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…
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“A Good Feelin’ To Know” . . . : Rusty Young & Poco
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…
Wire, Wood & Steel – An New Acoustic Music Project
I had previously announced the start of a new music project that would focus on acoustic music called Wire, Wood & Steel (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/05/11/what-i-did-on-my-permanent-vacation-new-music-project/) starting with a video of myself playing an original song on the dobro. I’ve now added…
Tagged with: Acoustic Music, bluegrass, Country Music, Dobro, Progressive Bluegrass, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“What I Did On My Permanent Vacation” . . : New Music Project
Like many at the start of their self isolation, I thought this would be a good opportunity to be productive. There were projects that were on my ‘to do’ list: organize papers, clean closets . . . Yeah, that hasn’t…
Tagged with: Acoustic Music, bluegrass, Country Music, Dobro, Progressive Bluegrass, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, 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
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken” : Banjo, Steel Guitar And A Word About Robert Hunter
The last couple of weeks I have been watching the Ken Burns documentary “Country Music” on PBS (go here to stream all eight episodes – https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/). Tracing it’s beginnings from the 1920’s through to 1996, it’s an excellent introduction to…
Tagged with: Banjo, Country Music, Grateful Dead, PBS, Pedal Steel Guitar, Robert Hunter
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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