There’s been a lot of hubbub about the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. I’m not going to be one of those people who claimed to have been there but I was about 20 miles (and a world) away. I was eleven…
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“One Pill Makes You Smaller” . . : Jefferson Airplane At Woodstock
Tagged with: Jefferson Airplane, Woodstock
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Moonhead” . . . : Pink Floyd Jams To The Moon Landing
Fifty years ago today, on July 20th, 1969, Mankind did the coolest thing in it’s existence and walked on the Moon (unless you’re one of those pinheads who think it was all a hoax. In that case, just go away…
Tagged with: BBC, Moon Landing, Moonhead, Pink Floyd
Posted in Classic Rock, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Reflections On The Fourth Of July: Two Songs by Paul Simon about America
Today here in America we are celebrating our Independence Day. As I was looking at my news feed I was noticing several music lists of Fourth of July appropriate music. A lot of chest thumping, “party in the USA” songs.…
“How Will The Wolf Survive” . . : Jerry Garcia’s Wolf Guitar Comes Out To Play
This is a call back to a previous post (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/05/25/pictures-from-an-exhibition-the-instruments-of-rock-roll-at-the-met-part-iii/) where I talked about the custom made guitars of Jerry Garcia. Just recently while Dead & Company were playing here in NYC at Citi Field, John Mayer played Jerry Garcia’s…
Tagged with: "Play It Loud", Dead & Company, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wolf Guitar
Posted in Equipment, Grateful Dead, Jam Band
Posted in Equipment, Grateful Dead, Jam Band
“Bouncing Round The Room” . . : Videos that put Phish Jams under the microscope
Let’s take a break from visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll”, which has been the subject of a series of posts. Instead I want to talk about Phish. I have discussed…
Tagged with: Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, Improvisation, Jamband, Mountain Jam, Phish, Thematic Jams
Posted in Classic Rock, Improvisation, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Improvisation, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Pictures From An Exhibition . . : The Instruments Of Rock & Roll At The Met Part III
Continuing my posts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll”, I think another name for this post could be “Jerry’s Kids”. The guitar pics that I’m featuring in this post were played…
Tagged with: Doug Irwin, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tiger Guitar, Wolf Guitar
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment, Grateful Dead
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment, Grateful Dead
“Pictures From An Exhibition . . : The Instruments Of Rock & Roll At The Met Part II
In my previous post, I talked and posted pictures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/04/26/pictures-from-an-exhibition-the-instruments-of-rock-roll-at-the-met-part-i/). This time I want to talk briefly about this one single display in the show.…
Tagged with: Angus Young, Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Gibson, Gibson SG, Metropolitan Museum of Art, SG
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
