OT: band you've never posted before

[Bigboote]

I'm always looking for something new. Post something from a band whom you've never posted before. I don't expect everyone to remember every band they've posted, but at least try to think about what you've posted recently.

Of course, only one song per band, since once you've posted a song from them, you've already posted something by them. (All tautologies are tautologies.)

First up, Finnish postrock band Hidria Spacefolk

 

[Bigboote]

Steve Hillage is an English guitarist whose music has been somewhere between rock, progressive, and avant-garde. Here he is doing his rendition of Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man.

 

[Bigboote]

Hokay, mon, one more. Tim Blake was an alum of Gong (along with Steve Hillage). I first heard this song on "The Space Cadet Show" on the UVA station when I was in graduate school. Still love it.

 

[Hoops66]

While visiting in Canada in the last century I went to a Doug and the Slugs concert. Pretty darn good as I remember, Eh.

 

[Huskee11]

Listened to Los Lobos a lot back in the 80's, kind of forgot about them and then had the chance to actually see them in Hartford a couple of years ago. This is my favorite song of theirs.

 

[Dogdude]

A few years back I was on a panel of judges for a folk society, and this entry struck me more than anything else. Tons of people with guitars singing of lost love or whatever problem was in their head, and 60 entires in this pops up.

 

[Hoops66]

One hit wonders?

 

[Hoops66]

 

[64Zcode]

I own quite a bit of 'odd' stuff that doesn't often qualify for these threads.

The Swimming Pool Qs - Now I'm Talking About Now
Album version:




Live version almost 30 years later
(Some interesting things I see - the drum kit appears to be configured mirror-image to most kits and in the comments it is mentioned that Jeff has been known to make his own stringed instruments, this one has an interesting sound. I'm willing to bet that BB knows the correct name for it...)

 

[Bigboote]

I own quite a bit of 'odd' stuff that doesn't often qualify for these threads.

The Swimming Pool Qs - Now I'm Talking About Now
Album version:




Live version almost 30 years later
(Some interesting things I see - the drum kit appears to be configured mirror-image to most kits and in the comments it is mentioned that Jeff has been known to make his own stringed instruments, this one has an interesting sound. I'm willing to bet that BB knows the correct name for it...)

That’s a bet you’d win. That’s a dulcimer, albeit as you pointed out, a non-standard one, probably partly to get the electronics in it and to make it playable standing up.

The dulcimer has a sound box that runs the length of the strings (i. e., no neck). The standard (mountain/Appalachian/lap) dulcimer is played on the lap, and the traditional style has a doubled melody string and a couple of drones. This one does appear to have the doubled bottom string plus three more. He allows the top strings to drone much of the time, but does make chords sometimes too.

[Yes, I’m a dulcimer player (well, was till arthritis trashed my hands), and I made and sold them for several years.]

Very cool!

 

[Bigboote]

Great stuff folks, I’m learning a lot. Keep ‘em coming.

 

[Boreifs]

 

[SalinasV]