{"id":13278,"date":"2024-03-20T08:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T08:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13278"},"modified":"2024-03-20T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:07:33","slug":"music-musing-on-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13278","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Musing on Roots\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dean\u2019s disc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I posted the following as arather lengthy reply\/riposte to a post by Dean Rudland on Facebook, in which he waxes lyrical about a compilation album that was a formative influence on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to share a counterpoint. Why? Because so many folk I read about come from the Mod or Punk end of things. Which both are and were deemed \u2018cool\u2019. And that wasn\u2019t my own experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came to all things jazzical from more of a Hippy\/Rock perspective!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lynott\/Lizzy promo pic, Melody Maker, \u201871.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of my first musical loves was Thin Lizzy. And they had funk n soul aplenty! \u2018Call The Police\u2019, from Shades of a Blue Orphange<\/em> is funky unison riff heaven. And \u2018Still In Love With You\u2019 is a soul ballad par excellence (Sade covers it!). \u2018Nightlife\u2019, and \u2018Jonny the Fox\u2019 continue their digging into the funky soul bag. People think of Lizzy as dunderheaded rockers. It was always their mellow soul I liked best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And acts like Cream, Led Zep, and Santana? They are drenched in black American music. Cream\u2019s funky rendition of Albert King\u2019s \u2018Born Under a Bad Sign\u2019, and Santana\u2019s Woodstock \u2018Soul Sacrifice\u2019 are the two reasons I started drumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when it comes to the records in your parents collection, I was blessed inasmuch as my dad had these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Flight<\/em>, by George Benson; Silk<\/em>, by Fuse One; Your Mama Don\u2019t Dance<\/em>, Charles Kynard\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best \u2018compilation\u2019 I recall from that era was by a hippy country\/Americana outfit, and was called \u2018Woodstock Mountain, Music From Mud Acres\u2019, with folk like John Sebastian (Lovin\u2019 Spoonful, etc), Happy and Arty Traum (what names!), and loads more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was on a cassette. On the other side? \u2018Dawg Music\u2019, by virtuoso mandolinist, Dave Grisman. With Stephan Granelli guesting on some cuts. Man, both these albums blew my young mind, and sent me on lifelong journeys of impassioned love for the art of musical creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s largely thanks to the Grisman\/Mud Acres stuff – as well as a live of jazz, of course – that I have such a passion for \u2018bull fiddle\u2019. So much so I own and play one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a great album. And what a fab cover!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I posted the following as arather lengthy reply\/riposte to a post by Dean Rudland on Facebook, in which he waxes lyrical about a compilation album that was a formative influence on him. Great story! I\u2019d like to share a counterpoint. Why? Because so many folk I read about come from the Mod or Punk end … <\/p>\n

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