What are you listening to?

[Ambios]

Minstrels of Mayhem...NOW album

[bellevivre]

Medieval Baebes, Musavenit Carminae

[lordwriothsley]

Minstrels of Mayhem...NOW album

I love the Minstrels of Mayhem. They are one of my favorite groups however I do miss the old group you know.

[Ambios]

Minstrels of Mayhem...NOW album

I love the Minstrels of Mayhem. They are one of my favorite groups however I do miss the old group you know.

Agreed.  I regret that I only ever had the pleasure of seeing them live twice.  So I content myself with my 3 (or is it 4) CD's!

[lordwriothsley]

Minstrels of Mayhem...NOW album

I love the Minstrels of Mayhem. They are one of my favorite groups however I do miss the old group you know.

Agreed.  I regret that I only ever had the pleasure of seeing them live twice.  So I content myself with my 3 (or is it 4) CD's!

To me seeing them live was a lot better than listening to one of their cd's however don't get me wrong their cd's were (and are) just as good.

[Lady Nicolette]

This....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpNVMjnDmY

[Ambios]

This....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpNVMjnDmY

Thanks for the intro, Lady Nicolette...VERY nice...I went there, and also found this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EmoVmHoFnM&feature=channel

[Lady Nicolette]

That is one of my favorites, Ambios!  I always play their "Auga de Mayo" CD on the way to first day at faire and then as the final CD on the last day of faire on the way home.

[Lady Nicolette]

Here's a lovely little nugget from 1970, from some TV show, apparently.  It's The Kaleidoscope, performing their electrified version of "The Cuckoo."  David Lindley (the originator of playing a guitar with a violin bow) is on electric guitar.  That's my dear friend, Sol, on lead vocals.  He used to play the Faires back in the day with bellydancers, one of the best middle eastern musicians ever (although he's just handling vocals here, he's fabulous on oud, saz, kanoun and nay).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkH-3eF_k4&feature=related

[Lady Nicolette]

Here's one from 1967 where you can hear Sol wail on the saz.  Very 60's, baby...take a bite of my resin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YxyZn1X_gM&feature=related

[Lady Nicolette]

And finally, because of the Woodstock anniversary, my favorite version of "Wooden Ships," which kind of captures the sadness and the beauty of the era...Grace's vocals always give me chills in this one.  Youtube has some incredible gems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIccZsURyLc&feature=fvw

[Lady Nicolette]

I would love to hear Empty Hats do a version of this..."The Hangman and The Papist," by The Strawbs (that's Rick Wakeman on keys):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDy6qXIWC8&feature=fvw

[Ambios]

I would love to hear Empty Hats do a version of this..."The Hangman and The Papist," by The Strawbs (that's Rick Wakeman on keys):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDy6qXIWC8&feature=fvw

Amen to that, Lady Nicolette.  Yet another thing you and I seem to have in common (besides our natural love of 60's and 70's music  ).....Carl, Gary, Linda, and Vicky would do a wonderful job with this.  Not to rub it in, but I'm lucky enough to share "home faire" with them...Bay Area Renaissance Festival here in Tampa......they call Gulfport (St. Pete) home.   

[Ambios]

And finally, because of the Woodstock anniversary, my favorite version of "Wooden Ships," which kind of captures the sadness and the beauty of the era...Grace's vocals always give me chills in this one.  Youtube has some incredible gems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIccZsURyLc&feature=fvw

Nice....and I like CSN's rendition of this as well.

[Ambios]

Here's one of my all time favorite Joan Baez tunes, Lady N....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujfqB1CD6VA

Also a big fan of 60's folk/protest music......grew up on PPM, Pete Seeger, Kingston Trio, early Simon & Garfunkel, etc, etc