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Meet the Kills: Delta Blues and Rock & Roll Filtered through Punk that is as Dark as Night. 2007-03-03 07:07:53 Back in 2002 after some encouragement from one of my college friends I finally checked out the band of the hour: The White Stripes. I was immediately hooked and more interested in the underground punk blues movement that was apparently taking place under my nose while I was listening to alternative metal and things called nu- something or other.
I never looked back and I found a number of good bands through the White Stripes like the Soledad Brothers, the Detroit Cobras, Mr. Airplane Man and the subject of this article: The Kills
.
Made up of two very unique characters called “W” aka Alison Mosshart, and “Hotel” aka Jamie Hince, they are a duo much like the White Stripes in that one is male and one is female, their sound is stripped down and they play an interpretation of the blues. Listening to the two bands back to back though, they sound as different as day and night.
Formed after an exchange of tapes between Florida and London, the Kills definitely embody a minimalist form Read more:Blues
, Delta
, Filtered
, Night
Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock 2007-03-04 07:16:25 I recently was lucky enough to stumble across a video on Google Videos of the film of Jimi Hendrix
live at Woodstock
. It’s great how a lot of old concert footage is now reaching a larger audience because of the Internet.
Given the chance to watch the guitar master at work I waited for the entire video to download, hit play and was in awe just like I expected to be. Although I haven’t seen all that many clips of Hendrix playing, (not because they don’t exist, just because I haven’t had the time to watch them all yet) I’ve heard that this is considered by many to one of his most memorable performances despite a relatively new backing band and what some would consider aimless improvisation. This is the show with the infamous “Star Spangled Banner” performance and that alone makes it memorable enough for me to be interested. Although I’d heard the recordings I had not seen this performance and I wasn’t disappointed.
Purely from a guitarist st Read more:Jimi Hendrix
Roy Buchanan Hey Joe Video 2007-03-05 07:20:34 I’ve had some people comment on my post about Roy Buchanan
and how I discovered him by catching a video of him playing “Hey Joe,” asking why I didn’t post the video or at least a link to it, so I am.
Here’s a link to the initial article I wrote about Roy: Rediscovering Roy Buchanan
; Blues Guitar Legend
And here is the video:
Sorry for the short post but I just love this version so much that the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to post the actual video. Special thanks to YouTube, as that is where the video is hosted, and to JackBurton for uploading it.
Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus on PBS 2007-03-08 07:03:54 Last night I happened to catch a showing of the RollingStones
Rock & Roll Circus
on PBS. This combination of artists arranged by the Rolling Stones
into one massive live show was recorded in 1968 but not released until 2004 due to the quality. The show as apparently plagued by technical problems and personal problems but it definitely has some memorable performances worth checking out if you have the time.
The artists who played included Jethro Tull, The Who, John Lennon with Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull and Eric Clapton.
Most acts played only a single song or so with the Rolling Stones closing the show with a short set. Themed like a circus primarily, it also has a distinctly 60s psychedelic and performance art type of quality that falls short and ends up becoming more confusing than anything else.
Highlights include an early performance by Jethro Tull that I think is pretty cool seeing the small amount of footage I’ve seen of the band is always fro
The Quintessential Heavy Metal Band Plays Folk: The Acoustic Side of Led Zeppelin. 2007-03-09 07:11:22 When I first listened to an entire Zeppelin
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album it was during my grunge rock period when I had become obsessed with the Smashing Pumpkins, especially their heaviest songs. Craving more gut wrenching, fuzzed out guitars I sought what many consider the quintessential heavy metal band: Led Zeppelin.
The only album I could get my hands on was Led Zeppelin IV and although it is considered by some to be their best work, amazingly when I first heard it, I thought it was “too light” for my tastes at the time. Looking back on it now I think my first reactions were kind of funny, especially because Led Zeppelin has since become probably my second favorite band of all time after the Beatles. Their unique hard rock blues and early heavy metal stays with me and I often find myself comparing new bands to the juggernaut that is Led Zeppelin.
Although definitely appreciated for their hard rock work and considered by many to by the grandfathers of heavy metal, Led Zeppelin has a signif Read more:Acoustic
, Heavy
, Heavy Metal
, Metal
, Plays
, Quintessential
Quite a Kick in the Teeth in ‘77: Live Footage of Hard Rock Icons AC/DC 2007-03-14 06:13:17 When you listen to rock &lsquo
;n’ roll, there are tons of bands that are such icons that if you haven’t listened to them, you just can’t claim to be a rock aficionado. Legends in there own time, these bands have influenced hundreds of other bands to get on stage and give it there all. Most of these bands don’t exist in their original form anymore and often don’t tour (except maybe the Rolling Stones as they will probably tour till they die) and so us classic rock lovers who are younger, often don’t get to appreciate these bands in there element: live on stage.
In the information age though, we at least can get a glimpse through all the concert footage that has been uploaded to the Internet. I’ve found a lot of great online videos of all sorts of bands, some good, some not so good, but all are worth watching if you’re a rock and roll fan. I’ve always felt that AC/DC was one of the bands I would have loved to see play live at th Read more:Footage
, Hard Rock
, Icons
Wolfmother Live Set Video from Australian TV 2007-03-16 06:05:51 I remember the exact day and time when I first heard Australian
power trio Wolfmother
. It was around 2:30 in the morning and I was watching s local cable show dedicated to showing rock videos. The VJ, a man looking very similar to Jerry Garcia, said that if the next band wasn’t influenced by Cream in some way he would be shocked, and then there they were…Wolfmother playing "Dimension" off their first major release.
I liked the song I must say, but I was very struck by how much they look (yeah look not sound) like early Cream. The guitarist even has a Clapton-esqe afro which is quite surreal. I didn’t really think about the band very much until suddenly I was hearing about them all over the place and so I thought I would check them out again.
This is a band that definitely reeks of classic rock influence for those who are unfamiliar with them. Especially of bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jethro Tull (there is even a flute solo) and Black Sabbath, but the Read more:Set Video
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