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One more thing... I'm putting a challenge out there to learn this guitar solo from Slim Harpo's version of King Bee. It begins at 1:19-- so pay close attention, cuz tab is NOT available and Hal Leonard ain't gonna bail your raggedy a#$ out this time! You have until the weekend to work it out, so use your time wisely and don't screw around. Then eat your Figgy Pudding
While rock'n'roll is accepted as the bastard offspring of the miscegenate union between black blues and white hillbilly music, it would be churlish to deny that the greater part of it was present in the black R&B that immediately preceded rock.
My turn on the Great Rotating Wheel of Weekly Playlists. No further ado needed, if ado say so myself. > Pick of the week: Honey Bee, Lucinda Williams: Guitar stings and buzzes a while as Lucinda snarls her way through...
The Final Word on three more artists this week. First, bluesman Phil Guy, brother of Buddy, who has died aged 71 of prostate cancer. Phil played with Buddy, Junior Wells and Slim Harpo among others but never quite made it as a solo blues singer. I remember seeing him a few years ago - at Willesden Public Library if my memory serves me right - and he was an impressive performer but maybe lacking in...
The genesis of the Blues Brothers was a January 17, 1976 Saturday Night Live skit. In it, "Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band" play the Slim Harpo song "I'm a King Bee," with Belushi singing and Aykroyd playing harmonica, dressed in the bee costumes they wore for the "Killer Bees" sketch. Following tapings of SNL, it was popular among cast members and the weekly hosts to attend Aykroyd's Holland Tunnel...
The first Rolling Stones Album titled “The Rolling Stones” was released in the UK in 1964. The US version of this album was released a few months later with a different title; it was called “England’s Newest Hit Makers”. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been the main songwriters for the Stones over the past forty [...]
I’m a King Bee from England’s Newest Hit Makers From C&Ler AndyK, who requested this choice: Growing up in the ’70’s, I was familiar with all of the Rolling Stones hits from Satisfaction to Shattered. No big whoop to me, really. Then my buddy Ed Smith turned me on to the earlier, bluesier Stones, and I [...]
I do. Really. I also sometimes pretend to be artistic and shit. Like a few months ago, I decided to pretend to be an art agent for my friend Julie, who is an amazing photographer. I’m not just saying this because she’s my friend; I realized today that I knew and loved Julie’s photography long before [...]
Muxtape is a new fun site for sharing music. It's very simple to use and seems to exist in the same magical legal precinct that most mp3 blogs and music podcasts reside. Since becoming aware of it, I've enjoyed rifling through a variety of trendsetters' muxtapes and it was certainly only a matter of time before I made my own. Most of the tunes I've chosen come from CDs I acquired over five years ago...
Baton Rouge is known worldwide for its blues. It's home to greats like Slim Harpo, Tabby Thomas, and Buddy Guy. Since 1995, there has not been a festival in the Capital City to celebrate our unique musical heritage, but that's about to change. WAFB's Avery Davidson brings us the jam session.
Saturday 1st What a night for server kerfuffle. In the end, I spent a few enjoyable hours transferring oldie-goody music cassettes to an archiver – a much easier task using their simple EZ Converter software and iTunes. As of writing this, I haven't yet backed it up to CD but it should be a stress-free task. [...]
