Dick Dale: godfather of surf guitar
Obituary in The Guardian. Dale was pivotal in the development of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. Dick DaleguitarMisirlousurf music
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Jimbo @ 75
This article from five years ago. Just the other night after a long gap, I watched The Song Remains the Same again with a chum who hadn’t seen it before. Even on a first viewing, the in-your-face pomposity of it all, still didn’t detract from the music that steamrollers one into complete submission. guitarjimmy pageLed…
The Mick Ronson Story
Chuffed to finally view The Mick Ronson Story who died on this day 25 years ago. Here is a fair critical review by Michael Bonner in Uncut. I was, as were the many there, very fortunate to have last seen Ronson, unbeknownst to us closing the circle with Ian Hunter and Bowie at the Freddie Mercury memorial…
“Gatemouth”
Born on this day: the king of country-swing-blues-jazz. See The Guardian obit and AllMusic entry. It was good to see his longtime pianist Joe Krown on WWOZ yesterday. bluesClarence “Gatemouth” BrowncountryfiddleguitarJazzJoe KrownLouisianamusicSwing
Robin Trower
Happy birthday and still going strong. If there is one album of Robin’s that demands immense respect it is his Robin Trower Live (The comments say it all). Also check out super Trower fan, Canuck Steve Shail’s website. We were playing for a radio broadcast, and we had no idea it was being recorded. We were loose…
Rory
Rory would have been 70 today. Bless! bluesguitarrock ‘n rollRory Gallagher
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
I’ve been listening to this Steely Dan cover of the Ellington-Miley gem for the first time in over 40 years. It’s amazing how much Pokey sounds like them on this track, even with the domineering psychedelic wah-wah talkbox effect played by Jeff Baxter. duke ellingtonguitarJazzJeff Baxtermusicpokey lafargepretzel logicroots musicsteely danwah-wah
