Category Archives: Posts with Video
Sparklers: “Greensleeves” by Jeff Beck
This is the ninth installment of this category featuring recordings of outstanding performances by noteworthy guitarists – or – outstanding guitarists giving noteworthy performances. Truth – the 1968 debut solo album by Jeff Beck – was an early addition to my record … Continue reading
Quotations Marked 11
“Music is… the sound life uses to keep the living alive.” Woody Guthrie American Musician (1912-1967) From: Woody Guthrie : songs and art * words and wisdom (2021) by Nora Guthrie & Robert Santelli. Woody Guthrie’s music certainly keeps the … Continue reading
Quotations Marked 10
“As far as music itself goes, the simplest thing to forget is that what music is about… is creating the kind of things that you think are beautiful. In other words, when you sit… and you’re creating, you have to … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 14
Five years ago – almost to the day – I wrote about the song “Copper Canteen” by James McMurtry. “Copper Canteen” was the lead song on McMurtry’s then-brand-new album, Complicated Game. The last line of that post (titled “A Somewhat Recent … Continue reading
Charlie Watts
Tuesday, August 24, 2021. The text came in from my son at 1:02 pm. “RIP charlie watts! Sad news” Rather stunned, I quickly replied: “Oh no! Very sad news!” The first article that appeared on the news feed on my … Continue reading
The “Chitarra Battente” – a fourteenstr story
Last month, I had the great pleasure of spending an afternoon at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It was my first time visiting this magnificent venue. While exploring the Raphael Room on the museum’s second floor, I … Continue reading
The Ballad of “Guitar Boogie Shuffle” (Remastered)
Ballad: A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas or verse. Prelude Many years ago, I bought a songbook: Classic Rock Instrumentals. I bought this book – published in 1992 by the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation – because … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 13
It’s been a while since I’ve posted in this category, so I probably should let you know: the purpose of my Wrestling With The Angel series is to highlight and share individual songs that are on a list of mine … Continue reading