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rummy........the bass player is indeed victor wooten!......the moose is correct!.......he's been voted best jazz bassist for the last 12 years runnin' by bass player magazine!....he is one of 5 brothers, all musicians who are each as incredible at their instruments as he is on bass!......his brother, "futureman" is the percussionist in the flecktones. he plays a combination of a drum set and some instrument he invented himself, using the body of an old gibson flying v, which is a percussion instrument.......he plays it either by itself, in which case he stands up like playing a flying v, or it's flat on a stand like a pedal steel, and he plays that with his left hand while sitting at his drum set and playing the drums with his feet and right hand!!!........these guys are great to watch!!!

bulwinkl.......loved spirit and the fairport convention!......thanks for the info on the other 2 posts i asked you about!

A La!!!!!!!........the fiddle player for dave matthews is boyd tinsley.......been with dave from "the beginning"........the drummer is carter beauford........i've met them a couple of times, and the first time i talked with carter, i asked if i could count his hands and feet to make sure he had no extras!!!.......he blows me away every time i see him!!!.....i first saw dmb in 1992, before they were "huge"......and they have been one of my favorites ever since!.....that's about the same year i first saw the flecktones too......although bela fleck played with ricky scaggs, sam marsh and allison krauss in the newgrass revival prior to the formation of the flecktones!!!.......i used to get to see them all a couple of times a year back in the 90's, but, now the venues are too big for me to bother with the hassel of going to see them live......but dvd's sure are great!.....talkin' about great........watch this one!..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35VEfTZ65s...eature=related#

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waysider!.....you're preachin' to an old time jazzfest junkie, both newport and nawlins, both of which goerge wein was instrumental (pun intended) at getting off the ground!!!!.........if we're gonna start JAZZIN' NOW, IT'S GONNA GET LONG.........BUT......WHAT THE HECK..........LET'S DO A COUPLE...........btw, is regina carter kin to ron carter?.........sure great to see george's ole "king and queen" rythmn section on that vid you posted!..........for starters..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQ6NW2huic#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWjvAw8e92g#

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two of the co-founders of the new orleans jazz and heritage festival.........and, imho,......2 of the greatest "conversationalists" of that universal language of the human soul and spirit!!................it sure can be a wonderful world, at times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yKgAEkCKxY#

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Don & Excie

WOW!!

Great stuff.

Nuance was a HUGE part of music back in the day.

Satch could take one single note and attack it, bend it, shape it, make it breath and mourn its' demise in a way that could tear your heart out. I think a lot of that has been lost in today's music as it has become more like a contest to see who can play the most notes the fastest. Well, maybe I shouldn't say lost, but definitely hiding in the shadows.

And, of course, sometimes that is just the ticket to make a musical point.

And Ella and Janis could do the same thing with vocals.

There's still a lot of good stuff being made today but you have to go seek it out.

Back then, it came and found you and you couldn't hide from it.

Thanks again for some really cool stuff I hadn't thought about for a while.

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yes, excie,....she sure was.......wonder what she's doin' now??louis armstrong was a civil rights leader long before it was "cool" to be one, and long before black people in this country enjoyed equal civil rights!......i love louis as a man who fought the good fight, while bringing the beauty and joy of his music to the world!..........here he is in 1962, denmark......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj4tv0bKCc#

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I now blame my latest addiction on DWBH, Waysider and The Moose. Always been into music but pretty much dropped staying up with it in 1974 (go figure) - when I split in '87 I just never really picked up again except for a few bands like Tangerine Dream (who I really like). Now you three get me on the Victor Wooten gig and that smoking violinist from the swing tune Waysider posted (Geeze that song is coming up on nearly a century old BTW)...my backhanded way of saying thanks...

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LOL!........rummy!......you've been addicted to music too long to blame it on us!!!.......excie........vince gill is one talented guy!....great voice and pretty durn good on the ole 6-string too!........waysider.......thanks for the long journey.......and the janis ian link too...........paw........thanks for elana.......and thanks more for this website!......i've just been playin' here all day!!!!.........this thread had me "lost in louis" for the last 2 hours!!!!.........as a result, i've put together my last post for today, on this thread..........because i think he deserves it..............here's a little tribute to pops!......hope you like it............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDGRMQ8xKPA#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzx58wncxRQ#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YruhGhRKKY#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94-7nJt-WM#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncXtUml7M6M#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4HPipfceU#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuJ9NjKpkk#

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