Nokie Edwards, lead guitarist for The Ventures, passed away last month.
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Loading... Welp, what can you say? What a [tfb]ing year.
I won't go much further than that, as many others either will or already have for me. Anyway, grab a beverage, raise your glass, and let's all sing along with this old song that we only know a few of the words to, including Prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro8aHvJwgGs
31 Dec 1987
I said it before, and I'll say it again: good luck, you guys.
I'll see you on the other side.
(2 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)Loading... This is not William Tyler's WGOM debut; last year Bootsy spun "Geography of Nowhere," a cut from Tyler's 2013 album Impossible Truth. He released his follow-up album, Modern Country, this June. Tyler wrote it in Oxford, Mississippi, and recorded it in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
For me the album evokes a contemporary perspective on Gram Parsons' Cosmic American Music, a genre that blurs country, folk, rock, soul, and bluegrass. Jazz is very much Tyler's addition to this mix – you can hear guitar greats Chet Atkins, Les Paul, and Bill Frisell in this track as much as Parsons' take on country-rock. Listen hard enough and you'll hear some Link Wray & Dick Dale, too.
(3 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... Some mean chops here, yo.
28 Aug 1993
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... . . . but I'll post a video for today anyway.
https://youtu.be/E5TxpJVKKQ8
1971
(2 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... If you like guitars, watch this guy. He invented his own guitar, and you can see him go to town on it here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zEzHPsi87w&feature=kp
(2 votes, average: 9.50 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKkw4nkifa8
I got it bad, folks, and that ain't good.
(3 votes, average: 9.67 out of 10)Loading... When I got to college (yes, we're just ignoring the time I spent with country music in high school) I had a roommate who listened to nothing but AC/DC and, I don't know... Pantera? Something like that. It was obnoxious. Probably only slightly more so than my heyday-of-Napster-download-as-many-former-top-40-songs-as-you-can playlist. The next big breakthrough for me musically happened when I studied abroad. We all got incredibly tired of the music we brought along, and started swapping, where upon I realized the breadth of my musical exposure was still far too narrow. I needed to go digging. A trip to a record store in Rome netted me 3 greatest hits CD's that I was willing to take a chance on: The Corrs (I doubt it came back from Europe with me), Meatloaf, and Jimi Hendrix.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0EMrJTgqgM
Meatloaf I enjoyed, but Hendrix... that was a revelation for me. Maybe I'd just heard the same one or two songs too many times (I still don't really enjoy "Purple Haze") and didn't realize what he was really all about. Whatever the case, I was surprised by Hendrix. Listening to "The Wind Cries Mary" opened up something new for me. It was subtle and beautiful and at the same time powerful. Yes please.
(2 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... One of the finest concert openers I've seen was on the GTR tour, when Steve Hackett and Steve Howe performed various solo and duet pieces (and that particular concert was recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour). Steve Howe prefers steel strings, while Steve Hackett favors nylon; here's one of Hackett's more beautiful numbers:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZcHZEficE
After the break, Steve gets his cheaptoy on...
Continue reading Steve Hackett – “Horizons”
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