[The Beatles thread]

I recently spent some time watching The Beatles on youtube. You watch that stuff and just scratch your head.

You must've been watching "Back in the USSR",

Mr. Igotta Scratchinitch

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

Set 2 of the Medeski, Martin and Wood show at the Bonnaroo Festival from June 14, 2003.

Amongst hardcore fans, they rate this as one of the very best. From what I've heard, I'd have to agree.

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

Natural Ingredients by Lucious Jackson.

[THE STEELY DAN THREAD]

How's it going "gaugetguru?" As promised, after some deep research, I found out that Jimmy Page did officially say for the record that Elliot Randall's guitar solo in the STEELY DAN classic song "Reeling In the Years" is his all-time favorite guitar solo ever. ROCK ON!

I'm glad your "deep research" confirmed what I had remembered !

Coincidence ain't it ?

Oh and ~tangerine~, around the time of the Royal Scam sessions, I thought Steely Dan might tour. There's an excellent recording of their studio sessions that were tight small unit basic tracks that could've easily been a road venture. They had so many musicians on those sessions they could've picked a touring band from. The bootleg is called Plastic Dildo. That've been a great show !!

[THE STEELY DAN THREAD]

Since Steely Dan weren't a tourig band, i never saw them live.

Actually during their first couple of years DID tour. Maybe you were too young or not even born yet to be aware of that at the time.

I have a couple of live shows they did in 1974 and they're great as a smaller combo. I enjoyed up through Gaucho and then they're DVD they did later on.

I think overall my favorite is Pretzel Logic. Parker's Band, Through with Buzz, Night by Night and Monkey in your Soul. Second would be Countdown to Ecstacy and that Rick Derringer solo on Show Biz Kids. Fantastic.

Who was it that said the solo the guest guitarist, Elliot Randall did on Reelin' in the Years was their all time favorite?

Was it Jimmy Page?

[What Are You Listening To At This Moment?]

Super Bad

[What's the weather like where you are?]

It was in the single digits this morning and is now around 20 degrees. Clouds move in tomorrow with a warming trend and by Wednesday the high will be about 65.