tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post7488744118651523783..comments2024-03-14T12:56:21.674-07:00Comments on Peter Spitzer Music Blog: Who Really Wrote "Walkin’” (aka "Weirdo" aka "Sid's Ahead" aka "Gravy")?Peter Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-68162185488894937352021-03-27T21:11:01.693-07:002021-03-27T21:11:01.693-07:00Sid's Ahead and Weirdo sound like a different ...Sid's Ahead and Weirdo sound like a different song (from Walkin) to me. Ok, derived from Walkin, a simplified version, but different. I've always loved the changes of Sid's Ahead, but hadnt heard Weirdo before. They're similar, but interestingly different, Sid's Ahead being even weirder:<br /><br />Weirdo<br /><br />F7 | % | D7alt | F7 |<br /><br />Bb7 | % | D7alt | F7 |<br /><br />C7alt | D7alt | D7alt | F7 |<br /><br />Sid's Ahead<br /><br />F7 | Bb7 | D7alt | C7alt |<br /><br />Bb7 | % | D7alt | C7alt |<br /><br />C7alt | D7alt | D7alt | F7 |<br /><br />There seems no trace of the weird C7alt/D7alt chords in Miles' versions of Walkin.adampontinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415951258958218739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-61794512750344704472021-03-06T10:17:22.171-08:002021-03-06T10:17:22.171-08:00To Anonymous - Which Miles recording are you refer...To Anonymous - Which Miles recording are you referring to? Can you identify the tune that you hear him quoting?Peter Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-71914488752138148992021-03-06T09:28:24.545-08:002021-03-06T09:28:24.545-08:00About 90 seconds into this tune, there is a 5-seco...About 90 seconds into this tune, there is a 5-second riff by Miles that sounds like the opening of a tune made that was very popular during the Civil War. <br /><br />Can anyone else hear this ? Or am I getting really old ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-29444659125084426852021-02-03T03:59:16.087-08:002021-02-03T03:59:16.087-08:00Thanks for this. The tune pops up on Introducing P...Thanks for this. The tune pops up on Introducing Paul Bley as ‘(Teapot) Walkin’’, recorded Nov 1953 with Mingus and Blakey. I believe Art Blakey was on the Gene Ammons recording of ‘Gravy’ from 26th Apr 1950. J-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200691898554407040noreply@blogger.com