What are you listening to right now?

[eleazar]

Paul McCartney ~  Driving Rain

    CD

[tmazz]

Bird, Lover Man

Soon after he went to jail for 10 days, then rehab for 6 months, during which this recording was released.

This was Moody's first album after spending time in rehab in NJ in 1958. 

Hey guys, instead of Retro Weekend what is this, Rehab weekend? 

OK I'll bite. Here is my ofering:

James Taylor: Sweet Baby James



Taylor has related different versions of what the song Fire and Rain is about.

In a BBC interview he said the song chronicled his experiences in mental institutions, such as his stay in McLean Hospital in Massachusetts as a Senior in high school, and the suicide of a friend. The fire in the song refers to his shock therapy. Rain is the cold showers that follow shock therapy.

On the VH1 series Story Tellers, Taylor said the song was actually about several incidents during his early recording career. The second line of the song, "Suzanne the plans they made put an end to you," refers to Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend of his who committed suicide while he was away recording his first album. In that same account, Taylor said he had been in a deep depression after the failure of his new band The Flying Machine to coalesce (the lyric "sweet dreams and Flying Machines in pieces on the ground"; the reference is to the name of the band rather than a fatal plane crash, as was long rumored).

As he was wondering what to do with himself, Schnerr's death drove him to see beyond his own worries and realize the transcience of life and his need to get back to his old friends. In other interviews, Taylor said a battle with drug addiction figured into the song.

In 2005, Taylor laid the rumors to rest during an interview on NPR. He explained to host Scott Simon that the song was written in three parts:[1]

The first part was indeed about Taylor's friend Suzanne, who died while Taylor was in London working on his first album after being signed to Apple Records. Friends at home, concerned that it might distract Taylor from his big break, kept the tragic news from him, and he only found out six months later.
The second part details Taylor's struggle to overcome drug addiction and depression.
The third part deals with coming to grips with fame and fortune, looking back at the road that got him there. It includes a reference to James Taylor and The Flying Machine, a band he briefly worked with before his big break with Paul McCartney, Peter Asher, and Apple Records.

Further info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_and_rain

[etcarroll]

No Secrets
Carly Simon | Format: vinyl

$1 at the crackhouse.

[eleazar]

Kitaro ~ Dream

    CD

[tmazz]

Fourplay: Between the Sheets

[tmazz]

Paul McCartney: Paul is Live



This just goes to show you tha some things do improve with age. The band that he toured with last year was definitely much tighter that the one that is on this cd of live performances from McCarney's 1993 tour.

[tmazz]

Hank Mobley: Hi Voltage



24 bit remastering by Rudy Van Gelder

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George Benson: Standing Together

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David Benoit: Can You Imagine

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Kevin Eubanks: Zen Food



What Kevin has been up to since stepping down as the leader of the Tonight Show Band.

[tmazz]

Mississippi John Hurt: Last Sessions



Like the original Big Band recordings this is not the best sound  but there is just something about the performances that just pulls me in.

[tmazz]

Michael McDonald: Motown Two

[etcarroll]

Out of the Blue
Blue Mitchell | Format: Audio CD

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Cream - "Those Were the Days" [Box set]

[Barry (NJ)]

Filter "Title of Record" CD