Category Archives: Posts with Video
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 11
If you’re a new visitor to this blog, the purpose of my Wrestling With The Angel series (or category) is to highlight and share individual songs that are on a list of mine entitled: Devastatingly Great Songs. The title phrase, … Continue reading
Finding Covers – “She’s Got You”
“Really?!” I couldn’t believe it when I first heard the news. Rhiannon Giddens was going to start her Spring 2016 US Tour here in southeast New Hampshire. The singer, fiddler, banjo player and songwriter was scheduled to perform on Tuesday, April … Continue reading
No. 6
sixstr stories turns six years old today! Two “six” songs came immediately to mind as I began planning for this birthday party post: “Six Days On The Road” and “Route 66.” “Six Days On The Road” was written by Alabama … Continue reading
Woo hoo! It’s International “Louie Louie” Day!
Yes, it really is! To join in on the celebration, I am re-posting a piece I first published on April 16, 2011. Included this time are Richard Berry & The Pharaohs’ original recording of the song and the famous cover … Continue reading
Happy Leap Day!
“And now, ladies and gentlemen, here’s a classic track from Count Basie & His Orchestra guar-an-teeeed to add more than a little lift to your Leap Day festivities: ‘Jumpin’ At The Woodside!’” “Jumpin’ At The Woodside” was recorded in … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Lonnie Johnson
Can you imagine all of the Pop, Rock, Blues, Country & Jazz recordings of the past 90 years that have a guitar solo in them not having that guitar solo? Well, the person who pioneered the single-string, played-with-a-pick, vibrato-and-string-bending-filled guitar … Continue reading
An Early Christmas Gift
Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Ed Gerhard has performed in the Seacoast New Hampshire area during the holiday season every year for the past 33 years. For most of those years, “Ed Gerhard’s Annual Christmas Guitar Concert” has been held in the … Continue reading
Tasting The Universe
On the evening of Wednesday, September 2, 2015, the weather in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was perfect: a bit more than seasonably warm and barely a cloud in the sky. Perfect for catching an outdoor concert in Portsmouth’s Prescott Park, the … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson? Let me introduce to you… One of the pioneering artists in the history of Rock & Roll: singer, guitarist & songwriter Wanda Jackson, The Queen of Rockabilly. Wanda Lavonne Jackson was born in Maud, Oklahoma on October 20, … Continue reading
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