What would YOU like to hear?

[Arubalisa]

Originally Posted by TJMadhouse

It seems I may be a little more eclectic. Now don't get me wrong I love Island music when I'm in Aruba, but the question is about diversifying.
How about some Motown, say maybe some Al Green or Sam Cooke.
Harry Conick Jr.,
BB King, Arthea Frankin, Cab Callaway
Carlos Santana...Rob Thomas
ZZ Tops (everything from Rock to more bluey's stuff...your choice).
Bonnie Ratt
Southern Rock stuff, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, Allman Bros., to name a few.
Ray Charles

Originally Posted by danadog56

Kim Wilson and The Fab. Tbirds....lets see, what else....of yeah.....Allman Bros....Eagles...

Originally Posted by TJMadhouse

"Ok' a here's a couple more: Otis Redding, Setting on the Dock, a classic for sure. Elvis Costello

Okay looks like I could share iPods with either TJ or Michele.

[danadog56]

Gotta rock with the blues.....!!!
Would be happy to share with you Arubalisa.......

[Mr. Ratt]

I was REALLY hoping that I would hear that blues thang come up.
(No, not a misspelled word...)
Well, for any interested parties, the young lady that I was working with got the opportunity to do some songwriting with Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo), so gears have shifted again, and lo and behold, I'm back on the Blues path, in a SERIOUS way.
I spent the week in Chicago a few weeks back and was lucky enough to hang out and sit in with the likes of Buddy Guy, Lurrie Bell, The Blues Doctor, The Park Avenue Blues Band, oh, the list goes on. What an amazing place!

I also visited the Blues Heaven Foundation at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue, the old Chess recording studios, and got reacquainted with Mrs. Marie Dixon, Willie's widow. That re-meeting has inspired me to get back to my musical roots, so I'm starting to promote Blues shows here in Toronto, and once I'm happy with a band, I'll likely consider dragging some of the musicians south to Aruba for a week or so.
Hopefully in April/May, likely at the Tamarijn... they seem to like me there.
Who would be interested in a Blues show on the wonderful island paradise that we all call our second home?

This could take some planning,
but how about "Blues on the Beach"?

Let me know, or better yet, let your resort know...

be well, brightest of blessings

Mr. Ratt
www.heyoka-healing.com

[TJMadhouse]

While we're at it, alittle Kid Rock woundn't be a bad thing either. There's a whole alot more, but I'm not too sure how it would appeal to your market . BTW we've been going to Tamarijn for like 20 years.

[Mr. Ratt]

"...we've been going to Tamarijn for like 20 years."

So you must be ready for some sort of musical change...

I've been there for the past 8 years, and as much as I do truly love the place, there would seem to be a desperate need for an infusion of some sort of new music. Seemingly whenever a "new" musical" act comes through, they end up playing the same old stuff, over and over and over and over.... well, you get the point.

My theory is (if you don't mind for a moment) that the folks who have been enjoying the same songs for however many years are starting to bring their kids, who are starting to bring their kids, and you can be pretty sure that "Knock Three Times" isn't going to go over too well with little Johnny and Sally after listening to the radio all day. Know what I mean?

Now, as much as I'm not looking to do top forty (shudder at the thought) I know that the parents of the kiddies just might like the Blues, and that's what I'm hoping for. By all means, some "island fare" will have to be in the repertoire, because after all, it is the islands.

Another project in the works, more devious ways to spend more time in paradise....

How long 'til next April?

TOO LONG

be well, brightest of blessings

Mr. Ratt
www.heyoka-healing.com

As for the Kid Rock.... well, to each his own.
I'll pass personally....

[danadog56]

Okay Mr. Ratt.....It is amazing that I grew up listening to the Allman Bros, Fab Tbirds, etc and didn't realize until the tender age of 39 (teehee) that I loved the blues!!! I have corrected that problem as you can see from my former response to your question about what we'd like to hear...
However, my problem is with your choice of dates.....you must change them to the 2nd and 3rd weeks of November next year, rather than April/May....Too much going on early in year and nothing later, plus that is when I will be there and will gladly hang on the beach and let you know what I think of your blues bands.....I also would not mind if you grabbed David Gogo and brought him down for this blues extravaganza!!!!!!

[TJMadhouse]

Originally Posted by Mr. Ratt

"...we've been going to Tamarijn for like 20 years."

So you must be ready for some sort of musical change...

I've been there for the past 8 years, and as much as I do truly love the place, there would seem to be a desperate need for an infusion of some sort of new music. Seemingly whenever a "new" musical" act comes through, they end up playing the same old stuff, over and over and over and over.... well, you get the point.

My theory is (if you don't mind for a moment) that the folks who have been enjoying the same songs for however many years are starting to bring their kids, who are starting to bring their kids, and you can be pretty sure that "Knock Three Times" isn't going to go over too well with little Johnny and Sally after listening to the radio all day. Know what I mean?

Now, as much as I'm not looking to do top forty (shudder at the thought) I know that the parents of the kiddies just might like the Blues, and that's what I'm hoping for. By all means, some "island fare" will have to be in the repertoire, because after all, it is the islands.

Another project in the works, more devious ways to spend more time in paradise....

How long 'til next April?

TOO LONG

be well, brightest of blessings

Mr. Ratt
www.heyoka-healing.com

As for the Kid Rock.... well, to each his own.
I'll pass personally....

I'm not really a Kid Rock fan some/most of it's pretty trashy. I lean more towards the Southern Rock side of the Kid.

As for musical change at the Tamarijn....ABSOLUTLY....I'm ready . "Knock Three Times" definitely NOT LOL, and oh yea NO Neil Diamond . As for your scheduled arrival I gotta agree with danadog56. We also don't get to the Tam. until the Fall .

[Betterbeer]

Love the carribean sounds but breaking it up a little seems like a great idea to me. Female isinger? Alanis Morisette would be nice. Accoustic versions of classic rock songs would make me happy also

[karebear70]

Those same songs over and over are SO irritating!
I would like to hear more Soca/Tropical music like Alison Hinds
http://www.myspace.com/alisonhinds
and similar more modern music.
Alison is awesome!

[TJMadhouse]

Ok I thought about it alittle heres a short list. Basically some older classic's but they would easily melt into some newer blues really nicely. I'm not too sure about Edgar Winter and The Guess Who though????? Statesboro Blues would be a must!!!

1) Van Morrison Gloria
2) Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
3) Ted Nugent Stranglehold
4) Otis Redding I cant turn you loose
5) Otis Redding (Sittin’ On) The Dock of The Bay
6) Ray Charles What’d I say
7) Al Green Funny how Time slips away
8) Kenny Wayne Shepard Somehow, Somewhere, Someway
9) Stevie Ray Vaughan The House is Rockin
10) Hootie & The Blowfish Hannah Jane
11) Golden Ear Ring Radar Love
12) Golden Ear Ring Twilight Zone
13) Lynyrd Skynyrd Call me the Breeze
14) Allman Brothers Band South Bound
15) Allman Brothers band Statesboro Blues
16) ZZ Top I’m bad I’m Nationwide
16) ZZ Top Top La Grange
17) Metallica Enter Sandman
18) BB King Something you Got
19) Bad Company Bad Company
20) Mountain Mississippi Queen
21) The Allman Brothers Band South Bound
22) Steppenwolf Born to be wild
23) Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign
24) Johnny Winter Johnny B. Goode
25) Bonnie Ratt Runaway
26) Junior Walker and The All Stars Shotgun
27) Ram Jam Black Betty
28) Santana Black Magic Woman
29) The Guess Who American Woman
30) Edgar Winter Frankenstein
31) Molly Hachet Flirtin’ with Disaster