Stevie says she is working on a new record (Q Mag)

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Well Hello - arguably one of the best - though David may disagree

Me? No. He's a killer technician with his barreling barging belching style that lent such personality to the old Springsteen songs. Roy plays Texas- & Chicago-style ornamentation & embellishments: blues grace notes & double grace notes, tremolos, turns, octave lead-ins, arpeggios of course, boogie bass lines, rapid thirds & fourths, etc. He's great at syncopation. But mostly octaves -- in fact, Roy is a total master of octaves, at playing them rapidly & trippingly & frippingly & oh so quite hippingly. He's a big crashy stashy slashy mashy piano player, with near-total technical control of the ivories. I like the atmosphere he gave to all those old songs, like JUNGLELAND, OUT IN THE STREET, THE PROMISED LAND, & ROSALITA. I mean, GOLD & BRAID wouldn't be half the song it is without him.

I'd love to hear you guys post some of your playing. Would you consider? I like to hear how others tackle the challenges that Chris & Stevie present (such as they are).

As for SONGBIRD's chord progression, it's a variant of I-IV-V. F major is I, Bb major is IV, & C major is V. Beethoven would have scoffed at it & called it a Schusterfleck.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

. . . with his barreling barging belching style that lent such personality to the old Springsteen songs. Roy plays Texas- & Chicago-style ornamentation & embellishments: blues grace notes & double grace notes, tremolos, turns, octave lead-ins, arpeggios of course, boogie bass lines, rapid thirds & fourths, etc. He's great at syncopation. But mostly octaves -- in fact, Roy is a total master of octaves, at playing them rapidly & trippingly & frippingly & oh so quite hippingly. He's a big crashy stashy slashy mashy piano player, with near-total technical control of the ivories. I like the atmosphere he gave to all those old songs, like JUNGLELAND, OUT IN THE STREET, THE PROMISED LAND, & ROSALITA. I mean, GOLD & BRAID wouldn't be half the song it is without him.

a compliment - I think

Originally Posted by David

I'd love to hear you guys post some of your playing. . . . . [/I].

Surgeries on two finger (left hand) and my son of a Beeyotch ex sold my Steinway M (now he has a B - circa 1930's ) -- I a unsure if I could represent

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Surgeries on two finger (left hand) and my son of a Beeyotch ex sold my Steinway M (now he has a B - circa 1930's ) -- I a unsure if I could represent

You disappoint me, friend. We stand at the precipice, my friend. We are looking out over the chasm of serendipity, the gulf of a New You. No more excuses, no more pain, no more turning away from the Good, the True, the Free. You must share your music with me, not to judge but to express the joy that is in me, the joy that wants to burble its way to the top, like a little bubble in a bathtub. Hejira, too. Where did she go?