{"id":10538,"date":"2016-03-31T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2016-03-31T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T13:27:09","slug":"current-and-coming-attractions-spring-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/31\/current-and-coming-attractions-spring-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Current and Coming Attractions, Spring 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a busy boy lately, and not just as pertains to this blog.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve placed features in the <i>Colorado Springs Independent<\/i>; in addition to the weekly \u201cSound Advice\u201d column I share with fellow critic <b>Loring Wirbel<\/b>, I write features for that altweekly. Those appear here two weeks after they run on csindy.com and in print.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing nearly every week for my hometown altweekly, <i>Mountain Xpress<\/i>. Twice a month I write the \u201c30 Days Out\u201d online column, previewing upcoming local shows. And I cover quite a few artists \u2013 local and touring \u2013 via features and interviews. Those show up on Musoscribe after the standard two-week embargo, too.<\/p>\n<p>My features and reviews have appeared (or will soon run) in magazines and altweeklies across the nation, in markets including San Diego, Atlanta, Chicago, Athens (Georgia), Richmond, Pittsburgh, and quite a few others.<\/p>\n<p>But what I <i>really<\/i> want to tell you about today is a string of liner notes projects I&#8217;ve been working on.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10541\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mason_cd.jpg\" alt=\"mason_cd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mason_cd.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mason_cd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dave Mason \u2013 <\/b><i><b>The Columbia Years: The Definitive Anthology<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nYou may know Dave Mason from his on-again\/off-again tenure in <b>Traffic<\/b>. Maybe you know him from his solo hits like \u201cWe Just Disagree\u201d <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01AAU2QS8&amp;asins=B01AAU2QS8&amp;linkId=87990bb96764cef4344b4eb0ee42eafa&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> or his oft-covered \u201cOnly You Know and I Know.\u201d Or \u2013 less likely, I admit \u2013 maybe you know his name from reading <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/05\/new-crest-on-an-old-wave-the-dave-mason-interview-part-one\/\">my interview with him<\/a> back in November 2014. Regardless, he&#8217;s a major name in rock history. A new 2CD collection presents a survey of the best songs from his days recording for Columbia Records. Back over the holidays \u2013 Christmas Eve, in fact \u2013 I spent some time on the phone with Mason, going through the songs on <i>The Definitive Anthology<\/i>, track-by-track, getting his reminiscences. The result was my 2000-word liner note essay for the CD set, released April 4.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10542\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fogelberg_cd.jpg\" alt=\"fogelberg_cd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fogelberg_cd.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fogelberg_cd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dan Fogelberg \u2013 <\/b><i><b>The Definitive Anthology<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nMy first wife was and remains a big fan of Dan Fogelberg, so I&#8217;m pretty familiar with his catalog. I remember one of the first reviews <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01CPWU3XO&amp;asins=B01CPWU3XO&amp;linkId=444f97ca730655caf8810669fb262345&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> I read of his work \u2013 in <i>The Rolling Stone Record Guide<\/i>, I believe \u2013 that described him as (paraphrasing here) a one man band who records himself to sound like <b>Eagles<\/b>. That&#8217;s not too wide of the mark, though Fogelberg had a signature sound of his own. This 2CD set collects the best from his most well-known period, and save a couple of 1980s clunkers (hey, nearly every major artist suffered a misstep around that time, so let&#8217;s give him a well-deserved pass), it&#8217;s a solid set. Since the artist passed away in 2007, my liner notes are based on research and critical perspective. And my ex was kind enough to lend me her stack of Fogelberg LPs. <i>The Definitive Anthology<\/i> will be available starting May 6.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10540\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_price_cd.jpg\" alt=\"adderley_price_cd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_price_cd.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_price_cd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cannonball Adderley \u2013 <\/b><i><b>The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nOkay, this is big. I&#8217;m a longtime fan of Julian \u201cCannonball\u201d Adderley (the folks at Real Gone Music call me an \u201cAdderley acolyte\u201d). I wrote the liner notes and designed the package for the first-ever <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01CPWU4A6&amp;asins=B01CPWU4A6&amp;linkId=8c78de61f9bc38644c5cd83b4fa3e7eb&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> CD reissue of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/19\/coming-attractions-stay-tuned\/\"><i>The Black Messiah<\/i><\/a> a couple of years ago, and then last year did the same for (plus co-produced) a CD version of Cannon&#8217;s last-recorded album, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/03\/rick-wakeman-cannonball-adderley-and-me\/\"><i>Big Man: The Legend of John Henry<\/i><\/a>. Now in 2016, I&#8217;m proud to have written liner notes (and done the package design) for two more Adderley titles. <i>The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free<\/i> was a 2LP set released in 1970, and featured the Quintet plus <b>Nat Adderley Jr.<\/b> and some other high-profile guests. It&#8217;s a studio\/live hybrid, and features <b>Joe Zawinul<\/b>&#8216;s last sessions with Cannon. My liner note essay is based in part upon a conversation with drummer <b>Roy McCurdy<\/b>, the last surviving member of that era&#8217;s Quintet. Available May 6.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10539\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_music_cd.jpg\" alt=\"adderley_music_cd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_music_cd.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adderley_music_cd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cannonball Adderley \u2013 <\/b><i><b>Music, You All<\/b><\/i><br \/>\nThe Quintet&#8217;s residency at Hollywood&#8217;s Troubadour yielded the tapes from which <i>The Black Messiah<\/i> was drawn. But after Adderley&#8217;s death, his producer and close friend <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/06\/album-review-david-axelrods-messiah\/\"><b>David Axelrod<\/b><\/a> went <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01CPWU3UM&amp;asins=B01CPWU3UM&amp;linkId=7947e07803584a034f411773660e1654&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> back to those tapes and compiled <i>Music, You All,<\/i><i><b> <\/b><\/i>another single-LP set, with no duplication from the earlier collection. Like <i>The Black Messiah<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/09\/box-set-review-george-duke-the-era-will-prevail\/\"><b>George Duke<\/b><\/a> is the keyboard player on these tracks. Roy McCurdy&#8217;s conversation with me forms the backbone of my liner note essay. I did the package design for this never-before-reissued set, too. Available May 6.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say that there&#8217;s more I&#8217;d like to tell you about, but some projects haven&#8217;t gotten their official announcement yet. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a busy boy lately, and not just as pertains to this blog. I&#8217;ve placed features in the Colorado Springs Independent; in addition to the weekly \u201cSound Advice\u201d column [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,42,49,62,64],"tags":[460,2656,626,1796],"class_list":["post-10538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compilation","category-jazz","category-new-release","category-rawk","category-reissue","tag-cannonball-adderley","tag-dan-fogelberg","tag-dave-mason","tag-real-gone-music","cat-19-id","cat-42-id","cat-49-id","cat-62-id","cat-64-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10549,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions\/10549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}