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Title: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: JC85 on June 12, 2020, 04:31:50 AM
With all of the craziness going on in the world (WHICH WE WILL NOT DISCUSS! remember the rules, guys; don't want this thread nuked) I find myself turning to music, when things become too much. This is the song that I've been turning to, lately, when things start to overwhelm me. Who else has a song that soothes their soul when the world seems too intense?

https://youtu.be/gr_eVcCAUXo
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 12, 2020, 05:54:04 AM
Great old tune, I listen to a lot of Bluegrass for an escape, tunes about booze, some gospel and murdering your old lady take me to a happier place.

We need to plan another nut feast!
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: s1120 on June 12, 2020, 07:27:51 AM
When it comes to peasefull soothing tones its tough to get past Jon Anderson.. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37GJIt1JFsU
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: s1120 on June 12, 2020, 07:43:39 AM
Those times when Your just at your end, and need something to get you going, or at least to sooth you when your there...  Nothing works for me then some Chris Whitley.. 

https://youtu.be/ftO8QWkJcvM
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Don G on June 12, 2020, 08:25:56 AM
Music is what separates us from the animals.  DonG
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on June 12, 2020, 08:52:03 AM
Gotta Be 'Easy Plateau' by Ryan Adams

Sleepyhead, come on let's take a ride
To the easy plateau in the back of your mind
Up through the alley, take the door under the stairs
My head ain't feeling nothing but cats and rocking chairs
Bad nights lead to better days
It never happens but I think about it anyway
I want an easy plateau
Some place to hang my head

https://youtu.be/MiSxzsvNoXM (https://youtu.be/MiSxzsvNoXM)
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: slowmover on June 12, 2020, 08:56:59 AM
Ahh Brook Benton
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 12, 2020, 09:16:15 AM
when I wanna kick back, two words:

Van Morrison
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: n3303j on June 12, 2020, 10:08:01 AM
Jasmine Choi (most anything she does)
https://youtu.be/nz5ouH8D6Fw
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: nc43bsa on June 12, 2020, 10:20:37 AM
Harvey's Tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGsq1O3na0g

I wish they had not left the last third of it on the cutting room floor.   :cry:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Dilliw on June 12, 2020, 10:38:15 AM
Try this kid out.


https://youtu.be/bhFJXgBMlZM

Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: jcctx on June 12, 2020, 12:08:02 PM
W. Nelson's "Blue eyes crying in the rain" is my choice!!
Don't listen to much music, but Willie did well on that one!!
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Rough Edge racing on June 12, 2020, 12:16:22 PM
 To settle me, it's always rock and roll with a beat you can dance to...
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 12, 2020, 12:16:30 PM
Harvey's Tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGsq1O3na0g

I wish they had not left the last third of it on the cutting room floor.   :cry:

Super Sessions.  A classic.  I play still play it often. 
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: TobyJug on June 12, 2020, 12:29:00 PM
How about this one - by Freebo (Bonnie Raitt's old bass player)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM6Jpx4txW0
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 12, 2020, 03:38:11 PM
how about a little Bob Marley? 
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: pebra on June 12, 2020, 03:48:54 PM
Harvey's Tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGsq1O3na0g

I wish they had not left the last third of it on the cutting room floor.   :cry:

Thanks, that's such a fine, soothing tune.

Didn't know about losing a third of it!
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 12, 2020, 04:54:30 PM
Thanks, that's such a fine, soothing tune.

Didn't know about losing a third of it!

I knew they added the horns after the track was recorded.   Stills was booked after the Bloomfield failed to show up for the session.  So it was  an unplanned deal. 
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: jbell on June 12, 2020, 06:16:47 PM
Music is what separates us from the animals.  DonG

I thought it was shaft drive.    :bike-037:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: pebra on June 13, 2020, 03:14:23 AM
I'll throw in The Look of Love by Isaac Hayes here.

Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: 80CX100 on June 13, 2020, 05:46:50 AM
     Music is like a warm security blanket for me. While John Prine was on his death bed, I changed up the material I usually played and went through his whole song catalog (immense) and did every song of his that I was familiar with the melody line, but had never actually played, it was a long night, he was a very prolific song writer.  :laugh:

     After JP passed, I've immersed myself into some good gospel style music,playing some of my favorite Ben Harper material,, By My Side, Waiting on an Angel, I Want to be Ready, Don't take That Attitude to Your Grave, etc, all done in a nice mellow low D tuning, and just for fun and a change of pace and a first for me; I'm doing a cheap imitation of a greasy blues slide guitar version, with a low C open tuning version of BH's Whipping Boy.

     But hands down, the tune that I'm loving getting lost in right now, is a song that until very recently, I'd never heard of before, "Home" by Karla Bonoff.

     Shortly after JP passed, Bonnie Raitt in an on line tribute, did a version of Home, and shared it with the world and his hurting fans; music is all about capturing emotion, in that aspect it's a solid gold performance, when you think of the words of the song and the many long, lonely nights, many years ago,that Bonnie and JP would have been out together on the grueling tours on the road,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgcfw3BTBIc

    I do a version of this with different timing,tone and tuning (low D), but the heartfelt feeling of the song is the same, sorry no video, you'll have to use your imagination and envision my mellow slow and low grindy blues version of this lol;

    I copied my tab below for any guitarists/musicians among us, who feel inclined to give it a whirl, it's a beautiful little tune.

    musically yours

    Kelly

Home  Karla Bonoff Bonny Raitt John Prine tribute 20200410 F#m7 242222 
 
E                    F#m7    A                              E
   Traveling at night,,,, the headlights were bright
    E                                         B7
And we’d been up,,, many an hour
E                                F#m7    A                E
   And all through my brain,,,  came the refrain
     E                                       B7   
Of home,,, and it’s warming fire
 
****CHORUS:
        E           A                            E
And Home,,, sings me of sweet things
       E                                    B7
My life,,, there has it’s own wings
     E     A              E
To fly,,, over the  mountains
G                  F#m7      B7
 Though I'm standing still.        Oooo  Oooo Oooo     eoc*****

 
VERSE 2
E                         F#m7  A                         E
   The people I've seen;,,  they come in between
      E                         B7
The cities,,, of tiring life
E                               F#m7 A                      E
   The trains come and go,,, but inside you know
       E                                        B7   
The struggle,,, will soon be a fight
 
CHORUS: above*****

VERSE 3
E                    F#m7    A                               E
   Traveling at night,,,  the headlights were bright.
      E                                                     B7
But soon ,,,, the sun came through the trees
E                          F#m7   A                            E
   Around the next bend,,,,  the flowers will send
       E                                             B7 
The sweet,,, scent of home in the breeze
 
CHORUS: above*****
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 13, 2020, 05:57:47 AM
The origional "feel good"  tune  :thumb: By Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sS5jSbV0Vg
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Murray on June 13, 2020, 07:26:25 AM
MCM Super Honk,

Russian Card Game, Klubknight,

or something fro DiskoDisco, Syntax Error

Or you could go the Tron Legacy Soundtrack of you wanted something a bit old school although the Remixed is pretty good.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 13, 2020, 07:30:36 AM
MCM Super Honk,

Russian Card Game, Klubknight,

or something fro DiskoDisco, Syntax Error

Or you could go the Tron Legacy Soundtrack of you wanted something a bit old school although the Remixed is pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aL6D8tj2wk can't imagine anything LESS soothing.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Murray on June 13, 2020, 08:54:17 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aL6D8tj2wk can't imagine anything LESS soothing.

Gotta move with the time's :p missed Dubarray Vast As the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1ouFN5FIM
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 13, 2020, 10:45:39 AM
+1 on Ben Harper.  Sometimes a little too serious to sooth. 
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: guzzimatic on June 13, 2020, 10:58:47 AM
James Taylor fading away...
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: guzzimatic on June 13, 2020, 11:22:30 AM
Karla Bonoff is one of my hidden gems,bought it on vinyl back in the day! And I still spin it ...
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 13, 2020, 01:48:43 PM
Gotta move with the time's :p missed Dubarray Vast As the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1ouFN5FIM

Gotta move with the time's----Not likely, takes all kinds I guess  :grin:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: geoff in almonte on June 14, 2020, 07:07:09 AM
I have a couple of "Rainy Day" discs that I listen to - first is a collection of acoustic guitar pieces on Wyndham records, the album is called Touch.

And Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.


G
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 14, 2020, 08:15:57 AM
And Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
 

 :thumb: :thumb: Most excellent!
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Moto Vita on June 14, 2020, 08:28:16 AM
when I wanna kick back, two words:

Van Morrison

 Make it 4 words, Astral Weeks.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Mr Pootle on June 14, 2020, 02:11:55 PM
And Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
 

 :thumb: :thumb: Most excellent!
Count me in for that one.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 14, 2020, 03:00:37 PM
Count me in for that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPFH-gz3wE   here tis with Coltrane  :thumb:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: geoff in almonte on June 14, 2020, 03:29:50 PM
More 'Rainy Day' discs - John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk Live at Carnagie Hall  or Cleo Laine - I Am a Song.

How about some Stevie - Blues at Sunrise.

G
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 14, 2020, 03:56:56 PM
And Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
 

 :thumb: :thumb: Most excellent!

 :thumb:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: poorBob on June 14, 2020, 04:38:17 PM
The title track from J. J. Cale's posthumous album Stay Around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cSZZ5v2eDs

The entire album is classic laid back J. J.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 14, 2020, 06:00:03 PM
The title track from J. J. Cale's posthumous album Stay Around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cSZZ5v2eDs

The entire album is classic laid back J. J.

JJ Cale always.
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: twowheeladdict on June 14, 2020, 07:32:52 PM
I was watching some Frank Zappa interviews on youtube.  The guy wrote everything from Valley Girl, Don't eat the yellow snow, to orchestral pieces and chamber music.  Soul Soothing Tunes for sure.     
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: LowRyter on June 14, 2020, 07:54:10 PM
I was watching some Frank Zappa interviews on youtube.  The guy wrote everything from Valley Girl, Don't eat the yellow snow, to orchestral pieces and chamber music.  Soul Soothing Tunes for sure.   

 :violent1:
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: GuzziPilot on June 14, 2020, 08:17:11 PM
Ok,

So, I pulled my Woodstock post a bit ago....with Joe Cocker.  And am pushing this one...Dobie Gray...soothing, uplifting and makes ya just wanna sing the song! And yes, Miles Davis and John Coltrane own the segment.....hands down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuyDWzctgY

Keep your smiles on, and help the next person!

Lee



Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 14, 2020, 08:41:09 PM
Did someone say ZAPPA?? Here's a nice relaxing guitar tune by Frank. Really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3cu8sDa90Y  Watermelon in Easter Hay
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: john fish on June 14, 2020, 08:50:38 PM
Waits, early Waits, can be quite soothing but I would turn to Gil Scott-Heron.  "Grandma's hands".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpoKFnbYYB0
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: ratguzzi on June 14, 2020, 10:18:26 PM
Waits or Nora doing "long way home" Van the man, "Into the Mystic" Roxy Music "More Than This" Or you must be a dylan scholar for "Main Title Theme" From Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid. Instrumental that is so peaceful. Cat Stevens, of course.
JB
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: berniebee on June 14, 2020, 10:39:39 PM
The title track from J. J. Cale's posthumous album Stay Around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cSZZ5v2eDs

The entire album is classic laid back J. J.

JJ Cale has always been my mellow music man.

Blue Rodeo (I know they are not well known in the USA, but I don't know why) has some really comforting stuff. One of my favorites for these times is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAnJw9Ctqkc
Title: Re: Soul Soothing Tunes
Post by: twowheeladdict on June 15, 2020, 06:32:36 AM
Did someone say ZAPPA?? Here's a nice relaxing guitar tune by Frank. Really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3cu8sDa90Y  Watermelon in Easter Hay

 :thumb: