Monday, May 22, 2017

It's Friends of Mine Week! No, Seriously -- It's Friends of Mine Week! I Really Mean It This Time!

From a 2003 tribute to The Who, please enjoy Seattle legend Jim Basnight and an absolutely wonderful cover of "I Can See For Miles."



I've never actually met Jim, but he's been a Facebook friend for a while now, and I always loved his work.

In case you;ve never heard him before, among other things, he used to be the front man of two absolutely fabulous and influential New Wave/power pop bands called, respectively, The Moberlys and then The Rockinghams.

That being the case (and it is), you can -- and very definitely should -- order a retrospective of 25 years of his music...


...over at Amazon HERE.

You're welcome. Oh, and incidentally, Jim informs me that Pete Townshend was pleased by the cover of "Miles." Much cooler than that it does not get.

Tomorrow: More interesting music, but by someone I actually HAVE met.

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7 comments:

  1. mainuh5/22/2017 9:24 AM

    Hope this youtube link works -
    Jim Basnight - I Can See For Miles

    https://youtu.be/zzDQ16ZN_pw

    rob

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  2. steve simels5/22/2017 9:54 AM

    Uh -- that's the same link I posted, isnt it?

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  3. mainuh5/22/2017 11:12 AM

    Sorry Steve,
    the link did not show up on my tablet.
    I tried,.. guess I'm just an old Kaypro guy... ;-)

    rob



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  4. steve simels5/22/2017 11:38 AM

    Hey -- I wrote this immortal masterpiece on a Kaypro.


    https://www.amazon.com/Gender-chameleons-Androgyny-Timbre-books/dp/0877956944

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  5. Anonymous5/22/2017 2:40 PM

    Quite good but it just duplicates the original track the same way Rundgren does his cover versions on 'Faithful'.

    A wonderful trick but I don't see the point. Put as much energy & creativity into either a different arrangement of the song or into an original song.

    Captain Al

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  6. buzzbabyjesus5/23/2017 10:50 PM

    Captures the original better than anyone should.

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  7. Dave5/26/2017 8:32 PM

    Go Kaypro brothers-in-arms. Kaypro, the first "portable" computer.

    Dave F, who also wrote a few books on a Kaypro and now has a bad back from lugging the "portable" computer.

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