When you go to a Billy Gibbons or ZZ Top concert, you are going to hear one of three things – blues, boogie, or blues ‘n boogie. And on a good night you might ever hear boogie ‘n blues. You want ballads? Go listen to … Continue reading Concert Review – Billy Gibbons at the Tupelo
For the earlier part of his career, Jeff Beck always had a lead singer in a band he was in (Yardbirds) or his own bands. Ever since, at least, Blow by Blow he’s been more jazz and instrumental focused. But I’ve always dug the various … Continue reading Featured Album – Beck, Bogert & Appice
Every now and again I like to do that blues thang. I haven’t done one of these since May, so, yeah, it’s time. Eric Gales is one of those guitarists where you say to yourself, How come I don’t know this guy? Brief bio: 43 … Continue reading Time for a Shot of Blues
Cream were one of my (and a lot of other people’s) favorite bands ever. They introduced me to the blues, and with their long, freewheeling jams, also paved the way for me to appreciate jazz. I still sometimes put on Wheels of Fire or their more … Continue reading Concert Review – Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience
Being a periodic brain dump of miscellaneous stuff that doesnt seem to quite fit anywhere else. ►Earlier this month, a guy named Rick Hall died at the age of 85. If that name is unfamiliar to you, he is the guy that started FAME studios in … Continue reading Fake News and Alternative Facts
L-R: Jaimoe, Derek Trucks, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quiῆones (Pictured above: The Allman Brothers’ final night as a band at the Beacon Theater, Oct. 28, 2014. This show was originally supposed to happen earlier in the year and I had tickets … Continue reading Midnight Riding with the Allman Brothers Band – (final of four)
(A picture of the bus people prior to peachdom. Editor Ron Currens is second from left, I am third. If we all look big, it’s because we all got oversized T-shirts. I found out later that Paul Kaytes – way over on the right – … Continue reading Midnight Riding with the Allman Brothers Band (3)
