I have written previously about The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast, the official Grateful Dead podcast (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/10/12/playing-to-the-tide-the-good-ol-grateful-deadcast-deep-dive-into-workingmans-dead/). The first two seasons went into deep dives of the classic Grateful Dead albums, Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty respectively. For season three,…
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“Skull & Roses” . . : The Grateful Dead As We Know Them Today
Tagged with: American Beauty, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Skull and Roses, Workingman's Dead
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“No Regrets Coyote” . . : Joni Mitchell’s Hejira
This one is for my dear friend Carol (the biggest Joni fan I know) . . . Hejira, Joni Mitchell’s eighth studio album, is where (IMO) she cut the ties for good to her earlier musical styles. There is no…
Tagged with: Hejira, Jaco Pastorious, Joni Mitchell
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Uncategorized
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Uncategorized
“It’s A G Thang” . . : Keith Richards and Open G Tuning
As a guitarist, I’ve was never that much into open tunings. I had enough of a time understanding the guitar in standard tuning to be bothered with learning a different one (What is an open tuning? It’s when you tune…
Tagged with: Keith Richards, OPen G Tuning, Rolling Stones
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“A Good Feelin’ To Know” . . . : Rusty Young & Poco
I read that pedal steel guitarist Rusty Young passed away recently. Young was one of the first musicians to integrate the pedal steel guitar, an instrument associated with with country music, into rock. Young’s playing was central to the band’s…
Tagged with: Country Music, Country Rock, Jim Messina, Poco, Richie Furray, Rusty Young
Posted in Classic Rock, Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Ten Albums For $0.01” . . : Columbia House Music Club
If you are of a certain age, you must of seen the ads in the magazines (remember magazines?). You know the ones, “10 Albums For A Penny”. Well my brother and I certainly did and when one of my brother’s…
“Small Cogs Make Big Wheels Turn” . : Lou Ottens and Henry Goldrich
I recently learned of the deaths of Lou Ottens and Henry Goldrich. These are not famous musicians but their impact on popular music was immense. Lou Ottens Lou Ottens was a Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette. As…
“From My Window” . . . : Snow Music from Wire Wood & Steel
When I woke up this morning I saw that NYC was in the middle of a pretty decent snowfall. After the morning beverage, I began to play my guitar while looking out the window, not really thinking about what I…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, Acoustic Music, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band
“Does Your Left Hand Know What The Right One Is Doing?” . . . : Mauro Giuliani 120 Right Hand Studies For Guitar
A bit of guitar geekness this month boys & girls . . . One of my favorite guitarists, Charlie Hunter (see https://roymusicusa.com/2014/08/22/bing-bing-bing-bing-the-awesome-guitar-of-charlie-hunter/) said that the left hand of the guitarist is the “conception” hand but the right was the “execution”…
Tagged with: 120 Right Hand Studies for Guitar, Classical Guitar, Mauro Giuliani
Posted in Classical, Guitar Logic
Posted in Classical, Guitar Logic
“Set Out Running” . . : Friend Of The Devil by Wire, Wood & Steel
I have previously posted about a new music project I’ve started called Wire, Wood & Steel (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/05/11/what-i-did-on-my-permanent-vacation-new-music-project/ and https://roymusicusa.com/2020/09/03/wire-wood-steel-an-new-acoustic-music-project/). After some delays I finally started recording and I thought I would share the first song, an instrumental cover of…
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