Doug Collette, Author at Glide Magazine

Little Feat – Keeping Pace with Hayward & Payne (Richie Hayward INTERVIEW)

Doug Collette September 16, 2008 No Comments

One of rock’s greatest improvisational bands, Little Feat regrouped in the eighties after disbanding for a short interval in the wake of the death of founder and titular leader Lowell George. Little Feat’s Richie Hayward took a few moments to discuss Join The Band as well as other activities with which he fills his time personally and professionally. It was a conversation as good natured and unhurried as the music of the group for which he is drummer and founding member.

Hot Tuna: Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT 9/02/08

Doug Collette September 15, 2008 No Comments

Long before any mention was made of Hot Tuna’s first (live) album, the atmosphere at Higher Ground September 2nd was very reminiscent of that eponymous work released in 1970. Quiet but focused musicianship among three empathetic highly skilled instrumentalists generated an intimate mood the likes of which is rare at any venue.

The Felice Brothers: Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT 9/4/08

Doug Collette September 11, 2008 No Comments

How startling it is to watch and listen to The Felice Brothers? Imagine if you will five characters that seem to have walked straight out of tunes from Bob Dylan and The Band’s Basement Tapes. Their connection with the rustic mythos suggests they heard that music as infants or perhaps even Music From Big Pink, from within the womb?

Chicago: Stone of Sisyphus

Doug Collette September 3, 2008 No Comments

Stone of Sisyphus is the great-lost Chicago album, at least till now with its release via Rhino. Recorded in 1993 in the wake of a series of middle-of –the road commercial successes, and originally intended as Chicago XXII, the album was conceived by the band and its producer Peter Wolf (once a Zappa sideman) as a return to the early approach the band utilized in creating original material arranged with room for improvisation.

Santana: Multi-Dimensional Warrior

Doug Collette August 28, 2008 No Comments

The concept and title of this two CD anthology simultaneously sugarcoats and dilutes Carlos Santana’s circuitous career path. Designed and aimed at listeners who (re) discovered the man with his mainstream resurgence in 1999, it will fill that void and still leave those consumers ignorant of why he deserved a chance at commercial redemption.

The Orrin Keepnews Collection: Montgomery, Adderley, Tyner, Rollins, Hawkins

Doug Collette August 25, 2008 No Comments

Released under the aegis of The Concord Music Group, this ongoing series of titles depicts Keepnews, to this day a man of discerning ear and literate mind, in the roles of fan, label founder and record producer. As a visionary strategist and one of the staunchest supporters this music has ever known, he, like the best of these CDs reflects the vigor and imagination of the art itself.

Return to Forever: United Palace Theatre, New York, NY 8/7/08

Doug Collette August 18, 2008 No Comments

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Dimeola and Lenny White could do no wrong for the near capacity crowd populating The United Palace Theatre August 6th. This may explain why the quartet known as Return to Forever, acknowledged the roar of acclamation from the audience by immediately striding to the front of the stage, as performers usually do at the end of their show.

Grateful Dead: Road Trips Vol. 1 Number 3

Doug Collette August 11, 2008 No Comments

The Grateful Dead Road Trips series of archive recordings is turning out to be as confounding –and satisfying—in its own way as the bands’ own live performances. For instance, the first release works best if you begin in the middle with the second disc, while its successor flourishes in the most consistent manner only on its bonus CD.

Midnight Oil: Disel and Dust – Legacy Edition

Doug Collette August 5, 2008 No Comments

Midnight Oil never made rock and roll more anthemic than that contained on Diesel and Dust and the exaltation permeates the DVD as well as the CD included in this double-disc reissue.

Dr. Dog: Fate

Doug Collette July 31, 2008 No Comments

Fate gives the lie to the notion Dr Dog are too eccentric for their own good. Five albums on at this point, it’s clear the band is working in a most purposeful, albeit unorthodox manner.

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