That's fantastic. The 'tators are decades behind being getting the acknowledgement they are due.

Actually, I didn't know that. I was always more of a Howlin' Wolf fan than a Muddy Waters fan. I guess that preference caused me to miss out! I'll have to check out "Juke." George said:

You probably know this but the most famous recording of that microphone (on blues harp) is 'Juke' by Little Walter with Muddy Waters' band.

Maybe that will hint at how they distort?

You probably know this but the most famous recording of that microphone (on blues harp) is 'Juke' by Little Walter with Muddy Waters' band.

Maybe that will hint at how they distort?

Ichiban is great. Just found a cool song about cockfighting for my next Santa Fe Opry radio show. http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2010/06/tennessee-rooster-fight-mp3.html They also posted audio for Greg Cartwright's recent stint as a guest DJ. Bitchen set of Las Vegas grind style tunes. http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2010/07/on-air-with-greg-cartwright.html

That Free Music Archive is awesome. Thanks for the heads-up on those two! Also, if you dig that, you'll probably also dig the WFMU Rock & Soul Ichiban blog, which also has links to free downloads of stuff.

thanks man!

Not sure if I posted this before, but there's also a recent A-Bones show from Cherry Blossom Clinic there on Live Music Archive. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_A-Bones/Live_at_WFMU_on_Terre_Ts_Show_61910/

Check out the Reigning Sound's latest WFMU (Cherry Blossom Clinic) performance (6/26/10) on  Free Music Archive. Download or listen on the web.

I always liked my Epi Vjr in to a double-cab, 12" carvin and a 10" eminence. That 5 watts always kept up with the drummer just fine. If I needed more OOMPH, I ran an A/B/Y to a Peavey Transtube 40 watt 1x10. Always sounded great to me, and easy as cake on the back..

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Yeah, right, Neil Young was also great. He looked pretty scary, bent over this organ like a wolf.

That's what I always found amusing about "unplugged" gigs: You have to plug in much more stuff than with regular gigs. And I guess that's why I don't see the "unplugged" gigs I played as "unplugged" but rather as trying to be more limited, more stripped, and to rearrange full band songs to something closer to the bone of the song. The more limitations you have, the more you have to be creative to make a song as cool, as hard, as big, as good as in the full electric band version. I guess that's what I like about the idea: Just the song, not the sound. Just the guitar, and no tricks with effects. And that, again, has absolutely nothing to to with that MTV stuff...

It's about the limitation that forces the musician to be more creative with less stuff, to get raw and draw blood, as Darnielle says.

In our case, I guess, it's mostly about the fun fucking with the punkrock audience and making fun of ourselves. I'm definitely looking forward to playing the worst version of "Reggae" or "Bluesrock" ever!

Ain't that the thing about "unplugged" or "acoustic" gigs, they always plug into the PA and have vocal mic's. It's about as unplugged as two dogs fucking. In fact I'd much rather watch that than an acoustic gig any day of the week!

I thought the only one of those MTV unplugged things worth a shit was the Neil Young one and he play a mini pipe organ thing, seriously that thing had to be plugged in.

Excactly. Great movie, great scene. If you take this scene as "plugged" vs. "unplugged", the choice is clear...

Doc Sanchez said:

That's true - I obviously mean those bluesrock bands. Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!

That's true - I obviously mean those bluesrock bands. Brrrrrrrrrrr!!! Do you know Judge Bone, a finnish blues guy? He made one record with only his guitar (mostly electric) and drums, and this is also "unplugged" in the sense of "stripped of unnecessary shit".

But there's one more unplugged gig on MTV that I like: The first REM Unplugged Session, because their songs were reduced to the core, which i think is a good thing. Bands that write good songs but make too much fuss arranging them, reduced to the heart of their songs, I guess this is the original thought behind "unplugged".

And if you still use distortion to annoy the audience ... HARR HARR HARR!

Disagree on the blues thing. Sure, I like dirty old acoustic blues, but nothing beats shit like Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Hound Dog Taylor, Lightnin' Slim, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, and, of course, Bo Diddley. Those are my favorite blues rock grandpas. ;) Doc Sanchez said:

That sounds interesting... The Mountain Goats, my favourite singer/songwriter band used to play with just an acoustic guitar and bass, but on their recent tours they use drums, electric guitars and so on, and all the old songs sound much better that way...
I like "unplugged", when the bands are forced to rearrange their music because of the limitations, and I guess it would be the same thing with these acoustic guitarists - rearranging their songs, use their fantasy, look over their horizon... But when I look at blues, the old blues musicians with only their voice and guitar are much better than these blues rock grandpas...

That sounds interesting... The Mountain Goats, my favourite singer/songwriter band used to play with just an acoustic guitar and bass, but on their recent tours they use drums, electric guitars and so on, and all the old songs sound much better that way...

I like "unplugged", when the bands are forced to rearrange their music because of the limitations, and I guess it would be the same thing with these acoustic guitarists - rearranging their songs, use their fantasy, look over their horizon...

But when I look at blues, the old blues musicians with only their voice and guitar are much better than these blues rock grandpas...

I always thought it was boring. If you ask me, instead of bands playing "unplugged," we should make some of these dime-a-dozen singer/songwriter dweebs plug their shit in and make 'em use overdrive pedals and stuff. Now that would be interesting. PLUGGED!

The Remains doc? Would be great to see regardless. Stlii waiting for the forthcoming Los Saicos movie though... Gringo Starr said:

Most garage bands from the sixties could just barely make a record let alone film a live performance. There are some exceptions (Zachary Thaks for instance). Has anyone seen the new Remains Documentary? I heard it is mostly interviews and really no live footage because it doesn't exist - besides a couple of T.V. appearances and a very bad quality film fragment of them on the Beatles tour.

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Your shirt is on the way Dirtbag Surfer! I had to wait a couple of days until the little "freebie" was ready. As soon as you get it the chicks will be swooning in your presence. Man, that gig sounds awesome. I've already been to my one gig of the year. Nothing that cool happens where I live. I only wish I would have had my WPC t-shirt on then... or even my Dirtbag Surfers t-shirt as with all the chicks that were there... it would have been like pimp christmas!!! Dirtbag Surfer said:

I wish I was getting mine in time for Thursday's Reverend Beat Man, Thee Cormans, Haunted George and Vooduo show cuz i knows the ladies would be all over me if I was sporting this fine shirt. That would totally save me on the cost of roofies, duct tape and rope.

But alas, I will have to wait a bit longer on this lonely shore for the mighty Way Past Cool shirt to arrive from the British Empire. When it does, I am sure that the neighbor's will be saying, "Hey, great shirt!" instead of "Why aren't you wearing any pants?" That, my friends, would be a welcome change!

duuu geilä siiääch....merci...thats what i waiting 4....feathered apple!!!

Re: Motorhead. Apparently they offered Flag an opening spot on a mid 80's tour with a caveat that they had to kick back something like $15K of their earnings for "PA use". Rock biz BS.