Rick Beato with a great dissection of the Zep classic Whole Lotta Love:
I like when he picks up the guitar and plays along with the solo.
Pretty sick!
legend
… Rave Unto The Game
Prince made so many great albums. Each crammed with track after track ripe for rediscovery.
Here’s the amazing “Beautiful Strange” from 2001.
We miss you man!… Read the rest
The Hem
… I Can Make It
For once in my life, an amazing song by an amazing artist.
Then check out this crazy duet with Stevie and Tony Bennet doing the slowed down version:
… Read the restThe Modern Artist
I submit Bernie Worrell as the perfect model artist for this new age.
True, he came from the classic music world, at least the black side of it.
But before that he came from music conservatory and a strict granny. … Read the rest
Jam Graham
Classic throwdown from Larry Graham using that monster fuzz bass effect:
In case you want to see that slap in action:
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Bernie Worrell 1944-2016
Pure Music.
Pure Passion.
The man was a vessel. The sounds he made were direct from his soul to yours.
His fingers were only complete when connected to the black and white keys – ivory, wood, plastic – no matter.
… Read the rest Good Morning Eddie
Who’s the finest electric guitarist of all time?
It’s a very short list at the very very top.
There’s likely millions of good ones, thousands of amazing ones, and probably 100’s of legends that I have heard of.
But then … 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
Damn, Bowie Is Gone
Is it a hoax? While releasing his latest album, and already receiving amazing reviews, David Bowie, 69, passed last night from unreported cancer.
So many unanswered questions here, like who knew, how they were planning the promotion of the new … Read the rest
The Funk Professor – Bootsy Get Live
Believe it or not Bootsy is touring the states and you gotta see the man to be the man. Check your local listings and don’t miss this show if it comes within 400 miles of you.
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Goodbye To The Alien From The Planet Lovetron
There’s only 1 Darryl Dawkins. The man that brought funk to the NBA, naming dunks, funky dunks that broke backboards and got rules changed. RIP the greatest showman power forward to ever live.… Read the rest
Comedy Genius RIP
Sad, another movie star favorite passes on.
Harold Ramis, too funny, so funny, you will be missed.
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A Legend Passes – Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, Guitarist & Sanger for Ohio Players, 69
We have lost an underrated musical genius, the voice of a generation, the creator of a new singing style, and an influence to countless other musicians (perhaps most notably Prince)…. Mr. Leroy Bonner, better known as Sugarfoot or just … Read the rest
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
My Only Weapon Is My Pen
The Last From The Greatest
Read up on Curtis. It will do you some good today.… Read the rest