The last couple of weeks I have been watching the Ken Burns documentary “Country Music” on PBS (go here to stream all eight episodes – https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/). Tracing it’s beginnings from the 1920’s through to 1996, it’s an excellent introduction to…
Monthly Archives: September 2019
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken” : Banjo, Steel Guitar And A Word About Robert Hunter
Tagged with: Banjo, Country Music, Grateful Dead, PBS, Pedal Steel Guitar, Robert Hunter
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“The Bus Came By And I Got On” . . . : The Rhythm Guitar Of Bob Weir
When I was in college, I roomed for a year with the rhythm guitarist in the Grateful Dead clone band that I was in. It was during many hours of jamming together (yeah, not my best scholastic performance that year)…
Tagged with: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Rhythm Guitar
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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