#105 - “Donda” Delay Postponed, Abasi Concepts, Rolling Stones with Steve Jordan

After a second listening party and another subsequent release date missed, Kanye West’s “Donda” is all over the music news. Nick’s feeling like this is all looks like marketing, but it’s unclear whether that’s intentional or accidental. Regardless, we’re talking about it again…Song: Paranoid Void - “Karma No Inu”Greg’s been practicing a new technique on his Abasi 7-string guitar that his friend and “Animals As Leaders” founder and lead guirarist Tosin Abasi gave him. The technique is similar to the one Victor Wooten uses on bass, where the thumb, in one fluid motion, hits the intended string and comes back up to hit the same string again. Adding the left hand hammer-ons and some extra fingers yields all sorts of interesting combinations… and Greg gives us a demo live. It’s great!Songs:JAWNY - “Take It Back”Animals As Leaders - “Infinite Regression”Animals As Leaders - “The Woven Web”Jay was dismayed to hear that Rolling Stone’s drummer Charlie Watts would be missing his first tour since joining in 1962 as he’s recovering from a medical procedure (but is doing well). Naturally the next question is, who the heck is filling in? Luckily they’ve booked the great Steve Jordan and we explore this drummer’s style and past to decide whether he’ll make the cut (spoiler: yeah, this is good, Jay’s excited).Songs:Big Thief - “Not”BB King - “Ain’t Nobody Home”Donald Fagen - “Walk Between Raindrops”John Mayer - “Waiting on the World to Change”John Mayer (Live) - “Wait Until Tomorrow”