Vibes or Flute ala Herbie Mann at the Village gate circa about 1964. I bought my first copy when I was 14 and still love to listen to it.

there is nothing that can evoke a feeling of longing like a wailing saxophone

that no matter what kind of band is up there, the bass player is always the coolest cat on the stage.


I wish John Paul Jones would tour on his solo work again - I saw the Zooma tour but Thundertheif never came to my state. The man is a master and I could listen to him play for the rest of my life.

a favorite bass guitar player, it would definitely be John Paul Jones for sure...

of guitar...

played by Jimmy Page

or Carlos Santana

or Slash

Mine doesn't have the electric components - just accoustic.

Which I both play.

but not at the same time.

I was thinking about Led Zeppelin II this weekend...aside from being my single favorite Led Zeppelin album, it's also one of those "Classic Rock" LPs that warrants the occasional front-to-back listens.

Between Led Zeppelin II and "The Song Remains The Same"

"Whole Lotta Love" on the second album is totally awesome.

He's got to boogie...boo-boo-boo-boo-boogie...

and we all bought it the week it came out, and we all trekked into Cleveland that same week to see Led Zep perform, and they weren't very good .... their first year of touring the US.

We all became ex-Zep fans, then and there.

In one week. The second album was much inferior to the first. We lost interest and went on to other things.

'Course I'm kinda partial to the bass too but I just love the sound of a B3 through a Leslie.

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... but Earl Rice had a HAPPENIN' R&B quartet -- drums, guitar, saxophone/vocalist and
Earl on the BEAT-up ol' Hammond C-3 (the slightly smaller cousin of the B-3) with a Leslie
speaker.
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Earl was probably in his 70's -- and one night, I asked him if he ever considered an easier
organ for him to haul around (they're fucking MASSIVE old-style wood and TUBES) from
gig-to-gig.
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He laughed and said he wouldn't give up his C-3... wasn't happy with ANY of the programs
that purportedly SOUNDED like Hammonds.
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However," he laughed, "about the time I turned 65, I stopped takin' 2nd-floor gigs."
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I miss me some Earl.
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Korg has a decent patch, but it still don't push like a real Leslie.

had followed earl rice from 1996 till 2006/ or 07...anyway, earl had archie jenkins, rollie mcgill, bobby newton, and tony degagilis, and played for a long time at the chancery in west chester, than bobbys seafood, than just around reading, archie, and rollie have since passed away, but bobby still performs still see him every coupple weeks bobbynewton.com, hey give me and email, mattmarcone1234@yahoo.com...got plenty of stories about thise guys

As much as I like guitar if I could go back and do it all over again I would have taken up the Hammond at a young age

and studied theater and classical organ many years ago, but the piano is my favorite instrument to listen to especially when it's Keith Emerson, Bill Evans or Hiromi at the keyboard.

Wish I could play it.

Pronounced swye-net

A swinette is a musical instrument which is made by stretching a cat’s whisker across the posterior of a pig. The swinette is played by plucking the whisker with one’s teeth. The virtuoso creates tonal variations by squeezing the pig at appropriate places in the abdominal region.

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...the double-reed slide music stand! Professor Pete is my idol!

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I don't have my headphones, so I'm posting this video without hearing it. It's hard to
find a BAD kora performance and the Cissoko family is legendary for their kora musicians,
so I took a chance. I was introduced to this instrument on NPR with one of the Cissokos
playing and by the time I could get to the site online and order it, it was taken down.
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I only found that particular man's music published in some obscure Scandinavian country
and by now (YEARS later), I've even forgotten his first name. He was better than any
kora player I've heard since.
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I am still convinced that Leo Kottke is a celestial being on loan to earth from higher powers.

Ye gads, he made exquisite instruments - heirloom quality and amazing sound!!

No "s" on the end, by the way. He's Serbian, but in the Latin alphabet it's Podunavac, pronounced "paw-doo-NAH-vats."
His name basically just means "on the Danube."

I've known Božo since the 1970s. He's in his eighties now, and his English still sucks! LOL But he's still a hell of
a nice guy, and even now as modest as he could be, still a little bewildered by all the adulation (well deserved!)
he has been accorded for his artistry in building musical instruments. I have a few unique 12 strings he made
for me that are like no others he made. Pretty special! Last time he did anything for me, he replaced the neck
on a 12 string that an airline had cracked beyond repair. His doctor told him his lungs were too fragile to do the
varnish, so he had someone else do that, but he made the neck and put it on, and that guitar sings anew.
In 12 strings, he is Stradivarius.

He will take phone calls still, but it's better if you speak Serbian. And since he lost his wife, he loves to chat, so
be prepared for a LONG phone call. But he's the same old world simple guy he always was, and a joy to know.

The closest equivalent to Bozo's acoustics would be Alembic's electric guitars and basses. I can vouch for them as the proud owner of an Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Standard Bass. Check them out at www.alembic.com

I pretty much gave up on electrics 30 years ago, but as an bassist from the old days, I will check them out!

I'm a 16th Century kind of guy...

To hear; The Hammond B3 with a Leslie speaker (or ten)....... Gotta have one to make THAT SOUND.

To play, a Dijembe. Love the sound it makes. One drum, one world.

To watch: The theramin. Don't know how it gets played but it si one cool ass thing for sure. Sounds freaking incredible too....

For me it's one of the most expressive instruments.

a violin or a cello.

A couple of my other favorites are guitar (ala Carlos Santana) and the sax.

If I have a "favorite", it's the interplay in a good, tight band - "Pairful enuff to turn goat piss into gasoline!" (Steve Cropper - he should know!)

Couple examples - 1st one for those bass fans - Kings X

That is all.

Like for the last 30 years or so.

Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens

But now, it's the tin whistle, since I have always had a great love for Celtic music.

I'm talkin MORE cowbell - seriously funky cowbell! Mandrill - "Get it All!"

How can you not like the bassoon?

cause I can rock the house playing

It depends on the piece. Oddly enough, I'm a big fan of metal, techno, hip hop and have become a gypsy punk addict.

But, it all takes a back seat to classical.

First whetted here (second medley - "Blues Stay Away From Me&quot

The unique "voice box" / "talk box" to the guitar makes for a nice addition/layer first popularized by Frampton: