marblerabbit
New Member
Hi everyone -
Discovered this board while I should have been working great to see people who are passionate about and still enjoy the work of Herb & the Tijuana Brass. Like most people, it was through my parents that I discovered the TJB. I was around ten at the time and my first exposure was the Whipped Cream album. Looking at the chick on the cover (you mean girls look like THAT when they gow up?) and hearing those sunny sounds pour out of the hi-fi was an eye- and ear- opening experience. Suddenly, the boundaries of my world were pushed beyond Massachusetts to places like southern CA and sunny Mexico.
What really grabbed my interest, however, were Herb's arrangements. Whether clean and uncomplicated (Memories of Madrid, So What's New?) or complex and kinda murky (The Work Song, Flamingo), they taught me how to listen to music and how to listen for instruments in a band setting. Each new album my parents brought home was like an additional course in music 101, and I can honestly say I would never have learned bass and played in rock bands without those early TJB albums.
Even as I grew older and my musical tastes passed through bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, The Ramones, and various forms of folk and world music, I've always kept a tape around with Herb & the TJB somewhere in my listening rotation. Not only do those songs bring back fond memories of my early teen years, but they remind me that music well done and interestingly arranged always makes for good listening.
I'm glad this discussion board help keeps those sentiments alive. Oh, by the way, my favorite TJB tunes: Brasilia, Mexican Road Race, Memories of Madrid, Bud, the troika of For Carlos/Freight Train Joe, Flamingo.
Marblerabbit
Discovered this board while I should have been working great to see people who are passionate about and still enjoy the work of Herb & the Tijuana Brass. Like most people, it was through my parents that I discovered the TJB. I was around ten at the time and my first exposure was the Whipped Cream album. Looking at the chick on the cover (you mean girls look like THAT when they gow up?) and hearing those sunny sounds pour out of the hi-fi was an eye- and ear- opening experience. Suddenly, the boundaries of my world were pushed beyond Massachusetts to places like southern CA and sunny Mexico.
What really grabbed my interest, however, were Herb's arrangements. Whether clean and uncomplicated (Memories of Madrid, So What's New?) or complex and kinda murky (The Work Song, Flamingo), they taught me how to listen to music and how to listen for instruments in a band setting. Each new album my parents brought home was like an additional course in music 101, and I can honestly say I would never have learned bass and played in rock bands without those early TJB albums.
Even as I grew older and my musical tastes passed through bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, The Ramones, and various forms of folk and world music, I've always kept a tape around with Herb & the TJB somewhere in my listening rotation. Not only do those songs bring back fond memories of my early teen years, but they remind me that music well done and interestingly arranged always makes for good listening.
I'm glad this discussion board help keeps those sentiments alive. Oh, by the way, my favorite TJB tunes: Brasilia, Mexican Road Race, Memories of Madrid, Bud, the troika of For Carlos/Freight Train Joe, Flamingo.
Marblerabbit