs and albums, winning many Grammy awards for various production projects. Several songs Asher performed was accompanied by performance video of his late partner, Gordon Waller, with its imagery cropped to focus on Waller, and the audio mixed down and isolating Gordon's voice and guitar. Asher and his band played along, real time. Pretty incredible live show with outstanding production and use of big screens to present a lot of historical footage from the days of rock n roll, mid-'60s to mid-'70s. I wasn't surprised that it was a great show, production-value wise, and Asher was very humble, humorous, and self effacing with his shared history, which was all both entertaining and educational. Asher's appearance back in the day was the inspiration for Mike Myers' Austin Powers. Very glad I went.
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Tara-
Check out Black Cat Music-Hands in the Estuary, Torso in the Lake. Still a decade old but good. I second that there isn't much new good music. Nick 13 new album is pretty good.

I've been going through a phase, listening to French pop from the 60s -- like France Gall.

As for more "current" music: St. Vincent; The Do; MGMT; Saint Etienne; The Ruby Suns; Tame Impala; M83; Field Music; Feist; Laura Viers; etc. etc. etc.

Went out and heard Peter Asher last night. Pretty well produced show including lots of stories about the Beatles, Stones, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt. For those who don't know, Asher was half of a British duo, Peter and Gordon. Paul McCartney dated his sister and ended up living in the attic of the Asher family home.

Asher's mother taught oboe in their home and one of her students was George Martin who would go on to produce many legendary Beatles hits and LPs.

When I was a kid, one of my sisters had bought the P&G single "Woman", label crediting "Bernard Webb" as the song's author. I was a empty headed kid so it never was concerned with that stuff...

Paul McCartney had actually written it and wanted P&G to release it without his name on it to challenge speculation that the song would become a hit simply by virtue of Lennon-McCartney name recognition. Asher went on to be A&R person at the new Apple Records and later focused most of his energy on producing a lot of hit songs and albums, winning many Grammy awards for various production projects. Several songs Asher performed was accompanied by performance video of his late partner, Gordon Waller, with its imagery cropped to focus on Waller, and the audio mixed down and isolating Gordon's voice and guitar. Asher and his band played along, real time. Pretty incredible live show with outstanding production and use of big screens to present a lot of historical footage from the days of rock n roll, mid-'60s to mid-'70s. I wasn't surprised that it was a great show, production-value wise, and Asher was very humble, humorous, and self effacing with his shared history, which was all both entertaining and educational. Asher's appearance back in the day was the inspiration for Mike Myers' Austin Powers. Very glad I went.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6q3siFNXcc">YouTube Link</a>

Asher was Linda Ronstadt's manager too, IIRC. I never realized the Austin Powers tie-in but it sure fits.

On to music:

Which way is the wind blowing? One week it'll be Jim Hall, the next Buck Owens. I've been listening to Rev' Horton Heat lately, Laughin' and Cryin'. Metheny, Surf Music, Cornball Country, Rockabilly . . . this just in the last month.

Saw the Drive By Truckers New Years Week. I see a lot of swing bands on the weekend.

Listened to the Os Mutantes Haih tonight. Saw the concert 2 years ago just getting around to listening to the album. Those tropicalia folks really had to suffer for their art with a crazy military dictatorship harassing, jailing, torturing anybody who they thought opposed them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6J8DPOJudQ

I hardly listen to current or happening acts or artists. The most up to date stuff I'm listening to is by young but experience'd guitaraces like Philip Sayce, Doyle Bramhall II, or Joe Bonamassa.
For undiscovered gems(by me) I find myself going back in time. Lot's of blues, Elmore James, Blind Boy Fuller, Jimmy Reed etc and maybe. some Wes Montgomery and Roy Buchanan for good measure.

The computers-I think they're on tour in Germany at the mo Tara! we supported them about 6 months ago, their guitarist played a Sparkle Duo Jet..& the live sound just blew me away, I have him to thank for my recent Gretsch obsession :)

Also listening to old stuff: Velvet Underground (always), Magazine, Ramones, Johnny Thunders & old, old punk stuff.

I'm in general a bluesman but i need from time to time a little rock&roll and some foo fighters too. Even so, i'll allways end up where it all began...with the blues :cool:

I hardly listen to current or happening acts or artists. The most up to date stuff I'm listening to is by young but experience'd guitaraces like Philip Sayce, Doyle Bramhall II, or Joe Bonamassa.
For undiscovered gems(by me) I find myself going back in time. Lot's of blues, Elmore James, Blind Boy Fuller, Jimmy Reed etc and maybe. some Wes Montgomery and Roy Buchanan for good measure.

Good choice Ricochet!

Daytrotter baby! http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/
$2bucks a month gives me unlimited new music recorded in their studios somewhere out in the hinterlands of Texas!

Good stuff!...

Found the "Little Willies". Jim Campilongo is amazing. Norah Jones interprets C & W chestnuts in a real uptown way. She completely nails Hank Sr. songs.

Daytrotter baby! http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/
$2bucks a month gives me unlimited new music recorded in their studios somewhere out in the hinterlands of Texas!

Good stuff!...

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Daytrotter too. Discovered a load of great artists that way...

I've been going through a phase, listening to French pop from the 60s -- like France Gall.

As for more "current" music: St. Vincent; The Do; MGMT; Saint Etienne; The Ruby Suns; Tame Impala; M83; Field Music; Feist; Laura Viers; etc. etc. etc.

France Gall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iysdFu_TQ

I'll go off the board a bit. John Mayer, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in preparation for The Black Keys gig and a Chili's show (hopefully)

I'm with you buddy - Black Keys and Chilli Peppers (but only the stuff with Frusciante on board - I'm with you aint bad but how much better would it be with John)

Currently listening to:

King Mob-New band with Chris Spedding, Steve "Snips" Parsons and others
Sharks-First Water and Jab It In Yore Eye
Gin Blossoms-New Miserable Experience
Paul Westerberg-14 Songs
Free-Heartbreaker

Don't know how I forgot, saw setzer in july. Must be getting old.

You gotta hear Webb Wilder. He is great!

Been listening to a lot of rare old Rockabilly and Countrybilly, but as far as "current" music goes, these groups:

Acoustic Blue; Balsam Range; Greensky Bluegrass; Nothin' Fancy!; Midnight Drive; Old Crow Medicine Show and Shenandoah Drive.

I do not listen to anything produced after the 3rd quarter of 1958....or?

Rockabillys are known to be puritanes, but I'm not that hard... What's on my playlist now? Ruby Dee and the snakehandlers, Sweet Emma and the mood swingers...

Sweet Emma and the mood swingers are a very good swedish swing/retro-band with Emma at the uppright bass.

+1 to Raconteurs & Black Keys

For some exellent acoustic try Kelly Joe Phelps or Jim Byrnes(his version of Neil Young's" For the Turnstyles" is haunting good)

On the country side The Mother Truckers ( especially the Van Tour CD )

And still in rotation is Mr Setzer's Ignition CD ;)

only rockabilly and psychobilly, like stray cats, nekromantix, the rev horton heat, music that aint rockabilly or psychobilly just sound so terrible in my ears

You got me with "current". Not hearing anything that's wowing me lately.

I've been relistening to some of that great swing stuff from the 90"s,
Indigo Swing
Mighty Blues KIngs
Blues Jumpers

Ever hear of any of these?

Here is Indigo Swing:

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Jim Campilongo - not the newest - but always lots of fun:

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Jim Campilongo - not the newest - but always lots of fun:

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This guy is a tone monster. He has the purest and most unique Tele sound I've heard.

Rolling Stones, Dave Edmunds, Wilko Johnson, that sort of thing. And Chuck Berry until you beg me to turn it off. Anyway, the Stones are the hottest act in show biz, so, I guess they are "current".

I don't know how current they are but I just found them and I love what I hear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMOIn06yzo

Jim Campilongo is amazing. He reminds me so much of Danny Gatton. Just amazing. If that doesn't make you want to play a Tele, very little else will.

Went out and heard Peter Asher last night. Pretty well produced show including lots of stories about the Beatles, Stones, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt. For those who don't know, Asher was half of a British duo, Peter and Gordon. Paul McCartney dated his sister and ended up living in the attic of the Asher family home.

Asher's mother taught oboe in their home and one of her students was George Martin who would go on to produce many legendary Beatles hits and LPs.

When I was a kid, one of my sisters had bought the P&G single "Woman", label crediting "Bernard Webb" as the song's author. I was a empty headed kid so it never was concerned with that stuff...

Paul McCartney had actually written it and wanted P&G to release it without his name on it to challenge speculation that the song would become a hit simply by virtue of Lennon-McCartney name recognition. Asher went on to be A&R person at the new Apple Records and later focused most of his energy on producing a lot of hit songs and albums, winning many Grammy awards for various production projects. Several songs Asher performed was accompanied by performance video of his late partner, Gordon Waller, with its imagery cropped to focus on Waller, and the audio mixed down and isolating Gordon's voice and guitar. Asher and his band played along, real time. Pretty incredible live show with outstanding production and use of big screens to present a lot of historical footage from the days of rock n roll, mid-'60s to mid-'70s. I wasn't surprised that it was a great show, production-value wise, and Asher was very humble, humorous, and self effacing with his shared history, which was all both entertaining and educational. Asher's appearance back in the day was the inspiration for Mike Myers' Austin Powers. Very glad I went.
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I play in a band with Ben Asher, Peter's cousin, and the family resemblance is remarkable.

I play in a band with Ben Asher, Peter's cousin, and the family resemblance is remarkable.

Wow, small world. I think I have heard of Ben Asher.... Now will do some research...

I'm with you buddy - Black Keys and Chilli Peppers (but only the stuff with Frusciante on board - I'm with you aint bad but how much better would it be with John)

I'll give props to Josh. He did alot better than I thought he would with that album and he is very talented but he's just no John. I think it'd be a different experience hearing the album live. With Josh playing most of the Stadium Arcadium tour I think he already knows how to feed off the bands playing style and make energizing riffs and additions to songs. He's still no John and I can't get over that tho...

I think the only music I'm listening to right now that could be considered "current" is Boris - Heavy Rocks (Orange Heavy Rocks, not Purple Heavy Rocks...) SPECTACULAR album IMO. Soft Edge is beautifullllll...besides that, a DJ called Flume that I've just come across, and whatever the radio shoves down my throat - from that, Black Keys and RHCP are definitely standouts, as well as CBC's Shift playlists which always include Whitehorse, Kathleen Edwards, etc etc. heavy on guitar songs which makes me happy.WHOAA I forgot about Arcade Fire. :D

Everything else is decidedly not current, artists that are either dead for generations or else bands that broke up a decade ago...plus a bit of Placebo here and there.

The War on Drugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcMIOz6Xb5A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGRFWM1MAfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxGDD5h3Og&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MA0m1K2jW4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVAYMcY2vx8GRmMEZR4Ts0yaD0oqpj_alV

Tara-
Check out Black Cat Music-Hands in the Estuary, Torso in the Lake. Still a decade old but good. I second that there isn't much new good music. Nick 13 new album is pretty good.

The computers-I think they're on tour in Germany at the mo Tara! we supported them about 6 months ago, their guitarist played a Sparkle Duo Jet..& the live sound just blew me away, I have him to thank for my recent Gretsch obsession :)

Also listening to old stuff: Velvet Underground (always), Magazine, Ramones, Johnny Thunders & old, old punk stuff.

Cheers guys, I'll give 'em a listen! :D

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France Gall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iysdFu_TQ

Wow, France Gall 1st song was her masterpiece. The lyrics (i don't know if you speak french) are also from Serge Gainsbourg who give his famous erotic touch to this song about ... candies ... & lollipops ...

The tale tells that she sung it without having understood the metaphore! :rolleyes: 1960' girls must have been easy prey or she lied!

PS: Rival Sons killer sound, very good singer, nice firebird gibby in blue. Nice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGRFWM1MAfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxGDD5h3Og&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MA0m1K2jW4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVAYMcY2vx8GRmMEZR4Ts0yaD0oqpj_alV

Hey funk54 I haven't heard these guys before and it was very refreshing. It's like these guys found a time machine went to the 70's. came back and made it new again. Really like the second and third video.Lot's of energy and the tone of that guitarist in the third video is killer.

I like the fact that their using a Digitech Whammy DT. I just got one yesterday and really love it. :D

Thanks for posting this band I'm a new fan.

Black Keys and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC).For whatever reason can't stop playing and learning some off the tracks from 'Howl' & 'Beat The Devils Tattoo'.And the new one,'El Camino' ....Bkack Keys,is freakin' great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W52q8rYHibo&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaAdYoLoZo

Love Taking back Sunday and Neckromantics. I listen to more post hardcore bands but not really Gretschy content but you guys may like these bands.

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Yeah, liking this a lot! :cool:

Yeah! Black keys and Jack White. I also have really got back into the doors and other back beat strum/beatnik sound like Beatles "tax man".

Saw this Aussie in September and he was amazing live! Album is extremely good and thankfully they haven't overproduced him: very raw and emotional...
http://www.stevesmyth.com.au
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Yeah, liking this a lot! :cool:

Likewise. Also, I'm listening to...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uUIi-0pHOE&feature=related

Yeah, I've only gotten into them recently but I'm impressed...

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Not sure how popular these guys are outside Britain (I know they are American, apart from the Swedish guitarist) but was lucky to see them put on a brilliant show in December....

Yeah, also loving Carolina Chocolate Drops who I found by chance looking for details of Papa Charlie Jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W52q8rYHibo&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaAdYoLoZo

Love Taking back Sunday and Neckromantics. I listen to more post hardcore bands but not really Gretschy content but you guys may like these bands.

If you are into the Neckromantics do you like the Horrorpops?

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Not sure how popular these guys are outside Britain (I know they are American, apart from the Swedish guitarist) but was lucky to see them put on a brilliant show in December....

Yeah, also loving Carolina Chocolate Drops who I found by chance looking for details of Papa Charlie Jackson.

im a fan of vintage trouble the frontmans fantastic, kind of a blues soul fusion, great band

Dan Sartain is another guy who can do no wrong in my book. Good mix of garage and rockabilly...
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im a fan of vintage trouble the frontmans fantastic, kind of a blues soul fusion, great band
He does have a hell of a set of pipes on him and the guitarist ain't no slouch either!

I'm "current"ly listening to Layla. But I like the white stripes, the black keys, the raconteurs, releases from Tom Petty (Mojo and Mudcrutch)and the Pretenders (Break Up the Concrete) over the past few years, and Jack Johnson is huge in our house.

One last recommendation for today: The Jim Jones Revue, they are some veteran British rockers and I can confirm they don't believe in holding back live. Oh, and Rupert Orton rocks a Gretsch...
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Night all :D

Mention of the Pretenders reminded me of another recent band I like a lot. The Heartless Bartards.

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So sorry to forget Hacienda. IF you like the Black Keys, you'll dig Hacienda. Same drummer. Dan Auerbach is known to share the stage with these guys too. Very classic rock-ish stuff. Reminds me of the beatles, wilco, beach boys, etc. plenty of classic fuzz tones too.

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i second the black keys :-)
and i add the white stripes, the raconteurs and triggerfinger
you can find more here
last.fm/user/ampeee

+2 for The Raconteurs.

and add Hugo, Gary Clark Jr., and the Foo Fighters

If you are into the Neckromantics do you like the Horrorpops?

Yeah their not bad I like anything with the Neckroman.:D The Devils Brigade is an awesome band I got into this year. If your not familiar with them It's Matt freeman side project.The bassist from Rancid and Tim Armstrong wrote all the song and played guitar for most of the tracks. I love this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjj8kCshS2o&feature=fvst

Yeah their not bad I like anything with the Neckroman.:D The Devils Brigade is an awesome band I got into this year. If your not familiar with them It's Matt freeman side project.The bassist from Rancid and Tim Armstrong wrote all the song and played guitar for most of the tracks. I love this one.


I can listen to the new psychobilly I have loaded on my iPod, but I won't add anymore. Now it's just metalbilly or clickabilly with 50's cliches thrown in. What kills me is they are great players wasting talent on bad tone. But it's a guilty pleasure. Hehe.

I can listen to the new psychobilly I have loaded on my iPod, but I won't add anymore. Now it's just metalbilly or clickabilly with 50's cliches thrown in. What kills me is they are great players wasting talent on bad tone. But it's a guilty pleasure. Hehe.

I'm pretty open with music and like alot of different stuff. But tend to buy the adrenaline side of their categories. Or the inde side of the culture. Don't want to be in the mainstream. What brought me to gretsch talk was discovering Rancid and Pat Pigat. Two polar opposites life styles. Since being here I've discovered alot of other bands and music which is much appreaciated.
But these bands I listed are some of my favorite Gretschy type bands. When ever I put these songs on a Beer mystereously appears in my hand.:rolleyes: They also help get my through my personal time needed in my car on the way to work or etc. Or my jam time needed with my Gretsch.
Just in case your wondering beers don't appear in my hands when I'm driving....teeheehee....whew

LOL!!
I understand the beer's magical appearance with some artist. Best anti-Drinking and Driving PSA - Nekromantix "Struck by a wreckin' ball".

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Looking forward to it, as it has been postponed twice!

for all you black keys/white stripes fans im getting well into these at the moment, their along the same lines as the previously mentioned bands, Left lane cruiser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6212t7TvsSA

Prince and The Time (Now back together as The Original 7ven... Thanks Warner Bros!), The Black Keys because I so loved Next Girl from Rocksmith! As my constant Blues homework a lot of Jimmie Vaughan lately. I just met him. What a great personable guy!! Not fake at all, or distant like youd expect someone with his stage credentials to be. Firm handshake, and a solid love of guitars!

In my book pretty much no matter who you are or where you come from... If you can bring that to the table, theres a foundation for a friendship right there!

The last few weeks i've been listening to;
Imelda May,The Pierces,Duane Eddy,Richard Hawley,The Shadows,Duffy,The Beatles,Stray Cats,Brian Setzer,Reverend Horton Heat,AC/DC,Cousin Harley,Elvis Presley,Dave Edmunds,Del Amitri,Level 42 and Rumer.

Trashcan Sinatras-

frank Reader, brother of Eddie Reader, plays a Rancher and sings lead...

"Twisted and Bent"
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twisted and bent

spread eagled illegally
an angel as bored as me,
should i cream and pretend
i don’t know about the world?
well well well well well.

you had phil in my father’s shed
and joe made a lovely bed,
drag them on and off and on
summersaulted, autumn tumbled,
feathers tickled memories

remember phil?
i knew phil well

should i embrace you
or embalm you?
you’re so lackadaisical,
upsadaisy girl
beauty is sin deep
and when you scratch me,
it shows you remember joe.
i knew joe well.

the pirate in me turned a blind eye.

so come aboard, i’m going to explore
murphy’s law and the rules of columbus.
he got it wrong, got blown off course,
navigated us in knots (of course)

so come aboard,
let’s sing a lament -
the world isn’t round
it’s twisted and bent

unfortunate

Wow, France Gall 1st song was her masterpiece.

Yeah.

just saw Los Straight Jackets, that was a show! Been listening to the Bambi Molesters, James Intveld and Dale Watson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUi-bppYI30

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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=expdxldXIa4

just saw Los Straight Jackets, that was a show! Been listening to the Bambi Molesters, James Intveld and Dale Watson


Was that a show or what? I was blown away! The guy they had subbing for Danny Amis is quite a showman. The playing was great, virtually indistinguishable from their recordings. Anyone that likes instrumental Rock would love their show.

ive been rocking the new black keys album and jacuzzi boys.

Accordion, not much. Victor Prieto gives a demonstration at 41:15 of this interview. I don't think he has any recordings in this style "improvising in both hands", it's unbelievable.
http://thejazzsession.com/2011/05/20/the-jazz-session-270-victor-prieto/

Makes me want to pull out my Piazzolla CDs.

In celebration of hockey, I'm completing my collection of NoMeansNo's Ramones/SlapShot tribute band, The Hanson Brothers. New to me.
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I like the song Aberdeen by Cage the Elephant.

Favourite new thing I've heard this decade is Rock Plaza Central. They were on a CBC radio show called Fuse with TafelMusik.
http://www.myspace.com/rockplazacentral/music/songs/exc-steel-horse-w-tafelmusik-25756117

Always something new by Kristin Hersh. I just got Cats and Mice and Crooked (haven't read the book yet). Cats and Mice makes me want to buy Murder, Misery and then Goodnight. She's obscenely prolific!
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I'll go off the board a bit. John Mayer, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in preparation for The Black Keys gig and a Chili's show (hopefully)

ARe you going to the arctic monkeys - black keys giggs? I am planing on going to MN.

Was that a show or what? I was blown away! The guy they had subbing for Danny Amis is quite a showman. The playing was great, virtually indistinguishable from their recordings. Anyone that likes instrumental Rock would love their show.

I dont get too excited about most surf music and more so about sitting for one
in a music hall..but I am seriously taking my dad to the next one. I know his mouth will fall open too. those guys were just astounding to me and that was after being tortured at NAMM for 3 days. :) Glad to hear you made it back home across the reservation.

ps. Bambi Molesters are one of my favorites for working in the shop late at night. They are more of an epic soundtrack than just surf tunes although judging from the video they dont have the stage show the Straitjackets do

I dont get too excited about most surf music and more so about sitting for one
in a music hall..but I am seriously taking my dad to the next one. I know his mouth will fall open too. those guys were just astounding to me and that was after being tortured at NAMM for 3 days. :) Glad to hear you made it back home across the reservation.

They were something else! No worries on the drive home. I just punched up 70 MPH on the cruise and headed east on I-10. That durned Mustang gets 30 - 35 MPG on the highway, even with the top down.

P.S. Good to see you again Tavo.

For those who love The Keys, and such like, check this guy out...dUwBKWcE1GA

Hani El Khatib...

ARe you going to the arctic monkeys - black keys giggs? I am planing on going to MN.

Ya, I'm going here in Calgary. Id love to hit a few cities and see them but thats just not possible. Its one of the concerts I'm looking most forward too this year. You'll have to let me know how the MN show is!

Tk smith, deke Dickerson and the ecco-sonics, the modern sounds, all relatively newer music. Look for them on YouTube!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJeuA9LgF8

Foo Fighters Deep Purple

I have been listening to Larry Carlton, Randy Bachman, Donald Fagan and some old Chet stuff. In the last six months, I've seen Merle Haggard, Chicago and Huey Lewis. I think i may go see the Doobs in June. I know that's a little tame compared to the other posts....

I have been listening to Larry Carlton, Randy Bachman, Donald Fagan and some old Chet stuff. In the last six months, I've seen Merle Haggard, Chicago and Huey Lewis. I think i may go see the Doobs in June. I know that's a little tame compared to the other posts....

Strange thing about Steely Dan and I. For decades they were my favorite but in just the last few months I've lost my taste for them. I don't get it.

Tk smith, deke Dickerson and the ecco-sonics, the modern sounds, all relatively newer music. Look for them on YouTube!!

Modern sounds is great! Joel Patterson is off-scale good as a guitarist.

Really like this lady. Brandi Carlile from Seattle. We have seen her live several times and just love her stuff. And there are two Gretsch players in the band too!. Here is a video I shot at a concert last year. Check out the guitar sex at the end. Awesome stuff

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b10K84H_TOc

Wow!
Thanks for all the great suggestions. I've been having a difficult time finding current music I like. There are some great suggestions in here. Also some inspiration.

My listening lately has been mostly guitar blues. Not terribly current, but also slightly off mainstream.

Internet radio has been great with this broadcaster doing very well. At least until yesterday when the server went down.

http://radio.corbina.ru:8187/

Do a google search on 101.ru internet radio and choose a page that will translate. The corbina link above rebroadcasts the 101.ru blues station along with song and artist information which I don't get straight from 101.ru. They also have a 24/7 old rock and roll stream which is pretty good.

I've also heard some "new" artists on there I didn't know about. I'm almost ashamed to admit I didn't know Buddy Guy had a brother who played and sang, and who I enjoy at least as much as Buddy.

Just bought Deke Dickerson and the Moderns sounds Live at Duff's garage.. That is my cup of tee even if I more or less hate tee...

Chris Thigpen Trio (http://sutros.com/christhigpen/music)
very good swing band, try junkin, get your way, it's odbacious, sittin' on it.

Dang, why am I always so late? Oh well, I to am a huge fan of the Modern Sounds. I also am taken by Imelda, Black Keys and anything with Jack White.

Imelda May, saw her at York best gig ever! Also check out her husband Mr Darrell Higham, awesome player!

Currently enjoying Dan Sartain's latest album (13 song in 19 minutes) which is more garage than rockabilly...

Spending a lot of time listening to Beatles lately and educating my 5 year old son Dylan (might have named him Lennon if my misses hadn't vetoed the name)... He is now at the stage where he is able tell whether it is John or Paul (or George or Ringo) taking lead vocals :D

I've been listening to the Reverend Horton Heat a lot lately after discovering them last year. I also listen to a lot of Rammstein, Eisbrecher, Megaherz (all German industrial / techno Metal), Disturbed, My Chemical Romance, Stone Sour and others like them. I did start off loving Rockabilly, went to heavy rock / metal and then back to Rockabilly a few years back.

I'm going to see Rodrigo y Gabriela in two weeks time :D

I cant wait to see these guys live (tears in eyes I cannot stop laughing 4:32 rules)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7LzOeTkfM

I've been on a huge Megadeth kick the last couple months.

I have two concerts to go to this week:

Thursday: Megadeth's Gigantour. Volbeat will be playing too, who I have seen before and they are a great live band.

Friday: The Darkness.

I cant wait to see these guys live (tears in eyes I cannot stop laughing 4:32 rules)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7LzOeTkfM

Yeah, Jack Black has taken a lot from those vocals! :D

I've been on a huge Megadeth kick the last couple months.

I have two concerts to go to this week:

Thursday: Megadeth's Gigantour. Volbeat will be playing too, who I have seen before and they are a great live band.

Friday: The Darkness.

The Darkness are from my neck of the woods. Good to see them on the comeback trail and thier new album is supposed to be killer!

Froze my arse off last night going to the Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace) in London last night to see The Black Keys supported by Band of skulls. Excellent gig and BoS lead guitarist was sporting a nice silver Gretsch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMwBCSkIt6o
Video not the best quality, as usual, from a fan video taken on a phone.

I love Chuck Prophet. He's the lineage of bowie, stones, iggy, dylon, thunders.... Just great Rock N' Roll!

I remember going to concerts at Temple Beautiful (Buzzcocks were 1).


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Arc Angels, The Black Crowes, Storyville, Brad Paisley, Merle Haggard, ZZ Top, Indigenous, and Doyle Bramhall II among others lately....

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john mayer, keith urban, ac/dc, airborne toxic event, Jet, Lady antebellum, john mark mcmillan, maroon 5 and finally slash :D

Jd Mcpherson, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Elmore james, Fatboy, Ballroom rockets, 357 string band, Split lip rayfield, Psychobilly kadillaks, Ryan Bingham, and Jeff bridges! And Wild wax combo ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onl9kq630jk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlYPb2plaY

also though this one was kinda cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPy5fuFt0EI&feature=related

This just came on my iTunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjyS4Wv9PM


"The Darkness are from my neck of the woods. Good to see them on the comeback trail and thier new album is supposed to be killer!"
From the songs they played off the new album, it sounds amazing. The concert was EPIC!

The Darkness are from my neck of the woods. Good to see them on the comeback trail and thier new album is supposed to be killer!

Here's video of the Darkness Show. Words can't describe how amazing it was. I don't think it comes across in the video either. I was not expect a show this good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUo06VbXFw8

They come on at minute 4. Check out minute 28 for when Justin Hawkins jumps off the balcony into the crowd. I apologize for the bad audio quality. The camera mic isn't very good. And sorry for some of the video shake. Hard to keep still when you're rocking out.

Here's video of the Darkness Show. Words can't describe how amazing it was. I don't think it comes across in the video either. I was not expect a show this good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUo06VbXFw8

They come on at minute 4. Check out minute 28 for when Justin Hawkins jumps off the balcony into the crowd. I apologize for the bad audio quality. The camera mic isn't very good. And sorry for some of the video shake. Hard to keep still when you're rocking out.

Excellent stuff! Thanks for posting... :D

Booked tix for Band of Skulls 29 Feb...
Gretsch and martial arts in same video :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZB5Bk2DVXs

Another nice Gretsch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gzA6Xzbh1k

Richard Hawley just announced a new album soon. Time to pre-order from Amazon me thinks.

Been rockin to The Razorbacks lately

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXOdMsk9JA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNlMtKiTLMA&feature=related

The Black Crowes,Jimmy Page with the Black Crowes,Patti Smith,No Doubt,Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers,and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

My 'current' listening choices are..Noel Gallagher's new CD..and The Black Keys latest release...older stuff I listen to would be music by Eric Clapton,Dire Straits, Brad Paisly and a whole lotta blues..Albet King,Freddie King and Byther Smith to name a few..
Im also a BIG Elvis fan..the guitar work of James Burton,Scotty Moore and Hank Garland on a lot of his songs is amazing.

Off to see Band of Skulls tonight at The Waterfront, Norwich...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBgSw4GstGs

Like this video, there's a bit of The Big Lebowski about it :-)

Ray Campi right now.

Young the Giant

Sam Roberts Band

Hey All,

I have both a wide and narrow taste in music. I listen to straight bluegrass (like Balsam Range, sierra hull and little no name bands like Amber and Dixieland Bluegrass), Strait Country (like George and I'm on a big Miranda Lambert kick right now), lots of Canadian Country like Gord Bamford and Corb Lund Band, lots of Australian country like the Sunny Cowgirls, Kirsty Akers, Lee kernaghan, Harmony James, Ashley Dallas, etc. Lots of Red Dirt music outta Texas, Oklahoma like Reckless Kelly, Mickey and the Motorcars, Jason Boland, etc. Some really really rude stuff by Rebel Son (don't even search em out unless you can handle some language) and I been getting back into rock with some AC/DC and rockabilly and I'm big on Webb Wilder. Course then there are those delta and piedmont blues.

I'll leave you with a Red dirt band J B and the Moonshine band with a - I think - cute song that might offend some with delicate sensibilities - probably R-rated. If it is too much for this site please accept my apologies and delete it.

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-Ed-

From the gig on Wednesday: fantastic live! Russ was toting a Golden Anni and a White Falcon for most of the gig :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZWUSgeq7c0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Support band, Broken Hands, were very good and one to watch for the future...

Anyone seen Watermelon Slim? I'm going to see him on 19th.

After that I'm going to see legendary punks Stiff Little Fingers again on 21st.

Lydia Loveless

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Craig Finn
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I'll leave you with a Red dirt band J B and the Moonshine band with a - I think - cute song that might offend some with delicate sensibilities - probably R-rated.

Nah...that's just PG-13. ;)

I like..

Kyle Park

Jason Boland and the Stragglers

Kevin Fowler

Just to start

I just caught Garrett Mason's show last night. I'm going back to see him again tonight. I assume that nobody here has heard of him, but that changes right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ADJXnLm14&feature=related

Cave Cat Sammy!!! San Antonio represent. Hehe.

X Anthology, Cochran, Black Keys, and I confess a a recent mad crush on a younger guy named Gary Clark Jr, out of Tejas. Check out "I don't owe you a Thang". http://www.youtube.com/user/garyclarkjr/featured?v=OFIWstcaoLc

We saw Walk off the Earth in Toronto, and they put on a great show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

The Raconteurs and some Frank Black and the Catholics. The Raconteurs last album is the best album I've heard in years.

Just got A Night in Zagreb by the Bambi Molesters and Johnny Paycheck

Dale Watson, of course, and Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives (check out Kenny Vaughan on the other guitar!). Moot Davis' new album is great too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ju8nyihXM&feature=related

Dale Watson, of course, and Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives (check out Kenny Vaughan on the other guitar!). Moot Davis' new album is great too.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ju8nyihXM&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ju8nyihXM&feature=related)

My wife and I were lucky enough to see Marty and The Superlatives last year at The Sage,Gateshead...they were amazing..but Kenny blew me away with his playing...he has to be one of THE top guitarists in country music today...
I was lucky enough to have a quick chat with him after the show..and he said my tip for any guy learning to play guitar is always the same...just play from the heart.

Just listening to my new geetar! Don't want to put it down ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UABd2YnnPoU

Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Camera 27, The Pretenders, Poco, Robert Nighthawk

Hanni el khatib im gettin into at the moment some very black keys esque songs on his album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJy7paiEj7Q&feature=fvsr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmfy_5nAH_U

Gary Clark Jr.

Dale Watson, of course, and Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives (check out Kenny Vaughan on the other guitar!). Moot Davis' new album is great too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ju8nyihXM&feature=related

I like the sound. The hair, not so much!

Hanni el khatib im gettin into at the moment some very black keys esque songs on his album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJy7paiEj7Q&feature=fvsr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmfy_5nAH_U

Yeah, really strong album. He plays a Gretsch too!