Thanks Dan, interesting stuff!

Yes, I enjoy this venue construct with Ultima Thule and also Hearts of Space which was the first 'ambient type' radio station I stumbled onto back in the 70s. The Hearts of Space (HOS) station has a new one hour broadcast each week you can listen too. If you subscribe to HOS then you can access their entire library of music. It's quite extensive and spans the globe. There was also a XM Radio station 'Audio Visions,' the Earth in Stereo) whose mix was always ambient; now listed as the SPA channel after XM merged with Sirius in 2011.

Off in another direction (although Brian Eno is a connection), I was listening to this old album recently and I do not think Bryan Ferry or Roxy Music have been mentioned previously
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12ic4D9g40

Some good tracks on this LP. Thanks Lex
I had heard the Smoke Gets In Your Eyes cover but not Wonderful World. Quite a different take. He did like a cover version, and some were amongst his best known tracks (eg Jealous Guy, Hard Rain not to mention Lets Stick Together) but here is one you might not have come across https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpzREN3CRi4&t=87s

Ah ... some good tracks Lex and flotsam

My favorite Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music tune is this.

Bryan Ferry was engaged to Jerry Hall when Jerry Hall met a married Mick Jagger - and then Mick and Jerry got together after that. I read this when I was reading about Bryan Ferry a while back.

The title track for the Bryan Ferry covers album is the one original track on the album and I think is strong but usually underrated.

My favourite Roxy Music tracks are Dance Away and Jealous Guy, and I think I had their Manifesto album on vinyl.

I went and dug out my vinyl versions of Roxy and Ferry and had a nostalgic red wine play.
I had a few more than I remembered
The Bride Stripped Bare was one and was recorded just after the events Marian referenced and apparently contained break up references. I will have to listen less red winely

I still love the earlier classics compared too today......but to be honest i like all types of music except i can't stand Punk Music....

When i was younger i enjoyed listening to ABBA & the Bay City Rollers now i love listening to Kenny Rogers...

Complete change of tack, but KISS are touring here at the moment. I saw them when they first toured in 1979 and we queued overnight to get tickets. We organised shifts, then it rained, then it rained harder, so the venue decided to start selling about midnight as there were already more people lined up than there were available seats. Well done them!
Do they even sell tickets like that anymore? If that was the only way to get tickets, who would you queue for in that way (prepared to camp out etc) if they came to a venue near you. It would probably be Led Zeppelin for me if they were ever to tour again.

I am not sure I would ever have camped out in a queue for tickets: that shows real dedication, and in any event I think it was a habit which only started after I was too old! These days I think it is more a matter of getting online like greased lightning when bookings open...

The other problem is venue size: it is unusual to find a well-known artist playing anywhere relatively small (which would always be my preference).

I would be interested in seeing Robert Plant live, whether in a a Led Zep reunion or one of his other incarnations, also the Cowboy Junkies and perhaps Sturgill Simpson (if not in too much of a bluegrass mood).

I'm going to Tampa to see Rod Stewart on Sept.3rd.

That sounds like great fun, Connie!!

I was in Tampa, Florida for three days when I was 11, having gone down there from New York City on a business trip with my father. I sure would not mind being there for Rod's concert.

Greased lighting is right Lex - and ditto on the small venue.
The Cowboy Junkies are touring here early next year and will be at a 2500 seat venue not too far from me. If that is snmall enough and you happen to be down this way ...
Enjoy Rod in Tampa connie

I've been listening to a lot of Great Van Fleet recently. Anyone else enjoying them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co This one gives me Led Zeppelin vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrWFu5k1Jpg This is my favorite.

Impressive stuff: I seem to remember that Robert Plant gave the vocalist quite an endorsement, perhaps posted by someone* earlier on this thread.

This clip is quite a good overview/introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8fJpZJOY8


*it was Marian https://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1263357/40

Those three brothers have a lot of talent and the drummer fits right in.

Thanks for the links Lex.

I have just purchased their EP From The Fires (cheap on iTunes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asFjbwOheHs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v9ynM9JZvw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpG8kgspBGQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22O7uNV_UJ0

Any one else enjoying the latest offering from Tedeschi Trucks Band? https://rocknloadmag.com/news/tedeschi-trucks-band-i-am-the-moon-crescent-album-series-review/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_smMxopFJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuf8eKna4wA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHsFAoXO0M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3E82oNrxQ

They are amazing. I posted a track of theirs a while back.

Some things improve with time...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xKM3mGt2pE

A nice version hagatha

Thanks hagatha: quite a nice album from which that is taken MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice

Looks like I need to check out the new stuff from Tedesdhi Truck! I love their music.

One of my favourite Tedeschi Trucks tracks is still their version of Everybody's Talkin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiWbBC0SouU