Jim Cohen's "Four To The Bar"

Tom Althoff · Post by **Tom Althoff** » 22 Feb 2004 3:35 pm

I have me a new "commuter CD"... It's the kind you put in the car to play during the 1.5 hour trip to work in the morning and again at night. You like listening to it so much you leave it in the player all the time.

Jim Cohen's "Four to the Bar"...boy am I'm sorry now that my wife and I only stayed for the Saturday show at the PSGA 30th last November...Jim played on Sunday and now I know some of what I missed!

Some great non-country covers here!

Tenor Madness
Yardbird Suite
Love Has No Pride
Au Privave
Nights in White Satin
Different Drum
Icarus
Cherokee
Surver Girl
Four.

Maybe you have to be a child of the 60's to dig this...I know I do.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 22 Feb 2004 3:58 pm

You don't have to be a steel player to love this CD....

Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 23 Feb 2004 7:14 am

I rarely stray from the purely country path in music. However, I've heard Jim play several shows and his selection of material always highly appeals to me. Jim can swing it with the best of them, the Ronstadt and Beach Boys numbers are great, as is his cut of "Someday Soon".

Since you've got that long commute, you might want to grab a copy of Jim's "Bop-a-billy Swing" CD with his band, "Beats Walkin'". Jim accurately described this one to me as one you pop on when you want some feel-good music, something you can drive to. Give it a try.

These albums are both a real departure for me. I play them regularly here at the office.

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HagFan

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 23 Feb 2004 9:13 am

I have it in my car and it won't leave.

It seems a good cross between
Doug Jernigan playing Bop
and Curley Chalker playing Pop!

I have learned Cherokee on mandolin, and am working on it on steel after hearing Jim's version.

"Surver Girl" is this a song about a waitress?

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 23 February 2004 at 09:14 AM.]

Tom Althoff · Post by **Tom Althoff** » 23 Feb 2004 1:01 pm

Crack me up Dave... I was going to go back and edit that mis-spelled word but I'm leaving it for the laugh I got from your post so others can appreciate it too.

I'm going to check out Beats Walkin' next.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 23 Feb 2004 8:37 pm

Wow, well thank you Tom, Ron, Howard and Donald for those very flattering comments! They are greatly appreciated, believe me. And Donald, I can only consider it a temporary lapse in your otherwise fine judgment that you would even mention me in the same breath as Jernigan and Chalker; that's got to be the most flattering lie ever told about me to date. I don't even care if you go back and retract the whole thing, cuz I've already printed it off and have a copy in my wallet to pull out and read on those really bad days...

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 24 Feb 2004 2:20 am

It truly is a great CD, but I'm still upset about "The Waiter Survives."

Really Jim. You should be ashamed of yourself for making such an atrocious pun.

(Don't pay any attention folks. I'm just jealous because I've been making bad puns for years and never came up with anything that clever.)

Seriously, if you've not heard this better-than-excellent CD you're missing a real treat. Jim has truly arrived.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 24 Feb 2004 3:53 am

Seriously Cohen, I am hearing those guys here,
or more specifically the bop lines DJ is drawing from too ; the right influences.
And a bit of Lloyd Green influence too on the pop tunes.
Like those low harmonies coming in later etc.

I have several DJ. C.C. Counterpoint and Revisited and one of L.G.'s earlier ones.

If I didn't hear things that made me think one way or another,
I wouldn't bother to say it.

But you do sound like yourself too.

Also a Welsh trad music player and an Ivory Coast reggae singer both liked your CD,
even if it is far from what they normally do.

Mike P... thanks for pointing out that pun...
duh, I missed it. But then again I really never hear the origanl song referenced.
David D.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 24 February 2004 at 04:01 AM.]

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 25 Feb 2004 6:49 am

OK, Donald, I'll stop arguing with you now...

By the way, thanks for suggesting the title for my next CD, "From Bop to Pop".

And if I can manage to work up a cool classical piece, I might even call it (drumroll please...):

"From Bop to Pop, and Bach Again" !

[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 25 February 2004 at 06:49 AM.]

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 25 Feb 2004 7:00 am

Yow, rhyme city.

I would love to play some bass on your next CD.
Youze guys really swing, and the latins smooth too.

Just listened to it again today and I realized that I forgot the BE influence... silly me.

Buddy Elkin · Post by **Buddy Elkin** » 25 Feb 2004 7:06 am

NTSGA Members: Be sure to check out Jim's member profile in the upcoming Apirl issue of "Steel Guitar Rag".