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Before it was a Ford commercial, it was a righteous jam by Al Green.
As they say, Volume Up…
Before it was a Ford commercial, it was a righteous jam by Al Green.
As they say, Volume Up…
Amazing newly resurfaced video featuring Genesis on their Foxtrot tour in 1973. This footage is amazing and includes favorites of mine including “Supper’s Ready” and “The Musical Box” among others.
Be sure to read the technical notes, the care that was taken to restore this is tremendous. We are lucky that the tools exist to bring this stuff out for us to enjoy.
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The Allman Brothers / Gov’t Mule guitarist turns 61 today. Anyone who has read my writing over the years will know how much of a fan I am and I frequently share clips of favorite moments.
The folks at JamBase put together their own assortment of clips pulled from Warren’s collaborations at his Mountain Jam festival and it contains some great moments.
Way back in the day I used to get the Crutchfield catalog in the mail. Our A/V receiver died on us a bit ago and I just ordered a replacement from them. The takeaway - Be patient, it might take 30 years but you may get that customer eventually.
Supertramp with a deep cut from Breakfast in America, one of the first albums I bought for my then 11 year old self.
Released March, 29 1979
Find daily goodness here, especially today with the amazingly gifted Kandace Springs.
Deep Purple doing their thing.
Gov’t Mule with an excellent cover with Roger Glover.
Our Eggs Benedict enjoying his cat-ness.
Peter Frampton with a second video from his upcoming instrumental album. This time he covers a David Bowie fave quite nicely.
Frampton and Bowie collaborated on Bowie’s Glass Spider tour.
Steve Vai with the absolutely gorgeous live version of “Sisters”
Lindsey Buckingham with a nice version of the Fleetwood Mac classic.
The lovely and talented Joan Osborne sings “Right Hand Man” on Letterman.
Her album Relish is released 26 years ago today.
Band of Horses from Everything All The Time released 15 years ago today.
with Eric Clapton
Sheryl Crow is here from her outstanding debut.
Shame that Free are known for only that one song, they’ve got some great stuff, like this one
Paul Rodgers has one of the best voices in all of music. Fire and Water is such a vastly underrated album. They were the real deal.
Paul McCartney w/ Elvis Costello Original Demo
Salon says Joe Biden is boring — and it’s driving the media crazy
He spends all his time doing policy work and his press engagement is a total snoozefest, with nary a single unhinged rant in front of buzzing helicopter blades. And the mainstream press is starting to get annoyed by it.
The Grammys In Memoriam list is heartbreakingly long at over 8 minutes. What a year we’ve been through.
Sting from Secret Policeman’s Other Ball
I am “I have this on laser disk” years old.
What do the greatest solos of all time have in common? Guitar World investigates
Not sure I agree with the list of the 50 greatest but the research is pretty fascinating as they try to find the commonality among the list.
How Were the Covid-19 Vaccines Developed So Quickly?
Kottke identified six main reasons why the Covid-19 vaccines were developed so quickly compared to past efforts.
If you’re on the fence with regard to getting the vaccine, this is a must read.
Is “In A Big Country” here