Category Archives: Jazz

Today’s Music: Rhett Butler Plays Two Guitars at Once

Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin

I don’t know much about guitarist Rhett Butler, but this is an impressive feat — playing Joe Satriani’s “Always with Me, Always with You” on two guitars at once, and playing them well: H/T to Scott Wendt.

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Today’s Music: George Benson, ‘Willow Weep for Me’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin

Mighty smart and tasty guitar work by Mr. Benson on this old jazz warhorse. H/T to Mat Wilson.

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Today’s Music: The Rolling Stones: “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?”

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

A Stones classic that gives full play to Keith Richards’ signature ‘open-G’ tuning (D-G-D-G-B-G instead of the standard E-A-D-G-B-E tuning with the chords mainly barred on the lower five strings), and the kind of tune you don’t hear much in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: “Five Long Years” Plus Obama Does (Part of) “Sweet Home Chicago”

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr, and Mick Jagger jam on the old Muddy Waters classic, “Five Long Years,“ and President Obama chimes in later on “Sweet Home Chicago.” (I never thought I’d live long enough to have a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Professor Longhair, “Go to the Mardi Gras”

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

The Mardi Gras is only a week away. The inimitable Professor Longhair celebrates with “Go to the Mardi Gras,” released in 1950. H/T to Mathew Tyler Wilson.

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Today’s Music: “Cold Morning Shout”

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

Actually, I’ve never heard of Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod before; just happened to run across them at the Fraulini Guitars site, but they cook up some nice rags-and-blues guitar pickin’ here. Enjoy!

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Today’s Music: “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

Big Joe “Boss of the Blues” Turner was a Kansas City blues belter who started out in the 1920’s at the age of 12 playing in K.C. dives and, by the ’30’s and ’40’s, was performing with a whole host of … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Little Walter, “Juke” and “My Babe”

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Marion Walter Jacobs, AKA ‘Little Walter’, along with Big Walter Horton and a couple of others, defined the ‘Chicago Saxophone’ sound on the harmonica way back in the 1950s. Instead of playing first position ‘country’ harp, Walter moved to second … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Kim Wilson and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin

Here’s Kim Wilson, the guy Muddy Waters once called the ‘greatest harmonica player since Little Walter,’ tearing it up with his band The Fabulous Thunderbirds which once included Stevie Ray Vaughn’s older brother Jimmie on guitar, playing some of their … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: ‘Chitlin’s Con Carne’ by Kenny Burrell

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

This is what jazz-blues fusion really sounds like. Smooth with a bite and some soul power. Kenny Burrell from nearly 50 years ago, and he’s still playing great. H/T to Mathew Tyler Wilson.

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