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The Wallflowers and Jakob Dylan

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited September 2008 in Other Music
I dont think they will be on anyones top 100 artists of the last 100 years list. and thats a shame.

I just listened to Bringing down the horse again and its a hell of a record. One of those cd's you can return to years later and still be amazed.

I also have Breach, and that was decent as well.

I think its tough to imagine Jakobs position. His father isnt just a musician. He is arguably the most important songwriter of the last half of the 20th century. His father is considered a poet.

So to have to follow up that, is tough.

But the Wallflowers and Jakob are talented non the less. Are their other records worth checking out?
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  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    i love all their records. breach is probably my favorite, but like you said, bringing down the horse is also a classic. check out rebel, sweetheart if you wanna hear the stuff they've been doing recently. it was better than red letter days, altho i'm not sure it's quite as good as breach or BDTH. the s/t album is fun, an early look at how the wallflowers started out... much more of a tom petty kinda sound. i like it a lot. i'd rate the albums like this:

    breach
    BTDH
    rebel, sweetheart
    s/t
    red letter days
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,717
    Jakob may be the frontman, but the real backbone of the band is Rami Jaffee, the keyboard player!
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    I read the liner notes for breach and bringing down the horse and they refer to michael ward as a guitarist.

    is that m.ward, who is a musician himself, but also a friend of bright eyes?
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,717
    Cheguevara6 wrote:
    I read the liner notes for breach and bringing down the horse and they refer to michael ward as a guitarist.

    is that m.ward, who is a musician himself, but also a friend of bright eyes?

    Its a different fella....Michael Ward was in a band called School of Fish in the late 80s/90s, then joined the Wallflowers in 1997. He then left the band several years later, and is now playing in Ben Harpers band.

    Other former wallflowers members:

    Peter Yanowitz left them to play with Natalie Merchant (his then girl-friend), and is now in "Morningwood"

    Mario Callarie, (the drummer who replaced Yanowitz) - he left and is now in "Ozomatli"
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    I've owned Bringing Down the Horse since the days when it was a radio hit, but I never truly appreciated the album until recently. I pulled it out of the closet about a year ago and was amazed to discover how good it is. I was probably too young to appreciate the album as a whole back in the 90's.

    I'll have to add Breach to my wishlist - I've been thinking about buying another Wallflowers album, but I had no idea where to start.
  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    i'm really enjoying jakob's new solo cd

    it's quiet and somewhat dark :)
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn........


    I have had BDTH for a long time and throw it in once in awhile...I like it and it sounds great. I should pick up breach
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  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    ....I should pick up breach

    Some Flowers Bloom Dead

    killer song ;)
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    cool how mike plays on red letter days, not that you can really tell.
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    augustwest wrote:
    i'm really enjoying jakob's new solo cd

    it's quiet and somewhat dark :)
    i've been reading GREAT reviews for that album, 81% on metacritic.com which is pretty damn good
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    itsevobaby wrote:
    i've been reading GREAT reviews for that album, 81% on metacritic.com which is pretty damn good
    I don't have any Wallflowers, but bought the Jakob because he was SUPPOSED to play before the Black Crowes in Ottawa.

    The album's brilliant.
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  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    I'm listening to Bringing Down The Horse for the first time in probably 8 years or more and I must say it's quite good. The songs stand out and don't seem dated. I might have to check out their other stuff now as well as Jakob's new album.
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  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    itsevobaby wrote:
    i've been reading GREAT reviews for that album, 81% on metacritic.com which is pretty damn good

    jump in!

    it's not a rocking cd but is very well crafted...thanks in part to rick rubin!
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Bringing Down the Horse was my first real album ever... I got it on tape for my birthday when I was maybe 8 or 9. I have to download it or buy it and listen to it again, come to think of it.
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  • He_Who_ForgetsHe_Who_Forgets Posts: 200
    absolutely love 'em. jakob's new cd is great too!
    me you wouldn't recall, cause i'm not my former.
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I was always a fan even during the unpopular albums. I think they were underrated. Does anyone have Jakob Dylan's solo album?
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Looking forward to buying Jakob's when I get paid.....its pretty good from what ive heard....


    Loved Bringing Down The Horse and Breach, never got the other albums though, I heard Red Letter Days stinks....?
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  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    love this cd

    it's so bleak and dark it's just about perfect ;)
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