KSG_Standard Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Rich's post on the swing band got me thinking and reminiscing about the past...It's raining here today so instead of fishing I've been listening to my dad's old records. He gave me quite a collection...Any of you folks ever hear of: Boots Randolph? He's most famous for "Yakkity Sax", but he played on lot's of people's albums, including Roy Orbison and REO Speedwagon. How about Gene Krupa or Buddy Rich? Check out this old drum battle between thet two ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJAAlXomVk Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? Floyd Cramer? Here he is with Chet Atkins... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM2OJZn5Kkw I still remember this song from when I was a kid and my folks "jammed" to it, it's called "Last Date" and it's on my iPod... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjhpIuW0HLo My dad was a fan of Les Paul and Mary Ford too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I don't know all of those, but my parents had every Herb Alpert record there ever was. The Lonely Bull used to make me cry! (I was about 7 years old, I think) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Trinny Lopez! But seriously folks, when I go old, I go Django Reinhardt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UVw5C0SDkc Not bad for a guy who basically played with two fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 When I go old, I just look for a mirror. (sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 KSG Find some, Will Bradly and see how you like big band boogie woogie, re: [Celery Stalks at Midnight and Down The Road Apiece which the Stones borrowed early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Rich's post on the swing band got me thinking and reminiscing about the past...It's raining here today so instead of fishing I've been listening to my dad's old records. He gave me quite a collection...Any of you folks ever hear of: Boots Randolph? He's most famous for "Yakkity Sax"' date=' but he played on lot's of people's albums, including Roy Orbison and REO Speedwagon. How about Gene Krupa or Buddy Rich? Check out this old drum battle between thet two ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJAAlXomVk Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? Floyd Cramer? Here he is with Chet Atkins... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM2OJZn5Kkw I still remember this song from when I was a kid and my folks "jammed" to it, it's called "Last Date" and it's on my iPod... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjhpIuW0HLo My dad was a fan of Les Paul and Mary Ford too... [/quote'] Great Stuff, I love the way most people say "Old Music" and come back with Cream. Benny Goodman with Cahrlie Christian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-U1-AB_vnM Django http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-6AH-S8L8 Buddy Guy and Big Mamma Thornton (Not so Old, But hey, it's in there anyway) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE Cab Calloway's "Refer Man", from International House (one of my Favorite Movies. W.C. Fields Forever!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 You call it "old", I call it the music I grew up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The Gene Krupa Buddy Rich duet (or should that be duel?) was actually released on an album called "Drum Battle"....I got it from my local library in the seventies at the suggestion of my then drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 <...>Boots Randolph? He's most famous for "Yakkity Sax"' date=' but he played on lot's of people's albums, including Roy Orbison and REO Speedwagon.<...> [/quote'] Boots was underestimated by most sax players. What he played on his own recordings was pure commercial kitsch. But his stuff on other people's recordings was outstanding. IMHO he recorded the best 2 progression blues solo on records, during Elvis' version of Lowell Fulsom's "Reconsider Baby" on the Elvis Is Back LP/CD. Yakety sax is a song we sax players hate to play, because it is boring once you get past the fingering problems, and the recordings under his own name were the country music equivalent of what Kenny G does for the smooth jazz market. But I'm not dissing either one for that, after all, I play commercial music for a living too. I appreciated a lot of the other stuff in your post as well, but since I've been playing sax longer than flute, wind synth, guitar, and keyboards, sax is the closest thing to my soul. Every era and every genre from Bach to the present (and probably before that) has had it's shares of good music and bad music. Good music will stand the test of time, and mediocre music will be discarded in time like used chewing gum. Buddy Rich was one of the greatest big band drummers ever, and Frank Sinatra was one of the best big band singers ever. Of course where would we be without Les Paul? Elvis P was great in his day, until he went commercial (but again, who can blame him?). The Beach Boys sang about corny stuff by today's standards, but their harmonies were delightful. Groups like Jethro Tull and Yes raised rock music to a higher level (but they had some dogs as well). And what about blues and Jazz -- Muddy Waters? Lambert Hendricks & Ross? Stan Getz? Jim Hall? Charlie Bird? Charlie Parker? Buddy Guy? Keb' Mo'? Joe Pass? And in the symphonic field, people like Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch, Dvorak, and Prokofiev will probably be played hundreds of years from now. I like a lot of the old music that has stood the test of time, and some new music that I hope will do the same. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Love those moldy oldies baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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