After more than forty years I hated the idea of re-buying a Beatles recording. Despite all the hype, how much could they really improve 4-track analogue recordings made in the 60’s? I had read a couple of blog posts which mocked the idea and called the CDs a waste of money.
But after hearing what George [...]
Archive for the ‘Rock’ Category
Beatles For Sale – Again – Remastered, is it worth it?
Posted in Music, Rock, tagged Beatles, remastered on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beatles, Stones, Bach, Coltrane?
Posted in Blues, Classical, Hammond Organ, Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged Pete Fallico, Randall Bramblett, Rhoda Scott on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine you were given the chance to go back in time and witness four musical events (one each from jazz, blues, classical, and rock history.) What would they be?
I asked this question to Derek Trucks, Rhoda Scott & Randall Bramblett, you can read their responses in my new All About Jazz article: A Question [...]
Michael Jackson, Ray Charles & Bob Dylan ?!?
Posted in Music, Ray Charles, Rock, tagged Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This may have been the most impressive group to ever assemble in a recording studio. It happened in January 1985. After the American Music Awards a group of musicians gathered at the A&M Studios in Hollywood, California to record a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie, “We Are the World.” The single was [...]
Carlos Santana Video Interview
Posted in '60's music, Derek Trucks - News, Music, Rock, Santana on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Carlos did a very nice interview last Thursday with Tavis Smiley of PBS. The 22 minute video is online, but so far I can’t get it to play past seven and a half minutes. But at least the audio is available in full.
Here’s a sample from the interview:
Tavis: At 60 years of age now, Carlos, [...]
Allman Brothers 40th – Ongoing Beacon Updates
Posted in Allman Brothers, Blues, Eric Clapton, Music, Rock, tagged Beacon, Sonny Landreth, Taj Mahal, ZZ Top on March 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Allman Brothers at the Beacon with special guests, photos & setlists
Mitch Mitchell R.I.P. Last of the Hendrix Trio
Posted in Music, Rock, tagged drums, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the BBC:
Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer in the seminal 1960s band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has been found dead in his US hotel room, authorities say.
The 61-year-old was discovered in the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, in the early hours of Wednesday.
My Interview with the Legendary Chuck Leavell
Posted in Allman Brothers, Blues, Derek Trucks - News, Eric Clapton, Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged Chuck Leavell, George Harrison, Rolling Stones on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chuck Leavell is one of the world’s premier blues rock pianists–a veteran musician who has recorded and toured with many of the best-known names in the business. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Black Crowes, and most of all, his legendary [...]
Remembering the Music of 1964 with Videos & Background
Posted in '60's music, Music, R & B, Rock, tagged 1964, Beatles on August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
THE YEAR OF THE BEATLES
This was the absolute year of the Beatles in the USA. I don’t think anyone who experienced that year as a teenager will ever forget the unique magic of the Beatles conquering America. Imagine, for 3 months they held the 1 & 2 spot in the singles charts:
From February 22, 1964 [...]
Remembering the Magical Music of 1969 with Videos & Background
Posted in '60's music, Allman Brothers, Music, R & B, Rock, tagged 1969 on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TOP SINGLE in 1969
Get Back, The Beatles
“Get Back” is a song primarly written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to “The Beatles with Billy Preston.”[1] It would later become the closing track of The Beatles’ last [...]
Remembering the Music of 1968 with Video & Background
Posted in '60's music, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Music, R & B, Rock on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best LP covers of 1968
Jimi Hendrix – All along the watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London. [7] According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape [...]
Remembering the Musical Magic of 1966 with Video & Background
Posted in '60's music, Allman Brothers, Duane Allman, Hammond Organ, Marvin Gaye, Music, R & B, Rock, tagged 1966 on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The year 1966 was a big one for the Beatles, the Stones, the Sinatra family, the Beach Boy, the Supremes, Lovin’ Spoonful, and Donovan
Frank Sinatra, Strangers in the Night (no 1966 clip was available, this was about 15 years later.) The star of the 40’s had the year’s biggest hit, and [...]
Remembering the Magical Music of 1965 with video and background
Posted in '60's music, Marvin Gaye, Music, R & B, Rock on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sixties were a magical time for music, so with the advent of YouTube, I thought, why not put something together to make it easier to remember 1965. Motown in Detroit and Stax in Memphis were hotbeds of soul and R&B, think of the Supremes, Wilson Pickett, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Little [...]
Remembering 1967 – Video & Background of the Summer of Love
Posted in '60's music, Blues, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Music, R & B, Rock, tagged 1967, music videos, summer of love on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Beatles on making Sgt Pepper
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning on 6 December 1966, the album was released on 1 June 1967 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the [...]
Seals & Crofts – Think Again, Much More than Soft Rock
Posted in Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged Dash Crofts, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Seals, Seals & Crofts on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE MARCH 2009: Unfortunately, nearly all the videos in this post have been pulled from YouTube. If you want to still see some video of them go here.
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Okay, most of us know Seals & Crofts from their 1972 smash hit Summer Breeze (see clip below for a trip down memory lane.) But they had a [...]
Re-discovering the 70’s with an Unexpected Combination
Posted in Music, Rock, tagged Big Band, Chicago, Disco, Earth Wind & Fire on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bringing the disco group Earth Wind & Fire together with the big band rock group Chicago was a clever idea. They weren’t groups I followed back in the day, I think I once owned an Earth Wind & Fire record, but they were constantly on the radio. I’d pretty much forgotten Chicago, but I happened [...]
Jazz / Rock Guitarist Hiram Bullock has died
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged Hiram Hullock on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sad news, Hiram Bullock is dead at age 52, here from the NYTimes:
Hiram Bullock, a soulful and adaptable jazz and rock guitarist who was a member of the original band for “Late Night with David Letterman,” died last Friday in Manhattan. He was 52.
Here’s Something Pat Metheny, Eric Clapton or Wes Montgomery Can’t Do
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged guitar on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A man with no arms taught himself to play guitar.
Tal Wilkenfeld – She puts bass guitar in the spotlight
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, tagged bass guitar, Tal Wilkenfeld on July 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I first saw Tal Wilkenfeld when she appeared with Jeff Beck at Eric Clapton’s 2007 Crossroads Festival. She’s one of those remarkable musicians whom you immediately identify as someone with extraordinary talent who will leave a lasting mark on the music world.
Here’s a clip of that 2007 concert (see looks like she’s 15, but she’s [...]
Must See for Beatle Fans
Posted in Music, Rock, tagged Beatles, interview, John Lennon on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the description from YouTube:
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, [...]
