Like electric guitar solos? Then you should know these guys! |
In 1974, my family migrated from The Netherlands to New Zealand, and my connection with contemporary music was (temporarily) cut :(All I had with me initially was an open reel tape with one of the fir...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 10:14:00 GMT |
let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown.... |
....always wondered what those words meant, only later did I realize it was an anti-war song, sung Gospel-style, by Melanie Safka & the Edwin Hawkins singers.It was 1970, and the hippies were trying t...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 02:09:00 GMT |
Unbridled joy! |
I love it when music becomes something you can give yourself over to completely, MUSIC ITSELF, not some sort of acting charade around it. People miss the point when it's all about hair, clothes, light...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 04:34:00 GMT |
Whingey whingey time |
How to make a soundman go home shaking his head....1. don't do a soundcheck, don't write out a clear stage plot, just turn up cold on a show that goes live to air2. do not provide a running sheet fo...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 17:48:00 GMT |
1969 Percy in Denmark....Pagey on the Tele, so young, so young... |
one of my all-time favourite Led Zep numbers, this was the second song on their debut album in 1969, the one with the burning Hindenburg on the cover.....
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Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:15:00 GMT |
Like real rock bands? here's another GREAT one! |
It's 1973, and this line-up is on it's last legs, nonetheless, musically they are in great shape....
This is from a University gig that was broadcast for the "In Conce...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:34:00 GMT |
1977 John Martyn awesome! |
John Martyn came to Australia around the time of this YouTube clip of 'Spencer the Rover'.I went to his Dallas Brooks Hall show with the best looking girl I could find with all the 'Je ne sais quoi' o...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:18:00 GMT |
more old fella's jumpin' around :) |
Neil Young appears to be playing lead guitar in Led Zeppelin!and honestly, I don't smoke the funny tabacca.....
...from the R&R Hall of Fame awards show in 1995, hey, there're in tune and...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:56:00 GMT |
ole' boy boooogie |
ZZTop live on the tele with country stars Brooks and Dunn:
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:50:00 GMT |
Amplifying Acoustic Guitars |
I am in a very loud rockband, Rockin' Hendy, with which we have now build up a 30+ list of original songs.Sometimes a strange desire comes over us to play our fast Ramones-like ditties in a slower fas...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:34:00 GMT |
