Nice restrained version
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Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
Mark Knopfler (Guitar, Vocals), Richard Bennett (Guitar), Richard Rodney Bennett (Guitar), Danny Cummings (Drums), Phil Cunningham (Accordion), Guy Fletcher (Keyboards, String Arrangements), Rupert Gregson-Williams (French Horn), John McCusker (Cittern, Violin), Michael McGoldrick (Flute, Whistle, Human Whistle), Matt Rollings (Keyboards) and Glenn Worf (Electric Bass, Upright Bass).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… kicking off this Monday morning with Mark’s ‘Get Lucky’ and he and the band are sounding mighty sweet! A lovely way to kick off the day and the week…
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Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers - Salone
Otis Taylor - Hey Joe Opus - Red Meat
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram - Kingfish
A bountiful bevy of blues belters to bewitch and beguile beholders.
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Swamp Dogg - Rat On (Tidal)
A surprising (and a stand out) inclusion on the Woody Guthrie set above
Just had to check out Rat On!
Rat On! Review
by Richie Unterberger
The cover of this LP–Swamp Dogg riding a white rat, hands raised and fists clenched in triumph–lets you know that you’re not in for any ol’ R&B record, even before the needle hits the grooves. It’s a satisfying continuation of the eclectic soul-singer-songwriter mix of his debut. Vocally, Swamp Dogg sounds like a cross between General Johnson (of Chairmen of the Board) and Van Morrison; as a songwriter, he’s his own man. With the exception of Sly Stone, no other soul men of the period were investigating controversial topics with such infectious musicality and good humor. He takes on promiscuity with unbridled frankness in cuts like “Predicament #2,” and bemoans the eternal delay of American justice for minorities in “Remember I Said Tomorrow,” and twists Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” into a protest song (and also, bizarrely, covers the Bee Gees’ “Got to Get a Message to You”). None of this endeared him to industry insiders, and Swamp Dogg was dropped by Elektra after the album’s release. It’s long been out of print, but in the U.K. Charly has reissued it on CD on a two-fer with Total Destruction of Your Mind.
Vocally, Swamp Dogg sounds like a cross between General Johnson (of Chairmen of the Board) and Van Morrison;
and Jackie Wilson too to my ears
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Miles Davis - Big Fun
One of several albums which came out of the Jack Johnson sessions. Some of Miles’s most jazz-rock fusion albums.
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Keb’ Mo’ - Keb’ Mo’
I am guilty of overplaying this in the past. Having come back to it after some time, sounding fresh again.
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Bruckner 4 was played at the first (or one of the first) live symphony orchestra recital I heard. Has always had a special place in my heart. (Along with Mahler 2).
I honour of that memory
Gergiev - Bruckner Symphony 4 Munchner Philharmoniker
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Mrs H back home and has brought some special west coast fillet steaks. She’s insisted on cooking and I’m in heaven.
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Enjoy !! 
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Enjoy…’louder’…and what does Neil do?
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The Grateful Dead Live at Fox Theatre 1971.
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