Your daily dose of Jam - 11 - 9 - 2008

If Sunday is the day of rest, why not spend that down time listening to some fantastic music? Can't argue with that.



Eminence Front. The Who. Great song, and an even greater band. One thing I've always wondered is who played the keyboard/piano for them. They had Keith Moon (RIP) on the drums, Pete Townshend on guitar, John Entwistle (RIP) on the bass guitar (and the french horn on occassion), and Roger Daltrey on vocals. The use of the keyboard, however, was essential to many of their greatest hits (i.e. Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'riley, Eminence Front, etc.). I'm guessing that Pete Townshend and some of the others composed the keyboard parts and just had a different person perform during each of their concerts.


My Dad (above) actually met The Who once : O Funny story. It was the late 1970's, and BooBoo (my dad) was a Jesus freak at the time. He was evangelizing at an airport in London at the time, when he noticed a large ruckus. It was The Who, walking towards one of the terminals. When my dad offered a Bible to Pete, Pete sneered and replied "I got me own God" and walked off. Pfft. Douchebag.




This next song is an instrumental by John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, titled Truth. It is off of their live album titled An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess. In terms of pure musical ability, these two are among the best in the world at their perspective instruments, with John on the guitar and Jordan on the piano. They both belong to a progressive rock band called Dream Theater, which has released over 11 albums.

I saw John Petrucci perform at G3 a couple years back. It's incredible how clean his sound is when you listen to how fast he strums.


Tanya made a good point when she reccomended uploading 2 songs every Monday, since Mondays usually suck, with the exception of MNF and heroes. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. I'll see what shape I'm in after working 2 jobs tomorrow : ( At least you'll have these 2 songs to hold you off in the meantime.


Enjoy!