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Tag Archives: Rolling Stones
Today’s Music: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Ian Stewart, Dion, Martha Reeves, Ricky Skaggs
Rock-blues wild man Jalacy ‘Screamin’ Jay’ Hawkins cast his first spell on this day in 1929 (d. 2000). Here’s Jay’s biggest hit, I Put a Spell on You: The ‘sixth Rolling Stone,’ pianist Ian Stewart was born this day in 1938 … Continue reading
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Tagged Country Blues, Dion, Ian Stewart, Martha Reeves, Ricky Skaggs, Rolling Stones, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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Signs o’ the Times for June 13.2012
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Corporations, Corruption, Economy, New Ideas, Progressives, Republicans, Teabaggers, Wingnuts
Tagged Big Oil, Gay Marriage, JC Penney, Racsim, Rolling Stones, Solar Power, Unions
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Today’s Music: Birthday Toast to Charlie Watts
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was born today in 1941 and has the distinction of being the first rock drummer to start a hit record using the cowbell (“Honky Tonk Woman”). Charlie is also a fine jazz drummer, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Boogie Woogie, Charlie Watts, Honky Tonk Woman, Rolling Stones
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Today’s Music: Ron Wood, Now and Then
It’s Ron Wood’s birthday today (1947), so I thought I’d feature a cut from his current band and one from his old band, The Faces with Rod Stewart. First from 2006 at the Beacon Theater in NYC: And here’s Ron … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Brown Sugar, Faces, Maggie May, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood
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Today’s Music: The Rolling Stones, “Miss You”
Trust me on this, these guys could have been big, if they had listened to Andrew Loog Oldham.** ** This is a joke. Oldham was instrumental in the Stones’ early success.
Today’s Music: The Rolling Stones: “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?”
A Stones classic that gives full play to Keith Richards’ signature ‘open-G’ tuning (D-G-D-G-B-G instead of the standard E-A-D-G-B-E tuning with the chords mainly barred on the lower five strings), and the kind of tune you don’t hear much in … Continue reading
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Tagged Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Open-G Tuning, Rolling Stones
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Today’s Music: ‘Satisfaction’ The Rolling Stones
Reaching back to the mid-’60s for this clip, when Mick Jagger’s face wasn’t carved out of leather, Keith Richards looked like the poor man’s George Harrison, and before Brian Jones and Bill Wyman passed on. Parts are dated, but the … Continue reading
Music: Rolling Stones Twofer
First, from 1971, the classic “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?” followed by 2005’s “Sweet Neocon”.
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Tagged Ca't You Hear Me Knocking, Rolling Stones, Sweet Neocon
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