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Category Archives: Sunday Big Note
Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #25
Just about anyone from my generation who became a teenager in the 1970s is going to be extremely familiar with today’s Sunday Big Note artist. Indeed, the debut solo effort by this group – Tales of Mystery and Imagination, released … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1995, 2004, Chile, classic albums, classic songs, Madrid, streaming audio, the alan parsons project
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Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #24
From the very first time I heard Eddie Jobson perform as a member of Frank Zappa‘s band in 1976-77, I was immediately drawn to the style and playing of this virtuoso violinist/keyboard player. Whether it was Zappa compositions, or those … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, Eddie Jobson, Jammin' Java, streaming audio, Ultimate Zero Project, Vienna, Virginia
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Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #23
Although Manassas only released two albums in their brief history as a band – the double album, Manassas, released on April 12th, 1972, and Down The Road on April 23rd, 1973 – the impact of these two albums is really … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Miscellany, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1972, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Manassas, MusicLaden, Radio Bremen TV Studios, streaming audio, The Netherlands
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Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #22
Usually, when most think of the Irish hard rock band, Thin Lizzy, formed in Dublin in 1969, songs like “Whiskey in the Jar”, “Jailbreak” and especially “The Boys Are Back in Town” come to mind. Not surprising since these songs … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1977, Pennsylvania, phil lynott, philadelphia, streaming audio, thin lizzy, Tower Theatre, Upper Darby
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Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #21
Back on Friday, March 28th, 2008 I published the post, Live Albums — Dead or Alive? in which I listed many of my favourite live albums: Zappa In New York (1978); Super Session (1968) with Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1970, british blues, don 'sugarcane' harris, Duster Bennett, john mayall, live albums, live music, streaming audio
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Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #20
I was first introduced to the music of Astor Piazzolla on a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, back in 2005. Almost instantly, I realized that I had stumbled upon something incredibly powerful. Filled with melancholy, and while rooted firmly in … Continue reading
Posted in Classical music, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged argentina, astor piazzolla, bandoneon, jazz, tango
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #19
Riding the post punk wave out of the 1970s and into the 1980s along with such bands as The Talking Heads, The Residents, Devo, and Cardiacs, was a favourite band of mine – a thinking man’s band some would say … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1983, call of the west, El Mocambo, post punk, streaming audio, wall of voodoo
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #18
Unlike many of their contemporaries, British group Gentle Giant‘s classical influences ranged beyond the Romantic to incorporate elements of mediaeval, baroque, and modernist chamber music. Undoubtedly, this was what drew Frank Zappa to their music – that, and their elaborate … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1975, gentle giant, Ultrasonic Studios, WLIR-FM Radio
20 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #17
Of all the live concerts in my music collection, today’s particular show had proved to be one of the most difficult to find because of it’s uniqueness and it’s rarity among live show collectors. It had been on my most … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1976, mallard, rockpalast, streaming audio, WDR Studio
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #16
The Mats/Morgan Band featuring drummer and composer Morgan Ågren and keyboard player and composer Mats Öberg were no doubt one of Zappa’s most eclectic musical discoveries when he invited them to perform with him and his 1988 band as guests … Continue reading