Posted on 05/24/2023 12:38:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
yes, that's what he did the last time I saw "Side Eye".
I have always liked George Benson, but have not had the opportunity to listen to that album...will check it out!
Yep, not really one of my favorties, but "James" is an awesome tune. I preferred when Lyle stuck with the acoustic piano, rather than the synths.
Lyle Mays was a brilliant guy, no doubt about it.
He loved music and mathematics.
I got to see the Orchestrion tour with Pat, that was incredible.
He uses one or two of those instruments in Side Eye. He sure has an imagination.
Metheny trivia, he says he never eats before a concert, preferring to be “hungry”, says he performs better. I can believe that. Although he allows his drummer to have a minor solo here or there, he believes the drummers sole purpose is time keeping, and said as much last time I saw him. Even though his drummers are no slackers.
I’m still partial to the original PMG lineup with Danny Gottlieb and Mark Egan. I always hoped the original four would get back together, but alas, it’s not to be.
“The Beatles couldn’t hold his pick.”
There’s a difference between being a great player and being a great songwriter though. How many songs has Montgomery written that people will be singing 100 years from now? Probably close to zero I’d reckon.
So why get bothered if a great musician covers great songs written by great songwriters, just because those songwriters weren’t the best musicians? Seems a bit silly to me.
When I was a teenager in the mid to late-70s, my best friend, who had excellent taste in music, introduced me to George Benson as well as Steely Dan. I had already become a big fan of Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles prior to that. Of course, in those days you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting an excellent band or solo musician. Today’s alleged music scene is a bone-dry desert by comparison, which is why you so often see commercials using music from the era we’re describing, even today. Aside from the pathetically inane themes and lyrics of today’s “music”, the biggest difference is that almost none of these current people are actual musicians or songwriters (and there are no bands any more). It’s just cookie cutter singers who all sound the same, and whose vocals are heavily processed using digital crutches like Autotune. It’s all so boring.
I agree with what you are saying. I just don’t think Beatles are that great. Sorry.
Well, everyone’s entitled to their opinion.
Not anymore!
None better.
“When he came out w/Breezin’ in the 70’s he probably multiplied his income 2000 times. Before that, he was a bar-band jazz player in the “chitlin” circuit and nobody ever knew he could sing, and sing very well.”
I read in Ted Templeman’s bio that he and Tommy LiPuma “discovered” Benson singing when they randomly stopped at a club outside San Francisco. I was fortunate to see him live when he was touring behind “Breezin”. I’m a life-long guitar player and I’ve seen many of the greats...his dexterity and phrasing were dazzling.
Yeah. Not a lot of people know Benson before Breezin.
They can check out this mad genius level 1960’s multi-track gem. Could have been a James Bond theme song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIGwwgJnWI&list=PL0RNmJPHxmg8x9JNGrpqvcrMYC2j2HK8f&index=3
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