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  • Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

    Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

    Warren Haynes

    Haynes is a Grammy Award winner. He is one of the best guitarists in the world. During his career, he was part of the three best groups in the history of rock. For example Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and Grateful Dead. His virtuoso craftsmanship caused that his performances saw millions of fans and albums sold on the trunk.

    The guitarist of Gov’t Mule, is one of the most stylish and presenting the unusual feeling of rock guitarists in today’s music world.

    Warren was 23rd on the list of the greatest guitarists of all time. It is impossible to calculate how many projects Warren Haynes was playing as a guitarist or vocalist. It is definitely one of the busiest musicians in the world.

    Gov’t Mule

    It all started in 1994, when Warren Haynes (guitar, vocals) and Allen Woody (bass), who had been playing in the new incarnation of the legendary Allman Brothers Band for five years, decided to start a new music project. Together with Matt Abbs (drums) they formed Gov’t Mule.


    The band’s inspiration is, of course, the activity of the Allman Brothers Band combined with the psychedelic, blues-rock sound of the Cream trio. The band’s phonographic debut is an album simply titled “Gov’t Mule” from 1995. The band then released live recordings showing the full potential of the musicians’ improvisations under the title “Live at Roseland Ballroom”.


    The studio came back in 1998 with the album “Dose”, which included such hits as “Blind Man in the Dark” and “Thorazine Shuffle”. As Gov’t Mule always felt best at concerts, the next release, Live … with a Little Help from Our Friends, documented another successful performance by the group. The next album is “Life Before Insanity” from the beginning of 2000.

    Deep End

    On August 26 of the same year, the band was struck by a real tragedy. Bassist Allen Woody was found dead in a New York hotel room. The other two decided to continue their activities and prepare the next release together with many different bass players, incl. with Flea and Bootsy Collins. This is how the double album “Deep End” was created. The concert version of the project was documented on the publishing house “Deepest End: Live in Concert” in 2003.

    A year later, the band recorded their first album with Woody’s successor, Andy Hess. Keyboard player Danny Louis has also joined the group. With the new line-up, the band recorded another album, released in 2006, entitled “High & Mighty”.

  • Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

    Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

    Warren Haynes

    Haynes is a Grammy Award winner. He is one of the best guitarists in the world. During his career, he was part of the three best groups in the history of rock. For example Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and Grateful Dead. His virtuoso craftsmanship caused that his performances saw millions of fans and albums sold on the trunk.

    The guitarist of Gov’t Mule, is one of the most stylish and presenting the unusual feeling of rock guitarists in today’s music world.

    Warren was 23rd on the list of the greatest guitarists of all time. It is impossible to calculate how many projects Warren Haynes was playing as a guitarist or vocalist. It is definitely one of the busiest musicians in the world.

    Gov’t Mule

    It all started in 1994, when Warren Haynes (guitar, vocals) and Allen Woody (bass), who had been playing in the new incarnation of the legendary Allman Brothers Band for five years, decided to start a new music project. Together with Matt Abbs (drums) they formed Gov’t Mule.


    The band’s inspiration is, of course, the activity of the Allman Brothers Band combined with the psychedelic, blues-rock sound of the Cream trio. The band’s phonographic debut is an album simply titled “Gov’t Mule” from 1995. The band then released live recordings showing the full potential of the musicians’ improvisations under the title “Live at Roseland Ballroom”.


    The studio came back in 1998 with the album “Dose”, which included such hits as “Blind Man in the Dark” and “Thorazine Shuffle”. As Gov’t Mule always felt best at concerts, the next release, Live … with a Little Help from Our Friends, documented another successful performance by the group. The next album is “Life Before Insanity” from the beginning of 2000.

    Deep End

    On August 26 of the same year, the band was struck by a real tragedy. Bassist Allen Woody was found dead in a New York hotel room. The other two decided to continue their activities and prepare the next release together with many different bass players, incl. with Flea and Bootsy Collins. This is how the double album “Deep End” was created. The concert version of the project was documented on the publishing house “Deepest End: Live in Concert” in 2003.

    A year later, the band recorded their first album with Woody’s successor, Andy Hess. Keyboard player Danny Louis has also joined the group. With the new line-up, the band recorded another album, released in 2006, entitled “High & Mighty”.

    Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
    Warren Haynes – All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
  • Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

    Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

    Playing For Change gets you “rocked to your soul” with the “sweet” sounds of the blues classic, “Queen Bee,” by legendary musician, Taj Mahal.

    Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper
    Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

    “Queen Bee” is a soulful single from Taj Mahal’s 1997 studio album, Señor Blues, which won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Enjoy this Song Around The World version, featuring Ben Harper, Rosanne Cash, Paula Fuga and over 20 musicians from six countries.

    “Queen Bee” written by Taj Mahal

    FEATURING:
    Ayano Uema: Sanshin
    Bassekou Kouyate: Ngoni
    Ben Harper: Vocals, Guitar
    Carlos Miyares: Saxophone
    Jake Shimabukuro: Ukulele
    Joe Sublett (The Phantom Blues Band): Saxophone
    Johnny Lee Schell (The Phantom Blues Band): Electric Guitar
    Jon Cleary (The Phantom Blues Band): Piano
    Larry Fulcher (The Phantom Blues Band): Bass
    Les Lovitt (The Phantom Blues Band): Trumpet
    “Lopaka” Colon Jr.: Percussion
    Louis Mhlanga: Guitar
    Mamadou Diabaté: Kora
    Pancho Amat: Tres
    Paula Fuga: Vocals
    Roberto Luti: Slide Guitar
    Rosanne Cash: Vocals
    Safi Diabaté: Vocals
    Taj Mahal: Vocals, Guitar
    Tony Braunagel (The Phantom Blues Band): Drums
    Yu Hatakeyama: Percussion

    MORE ABOUT TAJ MAHAL:

    Taj Mahal

    Born in Harlem, New York but raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger hailing from Jamaica, while his mother was a teacher who sang gospel. She came from North Carolina. His grandfather married a woman from Saint Kitts.

    He studied agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the early 1960s, graduating in 1964. (The same university awarded him the honorary title of Doctor of Fine Arts in 2006). There he founded Taj Mahal & Elektras. The name Taj Mahal was inspired by a dream.

    After college, he moved to Los Angeles and founded the Rising Sons group with Ry Cooder in 1964. The band signed with Columbia Records and released a single and recorded an album that was not released by Columbia until 1992. Taj, frustrated by mixed feelings about his music, left the band and began a solo career. Still, with Columbia Records, he released an album of his own name in 1968, building on his success, he released a second Natch’l Blues the same year. The Giant Step two-track set released in 1969 resulted in Taj’s strong position as an American blues artist, and the title track has become iconic and is still popular with current audiences. Most memorable, however, was the performance of Cooder and Taj at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

    His music comes from various sources: blues, cajun, gospel, bluegrass, Hawaiian, African, and Caribbean musical traditions. It sticks to the roots and adds a little bit of its own feeling. Plays many musical instruments.

    He has received two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Blues Album, the first in 1997 for Señor Blues and the second in 2000 for Shoutin ‘In Key.

    He has made soundtracks for many films, including Sounder and Blues Brothers 2000, in which he also appeared.

    In 2006, he guest-starred on electric guitar with Ladysmith Black Mambazo while recording the album Long Walk to Freedom

    In 2013 he supported Hugh Laurie vocally on the album Didn’t It Rain, in the song “Vicksburg Blues”.

    Playing For Change

    Playing For Change (PFC) is a Certified B Corp (Social Purpose Organization) created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. The primary focus of PFC is to record and film musicians performing in their natural environments and combine their talents and cultural power in innovative videos called Songs Around The World. Creating these videos motivated PFC to form the Playing For Change Band—a tangible, traveling representation of its mission, featuring musicians met along their journey; and establish the Playing For Change Foundation—a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting music programs for children around the world. Through these efforts, Playing For Change aims to create hope and inspiration for the future of our planet. To learn more, visit https://playingforchange.com

    To learn more about the work of the PFC Foundation, visit http://www.playingforchange.org

    Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper
    Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

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  • Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

    Playing For Change – Queen Bee feat. Taj Mahal, Ben Harper

    Playing For Change gets you “rocked to your soul” with the “sweet” sounds of the blues classic, “Queen Bee,” by legendary musician, Taj Mahal.

    “Queen Bee” is a soulful single from Taj Mahal’s 1997 studio album, Señor Blues, which won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Enjoy this Song Around The World version, featuring Ben Harper, Rosanne Cash, Paula Fuga and over 20 musicians from six countries.

    “Queen Bee” written by Taj Mahal

    FEATURING:
    Ayano Uema: Sanshin
    Bassekou Kouyate: Ngoni
    Ben Harper: Vocals, Guitar
    Carlos Miyares: Saxophone
    Jake Shimabukuro: Ukulele
    Joe Sublett (The Phantom Blues Band): Saxophone
    Johnny Lee Schell (The Phantom Blues Band): Electric Guitar
    Jon Cleary (The Phantom Blues Band): Piano
    Larry Fulcher (The Phantom Blues Band): Bass
    Les Lovitt (The Phantom Blues Band): Trumpet
    “Lopaka” Colon Jr.: Percussion
    Louis Mhlanga: Guitar
    Mamadou Diabaté: Kora
    Pancho Amat: Tres
    Paula Fuga: Vocals
    Roberto Luti: Slide Guitar
    Rosanne Cash: Vocals
    Safi Diabaté: Vocals
    Taj Mahal: Vocals, Guitar
    Tony Braunagel (The Phantom Blues Band): Drums
    Yu Hatakeyama: Percussion

    MORE ABOUT TAJ MAHAL:

    Taj Mahal

    Born in Harlem, New York but raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger hailing from Jamaica, while his mother was a teacher who sang gospel. She came from North Carolina. His grandfather married a woman from Saint Kitts.

    He studied agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the early 1960s, graduating in 1964. (The same university awarded him the honorary title of Doctor of Fine Arts in 2006). There he founded Taj Mahal & Elektras. The name Taj Mahal was inspired by a dream.

    After college, he moved to Los Angeles and founded the Rising Sons group with Ry Cooder in 1964. The band signed with Columbia Records and released a single and recorded an album that was not released by Columbia until 1992. Taj, frustrated by mixed feelings about his music, left the band and began a solo career. Still, with Columbia Records, he released an album of his own name in 1968, building on his success, he released a second Natch’l Blues the same year. The Giant Step two-track set released in 1969 resulted in Taj’s strong position as an American blues artist, and the title track has become iconic and is still popular with current audiences. Most memorable, however, was the performance of Cooder and Taj at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

    His music comes from various sources: blues, cajun, gospel, bluegrass, Hawaiian, African, and Caribbean musical traditions. It sticks to the roots and adds a little bit of its own feeling. Plays many musical instruments.

    He has received two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Blues Album, the first in 1997 for Señor Blues and the second in 2000 for Shoutin ‘In Key.

    He has made soundtracks for many films, including Sounder and Blues Brothers 2000, in which he also appeared.

    In 2006, he guest-starred on electric guitar with Ladysmith Black Mambazo while recording the album Long Walk to Freedom

    In 2013 he supported Hugh Laurie vocally on the album Didn’t It Rain, in the song “Vicksburg Blues”.

    Playing For Change

    Playing For Change (PFC) is a Certified B Corp (Social Purpose Organization) created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. The primary focus of PFC is to record and film musicians performing in their natural environments and combine their talents and cultural power in innovative videos called Songs Around The World. Creating these videos motivated PFC to form the Playing For Change Band—a tangible, traveling representation of its mission, featuring musicians met along their journey; and establish the Playing For Change Foundation—a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting music programs for children around the world. Through these efforts, Playing For Change aims to create hope and inspiration for the future of our planet. To learn more, visit https://playingforchange.com

    To learn more about the work of the PFC Foundation, visit http://www.playingforchange.org

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    We appreciate your time and dedication to reading our article. For more of the finest blues guitar music, make sure to follow our Facebook page, “I Love Blues Guitar”. We share exceptional selections every day. Thank you once again for your continued support and readership.