Category Archives: Music

Music: Herb Ellis Riffs Some Blues

Posted on November 19, 2011 by admin

Here’s the great guitarist Herb Ellis just playing around with some blues riffs, but when he’s playing, it’s some serious music. (And see if you catch the jazz references, especially to Charlie Parker.) Herb passed away last year at the … Continue reading →

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Music: Bill Haley & His Comets, Plus the First Rock Tune

Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin

Never heard of Bill Haley & His Comets? Go back to sleep, Mr. Magoo. This track, “Goofin’ Around” from 1956, features some nice guitar work by Franny Beecher on the black Les Paul I’ve heard he still has today. And, … Continue reading →

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Music: “Jesus Thinks You’re a Jerk” by Frank Zappa

Posted on November 13, 2011 by admin

This needs no introduction:

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Mississippi Fred McDowell: You Got To Move

Posted on November 11, 2011 by admin

Posted as a tribute to my old friend and Blues Brother, Steve Beshekas, who died tragically in a fire on November 5th. R.I.P., Steve. “Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. … Continue reading →

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Music: Rolling Stones Twofer

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

First, from 1971, the classic “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?” followed by 2005’s “Sweet Neocon”.

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Music: Bo Diddley Rundown

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

Born in 1928 as Elias Otha Bates, but also known as Elias McDaniel, Bo Diddley was a bridge between blues and rock, especially with his unique chunka-chunka ‘Bo Diddley’ beat, influencing numerous future guitar players. Here he is performing two … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Freddie King & Eric Clapton “Hideaway”

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

Freddie King, the less well-known of the Three Kings of the Blues Guitar (the other two being B.B. King and Albert King, and none of them related to one another), recorded his seminal blues hit “Hideaway” (or “Hide Away”) back … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween Monster Mash

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

What else are you going to play on Halloween? From 1962, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers doing the “Monster Mash”: And here’s a ‘thriller’ — a reconstructed version of Boris Karloff slinging the “Monster Mash” on ABC’s “Shindig!” in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Otis Spann Three-peat

Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin

You never heard of Otis Spann you say? Catch up here — he was one of the greatest post-war blues pianists and played with the Muddy Waters band for nearly 20 years, as well as working as a session man … Continue reading →

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Music: Pinetop Perkins Friday

Posted on October 28, 2011 by admin

Mississippi bluesman Pinetop (b. Joseph William) Perkins played piano with every big name in the blues at one time or another, from Sonny Boy Williamson during the Great Depression to Earl Hooker in the ’50s to Muddy Waters in the … Continue reading →

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