Back when gas was cheap and people – and by people I mean largely men – didn’t drive like a bunch of aggressive “I own the road” fuckheads, I used to go for drives just to listen to music. I still occasionally do that but … Continue reading Physical Graffiti – A Reappraisal
So I was scrolling around the channels a few weeks back when I saw a blipvert for a Rolling Stones documentary called My Life As a Rolling Stone. Wait, what, I thought? Being a consumer of all things Rolling Stones, how do I now know … Continue reading Documentary Review – My Life as a Rolling Stone
A new club opened up in Portsmouth, NH about a year or so ago called Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club. Portsmouth is a funky little town located about 57 miles (92km) north of Boston with a lot of good restaurants and nightlife. The guys who … Continue reading Concert Review – Blues Master Eric Gales
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. You likely all know Ten Years After … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Ten Years After
Wherein I offer some new stuff, heavily – but not entirely – weighted towards blues. From his PR: “Stew Cutler [is] a well-seasoned guitarist and composer who has spent the better part of four decades channeling the blues through his magical fingers. In fact, Cutler’s … Continue reading New Music Revue – 4.19.22
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)
“Within the contents of this book, I wanted to include items from my personal archive that have played a part in my career over 60 years, to illustrate the detail behind the detail.” – Jimmy Page To my great delight and joy, Santa Claus (Father … Continue reading Book Review – Jimmy Page -The Anthology
“Things 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, ‘Here’s where you can go’. 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
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