― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
Hiram Bullock!
Johnny Pate!
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Doug Wimbish!
Skip McDonald!
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Toots Thielemans!
Hugh McCracken!
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Barry Manilow!
Delaney Bramlett!
Leon Russell!
― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Steve Porcaro!
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link
well this thread is mostly just scott.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, but Scott's threads are the best on ILM! we're all privileged to be here shouting things like:
Billy Strange!
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Booker T. Jones!Donald "Duck" Dunn!Al Jackson!
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― C0l1n B--KETT, Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Jim Gordon!
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:32 (nineteen years ago) link
JIM KELTNER!
Marcus Miller!
Bud Shank!
Tom Scott!
Mike Barone!
Eric Gale!
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
(roffles)
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Cissy Houston!Dee Dee Warwick!Dionne Warwick!Doris Troy!
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Hah, came here to mention the cocaine & rhinestones episode about the Nashville A-Team and see FCC gave ‘‘em all a shout out last year. Seconded.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that's a good one. He's so tendentious and cranky sometimes, yet deeply knowledgeable. Fun.
― umami dearest (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 06:25 (two years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:58 (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Scott beat me to it, 17 years ago. Still, on this side of the Atlantic we have...
Hugh Burns!
― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 08:20 (two years ago) link
Just noticed that I've been reading and/or posting in this thread for one third of my life.
Not my adult life. not my online life. My actual human life.
― umami dearest (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 08:50 (two years ago) link
RIP hargus "pig" robbins :(
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:34 (two years ago) link
RIP, person I thought was....
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:36 (two years ago) link
Carl Fortina!
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 January 2022 23:36 (two years ago) link
Andy Stein!
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
Al Perkins!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 02:38 (one year ago) link
Carl Lynch!
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
Dennis Coffey was a member of the Funk Brothers, who were pretty tied to the studio as a whole, but even before his solo hit, "Scorpio," he would just go a little ways over from Motown to a local club, for a regular gig in an organ trio, resulting, for instance, in the amaaazing set recorded in '68, released by Omnivore in 2018 as One Night at Morey's. in 2019, Omnivore put out Live at Baker's, recorded in 2006, and the Detroit Music Factory label issued Down By The River in 2019: both solid, distinctive takes on jazz, not exciting in the same way as the 60s cosmic funk of Morey's, but very enjoyable.wiki sez:
...as a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced a hard rock guitar sound to Motown record producer Norman Whitfield's recordings, including distortion, Echoplex tape-loop delay, and wah-wah: most notably heard on "Cloud Nine", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", and "Psychedelic Shack" by The Temptations. He played on numerous other hit records of the era: Edwin Starr's "War", Diana Ross & The Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold".In 1971, Coffey recorded "Scorpio" which was a million selling instrumental single that peaked in the US at number nine on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The instrumental track featured the former Motown "funk brother", Bob Babbitt on bass. On January 8, 1972 Coffey became the first white artist to perform on the television show Soul Train, playing "Scorpio".[3] "Scorpio" received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 9, 1971.[4] ...In 2004, he published a memoir, Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars.In 2008, he co-produced the Carl Dixon sessions at Studio A, Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Four tracks were recorded featuring some of the Funk Brothers including Uriel Jones, Bob Babbitt, Coffey and Ray Monette, plus other distinguished Detroit session musicians...,,,Along with Mike Theodore, Coffey discovered the folk-rock singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who is the subject of the 2012 Oscar-winning film Searching for Sugar Man in which Coffey appears. Coffey played lead guitar on Rodriguez's first album Cold Fact (1970).
In 1971, Coffey recorded "Scorpio" which was a million selling instrumental single that peaked in the US at number nine on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The instrumental track featured the former Motown "funk brother", Bob Babbitt on bass. On January 8, 1972 Coffey became the first white artist to perform on the television show Soul Train, playing "Scorpio".[3] "Scorpio" received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 9, 1971.[4] ...In 2004, he published a memoir, Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars.
In 2008, he co-produced the Carl Dixon sessions at Studio A, Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Four tracks were recorded featuring some of the Funk Brothers including Uriel Jones, Bob Babbitt, Coffey and Ray Monette, plus other distinguished Detroit session musicians...
,,,Along with Mike Theodore, Coffey discovered the folk-rock singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who is the subject of the 2012 Oscar-winning film Searching for Sugar Man in which Coffey appears. Coffey played lead guitar on Rodriguez's first album Cold Fact (1970).
Got a bunch of other albums too, incl. on Westbound (hopefully some P-Funk involvement on those).
― dow, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
Harold Bradley!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 10 June 2023 01:52 (nine months ago) link
RIP Bobby Eli
― that's not my post, Sunday, 20 August 2023 23:25 (seven months ago) link
In 2011, Daryl Sanders gets the word from "all but one" of the surviving local A-listees who played on Blonde On Blonde---& made Galileo look like a Boy Scout, too much man, let it all hang out:
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/looking-back-on-bob-dylans-i-blonde-on-blonde-i-the-record-that-changed-nashville/article_c17cc27e-b6e4-5794-901c-e2e7ce4c5cb9.html
― dow, Monday, 21 August 2023 00:59 (seven months ago) link
Maybe not the perfect thread for this, but today I learned about Barry Miles, who released a record as a 14 year old drum prodigy on Charlie Parker's record label (!), featuring his original bebop tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEqgfqTy-Mw
Then he switched to piano, and made fusion records with his *14 year old littler brother on drums* playing like Tony Williams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIZ_mEdhBs8
Then he was Roberta Flack's music director during the '80s/'90s, with his brother on drums sometimes I think. And apparently his brother Terry Silverlight is a very successful tv composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Silverlight
Look at them go...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzaMjBfUvec
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 16:01 (five months ago) link
https://immediatefamilyfilm.com/“I had been hesitant to make a follow up to "The Wrecking Crew". But when I was approached with the idea of "The Immediate Family", I didn't think twice. The Immediate Family consists of Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar Guitar/Vocal, Leland Sklar Bass, Russ Kunkel on Drums, Waddy Wachtel Guitar/Vocal and Steve Postell Guitar/Vocal.”
― brimstead, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:04 (two months ago) link
Oh right.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 January 2024 23:06 (two months ago) link
A friend showed me this, which is pretty interesting, though the interviewer looks like a distracting cross between Paul Williams and George Lucas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zpTY20TL44
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:15 (two months ago) link
Kunkel is okay but not revelatory. Wachtel is a legend just for his hairdo.
But Lee Muthaflippin Sklar? That dude gives me a frisson of gratitude every time I reflect on our collective good fortune that we get to co-exist with him. This story alone solidifies his place among the GOATs, where he put a non-functioning "shimmer" switch on his bass.
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 January 2024 23:39 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lEX0guChs
Yes, Lee Sklar seems like a great guy.
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 January 2024 09:59 (two months ago) link
I am not a Beato fanboi but that Tommy Tedesco anecdote is golden.
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 11:32 (two months ago) link