Category Archives: Rock

Frank Zappa Does The Beatles

Posted on November 6, 2011 by admin

Says on the tagline this was recorded at a concert in Helsinki, Finland, in 1988. And, as a bonus, here’s Frank appearing on The Monkees TV show as Mike Nesmith:

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Today’s Music: Freddie King & Eric Clapton “Hideaway”

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

Freddie King, the less well-known of the Three Kings of the Blues Guitar (the other two being B.B. King and Albert King, and none of them related to one another), recorded his seminal blues hit “Hideaway” (or “Hide Away”) back … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween Monster Mash

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

What else are you going to play on Halloween? From 1962, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers doing the “Monster Mash”: And here’s a ‘thriller’ — a reconstructed version of Boris Karloff slinging the “Monster Mash” on ABC’s “Shindig!” in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Otis Spann Three-peat

Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin

You never heard of Otis Spann you say? Catch up here — he was one of the greatest post-war blues pianists and played with the Muddy Waters band for nearly 20 years, as well as working as a session man … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: One-Man Bands

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin

Gee Gee Kettel — One-Man Street Band (He’s got a nice blues groove going) Robert Lighthouse — One Man Blues Band (Sign him up!) Eric Lenz — One Man Blues Band (Too bad the video is edited) Sweet Marc — … Continue reading →

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‘Stand By Me’ by Playing For Change

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

In keeping with the ‘change’ theme of the last few days, here’s Playing For Change — various artists from around the world — covering Ben E. King’s 1961 hit, “Stand By Me”:

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Buddy Miles on “Them Changes”

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

We’re all going through some big ones right now. Drummer/vocalist Buddy Miles has played with Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag, and most of the prominent blues and rock performers of the ’60s and ’70s. (I was even lucky enough … Continue reading →

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Fats Domino and Leadbelly: Blue Monday Twofer

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

For a guy who never got up from his piano bench, New Orleans’ own Fats Domino could rock with the best of them and proves it here with his hit “Blue Monday”.  Below that clip, Huddie Ledbetter, AKA ‘Leadbelly,’ accompanied by an … Continue reading →

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Bumper Sticker Thinking

Posted on September 30, 2011 by admin

I’m Canadian. It’s like being American, but without the gun. I was for Mitt Romney before I was against him, but I never changed my mind. In France, they have a month off for vacation, 35-hour work weeks, a livable … Continue reading →

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“Choo-Choo-Ch’Boogie” Louis Jordan and the Tympani Five

Posted on September 28, 2011 by admin

Here’s the incredible Louis Jordan, all but forgotten today, one of the fathers of modern blues and rock. This hit, “Choo-Choo-Ch’Boogie”, one of many for Louis, originally came out in 1946 when the genre was called ‘jive boogie’ or ‘jump blues’ … Continue reading →

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