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Vale Jerry Reed

I was very saddened to hear of the death of Jerry Reed a few days ago. A superb guitarist that made things so easy to play, yet when you tried to pick the tunes your fingers struggled for weeks. I’ve struggled through The Claw and still find it a challenge. Just some blues changes it appears [...]

Steve Vai as Hank Williams?

This is Steve Vai. This is how he sounds. This is Hank Williams. This is how he sounded. Steve Vai plays Hank Williams in the movie Crazy. Which is about Hank Garland. This is how he sounded. Looks an interesting movie. Hope it gets a theatrical or DVD run soon.

Back in business

About 19 years, I had a blue Charvette. A cheap but well made stunt guitar for shredding made by Charvel. It got forgotten when I went overseas and was in a cupboard at my parents place for a long time until last month when up for a family function. I got it out of the [...]

Lesley Gore’s AC/DC

Via Invisible Oranges, I discovered a treasure trove of artists who have covered the lads’ Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. A few of the tracks I had come across before but one stuck out. A version by Lesley Gore. Yes, the Lesley Its My Party Gore. From the album When Pigs Fly, a collection of [...]

Book Keeping

Today there was a book bazar at the the local Sea Scouts hall (Supposedly like sea monkeys but with the ability to tie knots so I’ve been told). All books were $2 we wandered down to try our luck. I picked up some interesting tomes. I’m going to start a philosophical tussles with Roland Barthes [...]

More muxing around with Muxtape

A new muxtape. No real method inherit in the madness other than songs I dig.

Defibrilltrators at the ready. Young Heart Attack are back!

One of my fave albums of the past few years was Mouthful of Love by Young Heart Attack. A Texan band that rolled the MC5, AC/DC and the Who into flat out guitar heavy mix powered by twin lead vocals, gender equally represented. After releasing a powerhouse of an album they vanished. Label troubles seems to [...]

Join the Muxtape revolution!

Thanks to Amanda I’ve discovered Muxtape. A service where you can upload up to 12 mp3s and recall the heady days of mix tapes. A grand idea that will be shut down by the recording industry in a manner of weeks. If it wasn’t for Muxtape and Amanda’s suggestion to check out Phineas’ muxtape, I wouldn’t [...]

A curious phrase

Never ‘eard of them. This phrase has always bothered me. You tend to come across if someone wanders into your listening sphere and asks about the music you are enjoying. The expression can be delivered with a curious tone that invited further discussion by the enlightened. However it usually is uttered in a dismissive manner, indicating that [...]

Lullabies

I could buy this CD. And I may just do that. But any lullaby suggestions from my gentle readers? The Little One was a tad ill tonight and have spent the past hour or so rocking her to sleep. The only lullaby I have in my repitoire is Silent Night. Not exactly a lullaby or that [...]

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