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
“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…
Guitarist Tony Rice 1951 – 2020
On Christmas Day, 2020, guitarist Tony Rice passed away at the age of 69. Rice was a pivotal figure in bluegrass guitar. His music spanned from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New Acoustic music to songwriter-oriented folk. I first became aware…
Tagged with: bluegrass, David Grisman, Dawg Music, guitar, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“A Merry Jerry Holiday” . . . . . . . . : 25 Days Of Jerry
Happy Holidays everyone, we made it through a year in hell. Weeping Willow Guitar Lessons is an excellent YouTube channel for Deadhead/ABB fan guitarists (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSqUU4fjNPVq6NvKtNIWKOQ). He’s been putting out some serious high quality content: solo transcriptions, breakdown of guitar parts…
A Haiku For The Holidays 2020
Yeah, This Year Sucked Big We Can Only Look Forward And Hope For The Best
Tagged with: Haiku, I Got Rhythm, Jamband, Jazz, The New Jazz Spasms
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“You Know You Know” . . . . . : The Mahavishnu Orchestra
There were records that were pivotal in my wanting to play music: Allman Brothers Live At The Fillmore East and Eat A Peach, Grateful Dead Live Dead and Europe 72 and Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mountain Flame and Birds Of Fire. The…
