“I saw my rock and roll past flash before my eyes. I saw something else: I saw rock and roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” – Jon Landau in 1974 after seeing Bruce at the (now defunct) Harvard Square Theater Well, clearly Bruce … Continue reading My Musical Journey (final of 4)
A while back I wrote about Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow album at which time I said: “But nothing really prepared the rock world forĀ Blow by Blow which was basically a full-on jazz-fusion album. (Produced by none other than the estimable Mr. George Martin, whose … Continue reading Featured Album – Wired – Jeff Beck
There are a lot of people, not a few of whom are Steely Dan fans, who think that the Dan brought in studio guitarist because Walter Becker was not up to the task of playing their challenging charts. I am here to tell you that … Continue reading Mr. Steely and Mr. Dan – A Collection of Walter Becker Solos
āThings 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, āHereās where you can goā. And every musician I knew was … Continue reading Jeff Beck – Maestro – (Final of 3)
Wikipedia: “The Sixteen Men of TainĀ is the tenth studio album by guitaristĀ Allan Holdsworth, released in March 2000.Ā The album’s title is a reference to theĀ Glenmorangie distilleryĀ inĀ Tain, Scotland.Ā The Sixteen Men of Tain was the last recording to be made at Holdsworth’s personal recording studio, The Brewery.” There … Continue reading Featured Album – The Sixteen Men of Tain – Allan Holdsworth
Comments to this are closed because some jerkoff keeps spamming me with stupidity every time I open it up. Credit here to fellow blogger Melody Calls who reminded me of late ’70s era, Santana, by posting about the fine album Moonflower. It reminded me that … Continue reading Featured Album – Borboletta – Santana
This post came about because I was reading a book about the Dan called Major Dudes. They were discussing this album and when I realized that its 20th anniversary was on this exact date, well, a review was definitely in order. If you’re not familar … Continue reading Featured Album – Two Against Nature – Steely Dan
As previously mentioned in prior teasers, I am off on an adventure in the not-too-distant future. The previous teasers have involved Chuck Leavell, formerly of the Allman Brothers Band and currently of the Stones. I also reblogged a Deep Purple post. Steve Morse is Purple’s … Continue reading Steve Morse – Guitarist Extraordinaire – Teaser #3
In my New Year’s post, I said this – Note ā Iām working on doing something in the next couple of months that will ā should it happen ā be of some interest to readers. It involves a visit somewhere. Iām going to drop well, … Continue reading Featured Album – Sea Level (Teaser #1)
And they wandered in From the city of St. John Without a Dime Spotify link Sitting in a dead-end street across from the Boston Common, The Orpheum Theater – it says here – is one of “the oldest theaters in the United States. It was … Continue reading Concert Review – The Royal Scam – Steely Dan at the Orpheum Boston
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