Category Archives: This Historic Day In Music
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
This Historic Day In Music: George Harrison
The cover story in the November, 1987 issue of Guitar Player magazine was written by then-Editor-At-Large, Dan Forte and was titled: “The Jungle Music & Posh Skiffle of George Harrison.” In the lenghty interview section of the article, Mr. Forte asked Mr. … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “God Blessed America”
The day was February 23, 1940 and Woody Guthrie was in New York City. He’d arrived a few weeks earlier having hitchhiked from Pampa, Texas, a journey begun just after New Year’s Day. On that day, Woody’s “home” was Hanover House, a cheap hotel on the corner of 43rd Street … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Jimi Hendrix
The book is called: History of the World in Nine Guitars. It was written by Erik Orsenna, accompanied by Thierry Arnoult and published in 1996. The English edition was translated from the original French by Julia Shirek Smith and published … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “Guitar Rag” by Sylvester Weaver
My post of November 2, 2010 started thus: “On November 2, 1923, African-American Blues guitarist Sylvester Weaver sat in front of the large horn/”microphone” of the acoustic recording machine in the New York City studios of OKeh Records. He played and recorded two original instrumental guitar pieces … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “Black Bottom Stomp”
As much as I find New Orleans or Traditional Jazz to be among the most smile-inducing music ever made, my LP/cassette tape/CD/iTunes collection contains only four volumes of this remarkable genre of music. I own Volume 1 & Volume 3 of the Columbia/Legacy CD series … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: A Triple Header
What do the Stephen Foster song “Oh! Susannah,” master fingerstyle guitarist Leo Kottke and the single version of The Beatles’ song “Love Me Do” all have in common? They were all (kinda, sorta) born on September 11. “Oh! Susannah” had … Continue reading
A “This Historic Day In Music” Double Header: Jimmy Raney & John Hiatt
In my small-but-carefully-selected collection of Jazz guitar albums, I have only one by Jimmy Raney. The LP is called Momentum. It showcases Jimmy in a trio with Richard Davis on bass violin and Alan Dawson on drums. Judging by the fact … Continue reading
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