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Do you have the Jet CD? I like the one song on the radio but am not planning on getting the CD based on that without hearing some more first.

bigjohn
Sounds like you and I have alot of the same music. The Allison Krause should have made my list, but there were just to many (favorites) to put down. Its the only sacd I own, however I dont have a sacd player.How do you like your Pioneer563A???
Is it a multi disc player?
Also, If you dont have that Nickel Creek cd in my list I really think you would love it. Allison Krause produced it. They are young bluegrass group that have been playing together since they were 6 or 7 years old.
bray

I got it a couple of weeks ago. It is definitely worth buying, there isn't a weak moment on the album. My only criticism is that they don't really know who they want to be when they grow up. One minute they are the Stones, then they are the Eagles, then Aerosmith, then they are The Beatles. At any rate, they are young and they sure sound like they are having fun. I'll bet they are great live. Highly recommended.

Thanks bray and bigjohn, just went and listened to Allison Krause samples at BMG. Very nice, I'm going to go check out Nickel Creek next. I used to listen to a bit of bluegrass on TV, but had no idea who anybody was.

Wifey heard me playing the samples and yelled out, "Who's that? I like THAT (implying she doesn't like all the other stuff I listen to)."

Oh yeah, more CDs:
Norman Brown - After the Storm (or something like that)
Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets (I reckon you would call it "New Age" but it has a deeply historic feel to me).

About Loreena, my then-friend/now wife turned me on to her when I was a sophomore in college. I was living with Ken (kcarlile) at the time and mostly listening to rock and metal. When we started listening to Loreena McKennitt, it threw a bunch of people for a loop.

I really like her richly textured, medieval, and worldly sound. She has a hauntingly beautiful voice, too. I have three of her CDs and all are great.

I would add ACDC to that list tinfoilhat. Some of the guitar licks sound very similar to them. But, the album is good.

jr

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It can get really irritating if listened to on repeat though. We were breaking camp at the last SCA event we were at (Society for Creative Anachronism), and some bozo decided that it must be midieval music (hey, it's Celtic-oid!) so everyone in the camp must want to listen to the same freakin' song on repeat for 2 hours while packing their cars in the hot sun. Or maybe I'm just thin skinned...

Anyway, yeah, it's great stuff. I always enjoyed throwing people for a loop by loading the CDP with Metallica, NIN, Bela Fleck, Loreena, and Copland or something.

Anywho...
I recommend Bela Fleck - Perpetual Motion
It's a beautiful CD. classical music played extremely well on non traditional instruments (eg banjo, mandolin)

bigjohn, bray,
BMG only has Alison Krause live. How is that disc? I'm generally not a big fan of live recordings.

The Wherehouse had the disc you recommended for $18! I'll wait for it to go on sale or turn up used somewhere. Forgot about Nickel Creek. Did get a Dolly Parton Greatest Hits type disc, though - the wife was pretty happy with that one.