Teddy Kumpel’s Reeling In The Years

Joe Jackson hardly needs any introduction. We also don’t need to explain the Steely Dan affiliation, you can find an entry from 2014 in our very own search engine which makes you dig up that old vinyl or reach for a top or bottom shelf where you store your CD’s so you can listen to 11 Tracks of Whack again and again, and again as if you’re in the same room with Joe Jackson, listening in unison. And when you’re back in here, with us, you can watch this video from the current tour in Europe. Doug Yowell on drums, Graham Maby on bass. Does that guitarist on the right ring any bells? That’s Teddy. Teddy Kumpel. He told us they almost did Reeling In The Years, but didn’t in the end. He also invited us to come see them play this week in Rotterdam or Antwerp, but we alas had to kindly decline with some regret. But we’re hoping for some nice pics and maybe a little story or a Steely tune to find online. Maybe.

teddykRemember Teddy Kumpel from way back then when this was Mizar5? He was on tour with Rickie Lee Jones, they played Scrabble when on the road. We found some of those old entries in the incomparable Internet Archive Wayback Machine and figured you might like to be Reeling In The Years with Teddy and Rickie and yes, scroll-down-for-it Joe Jackson too!

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Rickie Lee Jones & Joe Jackson: Show Biz Kids

Don't you love it when everything is connected? Read our latest piece shorturl.at/vJQ49 about Teddy Kumpel's Reeling In The Years www.mizar6.net and his current tour with Joe Jackson. Teddy also toured with Rickie Lee Jones, so we figured you might like Steely Dan's Show Biz Kids, a treat from June 23 in 2000, bringing everything together. (From Live In Seattle – Great Big Island; Bass – Paul Nowinski; Drums – Dan Hinkey; Guitar – Drew Zingg (#SteelyDan alumnus); Organ, Bass – Andy Ezrin.) Video courtesy of www.rickieleejones.com

Gepostet von Mizar6 formerly known as Mizar5 am Donnerstag, 17. März 2016

Rob Mounsey and Michael Leonhart

We love stories. Life is all about stories. So is music. Every composition or lyric is a story, which in turn often is surrounded or inspired by stories as well. There’s an avalanche of stories waiting to be seen and told, around the bend. Leo Sidran is a musician and producer and yes, the apple and the tree indeed, he loves telling stories too. So he decided to create Third Story, a bi-weekly podcast featuring long-form interviews with creative people of all types. We borrowed those words, by the way. And of course as soon as we saw mr. Rob Mounsey post about it on his timeline, we bookmarked it for this have-a-great-weekend Mizar6 post. Enjoy listening!

Inspiring words this week! A series of interview excerpts taken from Third Story Podcast guests, all of whom contributed…

Gepostet von The Third Story with Leo Sidran am Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2016

Larry Carlton & Steely Dan

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For Steely Dan fans it has been a blast so far. This year’s tour is different compared to the ones before. Different setlists. Input of the fans. Tunes they said they would not play finally showing up on setlists. Surprising guest musicians like Elliott Randall and… Larry Carlton.

Royal Scam has been my first Steely Dan album. And as such it remains my favorite. Here’s a gorgeous photo album of the New York concert last week, the Royal Scam album featuring Larry Carlton. Thanks to Randy Reichardt for maintaining his Steely fever in such a great fashion!

Welcome to Mizar6, the 2009 look

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Hi. Once again we stumbled upon a black hole in the universe, when webhost Lycos switched keys with the new provider Strato, leaving us somewhere in between. We’re still in orbit, we’re just invisible at the moment. It’ll probably take some time before we have figured out the new admin section and we hope to have the old Mizar6 and Mizar5 stuff back up soon enough as well.

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For frequent Steely Dan updates, visit our friends at Radio Dupree or check into the Rumpus Room for small talk and big ideas!