The song “Killing Floor” was written by Chester Burnett, aka Howlin’ Wolf. I wrote about Wolf in my review of Peter Guralnick’s Sam Phillips book. There was no artist that Phillips loved more than the Wolf. So, killing floor. What does it mean? Well According … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Killing Floor
“Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn’t for bad luck I wouldn’t have no luck at all” Music, of course, started to expand and change throughout the Sixties. In fact, at least in America, everything started … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 25 Songs (Part 2)
A short while back I did a post on what I believed to be Great Debut Albums. Feel free to check that one out if you’re so inclined. Today’s album -Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced. Note – I did a series on Hendrix a while back, … Continue reading Great Debut Album – Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
By late 1967, Bob Dylan had pretty much outgrown his “protest period.” In fact, he’d gone from folk/protest to electric back to folk/rock and country-rock. The album John Wesley Harding comes in between Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline. (Discounting a greatest hits album.) According … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – All Along the Watchtower
Wikipedia: “In 1967, Jimi Hendrix told the journalist Keith Altham that ‘Third Stone from the Sun’ is about a visiting space alien who, upon evaluation of the human species, decides that people are not fit to rule Earth, destroys their civilization, and places the planet … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Third Stone From the Sun – Jimi Hendrix
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
In case you’re not aware, an upside-down American flag is a distress signal As you might imagine, as an American citizen, it’s been difficult for me to focus on blogging much this week. Or for that matter, on much of anything. I try to keep … Continue reading Winter in America
Almost fifty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix remains a pivotal and influential figure not only in rock music but it would seem in jazz as well. Let’s listen to a few covers, shall we? First up, the tune “Third Stone from the Sun” originally … Continue reading Jazz Covers of Jimi Hendrix Tunes
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)
Several months back I heard that there was a Jimi Hendrix tribute headed my way. So the boy and I got tickets for that. Then by, I guess coincidence (or not), I read in the Boston Globe that there was a Jimi documentary headed to … Continue reading Just Ask the Axis – Experience Hendrix + Electric Church
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