Hi Im New
 

Hi Folks

I love all kinds of music, everything from Rock Jazz Fusion to Folk.

It would be impossible for me to name my favourite bands as there is soo much I love, but I do lean towards classic rock/blues rock/folk rock.

I enjoy photographing local bands in my area.

I also am part of a youtube channel that debates and reviews classic albums.

Anyway, I look forward to posting and joining in on music discussions!
Thanks!

Right on

Welcome - what are some of your favorite fusion records?

What kinda classic rock?

I like Sun Ra, Wizzard, The Free Spirits, maybe cliché but Zappa.

For classic rock I like all kinds of bands, I like popular stuff like Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad, to more obscure bands like Blodwyn Pig and The Groundhogs.

Any suggestions?

Probably a majority of music I like is from the 70s. I also like folk artists (classic and contemporary) like Townes Van Zandt and Elliot Smith.

Was just listening to Townes last night. You dig hillbilly music at all?

You have great taste!

**** yeah

Townes and Sun Ra are both favorites around here

Zappa is never cliche.

Zappa thwarted cliches...then ran those thwartations into the ground with some variations along the way.

@OP contrarians are always welcome, I'm sure that you'll do well here.

Thanks everyone! :)

Don't mean to slag Zappa atall, love Zappa, just thought maybe its not a deep pick for a jazz musician as he is so famous, but he is also very prolific and fits into a lot of categories, and none at the same time.

Can't say I listen to much Hillbilly music, any suggestions?
Ever hear of a band called profane sass? Does that count?


Hey Occulthawk, you ever listen to Blodwyn Pig? They are kind of jazz/blues/rock from the early 70's, the guitarist was the original guitarist in Jethro Tull.

Part of his charm.

What do you mean by "hillbilly music"?

Out of all the posts you've made, this has offended me the most.

Not on RYM, so it doesn't exist.

Country? Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Patsie Cline, Hank Williams?

Music for people with a complex family tree.

Welcome and good luck.

Really! Which one? I subscribe to a few YouTube channels, but I am not familiar with one that does album reviews.

It's such a coincidence you mentioned Groundhogs. I just discovered Groundhogs a few days ago cause Triplet Tam name drop them on the album-video of Heads Hands and Feet - Old Soldiers Never Die. I practically just listened to Groundhogs - Scratching the Surface (1968) this week and added them to my favorite late 60s album playlist along with Millenium (among others). Kinda along the same ilk, I like Charlie Musslewhite, and John Mayall (but I am not crazy about the Beano album tbh). I love Canned Heat. And I like a few early Savoy Brown album etc etc.

I listened to Wizzard a few weeks ago because of Chula Vista. I really can't say I know a lot about the band. I just kinda found out about Wiz cause Roy Wood was on a list of musicians influenced by none other than Hank Marvin. (See I was tryin' to learn Chula Vista on the importance of Hank Marvin, and that's when I stumbled across Roy Wood.) Now out of the UK Glam scene I love bands like T. Rex, Roxy Music and Mott the Hoople. Ian was such a great singer and has one best voice in Rock imho - certainly one of my all time favorite singers. He Mick Ralphs was a great guitar player with an amazing tone & talent even before he went onto Bad Company.

Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie
You gotta crank this motha up ... no seriously the YouTube audio sucks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ralphs in rolled up jeans playing a modified Telecaster.


Hillbilly music idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I prefer Appalachian Folk, like Obray Ramsey and Roscoe Holcomb, Jean Ritchie. I also like Eric Weissberg, Erik Darling, and David Grisman.

Obray Ramsey - Wild Bill Jones


Roscoe Holcomb - Graveyard Blues

Haha maybe not, but to a lot of normies they might be.

Oh ya absolutely, my mother son dance at my wedding was to Johnny Paycheck's "only hell mama raised" :D

Groundhogs are awesome, I discovered them when I was a teenager several years ago, my cousin who plays in local bands has a huge record collection and would introduce me to stuff like Groundhogs and Cactus. Groundhog's first couple of albums are very bluesy, and then they start to become more hard rock. My uncle also sang in local bands in the 80's, 90's and 00's, so having musicians in my family has helped influence me into always being on the look out for new music.
My uncle's band in the 80's had somewhat of a cult following and their first EP on vinyl sells for a lot of money now due to the rarity and cult status, so I've been infatuated with obscure bands my whole life.

Wizzard was a band I discovered through KISS, I remember Roy Wood was sited as an influence of KISS, and I remember when I was like 10 an interview with Gene where he said not to be a fan of any one particular band, listen to who influenced them, and who influenced the influencers and be a fan of music, and I've always tried to stick to that moto.

the name of the channel on youtube is The Contrarians. It's a really cool project I've been fortunate to work on with Martin Popoff, who is a prolific music journalist and author from the Toronto area. he has interviewed many famous musicians and has written over 70 books on classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock etc. He also worked on Rush - beyond the lighted stage and Metal Evolution - a Headbanger's journey. The show so far consists of 1 person picking an album from a band that is generally not considered their best album and being put in the hot seat to have to defend their choice.
So far we've covered bands like Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and Blue Oyster Cult.

Awesome I will check those musicians out!

I like to pretend I’m familiar with everything ever recorded but since you asked directly I have to admit this one has missed me. What their best record?

Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out, is a good start. Let me know what you think!

Hi Contrarian.

On this subject, are you familiar with CoverKillerNation?

I like The Needledrop and have watched a few other decent review channels. I personally think that CoverKillerNation is terrible. The guy just rambles.

Really? I guess the only thing I really found of interest with the guy is his music tournament he does/did. No one else has really captured my interest in terms of a YT music channel.

Hello Contrarian1, it is good to see you. :)

I read you're into folk music. Do you like folk in general or some specific style or region? Take a look at the group devoted to Country, Folk and World Music, hope you will like it. :)

Are you related to Lisna?

Hey thanks for asking,
I really like folk rock, I love a band called Bronco fronted by Jess Roden, I like every song off of both albums "Ace of Sunlight" and "Country Home". As stated earlier I like Townes Van Zandt but I also like Elliot Smith who is a little more contemporary and maybe not necessarily folk but he fits into the style of acoustic music I like. I also like some stuff from the 60's/70's like the Youngbloods, I like their album "Elephant Mountain".
But I am always hungry for more and eager to discover new music. Thanks for the invite :)

Are you an advanced photographer? Do you alter the aperture and shutter speeds of your cameras and things like that to enhance the shot?

No I don't really know all that much, about photogaphy I just do it as a hobby, I have a decent camera and I know lots of people in band's so I go and shoot their shows just for fun and give them access to the photos for free. Thanks for asking.

In what way? :D

No problem, contrary to what I may have said before to anyone I would like to make friends here if possible.

I guess hobbies are different from passion projects, but I always just treated my hobbies the way I do anything else and try to get really good at them.

I hear Ya, when I'm taking pictures I'm definitely fooling around with the settings to get the clearest picture, I feel it out more than I technically know exactly what I'm doing. In the past 2 years I think I've photographed 6 or 7 different bands shows, so it's also not something I so with any regularity, like I said I just like to do it for fun when the opportunity pops up as I know several local musicians.

It is good that you are getting practice in though.

This way if you ever want to sit down at it more seriously you can teach yourself about shutter speed and aperture and match it up with the experience you already have. It will serve to enhance your ability whether they were bad or not to begin with.

Welcome to the site!!!!!!!