[Angela Lancieri, Riders on The Storm,]

I have been following Angela on YouTube for a few weeks now, just wanted to post another Doors cover, her use of harmonics is impressive,  how she blends them into the piece. I'm curious what tunings she uses.

 

[More Beatles Remix’s - This Time - Revolver]

Dylan is probably the most prolific song writer of our times, no doubt, he is an incredibly talented artist. 

[More Beatles Remix’s - This Time - Revolver]

2 hours ago, Whitefang said:

I get the "mumble" thing.  But I still say that the last few recordings of his sound more like he's "grumbling".    To whit----

More rasp than mumble, I'd say.

Whitefang

He is capable of proper verbal communication,  in the studio anyways,  so the mumbling thing may just be a cover for him because he can't remember the words or he is just tired of singing the same thing over and over again, night after night,.  I like Dylan's writing. He has written great songs,  but since Nashville Skyline it seems other artist cover  his songs better than he does. In the clip you shared he seems to be covering Curtis Stigers 

[More Beatles Remix’s - This Time - Revolver]

On 8/28/2022 at 8:53 AM, Whitefang said:

Out takes?

Are you referring to what jazz albums referred to as "alternate takes"?  Or the takes where mistakes were made?  That might be a bit interesting, but the rest are wastes of time IMO.  

The only recording I have with something like that is Bob Dylan's BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME on a track called "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream".   And then, me and others couldn't be sure if it was planned or not.  

Whitefang

That's one of my favorite Dylan records, pre mumbler era.

I saw a video of Dylan playing recently,  I noticed there was a person doing hand language for the deaf,  how ironic the only people who could understand what he was singing were the deaf members of the audience,  but then I realized the interpreter was probably guessing too! 

[Joey Defrancesco, musician.]

In the jazz world he was well known,  a child prodigy who at age 16 was invited to join Miles Davis, who was at that time the biggest name in Jazz. Joey was a one man band, piano, keyboards,  Hammond B3, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone.

RIP Joey, thanks for sharing your gifts with us mortals. 

[Cars and Guitars...]

Well if there is a bar and a food joint  close, this place would be heaven,   and as for rockers and cars, don't forget the Fab Four,  beside a cool song, Baby You Can Drive My Car, George was into racing for a while at least. If I recall correctly he collected Porsches,  Paul own several Astin Martin's.

Also Jeff Beck has a taste for wheels too.

[Overpopulation and zoonotic viruses]

On 8/19/2022 at 11:33 PM, saturn said:

Is it just me, or did this thread begin as being about a virus? 

Viruses? We don't need no stinking viruses! 

[Overpopulation and zoonotic viruses]

2 hours ago, Whitefang said:

Only been to Texas once.  Taking my father in law to see his dying older brother in Laredo.  We could only make the trip during the annual "shutdown" at the GM plant I was working at the time.  Trust me.

You DON'T want to be in Laredo, Texas in July!  And oddly enough, all the time we were in Texas the first thing I noticed was the gas prices were higher than in Detroit, and we couldn't find a decent steakhouse to save our lives.  In the land of "Texas Tea" and beef!    And Jaxson is right.  Texas IS big.  It took us the same amount of time to get from Texarkana to Laredo as it did to get from Detroit to Texarkana!

Whitefang

Texarkana,  fun place  (not) 

[Medical question. A weird one.]

7 hours ago, OrdinaryNimda said:

If you drink standard green tea, which contains caffeine, with no adverse effects, than it's not the caffeine in the coffee that was doing you harm, but the sugar. It should be completely eliminated from the diet by this age anyway. Keep it up! 

Don't forget the acid in coffee. Tea doesn't have the acid found in coffee 

[Medical question. A weird one.]

You eliminated a lot of sugar,  that helps with gut health, that helped you lose weight,  the loss of weight helped with your breathing,  maybe..

Are you drinking  decaf tea? If not, green tea is loaded with caffeine that will make you feel energized!

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6 hours ago, gearbasher said:

Now that you mention Texas. The first time I went to Oklahoma, I caught a cab from the airport. Talking to the driver, I told him this was my first time in Oklahoma. His reply was:  "I'm originally from Texas. And do you know why Texas doesn't slide into the Gulf of Mexico?  Because, Oklahoma sucks."

Trust me, after two or three trips across Texas from east to west and vs at 55mph will convince anyone that Texas sucks too!  

Miles and miles of miles and miles.  But the food was good.

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22 hours ago, SteveFord said:

I'm in the minority, I like Oklahoma - armadillos and gopher tortoises and tarantulas and rattlesnakes and scorpions, all sorts of exotic stuff for a kid from NJ.  You can go like hell out on the highways but it's just a flat, straight line.  The people were very friendly when I was there, Mexican dirt weed was $10 an ounce, better be prepared to smoke a LOT of it!

Hotter than hell in the Summer, I'll say that much.

 

One good thing about Oklahoma,, It ain't Texas! 

I should explain,  I drove semis coast to coast for a few years back in the 70s, remember the 55 mph speed limits of that era? If you picked up a load in LA, and had to deliver it in Atlanta, you could choose to take Interstate 10 or 20 and spend one or two days in Texas,  or you could take 40, and save a lot of time. A big plus. 

 

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13 hours ago, Whitefang said:

One of my sisters in law's ex husband and his family are from Oklahoma.  I've met them all and have to say that if they're typical Okies,  then Oklahoma IS the ideal place to get away from humanity.  Doesn't seem to be much there anyway.

Whitefang

I traveled through some rather off the beaten path type places in various states,  Oklahoma, Louisiana,  Bama, some places you just don't want to get out of the car. People look at you like you just walked in on something you weren't supposed to see.. 

[You know you are getting old when........]

If you see celebrity spokespersons you always though of as a young whipper snapper doing ads for AARP, you may be old.

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8 hours ago, mihcmac said:

In the US people are accustomed to getting what they want when they want it, all we have to is qualify and sign, once you learn the secret that the banks own the new cars that surround you on the highway. In many other countries you have to have the wealth to buy a car and build your home, getting loans is not an option. If you are lucky enough to have people making bricks close by you can build the first floor, move in and start the second floor. Sometimes going up to five stories, if you have the resources. Also you will usually need to start by building a wall around your compound to protect your family.

Ok so just rambling, these are common processes that I have observed in my travels...

I believe mortgages are common in many nations other than the US.  And believe me, i do feel lucky, even blessed to be in the US. It ain't perfect but neither is any other country. 

 

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12 hours ago, gearbasher said:

I've had the opposite experience. I worked with many people from other countries and all they talked about was how great those countries were. They all said they wanted to go back. One exception was a guy from Colombia, he never said anything. So, one day I asked him if he wanted to go back home. He said there was no way he was leaving the U.S.

I worked with a young lady from Haiti,  I asked her if she would return her reply

"HECK NO" But with a little different h word. My neighbor who is from Bucharest?   Nope. 

My Vietnamese friends? Not a fing chance.

One of the custodians that cleaned our office complex spent 3 years in a prison in Africa because he had a Bible in his house. He really likes it here.  

One of the men who developed a program used to monitor air quality was from China, he spent 12 years pushing a wheelbarrow filled with rocks to build an island, his crime? His father was a mathematics professor in China when Mao took over.  He is in no hurry to return. 

One of the hydro engineers  was from  Jordan, came here to study engineering,  he goes to Jordan every two years. No way is he ever going to move  back. In fact the only one who said she missed her native land was a Russian.  She said she has to many choices here, back in Russia the governmnent told you where to live, what to study where to work, and she only had to wait 15 years for a car she paid on all those years.  She left in 92 to come here. She has every opportunity to buy a ticket and return, but, nostalgia my warm the heart,  reality is quite different. 

 

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9 hours ago, Mr. Gibson said:

Sorry I wrote something that bothers you. 

Don't be sorry, it's a sore subject with me,. I over reacted. 

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3 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

I had to go to The Philippines several years back for work. I had layovers in Beijing one way, and Shanghai on the way back. I wanted to get out of China as fast as I could.

I worked with 6 Chinese nationals who are now proud Americans,  they agree with you,! 

 

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On 8/13/2022 at 1:17 PM, Mr. Gibson said:

I’ve got a few friends from there, they’re catholic priests, you couldn’t find a bunch of finer men. The American priests could take a few lessons from these guys.

 

Yeah, we Americans are so evil, vile, and disgusting that even our Catholic priest are crap.  Nothing lime self loathing to win brownie points from people who hate us anyways. 

I worked with so many immigrants who  have  left  China, Russia, India,  Brazil,  and even Great Britain to come here I lost count. To a person, they all expressed a greater appreciation of this nation than 85% of the Americans I know.

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On 8/12/2022 at 8:27 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:

I would not go to India if you paid my way, put me up in a hotel, and paid for my food.

I'm with you on this issue.  Add China and Africa to my no go list. Along with a host of other places .

As for population, it does play a roll, but so does modern travel, an infected person can literally travel around the planet, spreading crap around major airports,  filled with people who then spread it to every corner orvevdry city before the first symptoms appear. 

We will be victims of our accomplishments,

[You know you are getting old when........]

If everyone tells you you look good for your age,  you might be getting old. 

[Angela Lancieri, Riders on The Storm,]

12 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

That headstock on that D12-28 is bigger than her. She loves harmonics. That was damn cool.

Did any one start singing Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah?  I hate that Beatles song but she did a good job on it.

This one's for you Sgt Pepper

 

[The wife is…..]

3 hours ago, jedzep said:

It's obvious that no women participate on this forum.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[The wife is…..]

Mines an  Scottish and Italian with a touch of scorpion 

[Angela Lancieri, Riders on The Storm,]

I dug into her bio a little,  she is a classically trained, lives in Italy and here is a clip from 2007, she knew her path, and once on that path, she never looked back..