Category Archives: Blues

Today’s Music: Big Walter Horton Two-Fer

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

I met Big Walter Horton years ago at a North Side Chicago blues bar. Although his playing was loose, almost to the point of kidding, with his band, he told them to stop playing at one point and then, just … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass

Posted on December 11, 2011 by admin

How can you go wrong with the Oscar Peterson Trio with Joe Pass on guitar? (If you don’t know who these great musicians are, go to the Google and get some learnin’.)

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Today’s Music: ‘Satisfaction’ The Rolling Stones

Posted on December 1, 2011 by admin

Reaching back to the mid-’60s for this clip, when Mick Jagger’s face wasn’t carved out of leather, Keith Richards looked like the poor man’s George Harrison, and before Brian Jones and Bill Wyman passed on. Parts are dated, but the … Continue reading →

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Music: Kenny Burrell Three-peat

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

Kenny Burrell is one of my favorite guitar players, both because of his fluid, bluesy solos and his mastery as ‘King of the Ice Cream Chords.’ (Meant as a compliment.) He’s played with every major name in jazz over the … Continue reading →

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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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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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