Quicksilver’s third album, Shady Grove, was the one that firmly established Nicky Hopkins in my pantheon of favorite rock keyboard players.
“Edward” was the nickname given to Hopkins by Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones.
Other notable tracks from Shady Grove include the rocker "Joseph's Coat" and "Flute Song", which has always been a personal fave.
WOW… The memories! I have all of their albums…on vinyl. Time to fire up the turntable…
Stills-Young 1976
Blast from the past, the OG version…
And more recently, with an absolutely stunning Susanna Hoffs at 63!!
Unbelievable, a seemingly natural beauty without all the rather obvious frankensteinian surgeries I see other women getting. Facelifts that their eyes are pulled halfway up to their temples, Michael Jackson nosebobs, puffed up lips that make them look like they’re in anaphylactic shock… just hideous.
Dayum… she’s still got it.
I sense some serious Ozzy in my near future 
RIP
Ozzy jam with Randy…
R.I.P. Ozzy.
Truly excellent! I’d actually never listened to Shady Grove before now. However, I did grow up with their first album on vinyl. People seem to know “The Fool” off that album and it’s a good one but my favorites were always “Pride of Man” and “Gold and Silver”. The latter is a fun take on “Take Five”.
So glad i was able to scratch these guys off my bucket list of bands to see live
Howlin’ Wolf released the first version of “Spoonful,” as a single, back in 1960. The song was composed by the great Willie Dixon, and has since become something of a blues standard. Dixon plays bass, with Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar. Although he is pushed to the back of the mix, if you listen closely, you can hear Otis Spann, wailing away on piano.
“Spoonful” appears on Fresh Cream, the debut album by Cream, from 1966. The live performance below was recorded at the Revolution Club, in London, on January 10, 1968. It is not as tight as the one on Wheels of Fire, but it’s nice to have video from that era. The video was broadcast on the January 27, 1968 episode of Bouton Rouge, the French music program.
Other versions by Cream:
Ten Years After played “Spoonful” for one of its three performances on Bouton Rouge in early 1968. Alvin Lee is in fine form.
Other versions by Ten Years After:
Nice! I instantly thought of Captain Beefheart with the first one. Looking it up, sure enough they were an influence.
Interesting connection: Howlin’ Wolf and Captain Beefheart.
Before now, I never noticed the similarity in singing styles, but it’s definitely there!
There are other songs that show it better but that’s one of my favorites from Captain Beefheart. Tomorrow, I’ll play that track for my brother, who is a Beefheart fan. I bet I could convince him that it’s a lost Beefheart track.
In the meantime, something completely different. This electronic number is bright but chill and smooth with a little texture. It reminds me of Com Truise.
Bill Evans Trio - from one of the most famous recordings of his original trio. The bass player died in an automobile accident ten days after this was recorded.
Bill Evans Trio – “Alice in Wonderland” (live, 1961)
Nice!
I have the 1986 CD At the Village Vanguard, which contains 10 of the 26 tracks recorded at the Vanguard that day. It’s the kind of music you might enjoy even if you’re not usually a fan of jazz.
Wikipedia says this about the original 1961 LP:
Released in 1961, the album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time.
Okay, that’s good.
So, what about AllMusic.com? Well, Ken Dryden, the reviewer there, gives the 2005 box set a ★★★★★ (5-star) rating. That’s AllMusic’s highest rating.
All right. I can take a hint. I need to get a hold of the 3-CD box set that contains all 26 tracks!
Thanks for your comments. As you might have read already elsewhere, the original two albums released from the five sets recorded that day included “Sunday At The Village Vanguard” and “Waltz For Debby.” The newer box set “The Complete…” was put together from remasters of the original tapes and includes all the performances from the original five sets in the order they were played. It includes alternate takes of a few songs, the spoken introductions, and the talk between the musicians, as well.
The recording you already have is definitely a classic. I just found “The Complete” box set for sale on EBay for a better price than I found elsewhere, so I snapped it up, as I didn’t have any of the recordings from that session. You might find a similar deal there.