I was ambivalent admittedly but I remember the Italian fro....i had a buddy who liked him and looked like him
By then I was Deadhead and Zep and older 60s stuff right before punk and Jonathon Richman type new music took off
Posted on 01/09/2011 11:40:41 PM PST by Gene Eric
I first became acquainted with the passing of Jeff Lucas a few years past at a memorial service in Gresham, Oregon. The room was filled with soldiers of all ages, young widows, children and proud, tear-eyed mothers. Most of the soldiers had seen action and bore battle wounds. It was one of the most difficult performances I ever had to give (I threw up several times before singing "None So Beautiful as the Brave"). I saw firsthand what folks in the military were truly like: humble, giving and courageous --nothing like what I had imagined, certainly nothing like the general media have or are willing to portray. It is their profound sincerity that got to me most.
(Excerpt) Read more at hannity.blogs.foxnews.com ...
A video performance can be found at the link.
Thank you for the link.
Excellent!
I’ve been a fan of Gino since ‘People Gotta Move’.
No prob.
I think I had Nightwalker on one side of the cassette and Boz Scaggs or Dan on the other. I forget, but I still have the vinyl.
I’m telling ya’, those were the good ol’ days.
Beautiful. Always liked Gino & Joey’s work.
Right behind me are several stacked crates of vinyl. My daughter gave me one of those ION turntables (connects to USB port) for my birthday a couple of years ago and I can not only play those albums, but turn them (or individual songs from them) into MP3s. It’s pretty cool.
The Reagan Era.
I haven’t listened to vinyl for at least 25 years now. Better or worse than you recall?
>> The Reagan Era.
Exactly.
>> Beautiful. Always liked Gino & Joey’s work.
Indeed. I have no idea of what’s become of the brother.
Overall, the sound is way better, especially for albums that were well-produced in the first place. For lack of a better description, the sound is... fuller. It’s downright nostalgic. The silly thing is, though, that you can hear every last tiny little ‘tick’. I guess that’s because with digital tech, you don’t really hear any flaws and you get used to totally “clean” sound.
I remember back in the early ‘80s when Paul McCartney came out with the first “digitally recorded” album (’Tug of War’?) there were reports of people getting subconsciously agitated by digital recording. Also, a few years ago I was talking to a guy I used to be in a band with and we started talking about amps. He told me that a lot of musicians these days preferred (and paid a lot of money for) tube amps to replace the newer “state of the art” equipment, because the sound is simply better.
All I know is, if you have a chance to listen to a good old favorite LP (late ‘60s-to-early-’80s era) on a good old-fashioned turntable with a good old-fashioned diamond needle, you will immediately notice the difference. And you will remember why you could sit around playing albums and re-reading album covers all night long.
Yeah, I recall that sterile sound CDs first had, but then I guess I got used to it.
I know you can get amps that have tube preamps and solid state amps to drive the speakers. They sound good, and the gain is real.
Maybe one day I’ll hook up the old gear, dust off a few records, and journey back into time when life seemed less complicated.
I was ambivalent admittedly but I remember the Italian fro....i had a buddy who liked him and looked like him
By then I was Deadhead and Zep and older 60s stuff right before punk and Jonathon Richman type new music took off
I’m a big Zep fan. My girlfriend at the time was a Dead Head — went along for the experience. I still like the kind of music, however, that you can hear above the headers.
BTW, I found Vannelli’s tribute while searching for the Nightwalker album online — to no avail.
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LOL - still looks like a lot of work.
Bumping something worthy of attention...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Su9s46ncDWE#!
God Bless America.
And of course our Canadian brothers and sisters.
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