Dan Lehr
@danlehr.bsky.social
music rambler, journalist in Chattanooga
Things I wish I had been present to hear
June 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Things I wish I had been present to hear
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When you get mugged by an exclamation point on Wikipedia
June 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
When you get mugged by an exclamation point on Wikipedia
Do you like to stretch your 🎹 possibilities a little bit?
Howard Riley (d. Feb. 8th, 81) is for you: open.spotify.com/album/0qTJwY...
Howard Riley (d. Feb. 8th, 81) is for you: open.spotify.com/album/0qTJwY...
April 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Do you like to stretch your 🎹 possibilities a little bit?
Howard Riley (d. Feb. 8th, 81) is for you: open.spotify.com/album/0qTJwY...
Howard Riley (d. Feb. 8th, 81) is for you: open.spotify.com/album/0qTJwY...
"Deixe de Afobação" from VITAL FARIAS (1978) by Vital Farias (d. Feb. 6th, 82).
open.spotify.com/track/1SKtOc...
open.spotify.com/track/1SKtOc...
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"Deixe de Afobação" from VITAL FARIAS (1978) by Vital Farias (d. Feb. 6th, 82).
open.spotify.com/track/1SKtOc...
open.spotify.com/track/1SKtOc...
One could say 🎹ist Mike Ratledge (d. Feb. 5th, 81) was the nucleus of the Soft Machine throughout most of its existence.
If I had to recommend 1 album it'd be their first: open.spotify.com/album/0ClV7a...
If I had to recommend 1 album it'd be their first: open.spotify.com/album/0ClV7a...
April 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One could say 🎹ist Mike Ratledge (d. Feb. 5th, 81) was the nucleus of the Soft Machine throughout most of its existence.
If I had to recommend 1 album it'd be their first: open.spotify.com/album/0ClV7a...
If I had to recommend 1 album it'd be their first: open.spotify.com/album/0ClV7a...
the words 'steel guitar' & 'avant garde' don't often appear near each other, but Susan Alcorn (d. Jan. 31st, 71) shows the way.
I like her last official release so much that I let it break my 'no songs over 20:00 in the rip playlist' rule
open.spotify.com/track/2ARMdY...
I like her last official release so much that I let it break my 'no songs over 20:00 in the rip playlist' rule
open.spotify.com/track/2ARMdY...
March 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
the words 'steel guitar' & 'avant garde' don't often appear near each other, but Susan Alcorn (d. Jan. 31st, 71) shows the way.
I like her last official release so much that I let it break my 'no songs over 20:00 in the rip playlist' rule
open.spotify.com/track/2ARMdY...
I like her last official release so much that I let it break my 'no songs over 20:00 in the rip playlist' rule
open.spotify.com/track/2ARMdY...
Learned this year that I've ignored the deep & rewarding oeuvre of Marianne Faithfull (d. Jan. 30th, 78).
Her 4 best LPs:
RICH KID BLUES (recorded 1971ish)
BROKEN ENGLISH (1979)
BEFORE THE POISON (2004)
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY (2021)
Her 4 best LPs:
RICH KID BLUES (recorded 1971ish)
BROKEN ENGLISH (1979)
BEFORE THE POISON (2004)
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY (2021)
March 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Learned this year that I've ignored the deep & rewarding oeuvre of Marianne Faithfull (d. Jan. 30th, 78).
Her 4 best LPs:
RICH KID BLUES (recorded 1971ish)
BROKEN ENGLISH (1979)
BEFORE THE POISON (2004)
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY (2021)
Her 4 best LPs:
RICH KID BLUES (recorded 1971ish)
BROKEN ENGLISH (1979)
BEFORE THE POISON (2004)
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY (2021)
🎹ist Barry Goldberg (d. Jan. 22nd, 83) is one of those musicians on the periphery worth discovering, close to much that was happening but not distinguishable enough on his own. Played with Steve Miller, co-founded the Electric Flag, played on SUPER SESSION, etc.
open.spotify.com/track/1TBOs3...
open.spotify.com/track/1TBOs3...
March 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🎹ist Barry Goldberg (d. Jan. 22nd, 83) is one of those musicians on the periphery worth discovering, close to much that was happening but not distinguishable enough on his own. Played with Steve Miller, co-founded the Electric Flag, played on SUPER SESSION, etc.
open.spotify.com/track/1TBOs3...
open.spotify.com/track/1TBOs3...
Would read a 3000-word oral history of this encounter.
March 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Would read a 3000-word oral history of this encounter.
Johan Slager (d. Jan. 22nd, 78) founded & played guitar for the Dutch prog rock band Kayak, a promotional photo of whom reveals he's the shortest member of the band by far, even with boots (no offense to short people intended).
open.spotify.com/track/5O9UHx...
open.spotify.com/track/5O9UHx...
February 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Johan Slager (d. Jan. 22nd, 78) founded & played guitar for the Dutch prog rock band Kayak, a promotional photo of whom reveals he's the shortest member of the band by far, even with boots (no offense to short people intended).
open.spotify.com/track/5O9UHx...
open.spotify.com/track/5O9UHx...
Ever wonder what Fairport Convention would sound like if they adapted traditional French, not English, music?
Malicorne has you covered. Conceived & fronted by Gabriel Yacoub (d. Jan. 22nd, 72).
open.spotify.com/album/0JHEmx...
Malicorne has you covered. Conceived & fronted by Gabriel Yacoub (d. Jan. 22nd, 72).
open.spotify.com/album/0JHEmx...
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ever wonder what Fairport Convention would sound like if they adapted traditional French, not English, music?
Malicorne has you covered. Conceived & fronted by Gabriel Yacoub (d. Jan. 22nd, 72).
open.spotify.com/album/0JHEmx...
Malicorne has you covered. Conceived & fronted by Gabriel Yacoub (d. Jan. 22nd, 72).
open.spotify.com/album/0JHEmx...
& now it's the great Garth Hudson (d. Jan. 21st, 87), biggest 2025 name so far
Recorded 💯 of Basement Tapes songs
only played on (by my count) 45% of them
Adds magic to every single Band song-making the Band the Band
1 solo LP, released 9/11/01, an oddity/wonder: open.spotify.com/album/4c46Vt...
Recorded 💯 of Basement Tapes songs
only played on (by my count) 45% of them
Adds magic to every single Band song-making the Band the Band
1 solo LP, released 9/11/01, an oddity/wonder: open.spotify.com/album/4c46Vt...
February 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
& now it's the great Garth Hudson (d. Jan. 21st, 87), biggest 2025 name so far
Recorded 💯 of Basement Tapes songs
only played on (by my count) 45% of them
Adds magic to every single Band song-making the Band the Band
1 solo LP, released 9/11/01, an oddity/wonder: open.spotify.com/album/4c46Vt...
Recorded 💯 of Basement Tapes songs
only played on (by my count) 45% of them
Adds magic to every single Band song-making the Band the Band
1 solo LP, released 9/11/01, an oddity/wonder: open.spotify.com/album/4c46Vt...
bc I married a woman of Greek heritage & was fortunate to discover it fairly early I am a sucker for Greek music. Give me a fluttering stringed instrument a minor key & an irregular time signature & I'm all in.
Kaiti Grey [Καίτη Γκρέυ] (d. Jan. 19th, 100) delivered.
open.spotify.com/track/2D7g5B...
Kaiti Grey [Καίτη Γκρέυ] (d. Jan. 19th, 100) delivered.
open.spotify.com/track/2D7g5B...
February 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
bc I married a woman of Greek heritage & was fortunate to discover it fairly early I am a sucker for Greek music. Give me a fluttering stringed instrument a minor key & an irregular time signature & I'm all in.
Kaiti Grey [Καίτη Γκρέυ] (d. Jan. 19th, 100) delivered.
open.spotify.com/track/2D7g5B...
Kaiti Grey [Καίτη Γκρέυ] (d. Jan. 19th, 100) delivered.
open.spotify.com/track/2D7g5B...
David Lynch (d. Jan. 16th, 78) put out several LPs.
This is what I'd recommend, but if you don't like the Flaming Lips or Ween, I'd pass on this one.
Strong recommend for watching 'the Art Life.'
open.spotify.com/album/3VRPkm...
This is what I'd recommend, but if you don't like the Flaming Lips or Ween, I'd pass on this one.
Strong recommend for watching 'the Art Life.'
open.spotify.com/album/3VRPkm...
February 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
David Lynch (d. Jan. 16th, 78) put out several LPs.
This is what I'd recommend, but if you don't like the Flaming Lips or Ween, I'd pass on this one.
Strong recommend for watching 'the Art Life.'
open.spotify.com/album/3VRPkm...
This is what I'd recommend, but if you don't like the Flaming Lips or Ween, I'd pass on this one.
Strong recommend for watching 'the Art Life.'
open.spotify.com/album/3VRPkm...
Had no idea Melba Montgomery (d. Jan. 15th, 86) was still with us.
She was 1/2 of *the definitive* male-female country music duo, bc no woman sounded as much like George Jones as she did. She wrote about half of their songs, too. which are golden, pure, righteous.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1EF...
She was 1/2 of *the definitive* male-female country music duo, bc no woman sounded as much like George Jones as she did. She wrote about half of their songs, too. which are golden, pure, righteous.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1EF...
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Had no idea Melba Montgomery (d. Jan. 15th, 86) was still with us.
She was 1/2 of *the definitive* male-female country music duo, bc no woman sounded as much like George Jones as she did. She wrote about half of their songs, too. which are golden, pure, righteous.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1EF...
She was 1/2 of *the definitive* male-female country music duo, bc no woman sounded as much like George Jones as she did. She wrote about half of their songs, too. which are golden, pure, righteous.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1EF...
နိုင်မြန်မာ (d. Feb. 7th, 68) was a musician who wrote Myanmar's definitive protest anthem, a song based loosely on "Dust in the Wind"
The 1st 30 seconds of these songs back to back reveals နိုင်မြန်မာ was no flash-in-the-pan Kansas fan:
open.spotify.com/track/3cgsPH...
open.spotify.com/track/6ETZTT...
The 1st 30 seconds of these songs back to back reveals နိုင်မြန်မာ was no flash-in-the-pan Kansas fan:
open.spotify.com/track/3cgsPH...
open.spotify.com/track/6ETZTT...
February 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
နိုင်မြန်မာ (d. Feb. 7th, 68) was a musician who wrote Myanmar's definitive protest anthem, a song based loosely on "Dust in the Wind"
The 1st 30 seconds of these songs back to back reveals နိုင်မြန်မာ was no flash-in-the-pan Kansas fan:
open.spotify.com/track/3cgsPH...
open.spotify.com/track/6ETZTT...
The 1st 30 seconds of these songs back to back reveals နိုင်မြန်မာ was no flash-in-the-pan Kansas fan:
open.spotify.com/track/3cgsPH...
open.spotify.com/track/6ETZTT...
Osibisa was a Ghanaian band based in London, led by saxophonist Teddy Osei (d. Jan. 14th, 87). A long discography with their first half-dozen or so from the early 1970s all worth checking out: open.spotify.com/track/4z7DIu...
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Osibisa was a Ghanaian band based in London, led by saxophonist Teddy Osei (d. Jan. 14th, 87). A long discography with their first half-dozen or so from the early 1970s all worth checking out: open.spotify.com/track/4z7DIu...
Mark Izu (d. Jan. 12th, 70) (double bass) played with Cecil Taylor. He successfully fuses traditional Japanese theater music & American jazz, eg "Heroism" from the quite enjoyable NAVARASA: DUETS FOR SHAKUHACHI & CONTRABASS [2010]:
open.spotify.com/track/3IVJfL...
open.spotify.com/track/3IVJfL...
February 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mark Izu (d. Jan. 12th, 70) (double bass) played with Cecil Taylor. He successfully fuses traditional Japanese theater music & American jazz, eg "Heroism" from the quite enjoyable NAVARASA: DUETS FOR SHAKUHACHI & CONTRABASS [2010]:
open.spotify.com/track/3IVJfL...
open.spotify.com/track/3IVJfL...
Yes fired Peter Banks in 1970.
Their loss.
He smoked them for the next 3 years with his new act, Flash, fronted by Colin Carter (d. Jan. 10, 76), this album in particular:
open.spotify.com/album/50v7jC...
Their loss.
He smoked them for the next 3 years with his new act, Flash, fronted by Colin Carter (d. Jan. 10, 76), this album in particular:
open.spotify.com/album/50v7jC...
January 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes fired Peter Banks in 1970.
Their loss.
He smoked them for the next 3 years with his new act, Flash, fronted by Colin Carter (d. Jan. 10, 76), this album in particular:
open.spotify.com/album/50v7jC...
Their loss.
He smoked them for the next 3 years with his new act, Flash, fronted by Colin Carter (d. Jan. 10, 76), this album in particular:
open.spotify.com/album/50v7jC...
Sam Moore (d. Jan. 10th, 89) was the higher-voiced half of Sam & Dave, every salmon's favorite soul act.
This is far & away their best song because of Duck Dunn on bass, just listen to him go.
open.spotify.com/track/6PgVDY...
This is far & away their best song because of Duck Dunn on bass, just listen to him go.
open.spotify.com/track/6PgVDY...
January 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sam Moore (d. Jan. 10th, 89) was the higher-voiced half of Sam & Dave, every salmon's favorite soul act.
This is far & away their best song because of Duck Dunn on bass, just listen to him go.
open.spotify.com/track/6PgVDY...
This is far & away their best song because of Duck Dunn on bass, just listen to him go.
open.spotify.com/track/6PgVDY...