Time for Tunesday Turkey Tunes!

[Slosh]

Nice comp. I ought to know too being that I have nearly everything on there.

Has anyone heard from Snowflake lately?

Okay, I think I better detach myself from this thread before it gets out of hand

NP: [MediaMonkey playing all my 2007 stuff randomly]

[jonnyhambone]

I'd love one of those comps.
...I find detachables over-rated. Always coming off at the most inopportune moments...
Thanks for the tunes (PM of locale is on the way).

[Davey]

Shipped today to all you lucky bastards! Season's Greetings! Oh, by the way, I did lie just a tiny bit up above when I said no editing or volume changes, after listening I had to make a couple few adjustments. Not too much. And they do come with a few bonus tracks, maybe a couple different versions I think. Forgot how much work it is doing this! It's crazy! Slosh is right!

Anyway, hope you all enjoy. Captures some really fun moments from the last year, some coolness, some sunshine, some moonlight, some glory to be alive, some darkness on the edge of town, some madness and cacophony, some starry starry night, and even some good old rock and roll, but mostly just my own little way of celebrating how much music means to me, even as an aging geezer

[bobsticks]

Evidently today was music day at the post and as such, I found the box full of good tunes including Uncle Davey's Holiday Mixer 2007. For that I am grateful. Right off the bat I noticed that while I own some of this material already I liked the pace and order in which these were placed.

For stuff that was new to me and will require further investigation, Caribou was a nice surprise. And, while I would generally consider myself a "darkness on the edge of town" kinda guy, I got a little "starry nights" with Joe Henry which I prefer over Josh Ritter to a considerable degree. What's the poop on this guy Davey? I'm thinkin' if much of his stuff is in the vein of "You Can't Fail Me Now" I need to explore his catalogue.

Overall great stuff and would make for an interesting mixer soundtrack. Gracias.

[Davey]

And, while I would generally consider myself a "darkness on the edge of town" kinda guy, I got a little "starry nights" with Joe Henry which I prefer over Josh Ritter to a considerable degree. What's the poop on this guy Davey? I'm thinkin' if much of his stuff is in the vein of "You Can't Fail Me Now" I need to explore his catalogue.

Yeah, Joe Henry is pretty special to many of us. Glad you got it OK and are connecting with some of it. Does have kind of a nice flow, although some of it is a bit atmospheric for the holidays

I love Joe Henry. One of my favorites. Short Man's Room takes you back to his alt-country roots, but the more eclectic Fuse is the one that made me love him. That album was one of the first things I discovered when I made my initial visit to Rave Recs all those many years ago. The golden age of discovery. Really expanded my music universe. Can't think of any better reason than "Like She Was a Hammer". Just an incredible song, on an album full of incredible songs. And Scar was one of my top albums of the year in 2001, with Ornette Coleman supplying some skronky sax to punctuate a couple of Joe's tales. Really a musician's record, with Brad Mehldau and Me'Shell NdegeOcello and Marc Ribot some of the key players in the band. But it's still Joe's broken delivery of those gripping lyrics that makes it for me. The last two records have been more oriented toward the music, and I don't love Tiny Voices and Civilians quite as much as that brilliant trilogy of Trampoline / Fuse / Scar, but they may be his most musically rich works yet.

In any case, that song on the Mixer is somewhat indicative of the highlights on all of the last 5 records, but if you're a newbie I'd grab Fuse first. The songs are a little more urgent, the music not as smooth, not quite as sophisticated overall, but it's a knockout.

[bobsticks]

That's a pretty serious collection of talent. I'm thinkin' between Joe Henry and some Sigur Ros that I was priveledged enough to sample that I have the new December Grails to chase...and I don't mind a little atmosphere even on the holidays.