Amie > Muskrat Love.
― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 8 July 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Thinking Fellers Union Local 242 used to cover "Jackie Blue." Gave me a whole new dimension of appreciation toward the song - especially the fucked-up way the verses and choruses are in different keys.
― mike a, Friday, 8 July 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 July 2005 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 8 July 2005 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Black Oak ArkansasMarshall Tucker Bandummmmm .. what else
Oak Ridge BoysTarbox Ramblers
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 July 2005 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 8 July 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 8 July 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Bustin' Out is a great country-rock record. Too bad Craig Fuller (singer) had to quit the band to devote more time to dodging the draft.
― erklie, Friday, 8 July 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I was also confused at how un-bluesy the Climax Blues Band were on "Couldn't Get It Right."
― mike a, Friday, 8 July 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― David Goldstein (DaveG.), Saturday, 9 July 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 July 2005 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I just heard Amie again and it occurs to me that it pretty significantly "pays tribute to" the main acoustic riff from Devil In Disguise by the Flying Burrito Brothers. Coincidence?
― dad a, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
edd hurt OTM up-thread per usual.
I've always kind of given America a pass. Also, Bread is awesome.
― will, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
(but "Horse With No Name" is utter dreck)
― will, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Bread is awesome.
Side 1 of the Best of Bread LP is flawless, and your nearest thrift store will probably sell you a copy for a quarter.
― drench, Monday, 15 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
The first two Pure Prairie League albums, when Craig Fuller was the group's anchor, are just awesome.
― QuantumNoise, Monday, 15 October 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Um, so my second concert ever was America (Elton John was first)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
3-word vaguely rural bandnames Black Oak Arkansas Marshall Tucker Band ummmmm .. what else ... drawing a blank.
I think the third name you are looking for is Atlanta Rhythm Section of "I am so in to you" fame. Notable for, among other things, having a big fat so "uncool looking he's cool" bass player.
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
This is true but what a great song. Wish I could hear it right now.
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
That song's great because anyone can sing it without hurting themselves.
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"Couldn't Get It Right," that is awesomely great! And I never thought about "Amie" in light of the Burritos' "Christine's Tune." Same progression. New live Burritos comin' out in early November, btw--live at SF's Avalon Ballroom in April '69. Sound pretty together, too, and do a good version of Johnny Bush's "Undo the Right"! How cool is that?
― whisperineddhurt, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I recently interviewed PPL's Craig Fuller. He said he was really digging the Burritos and the first Little Feat record just after leaving the Ultimate Prophecy. The Prophecy LP actually has some embryonic versions of PPL's "Angel" and one other tune.
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 18 October 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
definitely Amie.
― ian, Saturday, 25 April 2009 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"amy," if only for the chord under "while." the harmonies there are killer.
― macaulay culkin's bukkake shocker (bug), Saturday, 25 April 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
they are both great, but sgh, no doubt
― iatee, Saturday, 25 April 2009 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Last time I heard "Amy," I was in a scary truck stop in the backwoods of Massachusetts, trying to stay nonchalant and calm surrounded by beardy 18-wheeler commanders while a friend of mine was riotously vomiting in the rancid men's room. Thus, I'm still sticking with "Sister Golden Hair."
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i will occasionally wake up with amie in my head and i know it's gonna be a good day. do these dudes have anything else worth hearing? i'm a big fan of this sound and feel like i've been scrapping the bottom of the barrel in terms of finding 'new' stuff but i've never run across anything of theirs but the one song.
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 19 January 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link
do these dudes have anything else worth hearing?
I'm just now diving into PPL and the first four (s/t thru If The Shoe Fits) are all v. delightful if maybe a little bit too polite west coast country rock. Amie is by no means an anomaly, but they do a bunch of different things.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 March 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
I should clarify: Two Lane Highway and If The Shoe Fits are simply pleasant, but the absence of Craig Fuller is really felt.
But on the Craig Fuller front, I'm listening to the American Flyer albums from later in the 70s now and, while they're hit or miss, his songs are fineāand how weird is it that he ended up in a band with Doug Yule with an album produced by George Martin?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link