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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Beatle-vana?
Here’s a weird one — according to a few sources, the remaining members of Nirvana are reuniting tonight for a Hurricane Sandy benefit in New Jersey, and they’ve signed up none other than Sir Paul McCartney to fill in … Read the rest
Super Stupid Cover – Audioslave Live in the Studio
The finest rap-rock band ever, Rage Against The Machine, stopped rapping in the late 90’s. The band continued on. They got one of the best rock singers ever, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, and changed their name to Audioslave.
Somewhere along … Read the rest
Somebody Told You About Roger Troutmann
… Get Better Marcus
Monster bassist Marcus Miller and members of his travelling party were recently injured when their bus crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing the driver. Here’s the details.
Here’s Marcus and crew in better times, doing their do.
… Read the restMy Dear Lady – Classic Minnie
Going way back…
… Crunked Down – Chopped Andre 3000
A Nervous Breakdown With Live Led Zeppelin
Led?Zeppelin?just got honored by President Obama at the Kennedy Center. Let’s time machine back to see why we even heard of this gnarly english rock band in the first place:
Zep received the american lifetime achievement award this year along … Read the rest
Hung Them On The Line – 420 Funk Mob Style
420 Funk Mob doing the classic Funky Woman….
… Read the restHelp Me Make It – Pretenders Live on TV
Great song, great band, great singer. There’s other good versions of this online but this one when getting inducted has a nice conquering tone to it.… Read the rest
She’s Got It – Aretha Does Opera
Asked to fill-in for (and by) an ailing Pavarotti, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin does her take on this classic aria.
She had sung it only once, and in another key, before this performance.
Astounding.… Read the rest
At Daryl’s House with Cee-Lo Live
Daryl Hall invites Cee Lo Green to duet on a great Hall & Oates song, funkiness ensues.… Read the rest
Sugar Man Rodriguez Live on TV
Excellent movie about this fella, a must see.
Here he is in a rare radio performance:
… Read the restTwo In The Hand of Live Brides of Funkenstein
Check out the Brides of Funkenstein in full force in this rare find from 1979, featuring the amazing Blackbird McKnight on lead guitars.… Read the rest
The Brand New Heavies Put The Funk Back In It
13,000 Records Lovingly Washed and Saved
Here’s a great story about a small record label in Brooklyn that was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. They decided to … Read the rest
Shift Toward Minor Key
Pop Music Study Shows Shift Toward Minor Key Melodies Since 1960.
It also shows a slowing of tempo, increasing length, and more juxtaposition of positive lyrics over minor keys or introspective/negative lyrics over major keys.
The lyrical content was … Read the rest
Follow For Now
as The Black Ho’s, doing their thing in 1992. Great band that only got one album out.
