-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial Reviews Amazon.com "Come and party with me, y'all," exhorts Bill Summers on Los Hombres Calientes' latest multi-culti celebration, telling you not only what the album is about and where he and co-leader Irvin Mayfield are from--the South, New Orleans to be precise--but also what their attitude is in breezing through Cuban and Brazilian styles, funk and jazz, samba and mambo and salsa. Though they have an agenda as world travelers, they're neither purists nor rootsologists; they're mostly after a good time and will toss anything into the mix to attain it. On "Carnival," their deepest and most sustained effort, their ability to synthesize styles is so secure, tributes to a pair of Crescent City legends, piano maven James Booker and bass funkster George Porter of Meters fame rub off happily on West African and Congolese numbers, and vice versa. Reaching back to the Satchmo tradition with his high, hard-edged, trilling solos, but flashing modernistic colors as well, Mayfield rides over and through the sound while Summer keeps things percolating on his usual assortment of percussion instruments. The hometown cast includes the Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins and the Mardis Gras Indians. Party on, indeed. --Lloyd Sachs

She's a foxey lady. I don't see how anyone could argue against that.

Well the non-panhandler was just keeping the middleman fees out of it. He should have been hired for his astute money management skills!

Then she's craddle robbing that lad with the flower on his face.

Robert, the Young, is moving in on Robert, the Old. She doesn't look much older than Young Robert and he was about 18 here, right?

Don't get me wrong, they both look fine. But she does look about 20 to me. He's what, about 60? 60 40 20 If she was 20, she could easily be his granddaughter, age wise.

I thought it sounded better than saying he looked like he could be her grandfather.

She looks fantastic. I'd swear she looks about 19 or 20 and if I didn't know, I'd think she was his granddaughter! Right On Robert!

Watching the African Queen with Humphrey Bogart. That movie is so good. Anyone else seen it?

Only major horse race I've been to was the 1984 Kentucky Derby. I was so wasted on Cap'n Morgan spiced rum I don't remember anything about the horses. Nor did I ever even see one. There were so many people on the infield where I was all I could do was hang out on a small hill overlooking the women's bathroom where guys would yell at the chicks to show your tits! It was tradition and many ladies did it! I did see a friend from several states away just roaming around though too. I remember going in and the entrance sign said NO BOOZE to be brought in. So I quickly drank some of my coke and filled the 2 liter up with the pint of rum. The gate attendent opened my bottle cap, smelled the coke and looked me right in the eye and said, GO IN. He screwed the cap back on and gave me my bottle! I was happy. That was my horse racing story.

A whole slew of YES bootlegs I just received from Canada. July 24, 1971 supporting the Yes Album, Bill Bruford on drums December 15, 1972 supporting Fragile and Close to the Edge, Alan White on drums December 11, 1974 the Relayer tour with Patrick Moraz I'm a happy camper tonight.

Thank you for letting this be known. I'd always been curious. Do you know what brand he used? And I wonder if he used a Nakamichi deck or what? So those stolen soundboard bootlegs that have come out were from cassette. Fascinating. I wonder too, if these most recent soundboards, Vancouver '75 etc. are from his personal collection or from the sound crew tapping into the boards during the shows. And if they're also cassettes.

Were those tapes reel-to-reel or cassettes? Did Jimmy use one or the other exclusively to record their shows? I hope the quality was only one generation away from the originals.