This should of interest to all my fellow Deadheads out there. It’s obvious appeal is the musicians among you but I believe this would be illuminating to any fan of the music. It’s a new feature on the official Grateful…
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“White Stuff On My Nose” . . . : I Wanna Be A Lifeguard by Blotto
As we come to the tail of end of summer here, there’s a song that always comes to mind. The song: I Wanna Be A Lifeguard. The band: Blotto. I Wanna Be A Lifeguard – Blotto Coming from Albany, New…
Tagged with: Blotto, Dr. Demento, I Want To Be A Lifeguard, MTV, My Father's Place, We Are The Nowtones
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“It’s The Freakiest Show” . . : David Bowie’s Life On Mars?
I’m starting a project that (hopefully) will include fingerstyle guitar arrangements of classic rock songs. For some reason I thought I would have a go at David Bowie’s classic song “Life On Mars?”, a song that I had been listening…
Tagged with: David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Life On Mars?, Mick Ronson, Rick Wakeman
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Want Some Garcia With Your Salsa?” . . . : Jerry Garcia with Carlos Santana and Ruben Blades
As a music nerd I always got a kick when a musician you love and admire plays with another one of your musical heroes. It’s especially cool when it actually sounds as good as you hoped it would. Such is…
Tagged with: Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Ruben Blades
Posted in Grateful Dead, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Uncategorized
Posted in Grateful Dead, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Uncategorized
“Lucky Day” . . . : The Importance of the Thirteenth of May
This past thirteenth of May was my mother’s 95th birthday. While I admit to my lack of objectivity on the matter, she is one of the most amazing people . . ever. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1927, she has…
Tagged with: Gil Evans, J Giles Bans, Magic Dick, Mary Wells, Miles Davis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Stick With It” . . . : Hector Otto and the Chapman Stick Guitar (SG-12)
I first became aware of Hector Otto, also known as Hectory, while I was looking at the website of Chapman Stick Enterprises. I had been fooling around with a Chapman Stick that I got off Ebay but I was feeling…
Tagged with: Beatles, Bohemian Rhapsody, Chapman Stick, Chapman Stick Guitar, Hector Otto, Hectory
Posted in Chapman Stick, Classic Rock
Posted in Chapman Stick, Classic Rock
“You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do” . . : Changing Guitar Strings
If you’re a guitarist like me, you are not fond of having to change your strings. As a result, I sometimes keep the strings on a guitar longer than they should, usually till they are so worn out that they…
Tagged with: Changing Nylon guitar strings, Changing steel guitar strings, Guitar Strings, Nylon Guitar Strings
Posted in Equipment
Posted in Equipment
‘It Tolls For Thee” . . . : Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells
I remember I was fifteen years old in my bedroom reading Rolling Stone magazine (I thought I was so cool . . . ha!) and I saw this ad for a new record called Tubular Bells. I was a precocious…
Tagged with: Mike Oldfield, Prog Rock, Progressive Rock, Tubular Bells
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Crazy Fingers” . . . : Grateful Dead on Classical Guitar
I’ve been listening to a lot of classical guitar these past few months. Mostly Bach, some Vivaldi but I’ll leave that for another post. Anyway, given my listening habits I guess that it was inevitable that the Great YouTube Algorithm…
Tagged with: Classical Guitar, Damia Timoner, Grateful Dead
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Ease My Worried Mind” . . : The Sad Tale Of Jim Gordon
Rock music has more than it’s share of weird and tragic stories but this one is one it’s weirder and more tragic ones. At one time, Jim Gordon was one of rock music’s most admired and in demand drummers. During…
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