Allman Brothers - Disc 4 of the “Fillmore West ‘71” box set

Actually it’s only one song (“Mountain Jam”) but oh, what a great song! Recorded at The Warehouse in New Orleans on March 13, 1970.

82F / 71% RH / 10 mph - blazingly warm today, light showers just before dinner time helped cool things down

Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night

New Samantha Fish. Requisition a new name, but good bluesy rock. Would love to see her open for Joanne Shaw Taylor some day.

Holy schnikes,. I just looked, she is opening for Marc Broussard at the Neptune in Seattle Sept 25. I have a dentist apt that day...will have to check out who Marc Broussard is, and maybe see if I can convince Mrs. Pacman to take in a mid-week show.

Have tickets at White River this Sunday for Dorothy, Diamante, Three Days Grace, Chevelle and Breaking Benjamins. Saturday weather is supposed to be good, but Sunday is looking like all day rain. Nuts to that. I hate going to a show, especially one that long, outdoors in the rain (insert obligatory Seattle rain joke here). Fortunately, the tickets were cheap, but bummer that I may miss that show. September is normally the best month for weather in Seattle...70-73, pretty dry, etc. We seemed to have skipped that month this year.

Nuts. Sold out. Not going to deal with resellers on this. Digging Marc Broussard so far, but I'm not paying over $100 for a pair.

Warrior Breaks 321

Heard you mention them a few times.
Gonna hafta check it out...
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Prong - Scorpio Rising

Samantha Fish is freaking amazing. Voice, chops, not hard to look at either. I've seen her 3 times now, chatted with her each time. She's awesome, check out this cover out.

I go to a Blues Festival every August, and Samantha Fish has played a couple times in the last few years. Yep, she's the total package.....and her version of War Pigs is incredible

Deep Space Pilots - Astronauts Return

#6426, 6427 I have her albums, like her work very much. I don't think she has quite the pipes and chops of Joanne Shaw Taylor, but she is very, very good. Checked out some Marc Broussard, and while I dig his music, I just can't see battling Seattle traffic (which is a nightmare for me with the ffakakta vision), paying scalper prices and trying to deal with getting around the University District in Seattle at night by myself when that place was already pretty damned strange when I went to school some 35 years ago. If tickets were still available via box office and I could bring a friend to drive, sure. I hope that one day soon I get a chance to see both of these talented women play.

And after a beautiful day here on Saturday, the weather for the outdoor show I was going to attend tomorrow is officially rain off and on all damned day. Oh well, at least I've gotten to see a few great shows the last couple of years. Health kept me from going for quite a while, but I've figured out some ways to cope for 2-3 hours shows.

Oh, and here's a little JST (I've linked this before, and I like all of her albums, too, but this might be my favorite of hers)::

Alright, new Dollskin. 3 out of 4 stars. Gets off to a wobbly start, but the girls punch your mouth pretty good after that.

New Puddle of Mudd. 3.5 stars out of 4. Could use a bit more variation, but couple nice breaks. Currently listening to the 9th track, Kiss it Goodbye, and I swear it sounds as if Nirvana and Alice in Chains (Layne Staley years) had a kid and birthed this song. Seriously. Also, the vid track "Uh-Oh" is fun. 2:17 in was basically how I ended things with the first wife. Well, I was a little more polite.

Undisputed Truth - working through as much as I can get my hands on digitally....Google Play, Pandora, YouTube

Wow....never knew much of them beyond Smiling Faces. Great music....even the later, almost disco-y stuff.

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Just felt the some Dan tonight.

82F / 71% RH / 10 mph - good day to work on the suntan

Jeff Beck - Truth

Probably my most favorite of Jeff’s solo albums with a lead singer...in this case, a relatively unknown Rod Stewart.

81F / 76% RH / calm - mostly wet day, lotta touch ups while smoking

Rob Zombie - The Sinister Urge

New Beth Hart album "War in My Mind" is already on YT. One of the better blues singers around, IMHO.

Check that. Doesn't seem like the entire album is working just yet. New Hellyeah due out at midnight, too. Also a new IQ album "Resistance" also due out. Looking forward to that.

Well, having trouble accessing the others, but the new Hellyeah is quite good. Chad Gray (has there ever been a less metal name for a serious metal singer? Yeah, probably...just can't think of any right now) has an amazing voice. He covers so many styles and ranges, switching with ease that is pretty impressive. Saw him fronting Mudvayne at Ozzfest in 2005 (also playing was Rob Zombie, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, and many more leading into Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath...damn, can ya beat that?). "Welcome Home" is probably my favorite track so far.

C'mon, IQ. Let's hear some hear some of your particular brand of prog metal. \m/>.<\m/

BTW, last night I was singing and had one of my wife's parrots dancing. No kidding. Dude was rocking from one foot to the other, bobbing his head. We're going to try to get him to repeat (he's done it a couple times now) and record, then post it. I'm hoping he'll play ball. Seems to like my voice, and he was really rocking last night.

New KMFDM is blowing my mind so far. Early, however.

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority

Going back to the beginnings.

82F / 76% RH / calm winds again - poured about an hour and a half ago

A fan on my wife"s side of the bed.
Considering which type of noise to play on the noise machine on my side.
Rain, waves, or thunderstorms. Hmmm.

Thrice

Nice! Really good band.

Dayseeker. Fourth album just came out, but band is new to me. Best I can describe is a heavier Linkin Park. Not as much on the electronics, growling in place of Shinoda's rap (there are plenty of "clean" vocals, too...I can't take an entire album of screaming or growling). Man, the production on this album is fantastic. Layered in places, sparse when it needs to be, some strings in places, crunchy and heavy at times. Really, really digging this. I was trying to get a few things done while listening, and I had to stop and put the headphones on and really pay attention to get it all.

The Verve Pipe - Villans

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Without a doubt, a great album...all 3 records.

Fwiw, still can’t hear the “He’s So Fine” influence in “My Sweet Lord” but George lost so I guess the song structure did him in.

82F / 69% RH / 8 mph - pretty warm day, had the a/c going at 9 this morning