It came up that earlier this week was the three year anniversary of Aretha Franklin’s death with numerous Internet music websites marking the occasion. One of them was UCR (Ultimate Classic Rock) who I want to thank for this one.…
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“Stuck Inside A Mobile” . . : The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival
The video below, courtesy of blues label Fat Possum Records is of the fourth (and last) Memphis Country Blues Festival. Taking place from June 6 through 8, 1969 in what was then known as the Overton Park Shell, the film…
Tagged with: John Fahey, Johnny Winter, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Rufus Thomas
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Play Dead”. . . : Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast Talk Dead Cover Bands
This is not the first time I’ve talked about the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/10/12/playing-to-the-tide-the-good-ol-grateful-deadcast-deep-dive-into-workingmans-dead/ and https://roymusicusa.com/2021/06/13/skull-roses-the-grateful-dead-as-we-know-them-today/) but the two recent episodes below hit a particularly special note with me (pun intended). They talk about the Grateful Dead as…
Tagged with: Dark Star Orchestra, Dead Cover Bands, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Zen Tricksters
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“I Could Drink A Case Of You” . . : Joni Mitchell’s Blue At 50
Picking up on a thread from a previous post (https://roymusicusa.com/2021/05/26/no-regrets-coyote-joni-mitchells-hejira/), Joni Mitchell’s iconic masterpiece ‘Blue’ celebrated it’s 50th anniversary recently. As part of celebration, the Joni Mitchell Archives put out a five song EP of demos and outtakes called, appropriately…
Tagged with: Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell's Blue, Joni Mitchell's Blue 50th Anniversary
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Seven Year Twitch” : A Long Strange Trip and The Debut Album of Wire Wood & Steel
I realized this month that I’ve been writing this blog for seven years with at least two post a month without a break. Why have I done this for that long? Because I’m a music nerd and one thing that…
“Skull & Roses” . . : The Grateful Dead As We Know Them Today
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,…
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
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