"He was a student there when he met Bob Dylan, an itinerant folk singer traveling through. 'Dylan crashed with me for a few weeks in Madison on his way from Hibbing, Minnesota, to New York,' Mr. Kalb told AM New York in 2013. 'We had so much fun, I dropped out and followed him.'"
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That's really bad music.
Many, many are the unsung musicians. Patrick Haggerty, the pioneering gay country singer also died this month.
I know. I hadn't heard of him either. But now he's having his posthumous 15 minutes.
His guitar is so incredibly out of tune its jarring to the ears. Nobody sober could possibly sit through that.
Very cool slice of 60s rock experimentation. Some great moments, some jarring ones, but that was what led to some bracing moments during the 60s. Kalb was a great player.
"Projections" is a really nice album. The Blues Project's cover of Chuck's great "You Can't catch Me" is very nice.
"Radio tuned to Rock n Roll".
I'm gone, gone gone, like a cool breeze".
The Blues Project did some really cool stuff. RIP Danny.
If one is interested in that era, Al Kooper’s autobiography, Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: My
Life As a Rock and Roll Survivor, in which the Blues Project features prominently, is a great read.
Mimi Parker of Low died this week. I had no idea she and her husband were practicing Mormons who lived in Duluth.
Just picked up one of their albums at the used vinyl store the other day...
Mutaman, it gets boring having to say this, but you are right .... again!.
Projections is a terrific album from that era.
"Wake Me, Shake Me," "I Can't Keep from Crying" great rockers. "Flute Thing," "Steve's Song," beautiful and different. I couldn't get Ann's video link to play, but judging from the comments, it may not be the ideal sample of Blues Project music by which to characterize them. The album version is nice.
Or try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esc4y5MRpUk
"Flute Thing" is perhaps the worst thing the Blues Project did. "Look at us. We're not doing low class blues. We're doing high class cool jazz."
There's only one flute that works in Rock and Roll and that's Ian Andersons Flute.
There's only one flute that works in Rock and Roll and that's Ian Andersons Flute.
The Blues Project wanted to avoid sounding like they played "low-class" blues?
Roger, I am missing the logic there!
But I like the Flute Thing song myself. A refreshing piece on the album. Chacun a son gout.
Kalb also played a wonderful role as lead guitarist and vocalist on one of the best jug band revival albums of the '60's. There is a lot of great blues and traditional jazz energy here. Check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Van_Ronk_and_the_Ragtime_Jug_Stompers
Going strictly from memory, I believe that was Al Kooper's band; not Kalb's.
"If one is interested in that era, Al Kooper’s autobiography, Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: My
Life As a Rock and Roll Survivor, in which the Blues Project features prominently, is a great read."
I might check that book out. Would love to read about Al and his Blonde on Blonde experiences. As I understand it, when Bob was trying to record Blonde with The Band in NYC, he just wasn’t happy with it, so he headed down to Nashville and recorded it with Charlie McCoy and the A-Team. But he did take Al and Robbie Robertson along with him and they made some nice contributions to the album
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