I hate categories. The only workable system of musical order is the alphabet. Is this guy a blues singer? Country? Singer/songwriter?
I've asked the same about Mose Allison, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Lalo Guerrero, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Terry Adams, Richard Thompson, and just about anyone else who does intelligent music.
As this film attests, the question isn't new. The problem is that nowadays, you get these weird, awful words like "eclectic", "musician's musician" etc, and they marginalize great music.
This is Jimmie Rogers. He sold millions of records during the Depression (the first one, not this one), and he recorded with country guys, Hawaiin musicians, Louis Armstrong, the Carter Family, and more.
I'm convinced that he'd be unsignable today, just because he covered so much ground by virtue of his own musical nature. And he was one of the greatest things to ever have happened, right up with Louis Armstrong and Leonard Bernstein. And I'm convinced that -- had he lived a few years longer -- he would have been to country music approximately what Stokowski was to orchestral music.
I hate categories. The only workable system of musical order is the alphabet. Is this guy a blues singer? Country? Singer/songwriter?
I've asked the same about Mose Allison, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Lalo Guerrero, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Terry Adams, Richard Thompson, and just about anyone else who does intelligent music.
As this film attests, the question isn't new. The problem is that nowadays, you get these weird, awful words like "eclectic", "musician's musician" etc, and they marginalize great music.
This is Jimmie Rogers. He sold millions of records during the Depression (the first one, not this one), and he recorded with country guys, Hawaiin musicians, Louis Armstrong, the Carter Family, and more.
I'm convinced that he'd be unsignable today, just because he covered so much ground by virtue of his own musical nature. And he was one of the greatest things to ever have happened, right up with Louis Armstrong and Leonard Bernstein. And I'm convinced that -- had he lived a few years longer -- he would have been to country music approximately what Stokowski was to orchestral music.
DEFINITION - Unified field theory is sometimes called the Theory of Everything (TOE, for short): the long-sought means of tying together all known phenomena to explain the nature and behavior of all matter and energy in existence. In physics, a field refers to an area under the influence of some force, such as gravity or electricity, for example. A unified field theory would reconcile seemingly incompatible aspects of various field theories to create a single comprehensive set of equations. Such a theory could potentially unlock all the secrets of nature and make a myriad of wonders possible, including such benefits as time travel and an inexhaustible source of clean energy, among many others. According to Michio Katu, a theoretical physicist at City College, City University of New York, those in pursuit of a unified field theory seek "an equation an inch long that would allow us to read the mind of God."
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I watched the damn Grammy awards tonight, and it made me nostalgiac for music. Pink looked like she was auditioning for Cirque Du Soleil or something, and... It just sucked. I remember when they were giving those things to Stevie Wonder for Songs In The Key of Life, but those Dave Matthews bitches... Well, in an age of crappy reality show programming and all, you get music that goes good with Jerry Springer and American Idol.
Here then is the King Cole Trio, just to remind you what music used to be.
