Re: [bomp] master's apprentices

["Steve Lorkin" <brainss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

has anybody heard The Chimney Sweepers ???


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Branigin" <euphorik6@yahoo.com>
To: "bomp" <bomp@xnet2.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 12:06 AM
Subject: [bomp] master's apprentices


>
> wow - thanks everybody for the tips on aussie beat...i am sitting here
> listening to a CD of the master's apprentices (thanks mykel!!) and...god 
> damn,
> this shit is GREAT!! awesome guitar playing, killer harmonies, great
> songwriting...reminds me in a lot of ways of the early pretty things, but 
> with
> more of a pop sensibility, kind of a mix of the best parts of the beatles, 
> the
> stones, and the pretty things, with a dash of yardbirds thrown in here and
> there...i'm really surprised it took me this long to figure out how GOOD 
> these
> guys were. i mean, i liked "war or hands of time" from the nuggets 2 set,
> but...i dunno...i want to say that that track doesn't sound really
> representative of the band's sound, but i don't think that's really true. 
> more
> likely that this band had such a broad command of various styles that it 
> would
> have been very difficult, if not impossible, to single out one track 
> that's
> "representative" of their sound. sort of like picking out a beatles track 
> from
> 1966 that was representative of what they were doing that year.
>
> anyway, this is great stuff, and passes the litmus test for real 
> greatness, cuz
> these guys could do so many diufferent things so superlatively
> well..."undecided" and "poor boy" are killer r&b stompers, covers of bo's
> "dancing girl" and chuck berry's "johnny b goode" are great rockers - the
> latter kind of reminds me of keef's best chuck-style riffing (ie "around &
> around"), there's a really unique and cool take on the beatles' "i feel
> fine"...killer stuff, all around....thanks again everybody for the
> recommendation...it's gonna be a busy day, i still gotta get through the
> missing links disc! (and the earl king - thanks again mykel....)
>
> =====
> rob
>
> "...it is often a mark of talent to be useless."
> - allan pinkerton, 1878.
>
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