Monthly Archives: March 2013
Happy Easter (and the Sargasso Sea)
“Easter and the Sargasso Sea” is an acoustic guitar instrumental piece written and performed by Leo Kottke. He recorded and released it on the album Circle ‘Round The Sun in 1970. I bought my copy of the vinyl LP in the … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton was born this day, March 30, in 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England. Starting with his first band, The Roosters, then with The Yardbirds in 1963, on through his time with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek … Continue reading
Richard, Emmylou & Rodney
It’s a bit after 1:00 am and I just got back from a concert in Boston. My friend, Chris and I went down this evening to see Richard Thompson with his “Electric Trio” and Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell with … Continue reading
Something New
A little while back, I signed up for a free service from N.Y.Times.com that sends me “My Alerts” emails with links to recent articles on Folk music, Jazz, Blues, Rock and all things guitar. On February 7, 2013, I clicked on … Continue reading
“Song For Andrea”
It was the Winter and Spring of 1975. We were both students at the University of New Hampshire. She was a junior Nutrition major, I was a senior Music Education major. She shared an off-campus apartment with another girl and I was living … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Doc Watson
Doc Watson was born this day, March 2, in the year of 1923 in Deep Gap, North Carolina. Doc is one of my most favorite guitarists, acoustic or electric, any style or genre. The word that always comes to mind … Continue reading
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