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Dennis: Little Feat + Bonnie Raitt @ U. of Virginia in the mid-70s. Discovered bagels w/ cream cheese paired with beer at a local eatery (bagels were new, not the beer! Yum!)

At first one is likely to think, "Wow, this shows off the system." But soon one is listening just to the music (not the system): “guitarist extraordinaire,”“ambassador of the classical guitar, " “poetic exquisiteness."

An all-time favorite, right up there with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: the album title, Aja, and title song, is my nickname for my wife.

Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts, Chö

"Smooth-Jazz-Jobim."

"The overall collection is fantastic. Gorecki just makes me cry a lot, so I stay away from it. " That was one of my submissions, L_t. Near finalizing the project, I asked Daddyjt to omit the track; to me it was part of the entire, sidelong emotional soundscape–one long elegiac composition, in three movements, an entire CD–as well as sonicscape–from very quiet to deep and full string sonority. Out of context of the whole piece, I thought it did not best fit a reference disc. I demurred but DaddyJT graciously deflected my doubts. Like you, it does make me wistful.

"Over the last few years, she's enjoyed well-earned status as the zeit-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar. Here she bests herself and defies expectation again, ditching her acoustic for an electric, lap steel, and perhaps the most unexpected instrument of all: her own voice; disarmingly winsome and sweet for a woman with so much attitude. The haunting melodies are sadder, the lush orchestrations are fuller, and the sharp edges can cut...And just as her fret work has been described as "singing," her fragile voice is but one ingredient in the mix, which includes bass, bells, and brushes."

A CD, not vinyl LP, that plays @ 33-1/3??

Solo guitar arrangements of well-loved standards. The evening descends, insects are singing; me with a cold beer overseeing dinner in the oven. Nice.

Welcome, hang-out & join the camaraderie. Much to see, hear & learn. ?

No JB voice, thanks for the history lesson.