Being of the "Boomer Gen" I feel I should know more about the music of the '60s and '70s. I amaze myself when I "discover" a "new" artist. But here it is I discovered Tom Waits on Rhapsody this morning and he is my "new" old favorite of the day.
I read about him on the web and could not understand how I did not know him. When my wife came strolling in for breakfast, I casually ask her if she knew Tom Waits and to my distress--she did. And now she claims she has "heard" of Beefheart.
Well, I guess my ongoing point is that Rhapsody is good and like the web, in general, it "leads" me down new avenues.
I still can't get the sample of the playlist you recommended to me to open up.
ReplyDeleteI assume that since you are talking about the sixties and seventies, you meant Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band rather than the dance song Beefheart by Ruby. I sampled them on itunes and am intrigued by what I heard and read about him. I was unable to find his most popular album according to Wikipedia, Trout Mask Replica on itunes, but I could sample the CD at Amazon.
Tom Waits wasn't too exciting to me. By the way, I don't think I had ever heard of either of these guys before.
So far I like Tom better than Capt.
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