This is a reblog/revisit of one of the very first posts I ever did back in 2015. I’m reposting it for two reasons. One, because I had like, six readers back then and two, because of the recent death of drummer Jim Gordon. If you … Continue reading Featured Album – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Derek and the Dominos
A while back I did a post on my Desert Island Discs. I was reminded of this recently when fellow blogger Christian did his own interesting series on that. So I thought, time to revisit this. Firstly, what did I drop from the previous list … Continue reading My (Updated) Desert Island Discs
Little Stevie Wonder had hit the scene at the tender age of 13 with a song called “Fingertips – Part 2.” This was an exciting early hit for Motown. But going chronologically from my last post, I’m instead going to go with one of my … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 25 Songs (Part 3)
A little while ago, I posted my Top Ten Gee-tar solos of all time. But you didn’t really think I had only ten, did you? Of course, you didn’t. I also did a post once on What I Listen For in a Guitar Solo. Put … Continue reading My Top Ten Guitar Solos of All Time – Part Deux
A while back I did one of my “Tres Songs” posts and one of the featured artists was Boz Scaggs. At the time I said, “In 1969, he recorded his eponymous album with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section including Duane Allman. This is the album that … Continue reading A Song I Love – Loan Me a Dime – Boz Scaggs w/Duane Allman
Yes, yes, children. It is time for that most anticipated and yet largely unloved thing – the “favorite guitarist” list. Now before you dive in and say, “How the fuck could you leave Alex Lifeson (or Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell, Yngvie Malmsteen, etc.) off … Continue reading My Top Twenty Guitarists of All Time (plus one)
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)
(Pictured: The cover from our itinerary) And you may find yourself Behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house With a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, well How did I get here? —-Once in a … Continue reading Midnight Riders – On the Road with the Allman Brothers Band (2 of 4)
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding And I’m bound to keep on riding And I’ve got one more silver dollar But I’m not gonna let them catch me, no Not gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider —-Midnight Rider, Gregg Allman/Kim Payne … Continue reading Midnight Riders – I Go On the Road With The Allman Brothers Band – (1 of 4)
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