Ive been a Tom Waits fan since around 1974, I think. Saw him one night on Soundstage, a public TV thing. The next day I went out and ordered an album. No Tom Waits in stock. The heart of Saturday night, I believe. The guy at the record store thought I was crazy. Everyone else was buying Stairway to Heaven.:D:D

IIRC, I think my dad may have discovered him in '75 while stationed in Adak, AK.

A little Acccordion goes a long way ;). Our Blues Society would always book a Zydeco band for one slot in our Festival... always got the crowd dancin' ...

A favorite Blues Cruise memory ... Chubby Carrier on the pool deck stage with Lee Oskar (War) and pals ... the boat was freakin' rockin' as we left port somewhere in the Caribbean.... an Accordion verses Harmonica duel at sea ...

Low Rider :)

Other Big AZZ fancy ships just got teased as they towered above .... poof ... gone :)!

May have been 75 for me too.

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Wayne Toups and the Zydecajuns was a great concert. I think he did some prison time but he's still rockin' to this day.

That's a bad record store where the clerk is judging your musical tastes. I remember going into the RS to buy Who's Next and listening to a conversation the clerk was having with some of the Kool Kids about reggae and ska; I'd never heard of Peter Tosh before that.

Stairway to Heaven is good stuff. So is Heart of Saturday Night!

A guy has to be open to some variety for sure.

I had a computer sciences Prof that was a member of Those Darn Accordions. We were serenaded a couple of times.

Full time Geekster.

Along with "Those Darn Harmonicas" .... any solo longer than 30 seconds might cause me go grab another beer ;).... shaddup and play yer guitars :D....

I used to love hitting the record stores every Tuesday when the new releases appeared.... many times buying what they might be playing as I browsed the bins....

Peter Tosh was one like that .... discovered from his connection to the Stones.... who lead me to the blues way back when.... along with a few other blues influenced guitar heros :)....

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My folks loved these guys. Can’t get much more accordion that this! 🙂

I always thought you had to be a drunk to play one of those.

I think you're thinking of bagpipes

I really did LOL . :d :d :d

Bagpipes & Accordion & Harmonica & Cowbell = Hell's Orchestra

Hope the bar is open :D

Agree!

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You are so right.

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Just the fact an accordion thread got two pages of responses makes it cool! :)

Here's tonight's addition furthering this instrument's coolness. Back around 1995ish was a movie called "12 Monkeys" which depicted a humanity destroying epidemic and Bruce Willis.
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I always considered it as themesong for the impending TABSpocalypse :D

edit- And I am not poking fun at TABS, the TABpocalypse, Bruce Willis, or Accordian type instruments! This song (as is the movie where the young Bruce watches himself as Old Bruce get shot in an airport) is incredible. ":)

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Thanks, Leaky. Now I gotta watch that again...

Next week we talk about banjos.

frailing fretless banjos?!?!?!?! :D:D:D

Trust me Steve... This is the one that "got away" :)

It's worse than a Gary Larson cartoon, it's a fretless banjo! (And I wish I had of bought it!!!!)


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