#Chateau Tumbleweed

[thearizonawinemonk]

Vermentino tends to make me think of ancient seas. The 2016 Vermentino from Chateau Tumbleweed, sourced from Dragoon Mountain Vineyard, is no different. I love Vermentino. Some grapes make me think of specific places, or people, or archetypes. But Vermentino is different.

[highlyycaffeinated]

any time anything from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) starts playing

[everyrecordtellsastory]

How To Buy Elton John On Vinyl (and an Alternative Best-of Spotify Playlist)

How To Buy Elton John On Vinyl (and an Alternative Best-of Spotify Playlist)

Although we might all have a stab at naming Elton John’s best albums, in these times of Spotify, there sometimes needs to be a reason why a particular record should be bought on vinyl.

Happily in Elton’s case there are several reasons. Firstly, his records are often beautifully packaged, with posters and lyrics sheets. Second, they can be found in used condition for pennies – there’s frequently…

[ecle-c-tic]

THANK YOU SO MUCH @sevenseasofyeet!!! This is super cool!!!

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Who was your first favourite artist?

Either Queen or Elton John!

I think I've told this story before, but when I was small my brother had a crazy frog CD that I quickly claimed as my own to play We Are the Champions on repeat! It went 'missing' about 3 months later!!! I also remember listening to the radio and losing my absolute shit every time 'the pirate song' came on, it was Bohemian Rhapsody, but for some reason, I remember thinking the Operatic section sounded like pirates??? (yeah I have no clue either)

My Elton John CD was the first CD I ever had! But before that, my mom would play Island Girl, Bennie, Philadelphia Freedom, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Your Song, and Bad Side of the Moon for me every time we went out! 🥺

Who are your current favourite artists?

Queen, Elton, Wham!, The Clash, and their solo stuff (like George, Fred, JS + the Mescaleros, etc. etc.)

Are you into musicals? Which ones?/Why not?

fuck yeah! I think I listened to Phantom of the Opera about every day during jr high! (#fuck u raoul) I love Wicked (I sobbed literally the entire time I watched it on Broadway), Phantom, Anastasia, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (with Patrick Page and Michael Arden- holy shit!) and Chicago! (my grandmother showed me Chicago (like with Renee Zellweger when I was about 4, doesn't that explain a lot?)

I'm starting to listen to more and more Operas, their talent is truly amazing!

Are there songs you consider so special you only listen to them very rarely?

I think Queen II is so special that I'd rather not listen to the songs out of order, or while doing something else. It needs to be its own experience!

What's your preferred way of listening to music? (time of day, medium, situation)

I love my vinyl, but Spotify is so much more convenient! I'd listen to music from sun up to sun down if I could!

that being said, I really treasure my drink-coffee-car-karaoke on my way to work at 5;50 in the morning tho!!!

What would you say is the most niche music you listen to?

Hahaha! Either some of my cancon faves or Gaidhlig trad.

What's your favourite music-related movie/TV show that's not a musical?

Billy Elliot or School of Rock?

Albums or playlists?

It depends on my mood, but both is good!

Favourite albums?

Queen- Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, The Game, HOT SPACE, The works, A Kind of Magic, Miracle, Innuendo. (including; Mr. Bad Guy and BARCELONA)

Elton- Empty Sky, Tumbleweed Connection, Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy, Rock of the Westies.

The Clash (and Joe)- Give 'Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista, Combat Rock, Rock Art and X-Ray Style, Global A Go-Go.

Wham! (and George)- Fantastic, Make It Big, Music from the Edge of Heaven, Faith, Older, Music from the Last Century. Listen Without Prejudice (Vol. 1).

Is there an artist you're trying to get into?

more Black Sabbath, some of Elton's later stuff, more T.Rex, more Stones, more Bowie, more AC/DC, more LedZep, more Chuck Berry, more Jimi + general counterculture stuff! I want to round out my 60s/70s knowledge! Also, the Eurythmics!

Whose music do you find over-hyped?

Elvis and the Beatles....😬 (solely bc Elvis sang so many covers and I really only vibe with the harder Beatles stuff)

What's an underrated song?

The Fallen Priest ~ Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe

Let Me Live / Lost Opportunity / Human Body ~ Queen

What's a thing a bunch of songs do that you love every time?

I ADORE when multiple instruments have solos or when there are 'movements' in a song, like BoRhap or IWYS being smushed into one track haha!

What song is better acoustic?

JUNCO 👏 PARTNER 👏

What's the worst song of all time?

I actually don't know. I loathe I'm Gonna Be by the Proclaimers and just as a convo starter, I'm not big on Under Pressure.

Do you put individual songs on repeat? If so, for how long and how often?

Yes!!! It depends, Somebody to Love is on repeat quite often, but usually I'll play something until I learn the lyrics or like the bits (haha, idek, like the solos n shit)

Do you make your own playlists? If so, what's your most entertaining playlist title?

I cleared out my shitty 3 song playlists and I have about 5 situational ones and then 2 mega ones! My favourite one rn is "in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost(s)"

Headphones or earbuds?

When I'm stationary, headphones. Moving, earbuds.

Do you always sing the lead vocal or do you harmonize sometimes? If you harmonize, do you ever invent your own harmony?

I try to follow the lead, I match it by ear but I genuinely don't know if that's right. I just like to have fun!

A music confession

I'm sure what to put here

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[dmsden]

Genre Switching - Tips for changing the genre of a module

Hullo, Gentle Readers. Kind of a fun question to ponder, because this week's anonymously submitted Question from a Denizen is about genre switching. Our Anonymous friend asks, "How would you go about reflavoring an entire module to fit a different aesthetic/genre? I’m going through process of turning CoS [Curse of Strahd] into Southern Gothic/Western inspired setting and would love some tips."

I love this idea, and, as shown above, vampires work very well in this sort of genre. So how do we do this?

To start, I'm going to say that this is going to take some work. D&D is specifically a fantasy RPG, and it doesn't try to emulate other genres particularly. It does include a few tidbits here and there, however, that we can find useful.

To switch the genre of a pre-written adventure, the biggest thing you want to do is sit down and take some notes about what makes that genre feel the way it does to you. Let's say you were going to go with a western aesthetic. What makes a western a western? You might think of things like horses, gunfights, tumbleweeds, sheriffs, land disputes, wide-open plains. For southern gothic, you might list things like decay, family secrets, swamps, collapsing mansions, and the like.

Once you have your elements, you can start going through the module and altering things to make them fit in more with what you have in mind. For example, in Curse of Strahd, there are the Vistani. They are there because, when one returns to the source material of Dracula and other stories and movies in that vein (pun intended), one often finds Romani fortunetellers and the like. They are not, however, the sorts of folks you might find in a southern gothic climate. So instead, you might look at making your Vistani equivalent a group of practitioners of Louisiana Voodoo. Maybe instead of Madame Eva, you have Auntie Eva, who can read your fortune in her tea leaves.

Gunslingers and guns are a little trickier but not by much. You can use the gun rules from the Dungeon Master's Guide, and a fighter using the Archery fighting style, or, if you want to get really fancy, the Gunslinger subclass that Matt Mercer developed.

Maybe instead of Castle Ravenloft, you can have Chateau DeCorbeau, a decaying old manse in a forbidding swamp. Rats, bats, wolves, zombies, and vampires all work well in the theme already, so not a lot of work to do there. I would, however, take the time to go through the different names and reskin them to something more appropriate. Strahd von Zarovich is very much a classic Transylvanian Count sort of a name. Maybe he becomes Guillaume DeCorbeau, the undead master of the Chateau and the area all around it, which will also need a new name, as Barovia doesn't scream Southern Gothic. Maybe borrowing a name from DC Comics, you could give it a name like Belle Reve (Beautiful Dream) which utterly doesn't fit the land any more.

Go through the major locations and NPCs and rename them, and see if there are any plot elements that might be better served by changing. Poe did some magnificent work in Southern Gothic, and adding some plot elements a la The Fall of the House of Usher or the Mask of the Red Death could really spice things up.

Although there's work to do, I think this could be a really winning idea. It could be an extremely memorable adventure for your party. If you don't mind doing some work, back in 2nd edition, there was an expansion to the Ravenloft campaign setting idea called Masque of the Red Death. This included rules for making D&D more of a gothic horror game set long after the times of knights in armor and swords. I'm sure it's on the DM's Guild in PDF format, and you might find good rules to adapt into 5e.

I hope this helps, Anonymous. Good fortune guide you!

[rocketthem]

What are the top three Elton albums then?

im about to hurt some feelings so ej simp crew look away😌

we already know captain fantastic is first hello this is just a scientific fact. in my opinion don’t shoot is second bc, along with the former, there’s no bad songs again! no printer just fax!

third is a toughie but imo it’s probably tumbleweed that album fucksss

honorable mentions are obvs all of his albums but especially rock of the westies, goodbye yellow brick road, sleeping with the past bc the whole album makes me bust, honky chateau, blue moves, caribou, and...jump up give her the goddamn respect she deserves !!

[depplovers]

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[bookgeekgrrl]

Soundtracks this week (22-Sep-2019)

on Sunday I rewatched Rocketman and all the extras on the blu-ray and it was a solid choice to start the week. 

which has been marginally, infinitesimally better than the previous ones.

my Moana soundtrack - basically the vocal soundtrack + the score + a few of the deleted songs

Heavenly ‘80s

Dedicated [Carly Rae Jepson]

Rocketman soundtrack

Hall & Oates radio

‘80s Soft Pop

Empty Sky [Elton John] {1969}

Elton John [Elton John] {1970}

Tumbleweed Connection [Elton John] {1970}

Madman Across The Water [Elton John] {1971}

Honky Chateau [Elton John] {1972}

Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player [Elton John] {1973}

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [Elton John] {1973}

Caribou [Elton John] {1974}

Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy [Elton John] {1975}

Rock of the Westies [Elton John] {1975}

Abbey Road [The Beatles] - all the coverage of the 50th anniversary + the new mix & music video for ‘Here Comes The Sun’ put me in some kinda mood

Revolver [The Beatles]

Google Play Music’s Top 50 Beatles songs

Greatest Hits [Huey Lewis & the News]

[topoet]

Elton John

  From Your Song on his self-titled Elton I’ve been a fan of Elton John. At one time I was eager for each new release, but by Caribo I lost interest. He’d become a music machine as opposed to a musician. Such is life. But those first lps (which I had as lps) where played endlessly. I have the live 11-17-70; Tumbleweed Connection; Madman Across The Water; Honky Chateau; Good Bye Yellow Brick…

[forupss]

Recommended: Tumbleweed Wine | Boing Boing

Recommended: Tumbleweed Wine | Boing Boing

Rolling through the vineyards of Arizona with art, skateboarders and Cousin Id? Chateau Tumbleweed, or “The Weed”, as proclaimed on T-shirts in their online store, was founded in 2011 in Clarksdale, Arizona by four friends – two couples – with three barrels of wine. Clarksdale is a short 30-minute drive, southwest from Sedona and two hours north from Phoenix, off State Road 89A. With a commercial…

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia di Musica #37 - Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973

Reginald Dwight forse non vi dirà nulla, ma è il vero nome di uno dei più grandi artisti della musica di sempre. Lo cambierà quando, giovanissimo, si unì ad un gruppo, i Bluesology, che accompagnavano in Inghilterra i grandi artisti del blues e del jazz americani. Reginald cambia il suo nome di in Elton John in omaggio a Elton Dean, grande sassofonista britannico, e Long John Baldry, uno dei padri del british blues. Inizia così una carriera cinquantennale, che sta per concludersi con un farewell tour in corso. Eppure gli inizi sono tutt'altro che folgoranti, dato che viene ingaggiato per la Dick James Music, notissima casa editrice musicale londinese, a dieci sterline a settimana, scrivendo piccole hit, jingle, anche successi di classifica. Lì incontra Bernie Taupin, paroliere raffinato, delicato e sensibile. Inizia così un duo tra i più grandi e prolifici di sempre. C’è voglia di provarci, ma Empy Sky (1969), prodotto dalla DJM (che manterrà parte dei diritti fino al 1975, facendo dei due una gallina dalle uova d’oro, con annesse cause e dispetti). Elton John esordisce focalizzando tutto il disco sulla sua bravura pianistica, dove ci sono accenni di Beatles, progressive (partecipò senza gloria alle selezioni per i cantanti dei King Crimson e dei Gentle Giant), epica e passione, ma il disco è un fiasco, e il singolo, Lady Samantha, non va nemmeno in classifica. L’anno successivo, ci riprova con Elton John, e già la consistenza è diversa: innanzitutto si forma la squadra che lo accompagnerà per tutta la prima metà degli anni ‘70: Taupin ai testi, Paul Buckmaster agli arrangiamenti, Gus Dudgeon alla produzione e una band che vede alla batteria Nigel Olsson e Dee Murray, con un passato nella Spencer Davis Group. Nel disco la prima grande canzone, Your Song. Inizia a scrivere con un ritmo assurdo, anche 3 dischi all’anno, e ad ognuno aggiunge particolari: il western di Tumbleweed Connection, il live 17-11-70, che già dà dimostrazione di che animale da palcoscenico è, Madman Across The Water (1971, con la famosa Tiny Dancer). Si ritira in un meraviglioso castello francese, lo Chateau D'Hérouville, che diviene il suo studio per il primo, grande album storico, Honky Chateau (1972), che ha come pezzi di novanta la storica e stupenda Rocket Man, Honky Cat e Amy (con al violino nientemeno che Jean Luc Ponty): il disco arriva al primo posto negli USA. Con Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player (1973) aumenta ancora la sua popolarità, per via di uno singolo eccezionale come Crocodile Rock e i primi look che definire stravaganti è riduttivo: zatteroni glitter, abiti sgargianti, migliaia di occhiali pacchiani e parrucche inverosimili, mischiando glam e rock in maniera selvaggia ed irresistibile. Decide di andare in Giamaica per registrare nuovi pezzi, seguendo l’esempio che i suoi amici Rolling Stones fecero con Goats Head Soup, ma la situazione politica e il clima di occupazione militare, aumentato dalle ingenti misure di sicurezza per il grande incontro di boxe Frazier-Foreman spinsero Elton John e la produzione a tornare in Francia. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road però fu completato in soli 15 giorni, ed è un doppio album da 17 canzoni! È una sorta di enciclopedia della musica rock, per stili, perfomance, canzoni. La copertina e il titolo sono un omaggio con citazione a Il Mago di Oz, con la strada lastricata d’oro a simboleggiare il passaggio dall’innocenza all’esperienza. Il disco si apre con lo strumentale progressive Funeral For a Friend\Love Lies Bleeding, 11 minuti pirotecnici e fantastici, che sfumano nella delicata Candle In The Wind, dedicata a Marylin Monroe (Goodbye Norma Jean, il primo verso) ma tristemente divenuta famosissima dopo che Elton John e Taupin riscrissero il testo per i funerali di Lady Diana Spencer, grandissima amica dei due, e che nella funebre rilettura divenne il singolo più venduto della storia della musica. Il disco è superlativo, da manuale della musica: il falsetto di Bennie And The Jets, uno dei suoi massimi capolavori, la favolosa Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, la travolgente Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting), scritta proprio il giorno dell’arrivo a Kingston con ancora l’eco dell’incontro di boxe Joe Frazier- George Foreman (e sulla Giamaica scrisse pure Jamaica Jerk-Off, dal simpatico motivo reggae). Tra le sferzate rock anni ‘50 di Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) e l’honky tonk di Social Disease, l’album si chiude con la corale e delicata Harmony. Il disco venderà milioni di copie, consacrando alla storia il periodo d’oro di questo geniale artista, capace di essere in questo periodo prolifico e di mantenere così alta la qualità delle sue composizioni. Non ci riuscirà per molto, sfiaccato da dipendenze e problemi vari. Che supererà, divenendo uno dei giganti della musica, con gli occhiali più strambi di sempre (per non dire dei parrucchini...)

[thearizonawinemonk]

Chateau Tumbleweed: 2016 Cimmaron Vineyard Picpoul Blanc

It's time to meet the 2016 Picpoul Blanc from Chateau Tumbleweed. Because if there was ever a wine that was made from sunlight held together by water, this is definitely it.

You may or may not hear that Galileo quote oft-bandied around in the wine scene. You know the one.  The mystical one. The one that nobody seems to know where in the vast corpus of Galileo’s scientific writings it comes from. Well, it’s time to meet the 2016 Picpoul Blanc from Chateau Tumbleweed. Because if there was ever a wine that was made from sunlight held together by water, this is…

[modernmutiny]

Hi actually your Elton John opinion isn't that much of a hot take. Elton himself has claimed how much he was influenced by country/western, and Bernie Taupin was really into the whole cowboy persona, so much so that he's called "the brown dirt cowboy." Honky Chateau & Tumbleweed Connection are influenced by county, without going through his entire catalog lol, and there's an entire mondern country album covering his songs. Love the way you wrote your opinion though! I agree!

Imma be honest everything i know abt Elton John comes from the Rocketman movie and just general osmosis by being gay so I'm v glad I'm actually right and there's evidence to back me up lol

[homeroomtravel]

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[agilenano]

Agilenano - News: Hi everyone! What a pleasure to write a wee blog for my favourite Company; The French Bedroom Company

I decided to speak quite candidly because I think this awful period of lockdown has brought out an honest vulnerability in so many of us, made us stop and think and re-evaluate what we want in life and how to get there. As I heard recently and I believe, it’s nature’s way of pressing a little reset button. The story began when I saw a Chateau in Cognac, SW France. I guess I’m a romantic and you know that feeling when something speaks to your soul, and you simply fall in love? It took me back to my dear Grandfather, who I loved very much, saying to my Grandmother, who he adored… ‘Can you live without it?’ Imagine the scene; they would be in a dress shop where my Grandmother would be trying on yet another outfit in multiple colourways, patterns or fabrics and could not decide what she wanted. My Grandfather’s philosophy and advice was; if you feel like you can’t live without it, then go for it but if you can’t choose or you are in any way unsure, then leave it. With that advice in my head and heart…. I went for it and bought the Chateau! So how did I end up with a massive renovation project in a different country? I was divorced when my children, two daughters, were quite young. It was my choice, and I was determined that they would have as good a life as I could give them. I had married when I was very young, just 19 years old. My husband and I built a secure life together, him climbing the career ladder and me investing in property, restoring, refurbing, styling and selling on. I bought my first cottage at 17 years old for £18,500 to later sell it for £77,000. After we separated, I dedicated myself to bringing up my girls and after many years, met my now partner Brad. He was working internationally in the corporate world, and I had saved my cash from my divorce with the determination to build a business with it. In January 2011, I decided to buy a failing pub in the country in the UK. When I saw the place, I could almost see the tumbleweed blowing around, it had been neglected and seemed to have had its day. My daughters thought I was crazy, but all I saw was this beautiful 17th-century building set in its grounds with several detached outbuildings to work with too. I restored, redesigned it and brought it back to life. Shortly after opening, we were winning awards and gained Michelin Recognition. With 36 members of staff and six years down the line, everything was running smoothly, and business was booming, but I wanted my next challenge. I thought I ought to invest in another property, but I just fancied something a bit different and this time maybe not in the UK. We started to look at what was available in France because it was so commutable from where we were in the UK. I drew a circle on a map outlining the furthest I was prepared to travel from Bordeaux airport, and we lined up a string of viewings. At the end of a long trip, viewing many properties which I could happily live without, the agent said; “Well, there is one property which I wasn’t going to show you because it’s like a ruin”. Those might not be the exact words he used, but that is what I remember. We turned the corner into the gates of the Chateau I knew this was the one. The one I could not live without. I fell hook, line and sinker for its sheer presence, beauty and very sexy curb appeal. It was much bigger than we intended, but I’ve never been afraid to take an educated risk. My theory, after losing my Mother very young, is that you’re a long time dead, so live your best life, take chances to make that happen and push yourself. Running a business in the UK and trying to manage a team of builders in France wasn’t easy! The restoration was massive (still is). The towers had never been lived in, they had no access, so the central roof had to come off. We then redesigned it to allow a continuation of the magnificent staircase up to the tower floor. We took a triple chimney stack out through 4 levels of the house as it was disused and went through the middle of every room below it. We dug out the cellar, ground floor level, down 1.5 feet to allow good headroom to create a cinema room, bar, wine cellar and tasting library, utility boot and hobby room, pool changing room and office with cobbled walkways and stone arches throughout. The work has been massive, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. In November 2019, My Country Inn in the UK was sold by Christies, London as an 11 en-suite guest roomed country Inn with an award winning Michelin restaurant and bar, Kitchen gardens and a beautiful three bedroomed owners cottage with grounds. On the 12th of November 2019, we drove to France in 2 vehicles, with all our belongings to follow. The Chateau was now our home. I played George Ezra’s ‘It don’t matter now’ repeatedly on the journey because, despite the vast undertaking, The Chateau just gives you a sense of peace and that everything is going to be OK. It’s a wonderful place to be, and although we still have a big push to get through before it’s finished, we really are living the dream! The builders have now moved to outside. The pool is under construction, gardens, terracing, wedding and party barns are being renovated. Tone and façade restoration are also on the list goes on, but the delight is, I can now start to have fun with the interior design: furnishings, fabrics and all the beautiful things to style the many gorgeous rooms. The French Bedroom Company is right at the top of my favourite companies for style and quality and is just the perfect choice for the rooms in this place. I cannot count how many times I have swooned over The Palais Royal Avenue French Bed and thought about which other pieces I could add. There are so many that would be quite at home in The Chateau. We are still a way off completion, but every day we are one step closer to opening the Chateau up for guests. Every room I design, decorate and furnish, I think about the happy memories that will be made within these walls; the weddings, birthdays, retreats and all the other celebrations that will add to the story of my Chateau. To follow the story please find us on Instagram @restore_the _chateau The post Restore the Chateau by Julie Berry appeared first on . #Https://www.frenchbedroomcompany.co.uk/blog/category/uncategorised

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[Listen] Miranda Lambert’s Cover Of Elton John’s ‘My Father's Gun’

With Elton John preparing to embark on his international farewell tour, it seems only appropriate to honor his legacy and pay tribute to his indelible impact musically and culturally. Recently, two tribute albums were released in honor of Sir Elton; Revamp comprised of a number of pop stars reinterpreting his best-known hits and Restoration, featuring country singers such as Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town, which explores his underrated country catalog.

With the Elton John: I’m Still Standing Grammy Salute airing tonight, April 10, at 9PM on CBS, we wanted to highlight two country cover’s from Restoration that will get you even more excited for tonight’s show.

"My Father's Gun," which was originally released in 1970 on the Tumbleweed Connection, is reimagined by Miranda Lambert and tells the story of the son of a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, who buries his father and takes his gun to join the battle. Lambert’s version is much more simplistic compared to John’s and relies on her dynamic vocals and sparse instrumentals to amplify the song’s powerful story. Listen to the country singer’s rendition of “My Father’s Gun” in the clip below:

Another great cover on the tribute album comes from Little Big Town and their take on John’s 1972 hit, “Rocket Man.” The harmony-rich version inspires an outer-worldly experience for listeners as Little Big Town brings the famous single to new heights with their unique vocal stylings. Featured on his Honky Chateau LP, the tune came at the peak of the Apollo space missions and when artists such as David Bowie were also trying to capture the emptiness and uncertainty of space travel.

Listen to the foursomes’ cover of “Rocket Man” in the video below:

Catch Elton John: I’m Still Standing Grammy Salute airing tonight, April 10, at 9PM on CBS.