R_of_G
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Mash & The Meters
I know the feeling! When my friend Curtis first played them for me, I was unable to listen to anything else for months. Def a Meters vibe [they are, of course, named for a Meters song and album]. IMHO, they can get "in the pocket" tighter than almost any band since the Meters, but they still have a sound all their own.
As this is a guitar forum primarily, I will talk Tim Young first. His guitar playing is, in a word, spectacular. I had the chance to both see him live and hang out with the band before the show. Actually, when the band left Florida the next day headed to North Carolina, the drummer [Andy Roth] realized he had left his cymbals behind at the club the night before. He called Curtis, and off we went to go recover them and Fed Ex them to the hotel the Mash would be staying at in NC. Good times.
Anyway, Tim is a great guy, and one of the best guitar players I have ever seen. He makes up a third of my personal trinity of active guitar platyers with, as you may have guessed, Ribot, and Bill Frisell. The three of them influence me so much it's indescribable.
Now, there's no talking about Zony Mash without talking Wayne Horvitz. If you are not already convinced he is the absolute master of the B-3 [no offense to the late Jimmy Smith], pick up a copy of Cold Spell, listen to track #4 "Prudence RSVP," and a couple of minutes in you will hear the single coolest tone I have ever heard in my life [a headphone lovers dream tone]. It's like tonal crack.
Keith Lowe the bass player is the coolest guy ever. Google him and check out his website, he always has cool links and stuff. He is also an amazing player, and for a time Curtis owned and played one of Keith's old basses, a Danelectro silver sparkle. Andy Roth, the afforementioned drummer, can hold down a groove like nobody else [you have already heard his fourth of Meet the Zony Mash, and the live stuff. I have heard a LOT of live ZM, and when the are off, it's almost never Andy.]
So glad you are into these guys. Too bad they are done, but the three albums and live stuff I have [which was legally taped btw, as they allow taping for non-commercial trading, something I wish every artist would do]. If you are interested in doing some trading, let me know, I have several ZM shows, most of them extremely high quality, and I'd be more than happy to set up some trades so you can hear it. These guys are amazing live, and imho the officially released live material doesn't do them justice. The shows I have def do.
I know the feeling! When my friend Curtis first played them for me, I was unable to listen to anything else for months. Def a Meters vibe [they are, of course, named for a Meters song and album]. IMHO, they can get "in the pocket" tighter than almost any band since the Meters, but they still have a sound all their own.
As this is a guitar forum primarily, I will talk Tim Young first. His guitar playing is, in a word, spectacular. I had the chance to both see him live and hang out with the band before the show. Actually, when the band left Florida the next day headed to North Carolina, the drummer [Andy Roth] realized he had left his cymbals behind at the club the night before. He called Curtis, and off we went to go recover them and Fed Ex them to the hotel the Mash would be staying at in NC. Good times.
Anyway, Tim is a great guy, and one of the best guitar players I have ever seen. He makes up a third of my personal trinity of active guitar platyers with, as you may have guessed, Ribot, and Bill Frisell. The three of them influence me so much it's indescribable.
Now, there's no talking about Zony Mash without talking Wayne Horvitz. If you are not already convinced he is the absolute master of the B-3 [no offense to the late Jimmy Smith], pick up a copy of Cold Spell, listen to track #4 "Prudence RSVP," and a couple of minutes in you will hear the single coolest tone I have ever heard in my life [a headphone lovers dream tone]. It's like tonal crack.
Keith Lowe the bass player is the coolest guy ever. Google him and check out his website, he always has cool links and stuff. He is also an amazing player, and for a time Curtis owned and played one of Keith's old basses, a Danelectro silver sparkle. Andy Roth, the afforementioned drummer, can hold down a groove like nobody else [you have already heard his fourth of Meet the Zony Mash, and the live stuff. I have heard a LOT of live ZM, and when the are off, it's almost never Andy.]
So glad you are into these guys. Too bad they are done, but the three albums and live stuff I have [which was legally taped btw, as they allow taping for non-commercial trading, something I wish every artist would do]. If you are interested in doing some trading, let me know, I have several ZM shows, most of them extremely high quality, and I'd be more than happy to set up some trades so you can hear it. These guys are amazing live, and imho the officially released live material doesn't do them justice. The shows I have def do.
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