Category Archives: Posts with Video

These posts contain embedded links to a YouTube video(s) with a musical soundtrack that is (somehow) related to the topic of the post.

Boogie Woogie: A twohundredandthirtystr story

Posted on April 28, 2019 by sixstrstories

Boogie – (from: Merriam-Webster.com) verb: 1) to dance to Rock music, also: revel, party. 2) to move quickly. noun: 1) boogie-woogie. 2) earthy and strongly rhythmic rock music conducive to dancing. Boogie Woogie – (from: Harvard Dictionary of Music) Originally, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Boogie, Boogie Woogie, Brunswick Records, Clarence Smith, Document Records, Mike Rowe, Music, Piano Music, Pine Top Smith, Pine Top's Boogie Woogie, Rock, Rolling Stone, SLS, Song Lyric Sunday, Vocalion Records | 12 Comments

Sparklers: “Easter And The Sargasso Sea” by Leo Kottke

Posted on April 21, 2019 by sixstrstories

This is the third installment of my next-to-newest category here at sixstr stories. It features recordings of outstanding performances by noteworthy guitarists – or outstanding guitarists giving noteworthy performances. So, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you… “Easter And … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Sparklers | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Circle 'Round The Sun, Easter and the Sargasso Sea, Leo Kottke | 6 Comments

This Historic Day In Music: Wes Montgomery – Take 2

Posted on March 6, 2019 by sixstrstories

I bought my first Wes Montgomery album when I was in high school. The purchase was made in Boston, Massachusetts, at one of the two music stores that used to stand on the block of Boylston Street in between Tremont … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged "While We're Young", Jazz Guitar, Riverside Records, So Much Guitar, Wes Montgomery | 2 Comments

Some Kind Of Smelling Salts

Posted on February 17, 2019 by sixstrstories

“Music. What is it good for? Why do you seek it?” Journalist Christopher Hislop, skilled chronicler of the large and vibrant music scene here in my neck of the woods, poses those questions to everyone he interviews for his weekly … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Some Kind Of Smelling Salts | Tagged 5 Spot, Christopher Hislop, EDGE Magazine, Frank Turner, Musical Caffeine, Recovery, Tape Deck Heart | 6 Comments

Truck Day

Posted on February 4, 2019 by sixstrstories

Truck Day is the day celebrated each year by the fans of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Team as the “official” start of the new baseball season. It is the day that the team’s equipment truck begins its journey from … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Al Hartz, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, Harvey Hindermyer, Jet Blue Park, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, Truck Day | 2 Comments

This Historic Day In Music: Atlantic Records SD 8216

Posted on January 12, 2019 by sixstrstories

I wish I could tell you that I remember when I first heard them, but I can’t. I do remember that in 1969, starting in the middle of my sophomore year of high school, I was crazy about the new … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged Atlantic Records, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin's First Album, Robert Plant, Viram Jasani, You Shook Me | 7 Comments

This Historic Day In Music: Elizabeth Cotten – Take 4

Posted on January 5, 2019 by sixstrstories

“Take 4?!” That’s correct. Elizabeth Nevills Cotten was born on January 5, 1893, in Carrboro (right next to Chapel Hill), North Carolina. And the story of how little Elizabeth grew up to become a guitarist, singer, songwriter, performer and Grammy-award … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged Alice Gerrard, Arhoolie Records, Elizabeth Cotten, Folkways Records, Freight Train, Frets Magazine, In The Sweet Bye And Bye, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Wilson Rag | 4 Comments

Old Long Since – Take 2

Posted on December 31, 2018 by sixstrstories

ICYWW (In Case You Were Wondering): This past November, I added a co-motto to my blog. “Good music doesn’t get old” by Ferdinand Joseph “Jelly Roll Morton” LaMothe, my original motto, was joined by a quote from Bruce Springsteen: “All valuable … Continue reading →

Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio, Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Auld Lang Syne, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, James J. Fuld, New Year's Eve, Robert Burns | 2 Comments

The New Possibility – Take 2

Posted on December 17, 2018 by sixstrstories

I started learning how to play the guitar because I thought it would provide a better accompaniment to my singing than playing the drums did. At the time, I had no idea that there was a way to play a … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, Christmas guitar music, John Fahey, Joy To The World, Paul Tillich, The New Possibility | 3 Comments

This Historic Day In Music: November 27, 1936, The Gunter Hotel, Rm.414, San Antonio, Texas – Take 2

Posted on November 27, 2018 by sixstrstories

On Friday, November 27, 1936, Robert Johnson, a 25-year-old Blues musician from Mississippi, had his third recording session for ARC Records. The location of these sessions was The Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The ARC recording crew of A & … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged ARC Records, Art Satherley, Cross Roads Blues, Delta Blues, Don Law, Gunter Hotel, King of the Delta Blues Singers, November 27 1936, Robert Johnson, Vocalion Records | 5 Comments