master and student
blues
… Something Deep Down In My Soul
… You Can Take My Stares
A couple years back I messed around and started a rock band. Crank it!! … Read the rest
Not Over You
Basehead was a glorious thing back in the day – the most indescribable band in era of genre mashing. Basehead was an outfit somewhere between hip-hop and country-western, and believe it or not that blend has aged well due to … Read the rest
Living For The Live
There’s a lot going on in this clip. It’s pretty good.
Ray Charles + Stevie Wonder, doing one of Stevie’s funk songs, with neither of their bands, for an awards show. It looks like the late 80’s with plastic keyboards … Read the rest
British Rock Royalty
Regular readers of this site know I love the old rock band Deep Purple, driven partly by how under-appreciated they seem to be, and how funky they were.
Check out this clip of a jam on an old Purple song … Read the rest
No No I’m Losing You
Classic Aretha lip-syncing for a TV show:
Dirty Pool
Water Works
Witness the awesome power of music. Tissue please.
… Read the restWho Will Play With Lucille Now?
Rest In Peace, for you are one of the greatest of all time, BB King.
This man owned the blues, owned that tone, owned that vibe for decades. He was truly one of a kind and his catalog offers plenty … Read the rest
The Mighty Mighty Masters
Ladies & Gentlemen, The Mighty Mighty Dells!
… Read the restWhen I Woke Up This Morning
Howlin’ For My Baby
Get Down With The Get Down
Just sitting on a box at a trade show playing some blues.… Read the rest
Bobby Blue Bland Passes On, R.I.P
One of my favorites – always high quality soul. What an amazing voice this man had, and plenty of hits. Here’s just one.
Bobby Blue Bland – Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City (1974) – HQ from … Read the rest
Smokin’ Blues with Albert King Live 1970
Great stuff from a legend:
As Promised – The Greatness of Buddy Guy
Live Buddy Guy, sliding through a nice blues in 1974.
Here’s the man doing his thing in 1965, out-front as a new kind of singing guitar player front man.
Somewhere the guitar player for Little Richard (the one who was … Read the rest
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