Parallel Musical Universe

[warch]

Music! Oh yes.
Do you like the Meters?

[Griff]

The FunkyMeters? I just googled that since I had no idea but check out these funky tunes! funky New Orleans sound

[warch]

Dats dem babe. With the cold cabin fever it gets you moving, or rather, chicken strutting. This is what we've been listening to, Funkify Your Life . I'm particularly fond of Disc 1, the Josie Years. Its just greasier. So in sites and places with technology I can only dream of these tunes flow for free.....

[Griff]

These guys are very Neville Brothers, huge organ work complex rythms FUNKED UP! Going on the wish list.

[Griff]

Okay I'm confused about the cross-pollination situation her.

From e-music description of a Cryril Neville album-

"This record really cooks. Cyril Neville definitely has the right recipe." - Fats Domino.

Having performed as a sideman on albums by Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Robbie Robertson, and Daniel Lanois, Cyril's roots can be traced to the legendary Meters. While the Meters never broke into the mainstream, their sound influenced much of the funk and hip-hop of the '80s and '90s. In 1976, the Meters disbanded, but along with their brothers Aaron, Art and Charles, they once again joined forces to form the internationally renowned Neville Brothers, the "Uptown Rulers" of New Orleans funk and R&B.

In a tribute to the Patron Saint of New Orleans R&B, Professor Longhair, the youngest of the Neville Brothers has created a masterpiece of classic New Orleans tunes. These songs, originally recorded by legends such as Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Benny Spellman, Chris Kenner and Eddie Bo, New Orleans Cookin' features some of the Crescent City's finest player. Allen Toussaint, Eddie Bo, "Mean" Willie Green, Marva Wright, and James Andrews join Cyril to create the best New Orleans tribute album since Dr. John's Gumbo.

[warch]

There is much continuous pollination, or is it file powder?

Here is the official bio, but it may be helpful for more visual folks to create their own diagram.

Of all the various Nevilles, Art is the senior Meter. Here is some history from a site about George Porter, the funky bassist:

In 1967, George was the bass player for Art Neville and the Neville Sounds. The band also featured Neville Brothers Aaron and Cyrill, and Leo Nocentelli. Art dropped his brothers from the band, added drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, and they played a steady gig at the Ivanhoe club in the Quarter for a couple of years. It was at the Ivanhoe that Allen Toussaint contracted the band to be the house band for his Sansu record label. They
scored a contract with Josie records, but changed the name to the Meters to shorten it a bit. George continued to play with the Meters until the breakup of the band in 1977. The Meters cut eight albums during that period, but were not successful commercially. Art, George and the band were an overwhelming critical success, however, and they were in hot demand as studio musicians. As a live band, they became ambassadors of New Orleans Funk, even touring with the Rolling Stones.

Perhaps we should all just head down to the New Orleans Jazz Fest this May for some extended research.

[warch]

Oohh, my first stab at resurrection!

I thought of this thread yesterday as Nickel Creek received mainstream air play on a Mpls "adult contemporary" radio station with an instrumental. They are also one of the headliners at a major 2 day outdoor concert here in July. Nice to see that talent can blur the music categories. Maybe they'll break it wide open.

[richlevy]

Speaking of Bluegrass, Longwood Gardens is mixing in a lot of Bluegrass acts this summer. Last week was the Tuesday Mountain Boys and tommorrow (Thursday) is Dean Sapp & Harford Express.

It's my son's last day of school and I'm taking him to the Chadds Ford Hooters on 202 and the Bluegrass concert.


Bluegrass Concert: Dean Sapp & Harford Express, traditionally-based band with Dean Sapp, guitar, vocals; Dan Curtis, mandolin, vocals; Darin Hirschy, bass, vocals; Ben Sapp, banjo, vocals; original music, old favorites, tight harmonies, hot pickin’, and a good dose of fun, 7:30 pm

Longwood Gardens Bluegrass and Old-Timey Music Schedule

[Griff]

What a great place to see a concert!

In honor of the successful resurrection, how about some Stan Rogers.

She went down last October
in the poring driving rain.
The skipper he’s been drinking
and the mate he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock
and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the Mary Ellen Carter sitting low.

There was just us five aboard her
when she finally was a-wash.
We worked like hell to save her
all headless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down
it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter’d rise again.

Instrumental break

Well, the owners wrote her off,
not a nickel would they spend.
"She gave twenty years of service,
boys, and met her sorry end.
but insurance paid the loss to us,
so let her rest below",
They laughed at us and said
we’d had to go.

But we talked of her all winter,
some days around the clock,
She’s worth a quarter million,
a-floating at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar
we swore we would remain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Refrain:
Rise again, raise again,
Let her name not be lost
to the knowledge of men,
For those who loved her best
and were with her to the end,
We’ll make the Mary Ellen Cater, rise again.

All spring, now, we’ve been with her
on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in a hard hat suit
and twice I’ve had the bends.
Thank God it’s only sixty feet
and the currents her are slow
Or I’d never have the strength to go below.

But we’ve patched her rents,
and stopped her vents,
dogged hatch and porthole down
Put cables to her ‘for and aft
and girded her around
And tomorrow, noon, we hit the air
and then take up the strain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Refrain

For we couldn’t leave her there,
you see, to crumble into scale.
She’d save our lives so many times,
living through the gale,
And the laughing, drunken rats
who left her to a sorry grave,
They won’t be laughing in another day.

And you, to whom adversity
has dealt that final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you
everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength
of and heart and brain
And, like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

(Last refrain only) 2x
Rise again, rise again,
Thou your heart, it be broken,
your life about to end,
No matter what you’ve lost,
a home, a love, a friend,
Be like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

[warch]

First off, Is Chads Ford "Hooters" part of the the bar/restaurant chain noted for hiring young girls servers with,...ah hem, big eyes?

Longwood Gardens looks great! I'd like to hear some Dean Sapp, He's definitely got the look. I was hoping his site would have a snippet.

Looks like I need to come to Longwood. Music, yes, but I want the plants! (drooling) 62 Chamaecyparis, 67 Cornus, 98 Pinus,...! When that next career shift comes I can get my Masters in Public Horticulture through their program at the U of Delaware, then go to work weeding, watching the fountains, and grooving to the music.
OH MY! What a great venue to have nearby. Lucky duck.

This is the gig that features Nickel Creek. It started as a concert to save the old Basilica and has grown to a big two day event. One band I really want to see is The Thorns.

[warch]

More time at the Longwood site: The Carillon restoration project and concerts are fascinating. Its like, so how does someone get into mastering a carillon? Such a specialization. Ok I really want to go now.

[Griff]

Originally posted by warch

This is the gig that features Nickel Creek. It started as a concert to save the old Basilica and has grown to a big two day event. One band I really want to see is The Thorns.

I like the Jayhawks as well... we're going to have to dig up some live music 'round here.

[warch]

Yeah, I like the Jayhawks too. They're hometown guys. Theyve been around ferever and really anchored the alt country kinda thing for many a year.

[richlevy]

Originally posted by warch
First off, Is Chads Ford "Hooters" part of the the bar/restaurant chain noted for hiring young girls servers with,...ah hem, big eyes?

Longwood Gardens looks great! I'd like to hear some Dean Sapp, He's definitely got the look. I was hoping his site would have a snippet.

Just wrote a long reply, tried to load too large an image file, and lost it all. Created this reply and clipped a copy to notepad when the upload seemed to drag and Explorer crashed. This is my third try.


We had a great time tonight. Jeffrey just finished classes today. Jeffrey is 18 years old, but he is autistic and will be attending school until he is 21, so this was a year-end graduation.

The Chadds Ford Hooters is at routes 1 & 202. It is so new you can literally still smell the sawdust.

We got there at 6:15. This is significant becuase from 3 to 6 pm, wings are 20 cents each with a beverage (or was it fries). Anyway, this did not apply to us.

Jeffrey had 20 wings, 1 order of fries, and a soda. She also brought celery and blue cheese dressing, which costs an extra dollar. I had a cheeseburger with fried onions and nothing else. This all cost $22. (ouch).

Anyway, Jeffrey was checking out the waitresses and had a great time. I brought my digital camera and got a picture of him and the waitress.

Hartford Express was great. The show was moved into the indoor pavillion which is an enclosed permanent tent-like structure. The thunderstorm rolled through during the performance and added some drama to their rendition of 'The Long Black Veil'.

They were selling their CD's for $10 (most artists at Longwood charge $15 or $20) so I got Jeffrey two as a graduation present.

They permitted still and video photography, so I took pictures and video with my Canon A70. Unfortunately, even the 30 second video clips are close to 2 meg, so I cannot share them with our foreign visitors. If I upload them to my personal site I will provide a link.

I cut down one of the images to 20-something kbytes.

[wolf]

Sounds like you had a really good time ... and getting out of a Hooters for $22 is really not that bad. Heck, that's my bar tab!

Is it in what used to be that cute little shopping center that got remodelled into a megaplex with the theater, or did it take over the space that used to be the nightclub and is actually a hair further south on 1 from the intersection?