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Category Archives: Rock
Today’s Music: Ron Wood, Now and Then
It’s Ron Wood’s birthday today (1947), so I thought I’d feature a cut from his current band and one from his old band, The Faces with Rod Stewart. First from 2006 at the Beacon Theater in NYC: And here’s Ron … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Brown Sugar, Faces, Maggie May, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood
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Today’s Music: ‘Doc’ Watson and Friends, a Random Sampling
Guitar progenitor Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson died May 29, 2012 from complications following colon surgery. He was 89. His influence went far beyond the acoustic bluegrass and country music genres he favored as his picking style and musical sensibility was … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Bill Monroe, Bluegrass, Country, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Folk Music
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Today’s Music: Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian Two-Fer, “Solo Flight” and “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” (1941)
Today is Benny Goodman’s birthday (b. 1909; d. 1986). The cut below features both the Benny Goodman Orchestra and the Benny Goodman Quartet with Charlie Christian. Benny wasn’t known as the “King of Swing” for nothing, and Charlie is the … Continue reading
Today’s Music: Freddie King, “The Things That I Used To Do” Live (1975)
One of the ‘Kings’ of the blues, live In London in 1975.
Today’s Music: Tom Waits, “Step Right Up”
Don’t know who Tom Waits is? Go here while you listen to the music.
Today’s Music: Koko Taylor and Little Walter, “Wang Dang Doodle” (1967)
Koko Taylor and Little Walter do a stripped-down version of the Willie Dixon blues classic that was Koko’s only hit record.
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Tagged Koko Taylor, Little Walter, Wang Dang Doodle
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Today’s Music: Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come” (1964)
The ‘Father of Soul Music’ Sam Cooke and his version of the tune he wrote, released in 1964: Bonus: Al Green’s take on the song:
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged A Change is Gonna Come, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Soul
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Today’s Music: Jerry Lee Lewis and Eric Clapton, “Trouble in Mind”
The Killer and Slow Hand wring some heavy blues out of this old tune.
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Trouble in Mind
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Today’s Music: Four Versions of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”
From 1929, a traditional version as performed by one of the ‘Queens of the Blues’ Bessie Smith: B.B. King (with little guitar but great piano) fries it up: Derek and the Dominos featuring Eric Clapton and Duane Allman take it … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Otis Redding
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Today’s Music: Stuart Hamm’s Bass Solo at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1988)
From Beethoven to country, Joe Satriani’s bassist Stuart Hamm runs it all on four thick strings in an incredible virtuoso performance.
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video, WTF?
Tagged Bass Guitar, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stuart Hamm
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