Conference mr1pst::music

    Here are a few of mine
    
    Jessica           The Allman Brothers
    Albatros          Fleetwood Mac
    Apache            The Shadows
    Scandinavia       Van Morrison
    Zydeco Shuffle    Sonny Landreth
    
    - Minne
    

    
    	Black Market		  Weather Report
    	Frankenstein		  Edgar Winter Group
    	Point it Up		  Larry Carlton
    	Everything recorded	  Pat Martino
    	The End			  The Beatles
    	Cause we ended as Lovers  Jeff Beck
    	
    	Tom
    

    
    Riviera Paradise,  Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Sleepwalk,  Santo & Johnny
    Imperial Strut, The Yellowjackets
    Larry The Logger Two-Step, The Doobie Brothers
    I Robot, Alan Parsons Project
    
    Tim

    Land of Make Believe 	Chuck Mangione
    Rise 			Herb Alpert
    Take Five			Stan Kenton
    On Golden Pond		Dave Grusin

    Only two stand out far enough from the pack to warrant mentioning...
    
    "Wendy" - as recorded by Paul Desmond
    "Peace" - by Horace Silver, as recorded by Tommy Flanagan
    
    Edd

    green onions - booker t and the mg's
    i second  	jessica - allman brothers
    2120 south michigan avenue - the rolling stones
    i second    cuz we've ended as lovers - jeff beck
    walkin' in space - quincy jones
    
    blind willis

    Here are a few that I can think of:
    
    Classical Gas - Mason Williams
    Music Box Dancer - (don't know)
    Nkomo A Go Go - UB40
    Love is Blue _ Paul Mauriat (?)
    
    
    Nancy

    
    Harlem Nocturne	as done by Danny Gatton
    Canadian Sunset	as done by Danny Gatton
    Blue Lights		Tom Principato

    Can only think of 2, off the top of my head:
    
    In The Mood - Glen Miller   
    Celtic Swing - Van Morrison
    
    
    
    
    
    Lorna
    
    
    

    re 564.8,
    tom principato!
    i used to see him at the speakeasy in cambridge
    in the mid-70's.  he was in a band that had a
    harp player names pierre beauregard.  can't
    remember the name of that band.  he was also
    in a band called big screaming mcgrew, the mcgrew
    band, and various other variations.
    
    tom p. is living in the virginia area now?
    
    blind willis

    re: TP
    
    I saw Tom in Atlanta the day before the Rodney King verdict. He said
    he was living in Virginia in the DC area (Falls Church sorta rings
    a bell, is that a town?). He has recorded several CDs under his own
    name and has some pretty hot stuff. Also appeared on a recording with
    Danny Gatton.

    
    Another one that leaps to mind (mainly because I just listened to it)
    
    "Fugue" as done by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
    
    Tim 

    
    Night Meets Light..........Dixie Dregs
    Day 444....................Dixie Dregs 
    A Remark You Made..........Weather Report
    Black Market..............."          "
    Stephanie..................Frank Gambale
    Focus 3....................Focus
    Unquiet Slumbers...........Genesis
    Spectral Mornings..........Steve Hackett
    Okie Dokie Stomp...........The guy who used to be the guitarist in the
    			       Saturday Night Live band, and in 'Stuff'
    Joyous Lake................Pat Martino
    Way Across Georgia.........Dave Sanborn
    Last Summer................"         "
    Last Train Home............Pat Metheny
    Alaska.....................Lyle Mays
    Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.......Tower of Power
    Red Sky at Night...........Focus
    Love Remembered............"   "
    Chalkhill..................Greenslade
    An English Western........."   "
    And So to F................Brand X (or Phil Collins, live)
    Funky Intro/The Chicken....Jaco Pastorius
    Peaches En Regalia.........FZ
    Twenty Small Cigars........FZ
    Toads of the Short Forest..FZ
    The Black Page (Pt. II)....FZ
    
    ....and probably about a thousand others, since I have a preference for
    instrumental stuff over vocal...I better stop here.
    
    Peter

    ...a few come to mind...
    
    	Turtle Talk		Stan Kenton (Dee Barton)
    	Time is Tight		? Booker T and the MGs ?
    	Barney Miller Theme 	???????
    	Cool Weasal Walk	Chick Corea Electrik Band
    	Flying			The Beatles
    
    
    
    kpb

    It's "Cool Weasle Boogie", but point taken; cool tune.
    
    It also reminds me of "Rumble" from the same album, and "Festival De
    Ritmo" from Weckl's 1st solo album.
    
    
    Edd

    
    
    
    I agree with .2.....
    
    
    		Riviera Paradise by SRV is the prettiest song
    
    		I've ever heard.
    
    
    Meg
    

    What about....
    
    
    
    ...EVERYthing by the Ventures!! ;^)
    
    					--Eric--
    
    P.S.  Seriously, a vote for "Hawaii 5-0" and "The Cruel Sea" by this
      group.

Gold and Silver - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Embryonic Journey - Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen, really)

    
    'Pedal Pusher', on the Ventures live album was pretty cool. I
    shoulda thought of that.
    
    Peter

     Re - .20

     Wasn't that Nutrocker by ELP?

     Neal

    
    >Trivia question:  was there ever an instrumental that reached #1 on the
    >Billboard charts?
    
    
    	"Chariots Of Fire", by Van Gelis [sp?], as far as I know did
    	reach #1.
    
    							GTI
    

    
    	"Duelling Banjos" - by whoever
    
    	"Music Box Dancer" - Fred somebody
    
    
    							GTI
    

    
    'Classical Gas' by Mason Williams reached the #1 spot on Billboard, I
    think. 
    
    Peter

    A few more ...
    
    Because they're young           Duane Eddy
    Wipeout                         The Surfaris
    Rumble                          Link Wray
    
    
    - Minne

    Didn't "Telstar" also get there ? 

    
    RE:  .?
    
    "Music Box Dancer" is actually by Frank Mills.
    
    Although it is rare for an instrumental to reach no. 1 in the chart,
    some do make it. 
    
    - Love's theme by Barry White is a no.1 in the chart
    - Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes is also a no.1
    
    Some other favorites of mine include :
    
    - Kari by Bob James and Earl Klugh
    - My sweet summer suite by Barry White
    - Satin Soul also by Barry White
    - Feel like making love  by Bob James
    - "2001"   by Eumir Deodato
    
    I will list out more later.
    
    sl.
    
    
    

    Good Rats - Rat City in Blues (only has a  brief vocal)
    Dixie Dregs - Night Meets Light
    		  Broad Street Strut
    Kansas - Musicatto
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Hoedown
    		Toccata
    		Karn Evil 9 - 2nd Impression
    Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie
    		Surfing with the Alien
    Eric Johson - Cliffs of Dover
    Dream Theater - Ytse Jam
    Billy Cobham - Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
    Elton John - Funeral for a Friend
    Billy Preston - Space Race (I think this also hit #1)
    Larry Carlton - Point It Up
    		    Bubble Shuffle
    		    Farm Jazz
    		    Oui Oui Si
    Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin
    
    If the list seems long it's because the vast majority of my very
    favorite stuff is instrumental.
    
    	db

    re .28, I feel just the opposite.  For the most part, I find music
    without words very boring.
    
    Lorna
    

    "Hot 'Lanta" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed".
    
    Dave

    
    Whatever spins your needle. Some of us like cake, some of us can't
    stand it without icing. 
    
    Hey--we could put a discussion about this in its own topic and call it
    "Instrumental Music and Self-Indulgence--One and the Same ?"...and
    watch the waters foam and froth for about 100 replies. 
    
    Peter
    

    
    	I looked up some of the better-known instrumentals:
    
    
    	"Classical Gas" - #2
    	"Music Box Dancer" - #2
    	"Duelling Banjos" - #2
    	"Hooked on Classics" - #10
    
    	and
    
    	"Chariots of Fire" did hit #1.
    
    							GTI
    

    >Hey--we could put a discussion about this in its own topic and call it
    >"Instrumental Music and Self-Indulgence--One and the Same ?"...and
    >watch the waters foam and froth for about 100 replies. 
    
    Be careful...look at what happened the last time you said something
    like this  8^)
    
    							Brian

    The Stuggle of the Turtle to the Sea  	- Jean Luc Ponty
    In Memory of Elizabeth Reed			- The Allman Bros.
    Sirius					- The Alan Parsons Project
    Cause We've Ended as Lovers			- Jeff Beck
    She's A Woman				- Beatles (done by Beck)
    
    *********** Just about anything by Larry Carlton ************
    
    

    
     Carlos Santana      - Blues for Salvador
     Stevie Ray Vaughan  - Little Wing

    >Hey--we could put a discussion about this in its own topic and call it
    >"Instrumental Music and Self-Indulgence--One and the Same ?"...and
    >watch the waters foam and froth for about 100 replies. 
    
    No hold on just a second.
    
    Perhaps you can argue about whether or not playing 32nd notes
    constitutes "self-indulgence".
    
    But when some guy writes about "how he feels" isn't that really
    "self-indulgence" in one of its most direct and obvious forms?
    
    I.E. isn't the GOAL of lyric writing to indulge in one's self?
    
    ;-)
    
    	db

    >  "Fire On High" - ELP
    
    Actually that's ELO, not ELP.

    Los Endos                   Genesis
    Duke's Travels/Duke's End   Genesis
    Karn Evil #9 2nd Impression ELP
    Second Home by the Sea      Genesis
    Jessica                     Allman Brothers
    Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off    Todd Rundgren
    Breathless                  Todd Rundgren
    Peaches En Regalia          Frank Zappa
    
    too many more to think of at 1 time

    Jam # 2			Derek and the Dominoes "The Layla Sessions"

    Well if that counts, then the whole Jams CD all 70+ minutes !
    
    Chris

    re:.2,.16
    
    Riviera Paradise by SRV is the top of my list.
    
    so isnt 'Always With Me, Always With You' and 'The Crush of Love' by
    Joe Satriani.
    
    Theres also a tune on SRV's 'the Sky is Crying' called something like
    'Chitlins Con Carne' (????) that i LOVE the guitar work to. - but I
    cant think of any SRV guitar work that I dont like.
    
    					Steve

    
    "Feels so good" by Chuck Mangione is another #1 on the chart.
    
    sl.
    

    
    "Rock it" by Herbie Hancock
    "Hard Rock"  also by Herbie
    
    sl.

                        Fluff - Black Sabbath

    The Allman's Jessica
    Most of Steve Morse's cuts on Coast to Coast CD
    First cut on Return of the Hellecasters CD
    
    To name a few......
    
    dawg

    
    Take Five	 	Dave Brubeck Quartet (with Paul Desmond)
    Telstar		Can't for the life of me remember who did this
    Kind Of Blue       	Miles Davis
    Stardust		Clifford Brown 
    Lenny		Stevie Ray Vaughn
    East Wes		Eric Johnson
    Blues for South	Oscar Petersen (from the Blue Note reunion album)
    Sweet Dreams	The Hellecasters
    Los Endos		Genesis (Trick of the Tale)
    Layla		John Fahey's acoustic/slide (no singing) version
    3/4 Moon		Leo Kotkee
    
    			Wes Montgomery (sorry, I just couldn't pick
    			a favorite).
    
    Oh yeah, and Jessica (ABB) as well
    
    
    
    

    .-1
    
    Thanks, I knew it started with a "T" but couldn't get any further than
    that.
    
    Al
    

    Keeping in the Telstar vein:

    Back in the pre-invasion early 60s I really enjoyed those top 40
    instrumentals that were mostly played to fill in the odd minutes before
    the newscast. These are the sounds that made me want to play *electric*
    guitar. Some that come to mind are:

        Green Onions
        Apache (Jorgen Ingman?) 
        Pipeline
        Walk Don't Run
        Rabel Rouser
        Sleepwalk (*****)
        Tequila
        Time is Tight

    More up to date:
    "In a Silent Way" by Wayne Shorter/Weather Report

    Jeff Beck does a beautiful slow piece on Guitar Shop but I can't think
    of it's name now.

    "Donna Lee" by Jaco Pastorius (remake of the C. Parker piece)

    
    	Moments In Love - Art Of Noise 
    	Grengatcho Dimento - William Orbit
    	Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
    	
    
    				Stuart

    sleepwalk was santo and johnny
    
    tequila was the champs (i think glen campbell was in the group)
    
    blind willis

    Town Without Pity by Ronnie Montrose.

    Albatross - Fleetwood Mac definately #1.
    Wired     - Jeff Beck
    
    fred deady	

    
    RE: .48, .49
    
    I prefer the rendition of "Telstar" by the Ventures.
    
    I will add another favorite in now :
    
    "Breezing" by George Benson.
    
    sl.
    

    More of my faves

    Another from the 60s:

        Mercy Mercy     by The Canonball Adderly Quartet


    Another from Benson:

        Valdez in the Country

    
    
      "Walk Don't Run"
    
       "Sleep Walk"
    
      /Bob _Who_loves_these_guitar_Rifs_from_the late_50's
    
    

40 Miles of bad road 	-	Duane Eddy
Because They're Young	-	Duane Eddy
Europa			-	Carlos Santana
Harlem Nocturn
most Elo stuff

Cool Jerk by Ramsey Lewis Trio

    Harlem Nocturne  -  The Viscounts

>    Harlem Nocturne  -  The Viscounts

I have the 45 and couldn't, for the life of me, remember the group.

    Break_Song by Joe Perry
    

    Spain
    by Chick Corea and Return to Forever

	School Days - Stanley Clarke
	Lopsy Lu    -    ""
	One Note Samba - MJQ/Laurindo Almeida
	Foi a Saudade (sp?) - ""
	lots of stuff by Jaco Pastorius

  previously mentioned:

	Green Onions - Booker T.
	Jessica - Allman Bros.
	Surfin' with the Alien - Satriani
	Morning Dance - Spiro Gyra


	-Di
	

    
    The girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlo Jobim
    Wave                  -  also by him
    
    Both performance with Stan Getz
    
    sl.
    

    contusion - stevie wonder w/ jeff beck

    Here's a few more:
    
    Water Song - Hot Tuna
    Shuggie's Shuffle - Shuggie Otis (guitar) with Al Kooper (organ)
    Edward (the Mad Shirt Grinder, or something like that) - Nicky Hopkins 
                                                             (piano, while a 
                                                              member
                                                              of Quicksilver)
    Hot Dawg - David Grisman (mandolin)
    Mexican Sundown (or Sunset) - Billy Joel
    Hideaway - Freddie King
    Sail on Sailor (Beach Boys tune) - Steve Hunter
    Town without Pity (Gene Pitney tune) - Ronnie Montrose
    
    
    Tons of other blues, bluegrass and soul instrumental standards out
    there as well. 

    - Bob

>    Shuggie's Shuffle - Shuggie Otis (guitar) with Al Kooper (organ)

Just a few weeks ago I was thinking about Shuggie Otis
and wondering whatever became of him. Anybody know?

--Ron

    	Sven Vath - La Esperanza    and     Shazz - Lost Illussions
    
    	also 		The Orb - U.F.Orb
    
    
    						Stuart

    
    
    A few more...
    
    Weather Report    	- "Birdland"
    Return to Forever   - just about anything/everything 
    			  on the "Romantic Warrior" album
    
    
    /Billy_K
    

    Re: 564.71
    
    Shuggie Otis (the son of R & B giant Johnny Otis) made this blues album
    called Kooper Session (with Al Kooper) around 1971 at age *14*. He later 
    had a minor hit with Strawberry Letter 23 (which the Spinners or some 
    similar group had a major hit with later in the disco era) on another 
    album called Freedom Flight. Then he disappeared musically for years.
    I think I read he may have had personal/drug problems but don't know
    for sure. He has appeared on some recent Johnny Otis Show albums and 
    performs in the live shows too I think, so I think he's back on the 
    scene somewhat. Considering how well he played on the Kooper Session
    album at such a young age and played/sang on the Freedom Flight album
    soon thereafter, it looks like one of those unrealized potential kind
    of things.
    
    That's all I know. Nice to hear of someone else out there who even
    heard of this guy!
    
    - Bob
                      

>    had a minor hit with Strawberry Letter 23 (which the Spinners or some 
>    similar group had a major hit with later in the disco era) on another 

    Brothers Johnson/Quincy Jones maybe?

    This is sort of in a grey area but Elton John's Funeral for a Friend 
    instrumental as the first piece in the Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies
    Bleeding set on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has always been a classic in 
    my mind.
    
    Also: 
    
    Chest Fever/Train Kept a Rollin' - Sugarloaf 
    
    
    - Bob

    RE: Shuggy Otis...I thought the Blues Super Session with Al Kooper was
    1967, and Shuggy was 15, but that could be off...and unless it's
    someone else, Shuggy played bass on Zappa's Peaches en Regalia from the
    Hot Rats album, 1969, which would have made Shuggy 17 at the time of
    that recording...

    
    	I have "Here Comes Shuggie Otis" (at least I think that's what
    	it was called).  Sounded good MANY years ago - no clue what
    	it would sound like now.
    
    	Tom
    

    
    The Ordinaires - Chhotisi Malaqat ( don't ask me what it means :-) )
    
    						- Jim
    

    According to some funeral director's association in the UK, one of the
    most requested song played at funerals is Glen Miller's "In the Mood".

    Its popularity appears to have begun when Peter Sellers died leaving his
    wish that it be played at his funeral. Every time I picture Peters
    Sellers laid out  in a funeral parlor with "In the Mood" playing I crack
    up.

Almost forgot.  (Well, I did forget, but not forever)


	Orange Blossom Special	-	Seatrain

(Foggy mtn breakdown reminded me, thanks for the memory)

    "Aqua-Marine" Santana.
    
    "Horizons"  Steve Hackett, Genesis
    
    "The Clap" Steve Howe, Yes
    
    Every intrumental by Stevie Ray Vaughn.
    
    Mark.

    
    I had heard that Shuggie was leading and performing in his Dad's band
    for the past six years or so. Not true ? Always thought his bass work
    on 'Peaches' was sublime.
    
    More fave instrumentals (which the past few notes have put me in mind
    of:)
       
    	Stop			-Super Session
        Albert's Shuffle        -Super Session
    	The Golden Vibe		-Roy Ayers' Ubiquity
    	Easy Greasy		-Buddy Miles Express
    	Joe Tex			-BUddy Miles Express
    	Ballin' the Jack	-Ballin' Jack
    	Red Alert		-Tony Williams Lifetime
    	Fred			-Tony Williams Lifetime
    	Ostinato		-Passport
    	Infinity Machine	-Passport
    	One Family		-Yellowjackets
    	Home			-Allan Holdsworth
    	Moggio			-Frank Zappa
    	
    	

    Just a few from what could be a long list:
    
    	Enchano			Chuck Mangione
    	Bellavia		Chuck Mangione
    	Music Box Dancer	Frank Mills ???
    	Riviera PAradise	SRV (as I sit hear listening to "In Step")
    	Hill Strt. Blues Theme	Mike Post
    	Time Changes		Dave Brubeck
    
    DaveV_who_wishes_he_was_related_to_SRV

    I am interested in getting CDs on piano, especially on pop music. If
    there are any recommendations, pls let me know. Thanks.
    
    WWF

    Time is Tight - Booker T. and the M.G.s
    2001:Space Odyssey - Deodato
    Peter Gunn Theme - Henry Mancini
    Chariots of Fire - VanGelis
    Symphonic Soul - Henry Mancini
    In the Mood - Glenn Miller
    Dawn Patrol -  Glenn Miller
    Rebel Rouser and Forty Mile of Bad Road - Duane Eddy
    Fireball Mail - Duane Eddy
    Shaft - Isacc Hayes
    The Ray - Ray Charles and Quincy Jones. 
    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Tsaichowsky (Leopold Stokowski
    conducting)
    Night on Bald Mountain - the one from Fantasia
    William Tell Overture - as done by the Boston Pops on July 4th.
    
    And all kinds of stuff by the Ventures. All time favorite: Henry
    Mancini.
    
    

    RE: Tocatta and Fugue in D minor
    
    	Bach(?)

    RE: -1
    
    Absolutely Johann Sebastian Bach. The most commonly used "scary" piece
    of music in history (at least the Tocatta part). However, the only
    thing scary about Bach was his talent. I am so convinced that Bach was
    the single greatest musician that ever lived that I will not even
    entertain the notion of discussing it.
    
    To attribute one of Bach's most emotional organ works to the, as Monty
    Python so aptly put it: "an old puff' who wrote tunes", is nothing
    short of heresy!!! People have burned at the stake for less!! 
    :-) :-) :-)
    
    Brian

>                                       ... I am so convinced that Bach was
>    the single greatest musician that ever lived that I will not even
>    entertain the notion of discussing it.
    
    Too bad.  I would have been interested in knowing the criteria you used
    in forming this opinion, leading you to find him so clearly greater
    than, for example, Beethoven.

    
    	I was at J.J. O'Rourke's a couple months ago for a "Murder
    	Mystery" dinner and the setting was the "Old West" ... and
    	in the background they had a "western style" piano album
    	playing.  You know, the music you hear in bar-rooms when you
    	watch some westerns?
    
    	Can anyone recommend an album [CD] to buy that would have a
    	bunch of these on it?  The only song I recognize was "The
    	Entertainer" [the theme from "The Sting"].
    
    	Thanks for any info.
    
    							GTI

    Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    
    Bela Fleck & the Flecktones-
    	Magic Fingers
    	The Sinister Minister
    
    Larry Carlton - Point It Up
    		    Bubble Shuffle
    		    Farm Jazz
    		    Oui Oui Si
    
    Billy Cobham - Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
    
    Dream Theater - Ytse Jam
    
    Dixie Dregs - Night Meets Light
    		  Broad Street Strut
    		  (everything else - these guys were the BEST)
    
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Hoedown
    		Toccata
    		Karn Evil 9 - 2nd Impression
    
    Good Rats - Rat City in Blues (only has a  brief vocal)
    
    Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance
    
    Elton John - Funeral for a Friend
    
    Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
    
    Kansas - Musicatto
    
    Leo Kottke - Machine
    		 The Last Steam Engine Train
    
    Billy Preston - Space Race (I think this also hit #1)
    
    Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie
    		Surfing with the Alien
    
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin'
    
    If the list seems long it's because the vast majority of my very
    favorite stuff is instrumental.
    
    	db

    The Aqua Velvets -- Surfmania, the entire CD is great.
    
    cheers,
    
    	fred deady

    
    Drivin' South	Jimi Hendrix (Unbelievable!!)
    
    Come Dancing	Jeff Beck (Lay back and GRUVE...)
    
    Any Allman Bros....
    
    -kev

    Mmmm... yes.  My favorite Drivin' South is the one on "Radio One".
    Is that the version you're thinking about or is there another?
    
    /rick

    Thats the one....Kicks A$$!!
    Actually, Jimi got the idea of this song from Albert Collins (RIP)
    "Thaw Out". It's a liitle more mellow, but really cool to hear if you
    know Jimi's version. 
    Btw, I have about 4-5 versions of DS. They're all great.
    
    -kev

.17> Ventures "Walk, Don't Run" - yes.

Also "Lullaby of the Leaves" "Slaughter of Tenth Avenue" the original
"Wipe Out"

 "Tiger Rag" - Chet Atkins
 "Lost Indian" - Tony Rice/Norman Blake
 "Rabble Rouser" Duane Eddy(?)

-Sb

    
    	"Stinky Kitty" - Blues Saraceno
    

    "Rumble" - Link Wray
    "Ace Of Spades" - Link Wray
    "Surf Beat" - Dick Dale & The Deltones
    "Foot Tapper" - The Shadows
    "Pipeline" - The Chantays
    "Mr. Moto" - The Challengers
    
    Dom

> "Rabble Rouser" Duane Eddy(?)


That's "REBEL Rouser"

> That's "REBEL Rouser"


Thanks.  Anyone notice how most of the real 

    
>> Thanks.  Anyone notice how most of the real 
    
    ...ly good sentences in this notesfile never get finished ?
    
    G.

Sorry.  What I was saying is that a good chunk of the really
popular instrumentals come from the very early years of rock and roll.
That includes several that I entered as favorites. I'm confusing myself
on the point I'm trying to make.  But it has something to do with
originality and that original concepts are derived of original artforms.
That's probably thinking it to death, though.

On the original topic, Chet Atkins and Les Paul trade licks on an
album called Guitar Monsters.  They cover just the hot licks in:
Memphis, Apache, Maria Elena (SP?), Rebel Rouser, and a few more.  It's
great, some of the bits are so simple, anyone could learn to play them
in a few minutes.  Then some are so slick, you can't follow them.

-Steve

    "I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine" - writing credits go to 
    Ike Turner, I believe - although I've never heard a version by him. 
    There is an outstanding version on Ry Cooder's 'Bop Til You Drop',
    and Duke Levine just covered it on 'Country Soul Guitar' - 2 very
    different, but equally good versions. 
    
    Can't believe no one mentioned "Song of the Wind" from Santana
    'Caravanserai'. (Also can't figure out how to spell the name of the
    album....)
    
    How about "Little Martha" from 'Eat a Peach'?  Don't think I saw that
    mentioned either - a little gem. 
    
    Louise

    Re. .103
    
>On the original topic, Chet Atkins and Les Paul trade licks on an
>album called Guitar Monsters.  They cover just the hot licks in:
>Memphis, Apache, Maria Elena (SP?), Rebel Rouser, and a few more.  It's
>great, some of the bits are so simple, anyone could learn to play them
>in a few minutes.  Then some are so slick, you can't follow them.
    
    I hasten to point out that the above-mentioned licks occur on a
    Shel Silverstein-penned tune entitled "I'm Your Biggest Fan".  With
    tongue firmly planted in cheek, Chet insists that he's "the biggest
    Les Paul fan there are" and then recalls (and plays) tunes that Les
    made famous...."Raunchy", "Apache" and "Memphis"....and all the while,
    the other musicians are guffawing loudly and Les is trying to explain:
    "...uh, Chester .... none of *those* were mine ....."
    
    Then in the next verse, Les turns the tables and recalls tunes that
    Chet made famous...."Marie Elena", "Rebel Rouser" and the famous
    "Guitar Boogie-Woogie".....and Chet tries vainly to explain "Les...
    I never played any of those ....uh, tunes!"
    
    Hilarious!
    
    					--Eric--

Re: last - I didn't know there ever was such a tune, let alone
who wrote it.  I just know that Les Paul also played a bunch of licks, 
"And, Chet remember when you did..."
of course, Chet says "Lester, I didn't do any of those 'a tuuuunes."

"Don't talk about me like that Les, I'm your fan."

    Chet: "Yeah, you be lookin' like Dolly Parton in a wet T-shirt...."
    
    Les: "... I had silicone put in my nose...."
    
    ******SSSSSSSSSSSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFF!******
    
    Les: ".... get me some Kleenex...!"
    
    ;^)
    
    Wish them guys'd record another album or three ... "Guitar Monsters"
    was a good one!
    

I believe Guitar Monsters is one of at least two Les Paul/Chet Atkins
albums.  I can't remember for sure, though, but I've never played this
for anyone who didn't like it.

"I'd like to thank the producers.... like to thank Horowitz, too and
Sparky Lyle."

    
    	There's also "Chester & Lester" - a great title!
    
    	Tom
    

    "Guitar Monsters" was the follow-up to the unexpected success of
    "Chester & Lester."   According to Les, Chet thought the "Chester
    & Lester" session was only the rehersal, but Les thought it was
    good enough, so they put out what they had.  Neither expected much
    response to the album, and were astounded when it won a Grammy...
    
    Jim