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Mark Knopfler playing with Chet Atkins
They did an album together, in 1990, called Neck and Neck.
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simonineaston wrote: 14 Nov 2021, 9:56am
Mark Knopfler playing with Chet Atkins
They did an album together, in 1990, called Neck and Neck.
Indeed, recorded in Chet's garage I believe.
I got this when it came out, some of the lyrics haven't aged well ! Stellar playing tho'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pklluASxfA
Chet did a similar collaborative recording recording with Tommy Emmanuel, 'The Day the Finger Pickers Took Over The World',
not as successful a partnership as the above in my opinion.
I've been listening to this recording of Chrissie Hynde singing Bob Dylan's 'Blind Willie McTell,it came on a free CD (remember them ?), with this month's 'Mojo' magazine .
Excellent, she nails the song and adds something extra as well with her arrangement .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34fdftUrvWo
....looks an interesting video as well.
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Indeed, recorded in Chet's garage I believe.
I'm a late arrival at the Chet Atkins fan club - and while I agree that Neck & Neck isn't either his or Mark Knopfler's finest hour, Chet's earlier stuff displays cracking pickin' skills! 88 studio albums, according to Wikipedia !! I didn't know anything about him (other than being aware of the Gibson Country Gentleman model named after him), but now realise what a great player he was.
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I'm enjoying this on account of it being Aston "family man" Barrett's 75th Birthday today! :D


Apparently Aston has even more children than Boris Johnson. I'm finding this hard to believe.

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Joan Armatrading - Fast car
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Slowtwitch wrote: 22 Nov 2021, 8:41pm Joan Armatrading - Fast car
I’ve seen a video of her joining Tracy Chapman live to sing Fast car but never heard Joan sing it on her own?
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simonineaston wrote: 22 Nov 2021, 1:16pm
Indeed, recorded in Chet's garage I believe.
I'm a late arrival at the Chet Atkins fan club - and while I agree that Neck & Neck isn't either his or Mark Knopfler's finest hour, Chet's earlier stuff displays cracking pickin' skills! 88 studio albums, according to Wikipedia !! I didn't know anything about him (other than being aware of the Gibson Country Gentleman model named after him), but now realise what a great player he was.
I'm not sure if I heard Chet first on that TV special that I linked to or when I bought an LP with Yankee Doodle Dixie on; playing both tunes at the same time !
Here shown playing it live, complete with a couple of bum notes, and dry as a bone humour !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36qeq9i0P24
A Tommy Emmanuel video showing how he came to learn Chet's technique, in a lecture at Berklee music college, funny as well.
10 minutes long, I've watched this loads of times, all beyond me but great entertainment all the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmr5_25oVDA
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Debs wrote: 22 Nov 2021, 7:56pm
I'm enjoying this on account of it being Aston "family man" Barrett's 75th Birthday today! :D
It sounds like he's well named Debs !
My late brother saw Bob Marley and the Wailers in Leeds, possibly their first UK tour, he reckoned it was one of the most amazing gigs he'd ever been to.
I think they were on a serious spiritual mission (Rastafarianism) at the time, and it showed in their performances, or so I'm led to believe.
Exodus was a favourite of mine back in the vinyl era. It's worth checking out 'Black Uhuru' and 'Culture' from that era if you are not already aware of them.
I saw Black Uhuru at Aylesbury Friars way back when, fantastic, with Sly and Robbie on drums and bass, who've worked with everyone in the intervening years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Natty Dreadlocks live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmQp7XnjpfM
I'm in the crowd somewhere at this UB40 gig at Hitchin's old Regal cinema, great band .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDtCZgflk0
R.I.P. Astro from the band who died a couple of weeks ago.
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Spinning an original LP from 1976

Takes me back to my sweet and innocent teen years :)
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Debs wrote: 25 Nov 2021, 8:10pm Image

Spinning an original LP from 1976
I must to admit to being a bit sniffy about ELO back when this was released Debs, it had too many Beatles references for
me at the time, but I've grown to appreciate the musical mastery of Jeff Lynne over the intervening years, it now stands the test of time for me (so far!). He was in The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty & Jim Keltner, so what do I know .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys
Seeing as it's Sunday, it's my usual Chet Atkins day, here's him playing 'Orange Blossom Special' doubling with another guitarist (who's name I forget) and the excellent, late Terry McMillan burning up and down the gob-irons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_McMillan_(musician)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjlxntKXIQ
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It's Sunday, so it must be Chet Atkins ; playing 'Cascade' here, on the Val Doonican Show way back in 1977.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JFjnG4RUo
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Found a copy of 'Triple Echo' in a second hand vinyl shop in Bristol

Spent a wonderful afternoon listening to the best of pretty much every incarnation of 'Soft Machine' in sequence.

Bliss :D
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J.J.Cale died in 2013, however if he were still alive it would be his 83rd birthday today.
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Today's Sunday Chet; this is the one hour long Chet Atkins TV special; Chet plays on his own, and alongside (amongst others), and in order of appearance :- Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Emmy Lou Harris, Michael McDonald ,Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Pack & Ray Stevens. It's a well arranged performance with none of the assembled musicians getting in each other's way.
I only recently rediscovered this, after watching the original TV special on the telly when it first aired, and then having it on VHS video. I bought myself a nice shiny DVD of it the other day after rediscovering this on youtube.
Magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oeK-dM6aCQ&t=1297s
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Debs wrote: 5 Dec 2021, 7:02pm Image


J.J.Cale died in 2013, however if he were still alive it would be his 83rd birthday today.
An excellent choice if I may say so. :)
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