UPDATED 8 OCTOBER 2016. “A good read, my friend!” Jason Vivone @ JVivone, Kansas City, 23 October 2014. I’m currently researching mid-19th century San Francisco, working on a project that has nothing to do with historic blues or rock. However, wherever I look in life, I always hope to find something relating to early blues or popular music. And…
“Some nice stuff you’ve written.” Man of Music @musical_posts, Orcas Island, Washington State. 16 October 2014. If you’re interested in how blues-rock influenced the hard-rock guitar riff and eventually became heavy metal, check Code Zero Radio, times below. Jeff Beck Group in 1968. Left to right: Ronnie Wood, bass; Jeff Beck, lead; Mickey Waller, drums, and…
Malcolm Young: one of the world’s best rhythm guitarists. Malcolm also played lead guitar on some AC/DC tracks. UPDATED 30 July 2017. Five months ago, I wrote a piece entitled, “Will Malcolm Young’s doppelganger replace him in AC/DC?” A few days ago, sadly, I had to update this to “Malcolm Young’s doppelganger replaces him in AC/DC” after the…
I started this year banging on about 2014 being the 100th anniversary of the first ever recorded blues, W.C. Handy’s brassy instrumental, “The Memphis Blues”, cut in New York on 15 July 1914, by the Victor label’s house band. These days, it sounds more like old New Orleans jazz than blues, but old New Orleans jass back in 1914…
Copenhagen’s Bottle Boys first performed on empty beer bottles to liven up a boring party about 12 years ago. What do Michael Jackson and the old-time jug-band genre have in common? Well, take the song that launched the Michael Jackson era in 1983, and perform it, jug-band style, on beer bottles. We’re talking here about…
