Many, many years ago, I was at a party when my friend Craig began chatting up this girl. Whether he was being my wing man or just trying to make conversation with her (for his own nefarious purposes no doubt),…
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Call To The Higher Consciousness . . : Larry Coryell (1943 – 2017)
I was literally on my way out of town when I heard the news that guitarist Larry Coryell passed away. Nowadays, I am reluctant to write posts on the latest musician to pass away since it seems that every week…
Tagged with: Fusion, guitar, Jazz Rock, Larry Coryell
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“I’m Not Dead Yet” . . . : Neal Casals and Circles Around The Sun
I recently played in a session for a potential new jam band project where a good part of the time was spent jamming on vamps and progressions taken from the Grateful Dead. Being an old Deadhead and having played in…
Tagged with: Circles Around The Sun, Fare Thee Well, Grateful Dead, Neal Casals
Posted in Grateful Dead, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Grateful Dead, Music Appreciation and Analysis
For Mary . . . . .
HUSKER DU – Love is all around (Mary Tyler Moore Theme)
“Blues for New Orleans” . . . : Duke Ellington, the New York Public Library and Me
So here I am, fourteen years old and just starting to get into jazz beyond the contemporary bands of the day. I wanted to go deeper but the the number of records one can buy on a fourteen year old’s…
The History of Bass: Highly Condensed Version
Continuing our bass theme from the last post, the video below is from CDZA, a loose knit group of New York musicians who produce cool videos. The one below offers a highly condensed history of the bass in music. Over…
“Tryin’ to make a livin” . . : Berry Oakley’s Isolated Bass Part to Ramblin’ Man
It’s been busy here at Casa de RoyMusicUSA so this will be a quickie (“that’s what she said”). Below is a video of the Berry Oakleys’s isolated bass track to the Allman Brother’s Ramblin’ Man off their 1973 album Brothers…
Tagged with: Allman Brothers, Bass, Berry Oakley
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“And Die Behind The Wheel” . . : Steely Dan’s Deacon Blues
I was watching a bit of the Olympics and happened upon the medal ceremonies for some event or another. As I watched, I thought about the athletes who never get a gold medal despite all the blood, sweat and tears…
“It Was Forty Six Years Ago Today” : Santana at Tanglewood, MA., 1970-08-18
Sometimes I have a specific topic in mind when I start writing a post for this blog. Other times. . . well, not so much. I had just finished reading “Live At The Fillmore East and West” by John Glatt…
Tagged with: Bill Graham, Fillmore East, Santana, Tanglewood
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Summer In The City Part 4: The Black Rock Coalition Tribute To Sonny Sharrock (1940 – 1994)
It was May, 1994 when the Central Park Summer Stage concert series announced their schedule. One of the shows that immediately caught my eye was The Lounge Lizards with Sonny Sharrock opening for them. I had seen The Lounge Lizards…
Tagged with: Black Rock Coalition, Fusion, Sonny Sharrock, Vernon Reid
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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