If you are reading this, then you’re into guitars and if you’re into guitars then you no doubt know of the passing of guitar legend Jeff Beck. There are plenty of online articles and videos that have gone into Beck’s…
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Cause We Ended As Lovers . . : Jeff Beck 1944 – 2023
Tagged with: David Bowie, guitar, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Rolling Strones, Tal Wilkenfeld
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Holiday Haiku 2022
This year has been hardWith music it’s been betterSo let us play on (music in link below) Jingle Blues
“Mrs. Peel . . . We’re Needed”: British TV Spy-Fi Music From The Sixties
Being the boomer that I am (yes, I know that as a member of a given market derived demographic I represent all that is wrong with the world. . . . you’re welcome) I have different pop culture references than…
Tagged with: British TV Show The Avengers, British TV Show The Prioner, Spy-fi
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Roam If You Want To” . . . : The B-52’s
I recently read the the B-52’s were making their farewell tour. I first encountered the B-52’s when my brother came home from Baltimore and brought some of his records with him, including the first B-52 album. I was still in…
Tagged with: Athens Georgia, Deadbeat Club, Love Shack, Private Idaho, Roam, Rock Lobster, The B-52's
Posted in Classic Rock, Uncategorized
Posted in Classic Rock, Uncategorized
“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
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