Administrator StereoNET Posted March 18, 2014 Administrator Posted March 18, 2014 Discussion thread for @@Zen Mister's incredibly interesting article about The Electric Flag's - A Long Time Comin'.
eman Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Not at all familiar with the album but had a listen and it does sound like Carlos. Well spotted. The extra tracks on the digital version has Buddy Miles doing vocals on 'Sunny' . Can't say his style suits the song.
soundfan Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Very good article Mr Zen Mister. I've long been a Mike Bloomfield fan, and consider the Super Sessions album with Al Kooper and Stephen Still's, and A Long Time Comin with Electric Flag as brilliant albums of their time. Coincidentally, I just purchased Mike Bloomfield: From His Head To His Heart To His Hands, a 3 CD + DVD release. Brilliant stuff and it contains tracks from his time with Electric Flag, and a few from the stellar A Long Time Comin. Soul, Blues, and horns = heaven.
evil c Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Thanks for expanding our musical horizons - ZM, sounds deliciously like hedonistic times of my youth!
pond44 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Yes, a very spot-on article by Mr ZM. The way we did listen back then and I still do. I too remember the days when new music was in short supply and would read the "underground" papers from the US of A with news of bands, the gigs and their latest releases. Anything that was happening at the Fillmore(s) was of great interest. We in Australia were along way from the action. Blue Cheer, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Quicksilver & the Messenger Service, Electric Prunes, who the hell were these bands? The hunt would then be on for some way of getting your hands on this music, no eBay or Amazon, forget the local record store, it was import specialists only or if you new someone going to the states......maybe, then wait and wait. These days you cannot keep up with the new releases, hundreds a day, and mostly crap, back then you would be lucky to buy one (of your favourites or a new band) a month and never knowing what it would be like. Vanilla Fudge! I couldn't get enough of those guys, still an all time favourite, hoping their next album would be better than the first. Try their "Season of the Witch", if you've never heard it. Remember hearing Iron Butterfly for the first time. WOW! Between the 50s and 80s, there was some absolutely amazing music. I am soooo glad I was around in those days, it's not the same now. Is it? JP 1
keyse1 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Yes, a very spot-on article by Mr ZM. The way we did listen back then and I still do. I too remember the days when new music was in short supply and would read the "underground" papers from the US of A with news of bands, the gigs and their latest releases. Anything that was happening at the Fillmore(s) was of great interest. We in Australia were along way from the action. Blue Cheer, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Quicksilver & the Messenger Service, Electric Prunes, who the hell were these bands? The hunt would then be on for some way of getting your hands on this music, no eBay or Amazon, forget the local record store, it was import specialists only or if you new someone going to the states......maybe, then wait and wait. These days you cannot keep up with the new releases, hundreds a day, and mostly crap, back then you would be lucky to buy one (of your favourites or a new band) a month and never knowing what it would be like. Vanilla Fudge! I couldn't get enough of those guys, still an all time favourite, hoping their next album would be better than the first. Try their "Season of the Witch", if you've never heard it. Remember hearing Iron Butterfly for the first time. WOW! Between the 50s and 80s, there was some absolutely amazing music. I am soooo glad I was around in those days, it's not the same now. Is it? JP Yes but we are older now 1
pond44 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I know we are older, I still love my music. I think we appreciated music more than kids of today. 2
keyse1 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I know we are older, I still love my music. I think we appreciated music more than kids of today.In general terms that is certainly true But lots of young people love music just as much as we did Generalising again but a lot of the great music today is not popular I go to some bands now mainly country music or alt country and the crowds are small but the audience is just as much into as I am and they are all a lot younger than me
ZEN MISTER Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_AdivAAKw&sns=em This link kindly forwarded by Scott, who with Gregory Penney, took the time to convey their thoughts on the premise in my article. ( found in the Discuss section at the bottom of the article). Both gents argue for Mike Bloomfield being the guitarist for the playout in the track under discussion, " Another Country". They both love and admire the work of Bloomfield, and I am pleased they took a moment to give some feedback. The piece has had over 14,400 readers, so at least the question is being aired. Did anyone else give it a few decent plays and hear what I was hearing??? Billy.
ZEN MISTER Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Not sure what is going on with the heiroglyphics in the threat header- is that showing up for anyone else? Billy.
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