Gaucho was the album that (for a time at least) broke Steely Dan. Recording began in 1978 and over the course of a two year span, the band used at least 42 different musicians, spent over a year in the…
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“The Bear Got You” . . . : Steely Dan and The Lost Gaucho
Tagged with: Aja, Gacho, Lost Gaucho album, MCA, Second Arrangment, Steely Dan, Warner Brothers
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
A Haiku For The Holidays 2019
A Song For Those Here And For All Those Who Are Not Let Us Play For All
Tagged with: bluegrass, Country Music, Jamband, The New Jazz Spasms, Wil The Circle Be Unbroken
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“I’m Verklempt”* . . . . : Blue Sky by Quail
Full disclosure: I’ve known Anna Young (bassist, composer, arranger and all around awesomeness) and her brother Nick Young (mixing and mastering – sonic and otherwise) literally their entire lives. So it is with the greatest of pleasures that I present…
Tagged with: Amy Winehouse, Anna Young, Nicky Young, Quail, Quailtrail
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Embryonic Journey” . . . : Three Guitar Instrumentals By Jorma Kaukonen
My previous post talked about John Fahey, Leo Kottke and the “school” of acoustic fingerstyle guitarists who created an amalgam of folk, blues and country guitar styles, sometimes mixed with jazz, Indian raga and other world music elements. Wikipedia referred…
“Like geese farts on a muggy day”: Leo Kottke’s “6- and 12-String Guitar”
Sometime in the early seventies I began reading in Guitar Player magazine about a group of acoustic guitarists. Their music drew upon the traditions of folk, ragtime and blues but often would also incorporate other elements such as Indian raga.…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, Figerstyle Guitar, Fingerpicking, Folk Music, John Fahey, Leo Kotte
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
“That High Lonesome Sound” . . : A Very Quick Intro To The Dobro
The dobro is a strange and (IMO) really cool instrument. “Dobro” itself was originally a brand name of resonator guitar. A resonator is the hubcap looking apparatus that sits in the middle of the instrument and gives it its unique…
Tagged with: bluegrass, Country, Dobro, Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Mike Auldridge, Rob Ickes
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Sing Me Back Home” . . . : Guitar Great Clarence White
In my previous post, I was talking about the Ken Burns documentary “Country Music” on PBS (see https://roymusicusa.com/2019/09/28/will-the-circle-be-unbroken-banjo-steel-guitar-and-a-word-about-robert-hunter/). While I generally thought it to be excellent there were a few minor quibbles, namely the omission of two great guitarists, Doc…
Tagged with: B-Bender, bluegrass, Clarance White, Flatpicking guitar, Telecaster, The Byrds
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
