Well, a bit of a slow week after last weeks 'bender'. Shell and I went and hung out with some friends a couple nights ago and managed to finally see The Don of Division Street and From Words To Blows.
The Don reminded me at times of Blue Rodeo (especially Jim Cuddy) and at times Jaycob Van Auken. It made me sad that i'd never seen them (The Don and JVA) do their weekly residency @Biddy's back in the day. It also made me sad the JVA doesn't play anymore.
From Words To Blows is a all-star line-up and brainchild of Jessy Emerson. The style is particularly interesting in regards to what you might normally see him doing... namely playing bass for singer-songwriter/roots rock types. This band sees Jessy taking the lead both as vocalist and guitarist. I've known Jessy for several years and played with him in Stephen Ashbrook's band but it was refreshing to see him step outside his normal role and do his own thing. Indeed, inspiring!
*Note* The same could be said for The Don except the style wasn't as divergent as what he normally is involved with (not a bad thing : )
At any rate, it's Thanksgiving. I'm updating this while I update my Itunes library with all the music I've picked up recently. After the post about my music list I went out and got myself a bunch of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums! Damn the Torpedoes, Into The Great Wide Open, Full Moon Fever, and the self titled first record from '76. Great stuff! Only one of these was on the list, but I bought Runnin Down a Dream a few months ago and new I was going to need more. If you haven't seen Runnin', do yourself the favor. Even if you're not a Petty fan, you'll dig it.
Also, being updated into my music bank today is:
-the latest Norah Jones,
Etta James (At Last),
Kool and The Gang (The best of 1969-1976),
The Meters (Rejuvenation)...AMAZING!
James Brown (Live At the Apollo, 1962)... HOLY SHIT!
and David Johansen (Here Comes The Night)... Dave might be my new sleeper obsession.
Hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving!
-adm
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
the big list
Well as some may know, I love music. Big fan. I love playing it. I love seeing it. And I love listening to it. I own a decent catalog of music but I recently made myself a list of albums I need to own to not only be a better musician but indeed a better person.
The list as it now looks:
The Bee Gee's - Saturday Night Fever
Jackson Browne - The Pretender, Late For The Sky
Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles, Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music, Birth of Soul
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend ('51-64)
Elvis Costello - This Years Model
The Drifters - Golden Hits
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind, John Wesley Hardin, Basement Tapes, Desire, The Free Wheel'n, Bring It All Back Home, Blood On The Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited
Elvis - From Elvis In Memphis, Elvis Presley, The Sun Sessions
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul, I Never Loved A Man...
Marvin Gay - Let's Get It On
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Buddy Holly - The "Chirping" Crickets, 20 Golden Greats
Howlin' Wolf - Rocking Chair
Michael Jackson - Bad, Thriller
David Johansen - any/all
Elton John - Honky Tonk Chateau, Greatest Hits
John Lennon - Imagine, Plast Ono Band
The Meters - Look-ka Py Py
Minutemen - Double Nickles On The Dime
Joni Mitchel - Cart and Spark, Blue
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys, 12 Songs, Sail Away
New York Dolls - self titled
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Slanted and Enchanted
Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes
The Pretenders - self titled
Prince - Dirty Minded, 1999, Sign of the Times, Purple Rain
John Prine - John Prine
Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul, Dock of the Bay, Otis Blue
Lou Reed - Berlin, Transformer
Smokey Robinson - Going to a Go-Go
The Rolling Stones - Some Girl, Tattoo You, Sticky Fingers, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile on Mainstreet
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
Harry Smith - Anthology
Patti Smith - Horses
Bruce Springsteen - Ashbury Park, The River, Nebraska, Darkness and the Edge of Town, The Wild..., Born in the USA
The Stooges - Fun House, Raw Power
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Van Halen - Van Halen
Velvet Underground - self titled, White Light/White Heat, Loaded
Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement
Wings - Band On the Run
Stevie Wonder - Song in the Key of Life, Intervisions
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
That's it. The long and appallingly shameful list!
Most of these came from Rolling Stone Magazines list of top 500 albums of all time. And in my defense, i do own music by most of these artists...just not what some might call their most important works : /
I think at one time, my plan was to buy 3 a month but i've fallen off that plan the last couple months. I'm definitly due for a new wave of old classics. Any suggestions? : )
Be good,
-adm
The list as it now looks:
The Bee Gee's - Saturday Night Fever
Jackson Browne - The Pretender, Late For The Sky
Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles, Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music, Birth of Soul
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend ('51-64)
Elvis Costello - This Years Model
The Drifters - Golden Hits
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind, John Wesley Hardin, Basement Tapes, Desire, The Free Wheel'n, Bring It All Back Home, Blood On The Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited
Elvis - From Elvis In Memphis, Elvis Presley, The Sun Sessions
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul, I Never Loved A Man...
Marvin Gay - Let's Get It On
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Buddy Holly - The "Chirping" Crickets, 20 Golden Greats
Howlin' Wolf - Rocking Chair
Michael Jackson - Bad, Thriller
David Johansen - any/all
Elton John - Honky Tonk Chateau, Greatest Hits
John Lennon - Imagine, Plast Ono Band
The Meters - Look-ka Py Py
Minutemen - Double Nickles On The Dime
Joni Mitchel - Cart and Spark, Blue
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys, 12 Songs, Sail Away
New York Dolls - self titled
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Slanted and Enchanted
Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes
The Pretenders - self titled
Prince - Dirty Minded, 1999, Sign of the Times, Purple Rain
John Prine - John Prine
Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul, Dock of the Bay, Otis Blue
Lou Reed - Berlin, Transformer
Smokey Robinson - Going to a Go-Go
The Rolling Stones - Some Girl, Tattoo You, Sticky Fingers, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile on Mainstreet
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
Harry Smith - Anthology
Patti Smith - Horses
Bruce Springsteen - Ashbury Park, The River, Nebraska, Darkness and the Edge of Town, The Wild..., Born in the USA
The Stooges - Fun House, Raw Power
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Van Halen - Van Halen
Velvet Underground - self titled, White Light/White Heat, Loaded
Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement
Wings - Band On the Run
Stevie Wonder - Song in the Key of Life, Intervisions
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
That's it. The long and appallingly shameful list!
Most of these came from Rolling Stone Magazines list of top 500 albums of all time. And in my defense, i do own music by most of these artists...just not what some might call their most important works : /
I think at one time, my plan was to buy 3 a month but i've fallen off that plan the last couple months. I'm definitly due for a new wave of old classics. Any suggestions? : )
Be good,
-adm
A great week!
Well, we capped off a great week of music with real stunner; Dawes @ The Doug Fir.
This was the second time Shelly and I have seen them, the last time being @ Mississippi Studios. They did not disappoint!
Last night, I ventued over to the Laurelthirst for the Tom Waits tribute night. It was incredible. Amazing songs played by most of Portland's finest. The only downer was that most everyone only played one song. I mean, there was a loooong list of people contributing to this night, but somehow I wish a few of them could've been given a little more time.
The hi-lights of last nights outing was Michael Jodell and band (Matt Brown can do no wrong).
Little Sue (love her voice!).
Stephanie Schneiderman. Hadn't seen her since she played the White Eagle on my birthday about 5 years ago (or more?). She. Has. Still. Got it! And shame on me for forgetting that. Indeed, i'm certain she never lost it!
Chris Robley is an F'ing guitar wizard.
And David Lipkind... Holy Shit, it's official; I can Not see him play without swearing! Love him!
And as good as that was, restoring my faith in music and this beautiful city(!), I can think of no better fallow-up than seeing Dawes with my beautiful wife. They are such an incredible band w/such great songs! The world is their oyster.
So that concludes 5 consecutive days of seeing and/or playing great music in my favorite city on the planet.
Tomorrow night? UFC 123. YES!!!
Thank you and good night!
This was the second time Shelly and I have seen them, the last time being @ Mississippi Studios. They did not disappoint!
Last night, I ventued over to the Laurelthirst for the Tom Waits tribute night. It was incredible. Amazing songs played by most of Portland's finest. The only downer was that most everyone only played one song. I mean, there was a loooong list of people contributing to this night, but somehow I wish a few of them could've been given a little more time.
The hi-lights of last nights outing was Michael Jodell and band (Matt Brown can do no wrong).
Little Sue (love her voice!).
Stephanie Schneiderman. Hadn't seen her since she played the White Eagle on my birthday about 5 years ago (or more?). She. Has. Still. Got it! And shame on me for forgetting that. Indeed, i'm certain she never lost it!
Chris Robley is an F'ing guitar wizard.
And David Lipkind... Holy Shit, it's official; I can Not see him play without swearing! Love him!
And as good as that was, restoring my faith in music and this beautiful city(!), I can think of no better fallow-up than seeing Dawes with my beautiful wife. They are such an incredible band w/such great songs! The world is their oyster.
So that concludes 5 consecutive days of seeing and/or playing great music in my favorite city on the planet.
Tomorrow night? UFC 123. YES!!!
Thank you and good night!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The Great Battle
So last night, I was fortunate enough to play with Rozendal @ one of my favorite venues: The White Eagle Saloon. I love this bar. It's not the best sounding venue for either patron or player but I love it still.
It's dark and cozy and located kinda all by itself in a industrial part of town. It also has a long (long!) history as a rockhaus bar, brothel, and shanghai port.
The gig was ok. The sound was not quite up to the usual par of this venue and this can sometimes throw you off your game.
We played with the band On The Stairs. They were cool. Very dynamic. At times 70's rock at times quiet country. All good players.
The great battle was that across town at the Aladdin was Over The Rhine. I have to make two confessions: 1. I've never seen a show at the Aladdin. 2. I've never seen Over The Rhine.
I love playing out. It's why I play. But as much as I love playing out, I also love seeing great music. That is often the conflict with playing a lot of shows, not having time to see those that might inspire me. Even if that inspiration can sometime be wanting to go home, take all my drums out to the sidewalk and light them on fire! ; )
Tonight, I've got rehearsal with Fast Rattler and then it's off to Laurelthirst to see some of Portland's finest tackle Tom Waits.
Rock'n Roll.
It's dark and cozy and located kinda all by itself in a industrial part of town. It also has a long (long!) history as a rockhaus bar, brothel, and shanghai port.
The gig was ok. The sound was not quite up to the usual par of this venue and this can sometimes throw you off your game.
We played with the band On The Stairs. They were cool. Very dynamic. At times 70's rock at times quiet country. All good players.
The great battle was that across town at the Aladdin was Over The Rhine. I have to make two confessions: 1. I've never seen a show at the Aladdin. 2. I've never seen Over The Rhine.
I love playing out. It's why I play. But as much as I love playing out, I also love seeing great music. That is often the conflict with playing a lot of shows, not having time to see those that might inspire me. Even if that inspiration can sometime be wanting to go home, take all my drums out to the sidewalk and light them on fire! ; )
Tonight, I've got rehearsal with Fast Rattler and then it's off to Laurelthirst to see some of Portland's finest tackle Tom Waits.
Rock'n Roll.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
AdaMack Muzack goes live-ly.
Well, this may take me while to figure out (assuming i ever do). I mean, i just tried to edit something on my myspace music page and was completely lost. Why do they make everything so cluttered and difficult. And by they, I mean everyone that has anything to do with building web pages. Craigslist, now THAT is a web page I can agree with!
At any rate, welcome to my blog. In this forum I'm going to cover all my thoughts on music. The shows I've seen, the albums i'm pouring over, the shows i'm playing, the drums i'm building or buying or both. Conversations I've had with people about music, etc., etc. So lets just get right to it.
Last night (Tuesday, November 16th 2010) I got home from work, had half of a frozen pizza and chilled with my wife for a bit before heading down to the Ash Street Saloon. It's funny, because I've played this venue several times and never really thought much of it, but it's a great venue. I like that the bar is separated from the venue just enough to escape but not so far that you can't tell whats going on. I realized about half way there that i'd forgotten my ear plugs and was relieved when I remembered I could just hang out in the bar if it was too loud.
***This venue would be amazing to play or see a show if it were just F'ing packed. For example, this New Years Eve they'll be hosting Pierced Arrows. They should make a push to get more touring bands in when Berbati's is gone.***
I went to see a girl/woman by the name Ivy Ross. I played a gig last week at The Waterheater w/Fast Rattler and her band (Pillow Fight?) headlined. They were really good but the sound was a bit sub-par so I wanted to check them out in a more 'normal' venue. She had this tremendously positive and charismatic stage presence, the band was really good, and the songs were super fun!
When I arrived @Ash Street however, I saw that it was solo-acoustic night. To be honest, I was a little bummed. I ended up missing the first part of Ivy's set due to an old friend/touring buddy calling me out of the blue (which was great! : ) When I came back to the room she had apparently taught everyone there how to sing and was encouraging sing-a-longs and on-stage dancing by anyone who wanted to. Brilliant!
I think there were probably 10 or so people there but, they all stayed. They were all engaged and she would probably do really well in front of a thousand people.
The trick is how to get in front of a thousand people. ?
-adm
At any rate, welcome to my blog. In this forum I'm going to cover all my thoughts on music. The shows I've seen, the albums i'm pouring over, the shows i'm playing, the drums i'm building or buying or both. Conversations I've had with people about music, etc., etc. So lets just get right to it.
Last night (Tuesday, November 16th 2010) I got home from work, had half of a frozen pizza and chilled with my wife for a bit before heading down to the Ash Street Saloon. It's funny, because I've played this venue several times and never really thought much of it, but it's a great venue. I like that the bar is separated from the venue just enough to escape but not so far that you can't tell whats going on. I realized about half way there that i'd forgotten my ear plugs and was relieved when I remembered I could just hang out in the bar if it was too loud.
***This venue would be amazing to play or see a show if it were just F'ing packed. For example, this New Years Eve they'll be hosting Pierced Arrows. They should make a push to get more touring bands in when Berbati's is gone.***
I went to see a girl/woman by the name Ivy Ross. I played a gig last week at The Waterheater w/Fast Rattler and her band (Pillow Fight?) headlined. They were really good but the sound was a bit sub-par so I wanted to check them out in a more 'normal' venue. She had this tremendously positive and charismatic stage presence, the band was really good, and the songs were super fun!
When I arrived @Ash Street however, I saw that it was solo-acoustic night. To be honest, I was a little bummed. I ended up missing the first part of Ivy's set due to an old friend/touring buddy calling me out of the blue (which was great! : ) When I came back to the room she had apparently taught everyone there how to sing and was encouraging sing-a-longs and on-stage dancing by anyone who wanted to. Brilliant!
I think there were probably 10 or so people there but, they all stayed. They were all engaged and she would probably do really well in front of a thousand people.
The trick is how to get in front of a thousand people. ?
-adm
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