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10-07-2008, 08:14 PM
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10-07-2008, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ankh-Morpork | | Huge Big Sugar fan here 
I have every CD they did, even the Alkaline dub record....
Garry Lowe is definitely one stylin' bass player-- Rasta playing a Thunderbird 
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10-07-2008, 09:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Seattle, WA | | I am now!  
Never heard of them 'til this post. I'm diggin' it! |
10-07-2008, 10:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | Fan here too, bought the CD from the bargain bin at my local used CD store for 4$, because it had an awesome car on the cover...
There drummer has the most vintage sounding tone, of any modern recording, especially "Girl Watcher" and "The Scene"...
Awesome!
They definately have a unique, ZZtop meets Reggae sound |
10-08-2008, 07:47 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dannster  I am now!
Never heard of them 'til this post. I'm diggin' it! | Always happy to introduce someone to good music  |
10-08-2008, 08:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | My band plays "Diggin a Hole" evey gig. Great tune to get the crowd going. Easy to play too. Listen to the guitar sound when the guitar comes in. Amazing, gritty Gibson SG. Unreal.
Funny story... I was at a bar in Toronto a few years back and a buddy of mine tried tp pick up Gordie Johnson's (Big Sugar's singer/guitarist) wife. She was unbelievably gorgeous and he didn't know who she was...
Gordie is in a band called Grady now and lives in Texas I believe. Haven't heard thier stuff.
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10-08-2008, 08:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | I heard some of that stuff, I definitely liked Big Sugar much better.
Grady seems forced, and no where near as laid back...
Plus the "blues" element to big sugar seemed much more genuine...
The guys I play really wanna play "better get used to it"... |
10-08-2008, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ankh-Morpork | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Georynn I heard some of that stuff, I definitely liked Big Sugar much better.
Grady seems forced, and no where near as laid back...
Plus the "blues" element to big sugar seemed much more genuine...
The guys I play really wanna play "better get used to it"... | +1 about Grady; it's pretty repetitive. Big Sugar was definitely more creative.
Gibson actually made a Gordie sig SG a while back....
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10-08-2008, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Baird6869 Gordie is in a band called Grady now and lives in Texas I believe. Haven't heard thier stuff. | You are correct, sir. He lives here in Austin, and he stops by the Continental Club frequently. One hell of a cool cat. I just thought it was crazy running into him, since it's not too often I meet fellow Canadians down here.
I've been a fan of theirs since I was a teenager, and it's been a mystery of sorts as to why they never gained popularity in the US.
By the way.. If you guys dig Big Sugar, have a listen to a band called Big Wreck. They're another killer Canadian band that never caught on over here.
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10-08-2008, 04:50 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | Big Wreck eh?...... The name sounds familiar 
Time for a youtube check |
10-08-2008, 06:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | "That song" has been in regular rotation since 96 in this house!
...and their from boston... |
10-08-2008, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | I don't know what counts as a "fan," but I used to listen to them a ton in high school. I always loved their cover of Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy." |
10-08-2008, 06:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas | | | No, but I'm a big Sugar fan. (Bob Mould, et al.) |
10-08-2008, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Georynn "That song" has been in regular rotation since 96 in this house!
...and their from boston... | You're right! They are from Boston. But the lead vocalist is Canadian.. I guess that's where I got that idea. Hah.
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10-09-2008, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by matthew.murray I don't know what counts as a "fan," but I used to listen to them a ton in high school. I always loved their cover of Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy." | You definately ought to hear them do "Let it Ride"... off the "Heated" album | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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