Blues rock guitar legend Johnny Winter's authorized biography "Raisin' Cain - The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter", by author Mary Lou Sullivan is scheduled to hit the shelves May, 2010. Sullivan spent hundreds of hours with Winter on exclusive, one-on-one, no holds barred interviews for his biography. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock, his affair with...
Easy, easy, yes you're seeing double. On Sunday, although I didn't learn till Tuesday, bloggin' buddy Cat Lady bestowed the Best Follower Award upon nonamedufus . On Tuesday, wouldn't you know another bloggin' buddy - Quirkyloon - awarded me the same psuedo pstatuette. Now either this means they really admire me, my blog and the comments I leave on their posts OR our bloggin' circle of influence is...
Don’t ask me why I thought of Duane Allman in the predawn hours of a rainy Groundhog Day. I don’t know. I awoke Tuesday to the patter of a light rain outside the window. That sound ended any notion of my driving to the Yellow River Game Ranch in nearby Lilburn. Waiting outside to learn whether General Lee, our esteemed Southern groundhog, would see his shadow had little appeal in the damp...
So here's the thing. I've just found this not very pin-sharp footage of the Allman Brothers Band playing live at the Fillmore East in September 1970, presumably during the same week they recorded their famous live album. Now I know it's probably true that nobody would want to hear this kind of thing nowadays and it's certainly not the kind of thing that gets you a session on night time Radio One but,...
My employer has opened to the public a music course that will look at 10 of the greatest pop songs of the past 50 years. The N&R did a story on it, and they’re also inviting readers to send reporter Robert Lopez lists of their favorite pop songs of the past half-century for a future [...]
In what has become a rite of passage and annual destination for fans of the Allman Brothers Band, the iconic and revered group will return to New York City in March 2010 for a lengthy residency beginning March 11, with eight shows confirmed (March 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20) just as they have since 1989. 2010 marks a change of venue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group: they’re taking...
Many consider bands such as the Grateful Dead to be the architects of the “Jam” sound. To a certain extent, this can be considered valid. But it is really the Allman Brothers who defined what real jamming was in the context of modern Blues & electric guitar. The team of Dickey Betts and Duane Allman played a critical role in defining how rock guitarists would interact for years to...
F ort Brandon Armory was the National Guard facility in Tuscaloosa. One weekend a month the place was filled with guys playing soldier. The rest of the time it sat empty. A local entrepreneur worked out a deal to bring bands to the Fort on those empty weekend nights. The music was top notch and the place was big and roomy; a perfect concert venue. One day in 1966 we heard about a new band that was...
"Confederate flags, I see em' on the truck with the windows down/Why's he playing Beanie Sigel'/Cause his daddy was a dopeman./Lynrd Skynrd didn't talk about movin' keys of coke, man/Ain't no such thing as a free bird..." That's from Yelawolf's "I Wish", which features Raekwon and has a beat that rumbles like a Booker T & The MGs instrumental, a Duane Allman solo, and Triple...
On Tuesday afternoon the House voted 409-zip in favor of John Conyers' H RES 894 to honor the 50th anniversary of the recording of the album Kind of Blue and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure-- even die-hard obstructionists who vote against everything like Virginia Foxx, Paul Broun and Mike Pence going along for the ride! No doubt in my mind that Conyers is a big Miles Davis fan. Virginia Foxx...
Once a generation they come around and soar above all others. It could be an athlete, a writer, a leader of people. Derek Trucks, at 29, holds that mantle for the blues guitar, a gift and burden he bears from the likes of Duane Allman and others.
Eric Clapton - Layla ERIC CLAPTON LIVE BELL BOTTOM BLUES FROM ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT IN LONDON,JANUARY 13TH 1973 Track listing Side one 1. "I Looked Away" (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 3:05 2. "Bell Bottom Blues" (Clapton) – 5:02 3. "Keep on Growing" (Clapton, Whitlock) – 6:21 4. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy...
So we screwed you last week since Stamos got lazy. Now, we’ll make it up to you with a double dose. Last Friday was Duane Allman’s birthdayt, and today is Jimi Hendrix- two of the best axe-men to ever finger a fret. Enjoy.
By: David SchultzThe Eighties proved to be an awkward era. Not only did it give us the Safety dance, purple rain, luftballons, the moonwalk, Wang Chung and Terence Trent D’Arby, it’s the decade that gave us the phrase “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” In addition to cringeworthy fashion statements like suits with pastel-colored T-shirts and teased, feathered hair for both men and...
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