Sunday, October 22, 2017

The Only Real Magic...

















We, the geezers who occasionally back my oldest kid, have not played much of late.

Mostly because our cymbal and the drum pounder had his bass pedal foot surgically reinforced with titanium a few months ago.

But last week we got together and, for all kinds of reasons, they let me wail away vocally on a couple of Tom Petty songs.

And I've got to say...

Having that 18 year-old feeling come rushing back in, if only for a few caterwauling minutes, was one helluva gift to be given on the eve of my 58th birthday.

Anyway...

The next day I received an Email from a very different drummer who powered the garage band that the earlier version of my 18 year-old kid sang along with occasionally all those years ago.

And that once much younger beat-keeper reminded me that it was that first Heartbreakers album that finally got us off the Zeppelin and moved us towards more straightforward things that, in the end, were a whole lot more fun to plow through way back in 1977.

All of which is just another way of saying that the magic is in the doing, now matter how, when, where or with whom.

The following was recorded, pretty much trick-free, a few minutes ago together with the whackadoodle and her partner, the krazy santa hat kat, down in the subterranean homesick blues room (i.e. the basement):




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15 comments:

istvan said...

Good one Ross.....

Lew said...

“…for all kinds of reasons, they let me wail away vocally on a couple of Tom Petty songs.”

Not the least of which is you wail nice.

RossK said...

Thanks istvan, much appreciated.

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Lew--

Thing is, the acoustic stuff is most definitely not the wailing.


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RossK said...

But thanks, too!


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davemj said...

I am impressed great version, heard the krazy kat ask for an encore the wackadoodle?did the cat get his /her tongue ?.

RossK said...

Thanks Dave--

Whackadoodle was curled up doing her best to ignore the KK...In her defense she was a little worn out - we'd had a good beach walk/stick chase session earlier in the day.


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West End Bob said...

Hopefully, stitches weren't required for the KK love bites, RossK!

Good job, BTW . . . .

RossK said...

Hey Bob--

Ha!

There's a junkyard cat in the neighbourhood that has been messing the KK up so we've been keeping him inside...He goes a little crazy sometimes.

Heads up...E has been playing the West End Farmers' Market...I'll let you know when the next one is going to be.


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West End Bob said...

Thanx for the heads up on E. 'Bout time for the market to close up just as we return to the city for the winter . . . .

Scotty on Denman said...

Enjoy your fifties. I’m glad you got off of Led Zep. Best to clean up for your sixties.

Keep on rockin!

RossK said...

Thanks Scotty--

Sorry if I wasn't clear...Luckily managed to get off the Zep before the age of 20*...Like so many of my kind at the time, after the relative straight ahead aspect of guys like TP and GThorogood to get us off the Prog-Rock, it was a very quick transition to the Ramones and all that followed.


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*Although I must say that I still have quite a fondness for those covers by the truly kick-ass Wilson sisters (and Mushroom Records alumni) from back in the day.


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Kim said...

Hey Ross K. Thank you for that.

I'd just like to add that the magic is in the doing in all of the arts. It's not about a finished product, it's the joy in the creating.

RossK said...

Kim--

Cazart!

You are absolutely right. Thanks.

(interestingly, that's the best part of doing experimental science also - huh...Never really thought of it that way before)



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Kim said...

Science and art intersect in the most interesting ways.

Anonymous said...

the song that stopped being played in 2017?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcsrblhn7A