Thread: FRIDAY RELAX TIME , CLASSICS

I almost forgot about tonight , not a good thing , Anyway , here are some
classics from all eras

THE FEATURED GUITARIST TONIGHT IS ERNIE ISLEY , From the Isley brothers
Yes , he was a contemporary of Jimi Hendrix and a friend of his

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6g4K-ZALWE
And man can he wail
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This cut is very powerful , Listen to that guitar , A simple part but his tone and power are HUGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJW7-gvruic

This is the stuff I grew up with , real music , These people could
really blow you away , And concert tickets were cheap and you got your
moneys worth
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For those that don't know Tom Shultz the lead guitar player is an MIT grad
and invented a lot of his own effects , not to mention his very heavy but commercial distinct style , There is a lot of hidden power in Boston songs , also for those that don't know Brad Delp , the lead vocalist committed suicide a couple years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOqHLVxZvA

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I don't have a live vid for this one because I don't think it would be
as good as the studio version , KANSAS bordered on the fringes of progessive rock , along the lines of Yes and ELP ,
This is a "lyric" song , fantastic writing

"HEY THERE MR MADMAN , WATCH YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW
TELL ME SOME CRAZY STORIES , LET ME KNOW WHO RUNS THE SHOW
GLASSY EYED AND LAUGHING HE TURNS AND WALKS AWAY
TELL ME WHAT MADE YOU THAT WAY"
Pure genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ekpOZzD5RA&feature=fvst

I had to do one more Kansas , probably my favorite
THE WALL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdRVxpyR ... re=related

From the comments
"im 16 and ur 15 thats awesome how there is kids like us that still listen to this music because this is truly the best music ever created."

Yes , he is right
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One of the least known and under rated performers of all time
Dan Fogelburg , This guy was amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iyXOEucrgc

Not to mention besides his song writing skills he is a super tasty guitar player

This is what makes his music genius , this was not a hit song, but I don't look for just hits ,I explore and I found this jewel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYSrbLTifk

"Blessed the traveler that journeys the length of the light"
Honesty, who can right lyrics like this nowdays ?

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A dose of the Doobie brothers like you have never heard
this is from the Michael McDonald days but this is pure Patrick Simmons
So therefore it makes it a classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQlwOdG8yc

Another from the same time , Another Simmons song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efUR7pzjnlQ

Patrick Simmons was a genius song writer and mega performer
Yes , thats Tom Johnston doing the second vocal , even though
he wasn't with the band at the time
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Its a shame that Black music has fallen to the depth of garbage rap
when you consider music like this is what they use to do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twICykaRRvY

Such a "fantastic" piece of music
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I could go on for hours , but there is always next week

ENJOY

For the record

Comment on the Isley vid

"It's a shame yo, it's like blacks don't even play instruments anymore, I'm a true HipHopper, but it's like every youngster only want to kick rhymes, whose carrying on tradition nowadys, I showed this clip to my little cousin nd he was like I don't really like that white boy type music, I wanted to slap the shit out of him"

A little more Ernie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pR2uFG ... re=related

ENCORE

I'm only posting this because I just found it , It is a very old and rare copy of Steely Dan "reeling in the years" , it features Skunk Baxter from the Doobies (who is now a pentagon missile defense analysis" and a good friend of mine Elliot Randal who did the original lead on this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDRd0Z0 ... re=related

AWSOME AS ALWAYS THANK YOU JTF

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

This is the stuff I grew up with , real music , These people could
really blow you away , And concert tickets were cheap and you got your
moneys worth

"And the girls were so fine!"

"I prefer the studio version of Stevie, you can hear her voice better!"

Originally Posted by airdale

AWSOME AS ALWAYS THANK YOU JTF

"Damn! I'm only on Stevie, the long version!"

1ST video was smokin Impressive guitar work...

"My favorite Boston song!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnMrhFR8jNA