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All because of the drumming thread, it got me thinking about the Subdudes, and what an incredible live show they put on—the drummer sits up front, in a wooden chair, mainly playing a tambourine, a kick drum and one cymbal, while he does about half the singing.

A New Orleans band of my youth, they are still together, performing Americana —pretty much, if you like Ry Cooder, you will like them. And every time I see them, (they hit the SF Bay Area about once a year) I forget how impressive the guitarist is—he just keeps wailing away, song after song, in completely different styles, from TexMex to whatever, always nailing a style perfect solo…

If you’re not familiar with them it was hard picking a video…

 
After the NYT story on Blackbraid, I got drawn into some discussions with my wife's Mohawk crit/theory academic friends about pretendians in metal (FWIW, the dude's a well-meaning fraud with the Native American stuff, sad to say). That led to a trip down the rabbit hole surfing the internet for Native black metal bands, lingering on the thriving Navajo & Pueblo rez metal scenes.

A random glance through a merch site led me to Black Belt Eagle Scout, who is kind of local to me and provided a refreshing end to a day of (sometimes ugly, sometimes cool) research. Even this video was not entirely without controversy: my wife and I couldn't agree on whether her design is more Coast Salish or Northern Formline in style. But I totally dig her sound. Note: not black metal at all :cool:

 
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mybud said:
FWIW I grew up with Trout Mask and went through a long-ish phase of listening to it on cans before going to sleep (every night, that is). I completely get that it’s not everyone’s taste but it still appeals to me as formative to my musical development (whatever that may be).
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Funny I used to listen to Captain Beefheart when I was younger too due to my brother introducing me to them! Always loved their music. I haven't listened to either of the above tracks in a LONG time. It popped up and knew it was worthy of sharing!
 
mybud said:
FWIW I grew up with Trout Mask and went through a long-ish phase of listening to it on cans before going to sleep (every night, that is). I completely get that it’s not everyone’s taste but it still appeals to me as formative to my musical development (whatever that may be).
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And he could do his unique version of the three minute pop song in later times, as in ‘My head is my only house unless it rains,’ ‘Her eyes are a blue million miles,’ etc. Those are great compositions by any standard …
 
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