[HAM] CORRECTED LINK, dammit! Brand New Bonow Tune, I Love It!

Pete Mazich mojomaz at cox.net
Tue Apr 1 14:01:58 CDT 2008


Scott Hawthorn wrote
> You want links, Pete? I got links, but I think many people here are 
> uninterested to hear any more.  
>   
well, I myself have played on an "interesting" album that may have 
succeeded in turning off or pissing people off - but it was the way the 
artist chose to tell the tale (and it helped me regain my love for live 
playing).  I am way into hearing different stuff- challenges the brain 
ya know?  send on!
> Right on, Pete-- one thing about Dan's best tunes is that these very sparse 
> parts are planned carefully ahead of time, something I always appreciate, 
> in order to come together as the proverbial well-oiled machine. Though it 
> doesn't sound like it, James Brown was a huge influence, as was African Pop.
>
>   
> --
> tho' I'm not familiar w/ any african pop, I will say you can hear the james brown influence somewhat; at least in the context of all the tasty little parts coming together. I'm sure JB didn't just come up w/ those licks and grooves off the cuff either. It's also cool the way Dan quotes that soul song (can't remember the name off the top of my head) in the vocal part.
>   



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