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  • Gary Moore – The World Keeps On Turning (Acoustic Version)

    Gary Moore – The World Keeps On Turning (Acoustic Version)

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    Gary Moore

    I’m sure you recognize Gary Moore as a great electric guitarist, but have you ever heard him on acoustic? I find this video and I know that you will like it.

    Gary Moore – The World Keeps On Turning, acoustic version from Blues for Greeny live concert.

    This album is dedicated to Peter Green (founder of the original Fleetwood Mac) and is so clever that you really can believe that it is, in fact, Green himself – his songs, his guitar (really!) and his voice.

    Moore was associated with many guitar brands over his career, but the guitar he was most associated with was the Gibson Les Paul. Moore’s 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar was famed for its distinctive out-of-phase sound attributed to a possible pickup repair, in which the magnet in the neck pickup had been flipped, causing the out-of-phase sound when combined with the bridge pickup. The guitar was originally owned by Peter Green. Green sold the guitar to his younger friend Moore in 1974 for the price that Moore got from selling a Gibson SG, his main guitar at that time. Moore used the guitar extensively over the next 30-plus years, on hits such as “Parisienne Walkways”. The guitar is now owned by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett who purchased the guitar, a number of years after Moore had sold it, for an undisclosed amount.

    Another guitar Moore was associated with was a red 1961 Fender Stratocaster, which Moore had purchased in 1981. The guitar was almost sold to Greg Lake, ex of Emerson, Lake and Palmer,who was originally viewing the guitar, but Moore had tried it out and liked the sound of the guitar acoustically. Lake passed on the guitar as it was not in pristine condition, and so Moore made a deal. The Red Strat, also known as the Pink Strat, was extensively used by Moore on Corridors of Power along with many other recording sessions, over the years. The Red Strat was seen on many live performances, most notably at the Fender 50th Anniversary show held at Wembley Arena, North London, in 2004 when Moore performed Jimi Hendrix‘s song “Red House”. The neck pickup was rewound by pickup maker Seymour Duncan in 1998. Fender Guitars launched a custom shop tribute replica of the Red Strat, in 2016, which was undertaken by Fender master builder John Cruz. (via: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moore)

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  • Josh Roberts hill country improve on his “Memphis Cigar Box”

    Josh Roberts hill country improve on his “Memphis Cigar Box”

    Awesome slide guitar player Josh Roberts! Playing on Memphis Cigar Box guitar made by Matt Isbell and Memphiscigarbox.com He plays on drums in the same time. Enjoy watching.

  • “Leavin’ Trunk” Tedeschi Trucks Band with Taj Mahal

    “Leavin’ Trunk” Tedeschi Trucks Band with Taj Mahal

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    Led by Taj Mahal and joined by Jerry Douglas, TTB works up a version of “Leavin’ Trunk” before their concert at the Beacon Theatre on September 19, 2014.

    TTB returns to the Beacon to finish up the run on Friday 9/26 and Saturday 9/27, and you never know who might show up for the final two nights.

    Taj Mahal musical style

    Mahal leads with his thumb and middle finger when fingerpicking, rather than with his index finger as the majority of guitar players do. “I play with a flatpick,” he says, “when I do a lot of blues leads.” Early in his musical career Mahal studied the various styles of his favorite blues singers, including musicians like Jimmy Reed, Son House, Sleepy John Estes, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin’ Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, and Sonny Terry. He describes his hanging out at clubs like Club 47 in Massachusetts and Ash Grove in Los Angeles as “basic building blocks in the development of his music.” Considered to be a scholar of blues music, his studies of ethnomusicology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst would come to introduce him further to the folk music of the Caribbean and West Africa. Over time he incorporated more and more African roots music into his musical palette, embracing elements of reggae, calypso, jazz, zydeco, R&B, gospel music, and the country blues—each of which having “served as the foundation of his unique sound.” According to The Rough Guide to Rock, “It has been said that Taj Mahal was one of the first major artists, if not the very first one, to pursue the possibilities of world music. Even the blues he was playing in the early 70s – Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff (1972), Mo’ Roots (1974) – showed an aptitude for spicing the mix with flavours that always kept him a yard or so distant from being an out-and-out blues performer.” Concerning his voice, author David Evans writes that Mahal has “an extraordinary voice that ranges from gruff and gritty to smooth and sultry.” (via:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_(musician))

    Tedeschi Trucks Band

    Tedeschi Trucks Band creates a real blues-rock marriage, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. They are both talented guitarists and played with a group of great musicians.

    Susan Tedeschi

    American jazz and soul singer, guitarist – Susan Tedeschi – in her childhood, she sang in a church choir and theater company. At the age of 18, she formed her band – The Smoking Section, and while studying at Berklee College of Music, she also sang at The Reverence Gospel Ensemble. She debuted with her first album “Better Days” in 1995. Then more albums were released: “Just Won’t Burn” (1998), “Wait For Me” (2002), “Live From Austin” (2004), “Hope And Desire” (2005), “Back To The River “(2008). She was also invited to the studio while recording two songs (“Crazy” and “Kansas City”) on Willie Nelson’s album “Milk Cow Blues” (2000). The color and strength of her voice often compared to Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin.

    Derek Trucks

    Derek Trucks is a guitarist, vocalist, composer. He came into contact with music at a very young age, thanks to his uncle Butch Trucks, a drummer of the well-known The Allman Brothers Band. Professionally, he began playing at the age of 11 at The Allman Brothers Band, where he perfected his guitar skills. At the age of 13, he played alongside Buddy Guy. Shortly afterwards he founded the Derek Trucks Band, with which he recorded the following albums: “The Derek Trucks Band” (1997), “Out Of The Madness” (1998), “Joyful Noise” (2002), “Soul Serenade” (2003), “Live At Georgia Theater” (2004), “Songlines Live” (2006), “Live At Sioux Falls Jazz And Blues Festival” (2007), “Already Free” (2009), “Roadsongs” (2010). With the Allman Brothers Band, he recorded: “Peakin” At The Blues “(2000),” Hittin “The Note” (2003), “Live At The Beacon Theater DVD” (2003), “One Way Out” (2004).

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  • Terms of My Surrender – John Hiatt

    Terms of My Surrender – John Hiatt

    Hiatt, a master lyricist and also satirical storyteller, weaves hidden plot spins right into fictional stories ranging in topics including redemption, partnerships, aging as well as surrendering, on his terms. The new record is musically rooted in acoustic blues, drawn attention to by Hiatt s moving, abrasive voice, which mirrors the gravitation of his reflective lyrics.

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    For Terms Of My Surrender, Hiatt turned to his long time guitar player Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, Jack Ingram) to create. Though Hiatt at first picked up an electrical guitar on the first day of recording, Lancio tested him to play acoustic rather, which established the tone as well as state of mind for the entire procedure. Hiatt also plays harmonica on the cd, which he hasn t done in several years. They recorded the majority of the cd off the flooring as if in a real-time setup, which was fitting given that the band in the center was Hiatt s remarkable exploring band.

    The Terms Of My Surrender luxurious edition CD+DVD features a 10-song live perk DVD. Entitled ‘Terms Of My Surrender – Live From The Franklin Theatre,’ this performance filmed in October 2013 can be viewed on Palladia.

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  • Joe Bonamassa, Dusty Hill, Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons – Going Down

    Joe Bonamassa, Dusty Hill, Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons – Going Down

    The Rock Hall Of Fame induction of Freddie King

    Wow! This is super group Joe Bonamassa, Dusty Hill, Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons in “Going Down”. A real treat for the ears! They played together at the Rock Hall Of Fame induction of Freddie King in 2012. This was the performance of the night! Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, and Derek Trucks brought the house down and did the late, great Freddie King more than proud!

    Freddie King, like many other bluesmen, began his career in Chicago, playing in the groups of Little Sonny Cooper and Hound Dog Taylor. Probably under the influence of Taylor, he developed his specific style of playing the blues on an electric guitar.

    Blues supergroup “Going Down”

    Joe Bonamassa is one of the most famous contemporary blues-rock musicians. He was nominated for Grammy Awards twice.

    Derek Trucks – electric and acoustic guitarist, vocalist, composer. The nephew of Butch Trucks, drummer The Allman Brothers Band. He learned to play the acoustic guitar from the age of nine. He started playing professionally at the age of 11 in The Allman Brothers Band. In the mid-90s he founded the Derek Truck Band.

    Billy Gibbons – musician, instrumentalist and vocalist, leader and founder of the music group ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons is also known for collaborating with Vivian Campbell, Kid Rock, Hank Williams III music groups Queens of the Stone Age, Revolting Cocks and Nickelback.

    Dusty Hill – musician, composer, bassist, vocalist and keyboardist of the music group ZZ Top.

    Blues classics “Going Down” has been written by Don Nix.

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    Joe Bonamassa, Dusty Hill, Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons - Going Down
    Joe Bonamassa, Dusty Hill, Derek Trucks and Billy Gibbons – Going Down
  • Jimmy Thackery – Star Spangled Banner and Red House

    Jimmy Thackery – Star Spangled Banner and Red House

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    Jimmy Thackery

    Singer, songwriter, and guitar virtuoso Jimmy Thackery carved an enviable niche for himself in the world of electric blues. Thackery spent fourteen years as part of The Nighthawks, the Washington, D.C. based blues and roots rock ensemble. After leaving the Nighthawks in 1986, Thackery toured under his own name.

    Here Jimmy Thackery plays sounds out of this world on his Fender Stratocaster. You have to see and hear this.

    He’s one of the few blues guitar players who learned first-hand from the masters of the blues, not off a blues record or DVD.

    Thackery has lived the life of a true road warrior; he’s assimilated the artistic lessons of life and filtered them into his guitar playing and songwriting. To get where he is today, Jimmy has traveled a road of life filled with a series of twists and turns. He met all the right people and they have had a permanent influence on him.

    Blues is a musical genre known as the folklore of African American musicians. Its origins are associated with the southern states of the USA, that is the region conventionally called the “deep south”. The very name of the genre (sadness, despair) is related to its nostalgic form, also in the textual layer. Blues pieces touch male-female relationships as well as feelings and emotions (love, loneliness, faithfulness, jealousy). However, blues performers often sing about freedom, work and travel. The songs also feature social criticism relating mainly to racial inequality and political issues.

    Many artists are inspired by blues music and combine it with other styles. In this way, such musical mergers as punk blues, soul blues or blues rock. The popularity of this genre in the USA has led to the emergence of regional varieties, such as Louisiana, New Orleans, Texas and Detroit blues. There are also factions characteristic of other countries – British blues and African blues.

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  • Blind Lemon Jefferson – Long Lonesome Blues

    Blind Lemon Jefferson – Long Lonesome Blues

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    Blind Lemon Jefferson – Long Lonesome Blues

    “Well the blues come to Texas : loping like a mule
    You take a high brown woman : man she’s hard to fool”

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    “Blind” Lemon Jefferson

    (born Lemon Henry Jefferson; September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled “Father of the Texas Blues”.

    Jefferson’s singing and self-accompaniment were distinctive as a result of his high-pitched voice and originality on the guitar. Although his recordings sold well, he was not so influential on some younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as they could other commercially successful artists. Later blues and rock and roll musicians attempted to imitate both his songs and his musical style. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson)

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  • Johnny Winter – amazing guitar & bass only jammsession

    Johnny Winter – amazing guitar & bass only jammsession

    The blues standard “Key To The Highway”. Recorded in 1970 in Detroit. Great video showing how Johnny Winter – guitar genius builds an atmosphere of raw blues, both in rhythm parts and solo. The real free blues guitar lesson.

    Johnny Winter

    Johnny Winter was one of the most important blues and rock-blues guitarists in blues history. His playing has had a profound effect on generations of guitarists.

    He was born on February 23, 1944, in Leland, Mississippi. A few years later, with his family, he moved to Beaumont, Texas. There he got acquainted with the blues music that the radio broadcasted there. Already at the age of 14, with his brother Edgar won local fame for the singles “School Day Blues” and “You Know I Love You”. Already fascinated by him playing the guitar B.B.King and T-Bone Walker. But on the style of play and the direction of music, Muddy Waters had the most influence on Winter. From him began to a fascination with playing slide guitar.

    At the biggest festivals

    He played at the biggest festivals (headed by Woodstock). A raging albino with the guitar is one of the most common photographs documenting those times and performances of the artist. Unfortunately, he fell into drug addiction, which turned him off for a few years with active musical life. In 1977 he re-appeared in the studio and on stage. He did it in a masterful style by recording and producing records of the master himself – Muddy Waters. Their joint albums – “Hard Again”, “I’m Ready” and “Muddy Mississippi Waters Live” – received Grammy Awards in 1977, 1978 and 1979.

    Winter was professionally active until the time of his death near Zürich, Switzerland, on July 16, 2014. He was found dead in his hotel room two days after his last performance, at the Cahors Blues Festival in France. The cause of Winter’s death was not officially released. According to his guitarist friend and record producer Paul Nelson, Winter died of emphysema combined with pneumonia.

    On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Johnny Winter among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

    Randy Jo Hobbs

    (March 22, 1948 – August 5, 1993)

    … was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Jo_Hobbs)

    Johnny Winter – amazing guitar & bass only jammsession
    Johnny Winter – amazing guitar & bass only jammsession

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  • Duke Robillard – West Side Shuffle

    Duke Robillard – West Side Shuffle

    Duke Robillard on Stafford Springs Blues Festival – Saturday, August 9, 2014. Filmed by Sodafixer

    Michael John “Duke” Robillard

    … is an American blues musician. After playing in various bands and working for the Guild Guitar Company, he co-founded the band Roomful of Blues with pianist Al Copley in 1967. He has also been a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds which included Kim Wilson, replacing Jimmie Vaughan on guitar. Also experienced in jazz, swing, and rock and roll, aside from his preferred blues music, Robillard has been generally regarded as a guitar player keeping the blues style of T-Bone Walker.

    The American bluesman is considered the successor of the famous T-Bone Walker, a leading representative of the Texas blues. With the pianist Al Copley, he founded the group Roomful of Blues in 1967, then he was a musician of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Both of these formations were nominated for a Grammy Award, and Duke Robillard himself was invited to tour by Tom Waits and Bob Dylan (he played in 1997 on Dylan’s album “Time out of Mind”). Duke Robillard is a two-time BMA winner and has been nominated many times for the Grammy Awards.

    In his work, the artist refers to many musical genres – swinging jazz, classic electric blues or music containing elements of funk, rock`n` roll and rockabilly.

    GRAMMY Nominations for Best Traditional Blues Album for 2010 Stomp! The Blues Tonight and 2006 Guitar Groove-a-Rama
    The Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C.Handy Awards) have named Duke Robillard “Best Blues Guitarist” four years out of five (2000,2001,2003,2004) making him the second most honored guitarist for that award!
    He was also nominated in that category in 2005, 2007 2008.

    Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClPcXzgJnU

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  • Roy Buchanan – Since You’ve Been Gone

    Roy Buchanan – Since You’ve Been Gone

    Roy Buchanan – Since You’ve Been Gone
    Roy Buchanan – Since You’ve Been Gone

    Real treat for every blues guitar fan. The uncut version of “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Roy Buchanan.

    Roy Buchanan

    (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player. Guitar Player praised him as having one of the “50 Greatest Tones of all Time.”

    Probably the biggest unknown from the Guitarists of the World. He was also an unbelievably modest man and a guitar genius. He was seduced by blues and a girl about the beauty of the princess. Unfortunately, he did not do well. Roy Buchanan was ranked 57th among the best guitarists of all time. He was the precursor of the use of a Telecaster in blues. He was born during the outbreak of World War II / September 1939, in Arkansas, but the most important for its development turned out to be California.

    Roy Buchanan was a true wizard of the guitar. He conjuring a variety of sounds unheard in most players’ vocabularies with minimal tools. Because Roy uses just his six-string, a fairly transparent high-wattage amplifier, and his imagination.

    Roy Buchanan was one of the American geniuses of the electric guitar. Even after his death, he enjoys great respect from his colleagues and his devoted army of fans. Buchanan’s sound is one and only: deeply moving solos, a characteristic flickering tone, wonderful melodies, a mixture of dizzying speed and new technical solutions. All this means that to this day he is considered the wizard of this instrument, and such celebrities as Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top consider him his master. Without it, the musical guitar landscape would look completely different. Buchanan died in Virginia in 1988.