Well Pink Floyd's Meddle is the winner of the favorite Pink Floyd album poll. I do agree that it is exceptional. It really does show a band in at a turning point, I would say Radiohead's Meddle would be The Bends. In honor of Meddle I am posting Meddler, a Pink Floyd bootleg from way back when. At the beginning the announcer says it is The Best of the BBC Rock Hour Series. It is not all Meddle material but it is great none the less. Embryo may be one of my favorites, Gilmour really makes that guitar cry; the guy can play the blues.
I love these types of recordings; we get some tunes and a two part interview. It is funny when Jim James talks about being attacked by cockatoos while trying to check out Tucans and eating raw horse in Tokyo. The Make It With You Bread cover is good too.
The quality is not perfect but it is still a great listen. M. Ward is fantastic and everyone that has ever been here before knows of my fascination of Jim James.
For Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger he and The Cardinals made a video for each of the songs. All of them were filmed in Avatar Studios with Christmas lights on the walls and candles everywhere. Some of the video's were made available via bonus disc and others were available on the internet. I have not seen all of the videos but I do think the majority were available somewhere. Anyways, I got these recordings from a fine gentleman (or woman) over at www.alt-country.org and converted them to MP3. I had myself a solid listen last night (twice) and again this morning (twice). Easy Tiger - Live at Avatar Studios may be better then the actual studio album. Listen to the intense jam during Off Broadway and the truly mind blowing version of I Taught Myself How to Grow Old. His voice is amazing throughout (as usual) but check out The Sun Also Sets.
Carl Broemel, guitarist-steel-saxophonist for My Morning Jacket, released a solo album a while back. I cannot find the exact date or year but it was recorded when he was living in Los Angeles. I came across this album a while ago on The Musical Family Tree and it is free. My obvious fascination over My Morning Jacket and of Carl's awesome guitar playing peaked my interest. The moment I knew I loved his technique was when I was reading an interview, I think it was something for Guitar Center, with him and Mr. James and he mentioned he put a bigsby on his black Les Paul in order to pretend he was in Crazy Horse. Right away I thought that was really cool because I love Neil Young and I love Crazy Horse! Anyway, check out the download all zipped up for you or download them one by one at The Musical Family Tree.
