Note – If you’re expecting me to post “I’d Love to Change the World,” or whatever it’s called, look elsewhere. I fucking hate that song and it’s not at all representative of the TYA I know and love.ย You likely all know Ten Years After … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Ten Years After
Wherein I cram the last forty-five years of Mac into one post. By being populated with nothing but Nicks/Buckingham tunes, Spotify’s “This is Fleetwood Mac” is effectively null and void. It should be called “A Fleetwood Mac list compiled by idiots who don’t know shit.” … Continue reading Fleetwood Mac Mark III (final of 3) – You Will Never Break the Chain
In the previous post, I laid out a brief history of the British blues and gave you a few tasty tunes. In this post, I’ll lay out a few more songs as well as a 40-tune Spotify list. And rather than just dump tunes in … Continue reading Jumping at Shadows – An ME Tribute to British (and Some Irish) Blues-rock (part 2 of 2)
Note – this is a repost. It is part one of a 2-part British blues series I did about three years ago. I was listening to this playlist recently and really enjoying it so I thought I’d share it again as I have a fair … Continue reading An ME Tribute to British (and Some Irish) Blues-rock (part 1 of 2)
โThings took a funny turn in the early 70s. It all turned out well when I heard John McLaughlin, because his performance on the Miles Davis Jack Johnson album and with Mahavishnu Orchestra said, โHereโs where you can goโ. And every musician I knew was … Continue reading Jeff Beck – Maestro – (Final of 3)
“The most original guitar player ever.” – Rod Stewart In his autobiography, Nick Mason recalls the during 1967 Pink Floyd had wanted to recruit Beck to be its guitarist after the departure of Syd Barrett but “None of us had the nerve to ask him.” … Continue reading Jeff Beck – Part 2 – Chameleon
Time once again to open the vault door and see what’s in there. Stuff that I posted on at some time in the past that deserves to be heard… Founded in the beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island, Roomful of Blues have been a New … Continue reading From the Vault – Vol 6
Credit where credit is due dept: Recently, fellow blogger Cincinnati Babyhead did a post on the ABB’s “Ramblin’ Man.” We got to talking about this, that, and the other thing and then he asked me for recommendations on later ABB stuff. I listened to some … Continue reading A Six-Pack of the Allman Brothers Band
I wrote about Robben Ford a couple of years ago when I went to see him at a small club. In that post, I said this, “Robben Ford is an ace guitarist from California who hit the scene back in the late โ60s playing with … Continue reading Featured Album – Talk to Your Daughter – Robben Ford
Being an occasional post wherein I go into the vault and dig out tunes I’ve featured before so that they don’t permanently wind up in the deep hole of perdition. Back in the 70s, the Mahavishnu Orchestra was about as popular as a fusion band … Continue reading My Back Pages – Six From the Vault – Vol. 2
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