'I’m no hero, that’s understood. All the redemption I can offer is beneath this dirty hood…
…except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair.
Well the night’s bustin’ open
these two lanes will take us anywhere...
…we got one last chance to make it real…’
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I think this is my favorite Bruce song. He spent some time in L.A. and the Southwest, did some research as a good writer would do. This song is written backward, from death to life…
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Here it is…
This song always makes me think of ABS and the “underground” persimmon movement going on and the rich history of golf that is being made irrelevant.
The lyrics could easily be re-written to fit the state of golf.
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“The Last Matador Of Bayonne”
I hold out hope
But it stalls
Soon, the last curtain falls
A hundred years of past has spoken
All the great warriors
Are sown into history’s flag
Like a book of the seven seals
Of the hero’s past
Through fires, revolutions
Dust storms and conclusions
Will the show go on tonight?
For one more time
I fight on,
Fight on,
I’m the last matador of Bayonne
For tomorrow this place falls
Into silence
There’s a path
Traveled by many
Say one more prayer for my family
Like a ship without a sail
Cast adrift
I fight on,
Fight on
I’m the last matador of Bayonne
A hundred years of past
Now are gone
[youtube]Groundation - We Nah Forget Rome - YouTube
Someone around here knows why I posted this…
Paul C. just visited this thread and saw your shout out to Matamoros Banks. Yes, a great song…several on that album…I liked Black Cowboy as well.
In any event, I answered one of those silly SITD posters with this…mainly because of the scream…and thought I would give it a post here:
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Joe Bonamassa. My wife had me watch his concert at Royal Albert Hall last year. Nice to see a young guy embracing virtuosity in the rock guitar genre again in a more stylish way.
All this digging in the dirt reminded me of one of my favorite movies, ‘Dr. Strangelove.’
'Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!
I’ve seen him his last two trips through Phoenix. As much as I love his studio stuff (and I have pretty much all of it), seeing it live is a bit like what I’d imagine seeing someone of Hogan or Knudson’s caliber in action would be like. You get the sense you’re in the presence of something special. Youtube videos and DVDs don’t do it justice. The Royal Albert video really put him on the map, and his more recent DVD filmed at the Beacon Theater in New York was great too.
You’d like Black Country Communion too if you’ve never heard of them… Bonamassa on guitar, Jason Bonham (son of John Bonham) on drums, Derek Sherinian on keyboards, and Glenn Hughes on bass/vocals.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vho79W9YzY4[/youtube]
Love Lucinda Williams and her sound! If I lived next door to her, I’d woo her by grilling hot peppers–jalapaneos, serranos, maybe some habs, some whiskey in a jar on the picnic table. Check out her album, ‘Fruits of My Labor.’ She’s got a bit of Janis Joplin in her throat.
Speaking of Janis… unless you are really a fan of hers, most people have never heard her sing in a more articulate way.
She wasn’t all grit and growl like most like to pigeon hole her. Her best tracks were not the ones you hear over and over on classic radio stations.
She deserves every bit of her legacy, regardless of how short or careless it was.
Blue-eyed soul right here. I worked Live Aid in Philadelphia in a sweltering summer heat many moons ago. (Good Italian restaurants in South Philly, btw).
Hometown boys knocked it out of the park. I was onstage during rehearsal when Mick Jagger and Hall & Oates were practicing–20 feet away stage right. These guys worked hard, really hard, to groove the result they wanted for that night’s concert. Sweat was flying everywhere–do it again, re-do it, get it right. I realized then that these guys worked hard to get were they were–it wasn’t all hype.
The thing I remember most about that day was that Queen stole the show, I thing satelliting in from Wembly. The TV truck in Philly was going wild.
Yes she does. I miss her very much. Maybe too much time with Pigpen?
As much as I romanticize about that time and culture, I also damn it sometimes. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I found out that Jim Morrison, Jimi, Janis and on and on, died.
One more from Lucinda Williams. I love the yawing (is that a word?) of the steel guitar, the lyrics, the voice. Fire up the grill! Please come over Lucinda and have dinner with me!
right around the same time i found ABS i had also switched to gut strings on 2 of my 4 basses and thought how similar “going gut” is to going with the heavy blades and wood. im also using tubes believe it or not, and it sounds great, but its alot to carry when you got a gig with the doghouse. maybe i was born in the wrong decade…
Guts! Very cool, that’s more like hitting hickory clubs, damn! That sound always makes me think of learning those Jimmy Blanton solos back in college. You know those duo recordings he did with Duke Ellington? Super melodic playing arco and pizz. Magic.
I’ve never had the pleasure of trying gut strings, I’m jealous. Although my intonnation on the big dog is sketchy enough already these days. 
Sounds like you’ve got your sh1t together Swan.
Would love to hear that on vinyl through a tube amp. Bass suffers the most coming across the web. Technology has a long way to go to get proper sound transferred across any digital medium. I can only imagine what that actually sounds like.
You’re absolutely right. Anyone who saw Ray live can attest to his massive, beautiful sound. He’s really the gold standard of jazz bass. One of the giants.