I’m just saw Charlie Hunter this past week. I’ve lost count of how many times I seen him but the number is in the double digits easy. I first heard about Charlie Hunter in a Guitar Player magazine article as…
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Stick Theory: The Continuing Adventure Of The Chapman Stick Guitar & Me
My wife suggested that I move the material I have on my Chapman Stick Guitar page to a post on my Home page so it gets seen by more people. I agreed but felt this was a good opportunity to…
Tagged with: "Stormy Monday", Chapman Stick, Chapman Stick Guitar, Emmett Chapman
Posted in Chapman Stick, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Chapman Stick, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Hey, Hey Mama”: Cover Versions Of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”
I became aware of this video from the website OpenCulture.com. It’s a combination of 80 different YouTube video covers of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”. I guess it shows how getting your Led Zeppelin riffs down is a rite of passage…
Tagged with: "Black Dog", Classic Rock, Dread Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Covers, reggae
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“A Friend Of The Devil Is A Friend Of Mine”: Jerry Garcia’s Birthday
Jerry Garcia would have been 72 years old today. I want to avoid going on about the usual stuff that has been written about Jerry and the Grateful Dead but I want to hit these points: No one sounds like…
Tagged with: Grateful Dead, Happy Birthday Jerry, Jerry Garcia, Merle Saunders
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Lawdy mama, light my fuse”: Johnny Winter 1944 – 2014
Johnny Winter passed away yesterday in Switzerland at the age of 70 while on tour in Europe. Johnny was one of my first guitar heroes. When I was about 11 or 12 years old, my brother joined Columbia Record Club (anyone…
“How Blue Can You Get . . .” : Some Lesser Known Blues Solos Worth Checking Out
Lately, I have been concentrating on learning to play the Chapman Stick Guitar (see the Chapman Stick Guitar tab for more info). While it is in many ways different from your standard guitar, it also shares many traits. Because I…
Tagged with: "Stormy Monday", Billie Holiday, Blues, Boz Scaggs, Duane Allman, John Mayall, Larry Coryell, Lester Young, Michael Bloomfield, Peter Green
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“First There Is A Mountain. . . “: The Allman Brothers and Structured Extended Improvisation
My last post discussed The Allman Brothers Band and their use of arrangement ideas in their Blues songs. This time I would like to talk Allmans and their use of arrangement in their extended improvisations and in particular the song…
Tagged with: Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Mountain Jam
Posted in Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Okay, the Allman Brothers Band”: The Allman Brothers, Song Arrangement and the Blues
Those words start one of the records that changed my life. I’m referring to The Allman Brothers/At Fillmore East. I remember hearing it during the summer of 1971. I was 13 years old and was with my family at a…
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