The Enigmatic Forehead
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Album:Garth and Maud Hudson Live at the WOLF
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In so much of the footage of old Band performances, Garth Hudson was the madman hiding behind his banks of keyboards, bobbing around, wild hair flailing about his Larry Fine forehead as he produced some of the eeriest, wildest, funkiest, spaciest, and all 'round fun sounds ever to grace the rock n roll world.The synthesizer wizards which would soon follow, Like Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, and others, could never come close to the tones and sounds GH would find in his Lowery organ.On the (in)famous Dylan tours, and the recordings that have survived, GH provides the most amazing colors and undertones to the overall sound.Robbie Robertson's ice-pick brittle/sharp riffs, and the thunder strike rhythem section of Levon Helm and Rick Danko were filled-out and underlined, paraphrased and parodied by Garth's brilliant keyboards.Now days Garth is the gentleman farmer recluse, playing the occasional session,the odd show here n there. His place in rock history secure, the man still finds music to be a healing balm and a life sustaining force.This track is from a performance in 2005 at the Wolf Performance Hall in London, Ontario, Canada.Enjoy this insane medley, which hints at so many tunes, but they're gone before I can identify them, most of the time.
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