Wishing everyone a happy Labor Day weekend. Here in the United States, Labor Day is the psychological, if not actual, end of summer. This leads me to the clip below. A video of the Grateful Dead playing U.S. Blues as…
Monthly Archives: August 2014
“Summertime Done, Come And Gone, My, Oh, My. . .”: Happy Labor Day
Tagged with: Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, U.S. Blues
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing”: The Awesome Guitar Of Charlie Hunter
I’m just saw Charlie Hunter this past week. I’ve lost count of how many times I seen him but the number is in the double digits easy. I first heard about Charlie Hunter in a Guitar Player magazine article as…
Stick Theory: The Continuing Adventure Of The Chapman Stick Guitar & Me
My wife suggested that I move the material I have on my Chapman Stick Guitar page to a post on my Home page so it gets seen by more people. I agreed but felt this was a good opportunity to…
Tagged with: "Stormy Monday", Chapman Stick, Chapman Stick Guitar, Emmett Chapman
Posted in Chapman Stick, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Chapman Stick, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Hey, Hey Mama”: Cover Versions Of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”
I became aware of this video from the website OpenCulture.com. It’s a combination of 80 different YouTube video covers of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”. I guess it shows how getting your Led Zeppelin riffs down is a rite of passage…
Tagged with: "Black Dog", Classic Rock, Dread Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Covers, reggae
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“A Friend Of The Devil Is A Friend Of Mine”: Jerry Garcia’s Birthday
Jerry Garcia would have been 72 years old today. I want to avoid going on about the usual stuff that has been written about Jerry and the Grateful Dead but I want to hit these points: No one sounds like…
Tagged with: Grateful Dead, Happy Birthday Jerry, Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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