What are you listening to right now ?

[spawnofthesith]

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

 

[Jazz Padd]

For the past couple of months I’ve been practicing with a bassist and vocalist, once a week for a couple of hours. Not really for anything concrete, just practicing together.

The vocalist wanted to sing Caravan, a tune from the 1930s that was popularized by the Duke Ellington orchestra. It’s usually done C. The vocalist brought a lead sheet in E.

So upon listening to different versions, I found this by Gabor Szabo, actually one of my favorite guitarists. Since it’s just me and a bass for now I was attracted to how Szabo approached it as an instrumental.

Although he seems to be down tuned to Eb it’s clear he’s using open strings for a drone effect. Although our take on Caravan is faster, inspired by Szabo I found a way to fill out my ad-lib between the vocal verses, while the bassist holds down the groove.

 

[L.D.]

Howdy all this might be a good sticky thread

But right now with a cold one cracked open
this is what I'm listening to

Steve Stevens just rips that board

Last week I came across an old cd I bought at a now non existent head shop just off MTSU's campus. GZR was the band and after skiffing through cd remembered why it was put away where it was. Trying too hard to sound menacing with song titles that tried to sound clever............but the guitarist who's name is, Pedro, was probably why I kept cd. Any guesses, without checking internet, who bassist for GZR was?

 

[L.D.]

Howdy all this might be a good sticky thread

But right now with a cold one cracked open
this is what I'm listening to

Steve Stevens just rips that board

My tinnitus as I try to nap

What!!?!?

 

[L.D.]

Oh, and cd title was Plastic Planet