Anyone heard Scott MacDonald's Solitude? Is it new age?
― JacobSanders, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
man, i know almost none of these! someone make me a comp of takoma's greatest hits, plzzz?
― tylerw, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
i do have the fahey box set -- it's fab! some of it is the kinda thing you won't listen to more than once, but there are some things that are as good as anything he ever did. and some of the curiosities (like the session with flute) are surprisingly successful.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, and I may have missed it on this teeming thread, but have you linked yr re-post of the Fahey live at U of Washington tape yet?
― dow, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
no, i haven't -- get it here! http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-fahey-university-of-washington.html?spref=twseriously pretty amazing show. fahey goes deeeeep.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh and he just posted two more fahey shows -- one at carnegie hall, of all places. http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-fahey-live-at-swarthmore-college.html
― tylerw, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
I'll can make a Takoma mix, give me a day to find the cord for my mixer.
― JacobSanders, Friday, 24 February 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
my whimpering pays off! that'd be awesome, jacob.
― tylerw, Saturday, 25 February 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2012/03/phil-yost-bent-city-takoma-records-c.htmlyost up for DL. i assume this is out of print/never released on CD?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
tyler my laptop had a coffee incident and I've had to put the takoma mix on hold, sorry. I do like that Phil Yost, Great beatnik folkie jazz, you see it on ebay sometimes. I wish I could find his second record.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i'm on that parenting thread, i know you have bigger/better things to be doing with your time!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
i have bent city.. it's fog hat ramble i really need! i like phil yost, his music is really awesome.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i'm liking it a lot thus far.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
I never see Fog Hat Ramble, and I'm dying to know if he expands on the Bent City sounds or something else? Little info exist on him.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
really digging Peter Lang lately! guy plays small cafe and club shows here in Mpls on the regular, i need to go see him...
also my friend took lessons from him, which WOW how cool would that be?
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
not takoma, but related: here's peter lang's brother mark! i like this record a lot.
― 69, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
ooh yeah, he's got a track on the numero group guitar soli release -- nice stuff. is that record available anywhere? love peter lang. he's more flamenco-y these days, no?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
from people that have seen some recent gigs i guess he's actually doing lots of stuff from his older takoma albums, i kinda wonder if he's realized there's more of a market for that stuff now than he thought there was
here's a more recent clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZBm7f6bALA
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
that particular piece i have on this Takoma record that's a 12 inch split 3 ways between Lang, Kottke and Fahey
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
but it's super bad that i haven't gone to see him, it's like seeing a guy on the level of leo or fahey for like $10 cover at a bar
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
that sounds nice. i'd go see him! sweet shirt too.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah my friend bought six small group (like 6/7 ppl) lessons w/Lang and said it was really great, he's a great teacher and ....brace yourself...a really nice eccentric older gentleman
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
love love love the "Sunflower River Blues" on that Fahey/Kottke/Lang LP
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
is that LP the most common Takoma LP? i got it for a buck, but never see any of the other Takoma stuff. Not that I'm a deep crate-digger or anything.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
i just picked that up on vinyl (been hella copies of that floating around minneapolis -- and sealed too! someone must've found a box of them), really just an amazing folk record all around....
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
xpost - huh weird they must've over pressed that one or something, thought it was just specific to minneapolis...but yeah i got a sealed copy for $7
i bet it's more common because when it was released kottke was already a "star" or at least a star in takoma terms.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
hey M@tt i got a copy of kottke live at the scholar today in a trade!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb391/ElliotGKnapp/Album%20Art/thethingatthenurseryroomwindow.jpg
― dow, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
gah i had that in MY HAND the other day, brought the lil' one to a record store, got up to the counter and realized in all the fuss of getting the toddler ready to go on an outing, i had forgot my wallet :( hope it's there when i get back
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Now what is that artist's name? Can't quite make out his signature.
― dow, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:45 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh awesome! that's JJusten's dad's place! i think they have a bunch of tapes they were trying to get digitized
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
that lang album looks incredible, haven't heard that one! is it on CD? also, how can i get live kottke tapes please.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
yes http://www.amazon.com/Thing-at-Nursery-Room-Window/dp/B00004X0RF
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
lol nevermind, i am confusing peter walker with peter lang. peter!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, what a nice record cover!
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
ooh yeah, he's got a track on the numero group guitar soli release -- nice stuff. is that record available anywhere?love peter lang. he's more flamenco-y these days, no?
― tylerw, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:16 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
first one i found i traded with ian, second one i kept, third one is yours!
― 69, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
(as soon as i find it)
― 69, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
also, how can i get live kottke tapes please.
― tylerw, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:00 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you should talk to JJ but it sounds like their tape archives were like epic and unreal classic folk & blues artists, believe they were working to maybe see them released officially
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
sounds neat -- the scholar is where kottke recorded his first album, right?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
think so? from what jj told me that place got like the "who's who" of american folk & blues coming through in the 60s
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Who ever did the art for the early Takoma records was onto something. They are very fitting for the music and I'd even like large framed ones of a few, if that existed...
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone heard 'Last Chance on the Merry Go Round" by Lost Gonzo Band? Also recently found Stone Mountain Boys self titled, nice newgrass record, been playing it a lot.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
is this the Fahey-Lang-Kottke you guys were talking about? I've seen one with a different cover than this.http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ECWC-H-dL._SS500_.jpg
― dow, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
that's the one i have. i had it out today and my 2 1/2 year old saw and was like: "whoooooa what is THAT."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
your kid = good aesthetic taste
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
Show him the post of the cover of Thing In The Nursery Window--maybe when he's a little older?
― dow, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i think she'd be into that cover right now.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody heard this?http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MFMNP2RKL._SS500_.jpg
― dow, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
dow the fahey/lang/leo thing you posted is the one i have, really great stuff
it's kinda funny cuz the dudes are soo stylistically similar at that point it's kinda hard to tell them apart
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link