This guy is getting better with age. Smooth jazz/R&B at its best.
Is there a what you listening to thread on buzz?
Lately I've rediscovered Alan Parsons. The Alan Parsons Project and music he engineered. I've recorded before, and to me, his engineered works sound like what I hear when we are playing. The playback always left me wondering why it doesn't sound quite "all there". His stuff has that fullness to it IMO. I also like music with a sax player he and many others have used, Phil Kenzie. That dude is bad ass!
PA-PLAYA The wife and daughter went to see Kenny Chesney at a local venue about six miles from the house last Thursday. They really enjoyed it in a fairly small outdoor setting - I think the amphitheater holds maybe 2000 or or so. I'm not a huge fan, but having a daughter in middle school, I definitely identify with the meaning the song and your current reflection on it. I'm not looking forward to the day when my baby girl gets onto a life that no longer centers on our relationship. Hope y'all get to re-unite frequently and that she continues to enjoy the adventure of life.
The smaller concerts are always the best. I've developed a diverse taste in music over the years depending on the mood/company, and country music always seems to perfect these sappy, emotional tearjerking songs. And I'm always a sucker for them.
She officially moved into her new place on Friday, took her and her boyfriend 3 days of driving to get there. Talked with her last night and her boyfriend had a job interview this morning, while she's out shopping and picking up things they need. She seemed ecstatic that she got two nightstands from the local goodwill for 20 bucks! lol... She starts work in a few weeks at her new job, and with a little luck - the boyfriend will also be gainfully employed.
Reminds me of when my wife and I had just left the army to start our lives together. We were optimistic but we were also uncertain of what to expect. Love kept us grounded and got us through that initial period. I don't think that has changed since... still great medicine for most of life's uncertainties.
Appreciate the time now with your daughter. In the blink of an eye she'll be leaving for college, and then next thing you know - she's telling you that she's accepted a job a million miles away. You'll never get this time back once it's gone.
Hoping to see her this Christmas!
Speaking of sappy tearjerking songs...
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Saying a little prayer for you this evening, Aretha.
RIP.
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Thread is making me feel old. My son is on a Hank Williams Jr. kick right now, so I'm re-living the sounds of my drunken youth, minus the drunk and the youth.
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Spent the weekend with my soulmate at the Norfolk Jazz Fest this past weekend. Such a wonderful time... such a great venue with a lot of my favorite smooth jazz performers doing their thing.
This is my iPhone recording of Boney James Friday evening, as he performed his hit from several years back, called "Vinyl". A much needed weekend away from the bullcrap that life throws at us on occasion.
23 days later
My favorite smooth jazz bass guitarist (RIP) and a popular country music singer... whoda thunk!
And a favorite tune of mine, a remake of Barry White's "Never Gonna Give You Up" with Wayman Tisdale on the bass and Toby Kieth on the vocals.
So smooth.... not as smooth as Barry, but very close.
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PA-PLAYA With that title I almost feel like I'm going to get Rickrolled if I push play. Edit to add I did listen and it is a great sound. Didn't know of Wayman beyond his basketball playing days until you started posting him here.
Wayman Tisdale is my absolute favorite Bass player...
I've followed college hoops all my life but really didn't get into the Smooth Jazz genre up until about a decade ago. By the time I'd listened to his last album release (Rebound) in 2008, a year later he was gone. Years later, when I hear one of his songs on Sirius XM's Watercolors channel (smooth jazz) I often think about how cool it would've been to attend one of his concerts.
He was a tremendous college basketball player (his 12 years playing in the NBA was average for the most part)... one of the top college players on the 1984 US Men's Olympic basketball team, the last amateur team to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
But as good as he was playing hoops, he became an even greater musician his later years. And he seemed like such a cool dude too, with an infectious smile and a down-to-earth way about him.
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I stumbled into this one yesterday - love the guy's energy!
hobbit Well there is energy, I can’t deny that! I think, but can’t tell for sure, that I like the woman’s voice. I did admire, and laugh as well at the way the dude vocalized “you” on the first run through the chorus.
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Always dug this song. This version is mesmerizing.