From Los Gatos, CA: Dredg!
Small Black - Tampa
Small Black - Diftwood Fire
Micra - Coral Crush (Live Acoustic)
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Live, August 24, 2019
Tedeschi Trucks Band recently released these two videos in support of their new album, Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN'), a live recording of the classic 1970 album by Derek and the Dominos.
"Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?"
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"
To my ear, Tedeschi Trucks Band is one of the best live bands out there. And, unlike most of the bands this old geezer listens to, it's still in its prime. The best time to see TTB is now!
Good stuff KIL.
and now for Something
Completely Different:
(Led Zep Swing)
The Doors!! 
"Roadhouse Blues"
Miley Cyrus, Andrew Watt & Robby Krieger
Just stumbled onto this one from last year. It ain't the Doors, but Robby's there, and Miley gets the job done.
Dave
before Thorogood,
before anybody.
I’ll Take You There. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There [Full Length Version] - YouTube The Staple Singers
Ambrosia 1975
I've always liked Ambrosia's eponymous first album better than the releases that followed. Don't get me wrong—the latter work is filled with many great blue-eyed soul hits. But before that, Ambrosia played an ear-friendly fusion of pop and prog-rock, the best of which is the two songs below from its first album.
Alan Parsons, who engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, also does engineering here.
"Time Wait for No One"
Check out the bass licks behind the first verse. They are pure joy.
"Nice Nice Very Nice"
This one features lyrics adapted from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle. The opening introduces a motif that morphs and echos throughout the song.
I listened to "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" because I read Cat's Cradle.
The song didn't do anything for me, and I didn't recognize the lyrics, but I only read the novel once, back in the 1990's.
It's a pretty good book--one of my favorite Kurt Vonnegut novels in addition to Slaughterhouse-Five.
I’m a Vonnegut fan myself. For those who insist that science fiction does not rise to the level of literature, I always bring up Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut. It’s fun to watch folks squirm when they try to argue that novels like Slaughterhouse Five are not science fiction!
Sorry you didn’t connect with Ambrosia, but that’s not a problem. Music is subjective. There is no such thing as (objectively) “good” music. There is only music you like, and music you don’t.
Yea, not my cup of tea either. Too soft rock.
Van Morrison – Live @ Real World Studios
May 8, 2021
Here are the first couple of songs from a live-in-the-studio concert Van Morrison streamed last month in support of his new album, Latest Record Project Volume 1. These two songs are an "official release," so I expect the link won't go stale. I am less certain about the unofficial, audio-only recording of the complete show that can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zsLa24FH6c.
Unlike most of the dinosaur acts from the 60s and 70s, bands who come back for a "farewell" tour every five years or so, Van Morrison has never stopped making music. He puts out a new record almost every year. The new one is his eighth release since 2015! His early work, through about 1979, is the most consistent, but there are lots of good songs—and usually two or three great ones—on every album.
