"Joseph Spence was from the Bahamas and played kind of an idiosyncratic guitar style. I like guitar players that don't play in any genre and he created his own... fabulous stuff and wonderful guitar player."Watch this moment
What's In My Bag № 632
Craig Leon
Craig Leon is an American-born record producer, composer and arranger currently living in England. Leon was instrumental in launching the careers of many recording artists including the Ramones, Suicide, Talking Heads and Blondie.
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Ep #632 ·
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What Craig Leon said · 4 records
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"this is probably one of the best records for me that they did this is pledging my love by Johnny Ace who wasn't more known because he had the unfortunate experience of playing Russian roulette backstage at a gig one night and winning so to speak backstage right when this was a hit."Watch this moment
"Van Dyke Parks did this album... he did authentic cover versions of his favorite 78 Calypso records and Trinidad records... those were the days when a big record company like Warner Brothers Records would give this guy a whole bunch of money to go in and record you know covers of 1978 Trinidadian folk songs."Watch this moment
"This is a fantastic reading, the end of the epidemic, 1984, Plague Mass Live. This is one of her greatest pieces and it's a live concert recording by the Record Plant."Watch this moment
Everything in the bag
5 records · pulled off the shelves at Amoeba Hollywood
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