Sunday Morning Music

[Derek]

Talking about the oud have you ever heard of Sandy Bull? He’s also noted for his two brief collaborations with Billy Higgins; Blend and Blend II Ist and 2nd albums respectively. Have a listen to Blend II and marvel at the simplicity of Billy’s drum break. Continuity and simplicity.

Sticking with the oud this time have a listen to the second YouTube clip. Probably depicting a sad Sunday somewhere when Sunday was actually a day of rest.

Never came across Sandy Bull, some nice stripped back playing, in the less is more category.

[cybot]

Talking about the oud have you ever heard of Sandy Bull? He’s also noted for his two brief collaborations with Billy Higgins; Blend and Blend II Ist and 2nd albums respectively. Have a listen to Blend II and marvel at the simplicity of Billy’s drum break. Continuity and simplicity.

Sticking with the oud this time have a listen to the second YouTube clip. Probably depicting a sad Sunday somewhere when Sunday was actually a day of rest.

Never came across Sandy Bull, some nice stripped back playing, in the less is more category.

Less is more is what creates the space between the notes. That undefinable element which brings a certain sense of awe and magic. Very rarely happens but when it does…….
Anyway thanks for the comment.

[Derek]

Talking about the oud have you ever heard of Sandy Bull? He’s also noted for his two brief collaborations with Billy Higgins; Blend and Blend II Ist and 2nd albums respectively. Have a listen to Blend II and marvel at the simplicity of Billy’s drum break. Continuity and simplicity.

Sticking with the oud this time have a listen to the second YouTube clip. Probably depicting a sad Sunday somewhere when Sunday was actually a day of rest.

Never came across Sandy Bull, some nice stripped back playing, in the less is more category.

Less is more is what creates the space between the notes. That undefinable element which brings a certain sense of awe and magic. Very rarely happens but when it does…….
Anyway thanks for the comment.

If you're a fan of less is more guitarists, you should get a listen to Rick Holmstrom, he's been the main man touring and recording with Mavis Staples over the years, as well as finding time to record some of his original music, that's assuming you haven't already got a shelf full of his music already.

[cybot]

Never came across Sandy Bull, some nice stripped back playing, in the less is more category.

Less is more is what creates the space between the notes. That undefinable element which brings a certain sense of awe and magic. Very rarely happens but when it does…….
Anyway thanks for the comment.

If you're a fan of less is more guitarists, you should get a listen to Rick Holmstrom, he's been the main man touring and recording with Mavis Staples over the years, as well as finding time to record some of his original music, that's assuming you haven't already got a shelf full of his music already.

No I don’t have a shelf full of his music already lol! In fact I’ve never heard of him. Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll definitely check him out.

Strange too that you should mention Mavis Staples. You won’t believe this. Always happening to me. While I was doing the Sandy Bull post I decided to listen to his first album Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (I kid you not!). Then I read the sleeve notes. Here’s the bit that ties in with your comment on Mavis :

“The earthy Gospel Tune (last track on the album) is based on the structure of the tune Good News, which became secularised by Ray Charles into I Got A Woman. Using a Fender electric guitar, Bull projects a powerfully vibrato, somewhat in the style of Mississippi born Roebuck Staples,the guitar playing patriarch of the Staples Singers, this listener’s choice for the most inexorably moving of all Gospel groups. The interpretation is a distillation of the aggressive poignancy of country blues guitar. Bull accompanies himself here on foot cymbals”.

[Derek]

“... Bull projects a powerfully vibrato, somewhat in the style of Mississippi born Roebuck Staples, the guitar playing patriarch of the Staples Singers, this listener’s choice for the most inexorably moving of all Gospel groups.

Pops Staples, what a guitar great. He deserves to be revered among the best.
The understated ease that he projected was his stock-in-trade.

[cybot]

Yet another guitarist I haven’t heard properly. Simple reason for that I was never that gone on Soul or whatever you call it.

[Derek]

[Derek]

I've, I think always been a Don Williams fan, although a bit short on actual albums.
This is from 2012 after an eight year gap and may have been his last (I'm not sure).
I has a host of country legends guesting and the cream of session players, including Alison Krauss, Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Chris Stapleton, Kenny Malone...and produced by Garth Fundis to boot.

[Derek]

This Sunday morning I'm listening to a playlist off of an old laptop via WTF into a very capable DAC just to get a feeling for different artists and sound/recording quality because I got some nice equipment to play with for a while anyway.

I won't go into all the stuff I'm listening to but just a couple that took my ear...

Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer, 2007 on the Vanguard label.


Mark Kozelek, What's Next To The Moon, 2001 on Badman Recording Co.
For those not familiar; these are rearranged acoustic covers of Bon Scott, AC/DC songs to the point of you'll be forgiven not recognising the original song at all..

[cybot]

This Sunday morning I'm listening to a playlist off of an old laptop via WTF into a very capable DAC just to get a feeling for different artists and sound/recording quality because I got some nice equipment to play with for a while anyway.

I won't go into all the stuff I'm listening to but just a couple that took my ear...

Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer, 2007 on the Vanguard label.


Mark Kozelek, What's Next To The Moon, 2001 on Badman Recording Co.
For those not familiar; these are rearranged acoustic covers of Bon Scott, AC/DC songs to the point of you'll be forgiven not recognising the original song at all..

Mark Kozelek: Sounds similar to what Giant Sand did in relation to unrecognisable covers. I’ll let you name the album ;)