@janis b

overdose on the blues? perish the thought!

have a great weekend!

For a second I wondered whether one could overdose on the abundance of blues anthology, but then I heard these simple words from Magic Slim, and realised what a silly question that is ...

"You can’t loose what you ain't got, you can’t miss what you never had"

Enjoy the weekend

@JtC

i was lucky that auldridge and the seldom scene were local bands for me. i got to see them a lot over the years, also auldridge's other band chesapeake. auldridge has always been my favorite dobro player.

have a great weekend!

for the Mike Auldridge, Joe. He was an innovator that changed the resonator (dobro). His jazz stylings changed the course of the instrument from its conventional bluegrass and country beginnings and opened the door for players like Jerry Douglas.

And of course, there's his awesome playing with Seldom Scene, one of my favorite bluegrass bands.

RIP, Mr. Auldridge.

@bondibox

i think that independents are effectively boxed out of serious national organization by the stranglehold that the two party corporations have on the process. i would guess that independents will have a chance to organize if one of the two parties collapses and goes the way of the whigs.

Hey Joe, I was just wondering... we have politicians who run as Independent and voters who are registered as such in some states, but why should that preclude them from organizing together? The "American Independent Party" is ultra rightwing.

@dystopian

yeah, magic slim was one of my favorite performers, they aren't making any more like him.

get off your ass and jam has always been something of an earworm for me and the reason that i picked up that album when it came out. i have a few more funkadelic albums that i came across recently, i'll see if i can get them cleaned up and posted one of these days.

Hi Joe,

That was a great Magic Slim album. He was great. Always spot on with the real deal feeling...

That Funkadelic album was great too. E#specially since George Clinton had fairly lost his ace in Eddie Hazel at the time, with all that momentum. My understanding is that Get Off Your Ass and Jam was what George was preaching to Eddie, trying to get him to play and record. He was too wasted. That lead solo I think is Paul Warren (P.W. and the Explorers maybe was a 80's LA band he had, very poppy) He is a blazing great lead player though... there are youtube vids...

Thanks for the great soundscapes man@