Legendary Oakland musician Bart Davenport‘s latest album Palaces is really good. This is the video for the first single; it has girls and juggling and xylophone glockenspiel.
The whole rest of the album is great too, but I want to mention two songs in particular. “Freeway Flowers” is a love song from the point of view of a Bay Area resident lost in Los Angeles. It begins, “Don’t know the 10 from the 110…” Been there! The next one is one called “Yerba Buena,” which I think is about being from Oakland and dating someone who lives in the city. Right at the beginning, it mentions the Make-Out Room and 12 Galaxies. Both songs, and all the rest can be sampled (and purchased) here.
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No more LA stuff, I swear.
Ah-hem! That is a glockenspiel, not a xylophone, accompanying the juggler.
To help you distinguish the two instruments, allow me to direct your attention to “The Orchestral Guide to Percussion” (1:58 to be exact), for a lay person’s definition of xylophone.
Sadly, a reference to glockenspiel cannot be found in this guide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9PXryZFhuE
cheers!
Thanks!
I’m in love….