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that's Chris Wood on the flute...

also

Van Morrison - Moondance
www.youtube.com

Collin Tilton on flute
https://credits.muso.ai/profile/24c44a8b-00bd-4ce6-bf69-46e8b240921d

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-20 07:55 PM | Reply

credits.muso.ai

Hey, 2 posts already!

Two weeks ago was fifty something, last week 70 something... like LeetheAgent.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-20 07:57 PM | Reply

Flute? Everyone know the bagpipes are the one true instrument.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-20 08:02 PM | Reply

#3

In elementary school for Talent Show there was a kid who brought his accordion and stole the show. No bagpipes, though.

It was 3rd grade and I mimed Traveling Man by Ricky Nelson (because he closed his eyes a lot when he sang and I didn't have to look at the class)... you know, before the British Invasion destroyed him... which would be a good thread topic; US musicians and bands blown out by the Brits.

Here's Steve Hackett - Ian Mcdonald (flute) - John Wetton I Talk To The Wind - Live

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-20 08:11 PM | Reply

What remains amazing about Stev(i)e Winwood is how much he did when he was in his teens. He's "still" "just" 77 years old.

Saw his daughter at a roots festival a few years back. Good show.

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-20 09:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Allmans cover Donovan's "There Is A Mountain"
Bliss
www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 01:52 AM | Reply

The Big Man lets it rip.
"Jungleland".
www.youtube.com

#7 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:03 AM | Reply

Eddie Hazel & Michael Hampton
"Maggot Brain"
www.youtube.com

#8 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:08 AM | Reply

A couple of old farts just pickin'.
Joe Maphis and Roy Clark
www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:11 AM | Reply

Jeff and Tal cover Stevie Wonder.
www.youtube.com

#10 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:15 AM | Reply

The Nuge before he sucked.
www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:23 AM | Reply

The Clash cover Booker T.
www.youtube.com

The Rev covers Booker T.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCX4-duwYWI

Booker T covers Dominic Frontiere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80k4qakPrqA

#12 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:41 AM | Reply

F Mac covers Jerry Lee Lewis.
www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:53 AM | Reply

Ukulele Orchestra covers Wagner/Lemmy.
www.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-21 02:56 AM | Reply

Thanks, Morris! Good kitty! Nice tuneage.

The Petersons Live cover 'Caledonia'

(Caledonia is the Roman name for the region of Britain located north of their occupation, generally corresponding to modern-day Scotland, inhabited by the Caledonii tribes. It is often used today as a poetic or romantic name for Scotland and is famously associated with a 1977 folk song by Dougie MacLean.")

www.youtube.com

and

Lonesome Pine

www.youtube.com

Dougie MacLean - Caledonia

www.youtube.com

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 04:20 PM | Reply

Their cover of Michael Murphy's 'Carolina in the Pines':

www.youtube.com

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 06:38 PM | Reply

Favorite instrument? Vibes.

Bobby Hutcherson / Harold Land Quintet, "The Creators," live in Yugoslavia, 1973.

www.youtube.com

#17 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-21 07:08 PM | Reply

Some banjo ...

Béla Fleck - Magic Fingers (1992)
www.youtube.com

...
Banjo, Producer: Béla Fleck
Acoustic Guitar: Béla Fleck
Slide Guitar: Béla Fleck
...

(No lyrics, it's an instrumental ...)

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 07:24 PM | Reply

@#17 ... Favorite instrument? Vibes. ...

Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Jivin' The Vibes (1937)
www.youtube.com

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 07:30 PM | Reply

Sax ... .

Gerry Mulligan, Song for Strayhorn
m.youtube.com

#20 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-21 07:30 PM | Reply

@#16 ... Michael Murphy's 'Carolina in the Pines'...

Speaking of Michael Murphey...

Michael Martin Murphey - Wildfire (1975)
www.youtube.com

Well, there's that cool piano intro that is often cut from the shortened version the pop stations use ... :)

Lyrics excerpt ...

...
he song's story led to a lot of speculations and detractors.

Per Murphy "

The song came from deep down in my subconsciousness. My grandfather told me a story when I was a little boy about a legendary ghost horse that the Indians talked about. In 1936, author J. Frank Dobie identified this ghost horse story as the most prominent one in the lore of the Southwest.

From "cowboy singer" Michael Martin (middle name added later to his "official" title) Murphy's most successful 1975 album Blue Sky " Night Thunder

[Verse 1]
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard, she was lost

[Chorus]
She ran calling Wildfire
Calling Wildfire
Calling Wildfire

[Verse 3]
So by the dark of the moon, I planted
But there came an early snow
Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now
'Bout six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go

[Chorus]
We'll be ridin' Wildfire
Ridin' Wildfire
Ridin' Wildfire

On Wildfire we're gonna ride
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get the hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire
...





#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 07:40 PM | Reply

@#20 ... Sax ...

Ben Webster ...

Art Tatum - Have You Met Miss Jones? (1956)
www.youtube.com

Mr Webster's sax starts around 1:35 into the song.

Emotional.


Also in that song is Mr Tatum's great piano playing. A little more, um, flowery, than I usually like,but excellent. At a level of Teddy Wilson's piano playing.


#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 07:50 PM | Reply

- Favorite instrument? Vibes.

www.youtube.com

#23 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 08:32 PM | Reply

@#20 ... Sax ...

In college I had learned a bit on flute, and then a friend offered to let me try their saxophone. Played riffs on it for like 45 mins straight, but when I put it down, the vibration from the reed stayed with me for longer than that... which was very weird.

Then I found out it was called the "Devil's Horn", and had been banned by Nazis, Communists, and the Vatican.

Because of the low tones, said to, 'encouraged immortality'!

Now I think I may should have switched instruments back then.

#24 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 08:43 PM | Reply

Playing flute at home.... really, really well:

www.youtube.com

#25 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 09:25 PM | Reply

immortality er, should be immorality ;L)

#26 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 10:36 PM | Reply

Piano ...

Nat King Cole is often viewed for his vocalizations.

But he is an accomplished piano player.

A few decades ago I read that Mr Cole was a piano player for his band's gig (King Cole Trio). But the vocalist did not show up for that gig, so he was asked to take to the microphone for the gig. A career was born.

Nat King Cole
en.wikipedia.org

... Nathaniel Adams Coles ...

Cole began his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed the King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Cole's trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed.

Starting in 1950, he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole.

Despite achieving mainstream success, Cole faced intense racial discrimination during his career. While not a major vocal public figure in the civil rights movement,

Cole was a member of his local NAACP branch and participated in the 1963 March on Washington. He regularly performed for civil rights organizations.

From 1956 to 1957, Cole hosted the NBC variety series The Nat King Cole Show, which became the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by a Black American. ...



Yeah, he can play piano ...

F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty)
www.youtube.com



#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 10:40 PM | Reply

1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance: www.youtube.com

#28 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-21 10:48 PM | Reply

@#19 ... Lionel Hampton ...

Speaking of Lionel Hampton and clarinets ...

Facts About Benny Goodman Even Jazz Buffs Might Not Know
themusicalheritagesociety.com

... He wasn't just the "King of Swing." Benny Goodman broke barriers, launched careers, and transformed jazz into a movement that swept across dance floors and radio waves during the 1930s and 40s.

While many remember his chart-topping hits and sharp tuxedos, there's a lot more to Goodman than most people realize.

From breaking racial boundaries to sneaking off to classical music gigs, here are some lesser-known facts that shed light on this American icon.

He Was a Pro Musician Before He Turned 14

Benny Goodman grew up in Chicago's Maxwell Street neighborhood, one of twelve children in a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. Life wasn't easy, but Goodman's clarinet playing stood out early. He joined the local musicians' union at just 13 years old and began earning money as a professional musician. Some of those early gigs included bands led by Bix Beiderbecke and Ben Pollack, giving him firsthand experience in jazz before he even reached high school.

His 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert Changed Music History

Swing music had never been played at Carnegie Hall before Benny Goodman performed there on January 16, 1938. Some critics scoffed, believing jazz didn't belong in such a prestigious venue. Goodman didn't just prove them wrong -- he blew the roof off.

Goodman Was One of the First to Integrate His Band

In the 1930s, having an integrated band was almost unheard of -- but Goodman didn't care.

He brought pianist Teddy Wilson and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton into his groups, breaking unspoken rules and helping pave the way for progress in civil rights within music.

His focus was on talent, not skin color, and that quiet rebellion resonated far beyond the bandstand. It wasn't just bold; it was a turning point. ...



Benny Goodman Sextet Rose Room (1939)
www.youtube.com

Lionel Hampton is there on the vibes. ...

#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-21 10:59 PM | Reply

And then there's drums...

Fire (Jimi Hendrix) Drum Cover

sina-drums

www.youtube.com

Critical Acclaim Avenged Sevenfold Cover by A-YEON

A-YEON
2.36M subscribers

www.youtube.com

#30 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 11:19 PM | Reply

Wipe Out (The Surfaris); drum cover by Sina

sina-drums
1.91M subscribers
30M views

www.youtube.com

#31 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 11:26 PM | Reply

and stringed instruments...

Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music
and Billy Strings

1.7M views 3 months ago

www.youtube.com

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-21 11:55 PM | Reply

@#30 ... And then there's drums... ...

Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums (1961)
www.youtube.com

Sandy Nelson
en.wikipedia.org

... Sander Lloyd Nelson (December 1, 1938 " February 14, 2022) was an American drummer.[1] Nelson, one of the best-known rock and modern jazz drummers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, had several solo instrumental Top 40 hits and released over 30 albums. ...

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-22 12:23 AM | Reply

If I may be so bold as to divert this comment away from "instruments" and towards "songwriters" ...

Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything (2011)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
With his back against the San Francisco traffic
On the bridge's side that faces towards the jail
Setting out to join a demographic
He hoists his first leg up over the rail

A phone call's made, police cars show up quickly
The sergeant slams his passenger door
He says, "Hey son why don't you talk through this with me?
Just tell me what you're doing it for"

"Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the mountains, it's the fog
It's the news at six o'clock
It's the death of my first dog"

"It's the angels up above me
It's the song that they don't sing
It's a little bit of verything"

There's an oldr man who stands in a buffet line
He is smiling and he's holding out his plate
And the further he looks back into his timeline
That hard road always led him to today

Making up for when his bright future had left him
Making up for the fact his only son is gone
And letting everything out once, his server asks him
"Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?"

I want a little bit of everything
The biscuits and the beans
Whatever helps me to forget about
The things that brought me to my knees

So pile on those mashed potatoes
And an extra chicken wing
I'm having a little bit of everything

Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations
To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall
Her man says, "Baby, can I make an observation?
You don't seem to be having any fun at all."

She said, "You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size
And rest assured that this is making me feel good."
I think that love is so much easier than you realize
If you can give yourself to someone, then you should

Cause it's a little bit of everything
The way you joke, the way you ache
It is getting up before you
So I can watch you as you wake

So on the day in late September
It's not some stupid little ring
I'm getting a little bit of everything
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the matador and the bull
It's the suggested daily dosage
It's the red moon when it's full

All these psychics and these doctors
They're all right and they're all wrong
It's like trying to make out every word
When they should simply hum along

It's not some message written in the dark
Or some truth that no one's seen
It's a little bit of everything
...



#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-22 02:39 AM | Reply

kinda generic instrument but for electric guitar, check out Prince at the end of this tribute to George Harrison: www.youtube.com

#35 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-03-22 02:51 AM | Reply

@#35

That's one of my favorite videos.

Here's a remastered version of it ...

2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood
www.youtube.com

The remaster aspect aside, yeah, Prince hits it out of the park with his solo. So true to the song.


#36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-22 03:06 AM | Reply

re: 36

Thanks for that, I love how he really makes the guitar weep, and Harrison's son is cracking a smile. I read that Rolling Stone did not name Prince as one of their "100 Greatest Guitarists" just over a week before, so this seems to be a statement as well as a fantastic tribute

#37 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-03-22 04:56 AM | Reply

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