Category Archives: Rock

‘Stormy Monday’ Double-Dip

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

No blues tune has been as abused by mediocre blues bands as T-Bone’s Walker’s signature 1947 hit, “Stormy Monday”. That said, his ‘blues box’ guitar solo and vocal styling on this cut inspired such greats as B.B. King, Freddy King, … Continue reading →

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Lightnin’ Hopkins in the Early ’60s

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (b. Sam John Hopkins in 1912) doesn’t get a lot of notoriety these days, but listen to the guitar licks and the rhythm on this video and you can hear the same patterns used by modern rock and blues … Continue reading →

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“Monday Morning Blues” by Mississippi John Hurt

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Who is Mississippi John Hurt, you ask? Man, you got to be ‘learned up’ on the King of Three-Finger Delta Blues Pickin’ who influenced a whole passel of later guitar players, such as Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey, Leo Kottke … Continue reading →

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The Wicked Mr. Pickett and Jimi Hendrix On Stage Together in 1966

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin

While Berry Gordy at Motown in Detroit was trying to tailor his soul acts to appeal to white pop audiences (i.e.: making them more doo-wop tame, ala The Supremes), over at Stax-Volt in Memphis they were going for the gut … Continue reading →

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What America Did For Entertainment Before the Inner-Tubes Stole Our Brains

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

All I can tell you is that this video says a band called — ho, ho — ‘The Genteels’ performed this grimace-inducing monstrosity named “Take It Off!” and that looks like the great Mamie Van Doren doing the striptease. I … Continue reading →

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‘Green Onions’ by Booker T. and the M.G.s

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

Back in the ’60s and ’70s it seemed like every garage band played this tune, or tried to, and it was frequently requested at club gigs, wedding receptions and the like.  Ironic that the biggest hit Booker T. and the … Continue reading →

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Ray Charles and Louis Jordan

Posted on September 9, 2011 by admin

You already know Ray Charles (and if you don’t read this), but Louis Jordan is a little more obscure for most people. Aside from being a major influence on Ray Charles, along with Nat King Cole, Charles Brown and Art … Continue reading →

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‘Use Me’ by Bill Withers

Posted on August 29, 2011 by admin

Bill Withers, a native of the pastoral West Virginia hellhole of ‘Slab Fork,’ was working on an aircraft company assembly line in L.A. in 1970 and submitting demos of his music to record companies. A small company named Sussex Records … Continue reading →

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Two by Wes Montgomery

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

What can you say about Wes Montgomery (born John Leslie Montgomery in 1923) except that he’s a jazz genius who influenced everyone from jazz masters Kenny Burrell to George Benson to rock-blues virtuosos like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn … Continue reading →

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‘You Really Got Me’ by The Kinks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

This tune by The Kinks is remarkable for several reasons, one being that some credit it as the first ‘heavy metal’ song that led to all the hair bands of the 1970s and beyond. Be that as it may, when “You Really Got … Continue reading →

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